WRTV’s new owner promised more news. It fired the staff. | Opinion
Circle City Broadcasting, the parent company of WISH-TV and WNDY-TV, closed on a deal to buy WRTV for $83 million earlier this week. The deal went through after the federal government gave it a pass to violate an antimonopoly rule, claiming it would serve the public interest. Mass layoffs at WRTV immediately...
‘I just want justice’ | Family of suspect in downtown Indianapolis robbery that left...
INDIANAPOLIS — A man is facing charges connected to a suspected robbery in downtown Indianapolis in March, but his family says investigators have it wrong. The incident happened around 2 a.m. on March 7, near Washington and Pennsylvania streets. Police say cameras show Lamonte Thomas and Jamar Thomas surround a man...
Colorado teen held in Parke County Jail on child solicitation warrant
A 19-year-old Colorado man is being held in an Indiana jail after being arrested on charges involving a minor. Christopher Neal Turner of Pueblo West, Colorado, was arrested March 13 by deputies with the Pueblo County Sheriff's Office on an active arrest warrant from Parke County, Indiana. Turner is charged...
Indianapolis man sentenced after threatening to kill probation officer during federal court hearing
INDIANAPOLIS — An Indianapolis man will serve almost two years in federal prison after he pleaded guilty to threatening his probation officer during a court hearing. According to a news release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Indiana, 32-year-old Dedrick Brown was sentenced to 21 months...
Thousands without power in Indiana
INDIANA — Thousands of customers across Indiana are without electricity Friday morning as scattered outages were reported statewide, according to data from PowerOutage.us. As of the latest update, approximately 2,025 homes and businesses are without power, representing about 0.06% of the more than 3.2 million...
POTENTIAL ‘MESS’: Registered Hoosier voters urged to double-check status after changes to state law
As the April 6 deadline for registering to vote approaches, the League of Women Voters of Indiana is not only encouraging Hoosiers to get on the voter roll but also advising those who are registered and have cast a ballot in recent elections to double-check their status. “I’m telling everybody...
21-year-old woman shares survival story in fight against human trafficking in Indiana
INDIANAPOLIS — 13News is taking a closer look at human trafficking in Indiana. In 2024, 83 victims or survivors reached out to the National Human Trafficking Hotline. We met a 21-year-old Indiana woman who survived human trafficking when she was just 12 years old. To protect her identity, we are calling her April.
The possibility of a foot of snow in Indiana in April
INDIANA — Although April typically brings milder temperatures and signs of spring across Indiana, historical weather records indicate that significant snowfall—including totals approaching one foot in a single storm—remains a possibility under the right conditions. Indiana’s location in the Midwest places it within a...
ISP trooper performs CPR for nearly 10 minutes to rescue 82-year-old on I-70 near...
INDIANAPOLIS — An Indiana State Police trooper is being recognized for his life-saving efforts Tuesday afternoon. Just before 2 p.m. March 31, Lt. Jeff Hearon stopped to check out what he thought was a disabled vehicle on Interstate 70 near downtown Indianapolis. When he got up to the vehicle,...
Body of 11-year-old girl recovered from White River
Indiana Conservation Officers recovered the body of an 11-year-old girl who went missing in the East Fork of the White River earlier this week. Conservation officer divers found the girl in 10 feet of water around 10:42 a.m. Thursday. She was about 80 yards from where she was last seen.

















