Indianapolis IN

INDIANAPOLIS — The Federal Aviation Administration has decided to keep the Indianapolis Downtown Heliport open for aviation uses. The heliport, located in the heart of downtown, once provided access for medical emergencies, police work, pilot training, and commercial travel. The decision stops the permanent closure of the 5.36-acre site and reverses a 2024 plan that […]

INDIANAPOLIS – A new version of Georgia Street is officially open in the heart of downtown. West Georgia Street from Capital to Illinois is a permanent community space for the city. “This is the perfect kind of front door to this expanded convention center and the Signia by Hilton,” said President and CEO of Visit […]

INDIANAPOLIS — Fans with tickets to the Chris Brown and Usher concert in Indianapolis will not be singing along to “Yeah!” as the October 31 concert at Lucas Oil Stadium has been canceled. According to a release from Lucas Oil Stadium officials, the event promoter decided to cancel multiple dates of the R&B Tour, including […]

INDIANAPOLIS — One lucky Hoosier is about to be over $500,000 richer. The Hoosier Lottery announced Friday that a winning lottery ticket worth $633,000 was sold this week at a gas station in Johnson County. The winning ticket, which matched all five numbers in Thursday night’s CA$H 5 jackpot drawing, was purchased at the Speedway […]

INDIANAPOLIS — An Indianapolis family is looking for justice, and police continue to search for a killer after a 53-year-old man is shot to death at an apartment complex on the city’s east side Thursday morning. Hearing gunfire, an IMPD officer near 21st and Ritter responded to the Roland Manor apartments just after midnight Thursday […]

INDIANAPOLIS — A former USPS letter carrier from Indianapolis has pleaded guilty to orchestrating a $34 million bank fraud scheme using checks stolen from mail deliveries. Destinee Ruffin is one of five defendants who have pleaded guilty in the federal fraud case. These defendants include: Court documents detail how Ruffin was employed as a letter […]

INDIANAPOLIS — A botched lethal injection in Tennessee should prompt Indiana to legalize firing squads, a Republican lawmaker said. State Rep. Jim Lucas, R-Seymour, wrote legislation previously to authorize firing squads, but the bill failed to gain enough support. Lucas told Indiana’s I-Team he plans to introduce a similar bill during the next legislative session. […]

CUMBERLAND — A man led Cumberland police on a chase Thursday evening before striking an officer with his car and fighting officers at the scene, according to police. The Cumberland Metropolitan Police Department said it started around 100N and Buck Creek Road in Cumberland, where officers got a report of a reckless driver. When an […]

INDIANAPOLIS — A candidate for Marion County Sheriff is calling attention to conditions at the Marion County Jail. Southport Police Chief Tom Vaughn told WIBC that his list of concerns about how the jail is run is lengthy. “A lot of the things that we are seeing are because of not having a good structure, […]

The fate of a Zionsville man accused of murdering his mother is in the hands of a Boone County judge. A bench trial was held Oct. 6-7 for Graham Bixler, 32, who was charged with the murder of his mother, Kristin Bixler, in 2024 in the 5300 block of Old 106th Street. An autopsy determined her cause of death to be blunt-force trauma and sharp-force injuries.