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INDIANA — More than 19,000 homes and businesses across Indiana are without electricity Friday morning, according to data from PowerOutage.us. The outage tracking service reported 19,265 customers without power out of more than 3.2 million customers monitored statewide, representing about 0.6% of customers. Indiana...

CHICAGO, ILLINOIS — A significant and potentially high-impact spring storm is expected to move across the Midwest Sunday through Monday, bringing a sharp divide in weather hazards across Illinois, Wisconsin, Michigan, Indiana, and surrounding states. Forecast guidance shows a strengthening low-pressure system...

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. (WOWO) — For Jennifer, the six-year sentence handed to her husband for a methamphetamine charge was supposed to be a period of rehabilitation and eventual reentry. Instead, she describes a harrowing descent into a system where she claims correctional officers act with impunity, families are...

Perhaps the most notable shift for Indiana residents is the retreat of fast-food icons from high-traffic campus and suburban areas. Wendy’s "Project Fresh": As part of its plan to shutter up to 360 locations nationwide in the first half of 2026, Wendy's has begun trimming its Indiana footprint. A high-profile closure...

MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE — Severe thunderstorms — and perhaps a few tornadoes — are expected to develop Sunday across parts of the Mid-South, with the threat possibly extending north into the Midwest, including portions of Illinois and Indiana. Forecast guidance shows a strong upper-level system sweeping eastward, with...

Former Indianapolis Mayor Greg Ballard is running for secretary of state as an independent and has started the Lincoln Party to help future candidates avoid signature requirements.

A downtown Indy gym is offering Ransburg YMCA members two free months. The offer from Athenaeum Turner Gymnasium is valid until May 5. Ransburg is scheduled to close at the end of March. Just take your ID and YMCA member card to the front desk at Turner Gymnasium to get...

INDIANAPOLIS — A settlement has been reached after the family of Herman Whitfield III filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the city of Indianapolis and six IMPD officers. According to the settlement obtained by FOX59/CBS4, the defendants agreed to pay Whitfield’s family a sum of $3,750,000. The payment will be...

NEW WHITELAND, Ind — A New Whiteland teenager was sentenced to 15 years in prison for the rape and strangulation of a 79-year-old woman in her home in Johnson County. On Thursday, March 12, a judge sentenced 16-year-old Ariahn Smith to 15 years in prison — 13 years for rape, plus two years of probation, and two years...

FOX59/CBS4 does not provide mugshots of individuals charged only with drug charges CARMEL, Ind. — A professional bowler who is set to be featured in an upcoming HBO documentary has been arrested on multiple drug-related charges in Carmel. According to court documents obtained by FOX59/CBS4, 24-year-old Cameron Kermit...