Man bites trooper, abandons 6-year-old along toll road in Northwest Indiana
A man bit a trooper and abandoned a child on a busy toll road in Northwest Indiana early Saturday morning. The trooper tased him, but the taser had no effect.
Police: Indiana woman admits to burning infant with lighter, holding baby's face against treadmill
Police in Indiana say a woman admitted to burning an infant with a lighter and holding the baby's face against a running treadmill.
Navajo death row inmate seeks Supreme Court review of case
Lezmond Mitchell is scheduled to be put to death Aug. 26 at a federal prison in Indiana where he’s being held. He lost a bid in the 9th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals to interview jurors.
Native American man seeks further delay of federal execution
Lezmond Mitchell, who is Navajo, is set to be put to death on Aug. 26. He’s among the first inmates whose executions were scheduled after the U.S. Justice Department said that it would resume carrying out capital punishment for the first time since 2003.
2-year-old girl dies after being shot in northwest Indiana
A 2-year-old girl died two days after she was shot in her head during crossfire Wednesday in Hammond, Indiana, according to police.
Indiana police officer helps 12-year-old boy run lemonade stand, matches proceeds
An officer helped a 12-year-old boy run his lemonade stand -- and even matched all of his proceeds.
Indiana firefighters 'rescue' prosthetic leg worth $20G
Firefighters in Indiana spent an hour searching a reservoir on Saturday to recover a valuable item for one woman – her prosthetic leg.
Iowa meth kingpin is 3rd executed by US government this week
A convicted killer from Iowa whose five victims included two young girls is scheduled Friday to become the third federal inmate to be executed this week, following a 17-year pause in federal executions.
US executes 2nd man in a week; lawyers said he had dementia
Wesley Ira Purkey was put to death at the Federal Correctional Complex in Terre Haute, Indiana.
Judge halts execution amid claims inmate isn’t mentally fit
A U.S. judge has halted the execution of a federal death row inmate whose lawyers argue suffers from dementia.
Another federal execution set for Wednesday after 1st in decades carried out in Indiana
The U.S. has carried out the first federal execution in nearly two decades, putting to death a man who was convicted of killing an Arkansas family in the 1990s in a plot to build a whites-only nation in the Pacific Northwest.
Judge blocks federal executions; administration appeals
A U.S. district judge on Monday ordered a new delay in federal executions, hours before the first lethal injection was scheduled to be carried out at a federal prison in Indiana.
Indiana officials investigate report of assault on Black man
A Black man says a group of white men assaulted him and threatened to “get a noose” after claiming that he and his friends had trespassed on private property as they gathered at an Indiana lake over the Fourth of July weekend.
Videos show car hitting Indiana protesters who were calling for arrests in alleged attempted lynching
Disturbing videos have emerged purportedly showing a car driving into two protesters following a demonstration Monday night in Indiana, leaving them clinging onto its hood as it raced down a street.
Indiana woman marks 100th birthday after surviving COVID-19, beating cancer and living through WWII
Leora Martin has lived through World War II, survived cancer and successfully battled her way back from a bout of pneumonia last year, learned earlier this month that she’s also a survivor of COVID-19.
Indianapolis couple separated by COVID-19 reunited after weeks apart
An Indianapolis husband and wife married for 67 years were finally reunited after five weeks apart – their longest ever separation – while the wife battled COVID-19, local media reported.
'Can’t stop our love': 90-year-old couple shares emotional reunion after wife recovers from coronavirus
Joyce and Don Hoffman were separated for five weeks after she tested positive for COVID-19.
Pilot, Florida family of 4 headed to funeral in Indiana die in Georgia plane crash
Officials said four members of a Florida family, including two young children, and a pilot on their way to a funeral in Indiana were killed in a plane crash in north Georgia
FedEx driver surprises 6-year-old girl with cupcakes on quarantine birthday
A kindhearted FedEx driver in Indiana left a little something special when he spontaneously dropped off cupcakes for a little girl’s sixth birthday, after bringing a package to the family’s home and realizing that the coronavirus crisis likely dampened the youngster’s celebrations.
Indiana man paints enormous US flag on field to honor coronavirus health workers
An Indiana man painted a 10,686-square-foot American flag in a field northwest of Indianapolis to honor health care workers amid the coronavirus pandemic over the weekend.