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  • Fate uncertain for old building

    ELKHART, Ind. (AP) - Officials in a northern Indiana city are going to take more time in deciding the fate of a deteriorating 128-year-old downtown building. The Elkhart redevelopment commission delayed Thursday on voting whether to pick a developer to save the Elkhart Armory building or have it ...

  • Ex-officer sentenced in Latin King case

    HAMMOND, Ind. (AP) - A former Chicago police officer has been sentenced to 12 years in federal prison for his role in committing armed robberies for the Latin Kings street gang in northwestern Indiana and Chicago. The judge could've sentenced 42-year-old Antonio Martinez Jr. to life in prison, but agreed during Thursday's court hearing in Hammond to the shorter term because of his ...

  • Broad Ripple project takes heat at Village meeting

    The developer of a proposed residential and retail project in Broad Ripple faced stiff opposition, and occasional jeering and catcalls, from area residents during a meeting Thursday evening of the Broad Ripple Village Association. "I would be against this project," local resident David Duvall ...

  • Indianapolis falls to 13th in population among U.S. cities

    Indianapolis has slipped one spot among the nation's most populous cities, to No. 13. The U.S. Census Bureau says new population estimates show Indianapolis slipped from No. 12 during the census year that ended July 1, 2012. The population of Indiana's state capital stood at just under 835,000 on that date. The city actually grew by about 8,000 people from the previous year, ...

  • Rescued men later arrested for drugs

    19-year-old Nicholas Brock and 20-year-old Lefty Rivera had told their families that they were heading out late Tuesday to go rafting down the Driftwood River and to camp out in Heflin Park. But early Wednesday morning, Brock's mother received a phone call from her son. Brock had told his mother that he and Rivera had gotten lost in the woods while camping and that his cell phone was low on ...


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Movie Review

The Missing

The Missing

Perhaps as a way of proving his range as a director, Ron Howard has decided to follow up his multiple-Oscar-winning A Beautiful Mind (2001) with The Missing, a moody and arduously serious western psychodrama. For every bit of emotional resonance Howard managed to wring out of A Beautiful Minds tale of the intermingling of genius and psychosis, he fumbles with The Missing ...

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  • Legion giving $1M to tornado victims

    INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - The American Legion says it's allocating $1 million to veterans affected by the Oklahoma tornado. The Indianapolis-based veterans organization announced this week the money will be used to cover relocation expenses for veterans and their families whose homes were devastated by the disaster. The Legion also provided relief funds after Hurricane Sandy, Hurricane Katrina ...

  • Cat blamed for starting C. Indiana house fire

    Carman says the fire damage was contained to the home's living room and no one was injured. He says crews rescued two pet dogs, but at least one cat ...

  • Run ends for early ride at S. Ind.s Holiday World

    SANTA CLAUS, Ind. (AP) -- The Holiday World amusement park in southern Indiana is replacing a miniature train that was the last of the park's original rides from when it opened in ...

  • Its Carb Day at the IMS

    SPEEDWAY,Ind. (WISH) - There is a lot of excitement heading into the Indianapolis 500 Race weekend. The weekend kicks off with Carb Day. A number of events are taking place in and around the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Gates open at 8 a.m., vintage race cars take to the track at 8:30 a.m. At 10 a.m., is the Hall of Fame ceremony at the Pagoda Plaza. 500 practice gets underway at 11 a.m. This is ...

  • Pedestrian struck killed by IMPD cruiser on east side

    A pedestrian was seriously hurt after being struck by a police officer on the east side of Indianapolis. The accident happened around 9:30 p.m. Thursday near the intersection of 42nd Street and ...

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