Crime & Safety

MIDDLE SMITHFIELD TOWNSHIP, MONROE COUNTY  – It’s any parent’s worst nightmare. A young boy is dead after police say he was shot and killed by another juvenile in Monroe County...

FORT WAYNE, Ind. — A man was shot and killed as he sat in a car early Sunday. Police and medics were called around 5:50 a.m. to the area of...

PRINCETON, Ind.  — A Princeton, Indiana woman has pleaded guilty to staging her own kidnapping. The Evansville Courier & Press reports that a Gibson County Judge this week ordered 24-year-old...

BLOOMINGTON, Ind.  – In a series of tweets, Indiana University issued a “shelter in place” order for their Bloomington campus due to a report of an individual with a gun...

INDIANAPOLIS — Multiple suspects are facing child solicitation charges after a 3-day undercover sting operation in Franklin this week. The bust, dubbed Operation Guardian, resulted in 7 people being booked...

INDIANAPOLIS — Sunday evening, faith leaders held a candlelight vigil in honor of the lives lost due to gun violence this year including those at the FedEx facility. Dozens of...

Even as the Derek Chauvin case was fresh in memory — the reading of the verdict in a Minneapolis courtroom, the shackling of the former police officer, the jubilation at...

TERRE HAUTE, Ind. — A man was arrested Saturday night after an “improvised explosive” was found outside a set of doors to the Terre Haute Police Department. Curtis Hogan was...

Monroe County’s seven-day positivity rate for all COVID-19 tests showed its first signs of dropping this week. Since mid-March, the average has climbed slowly, reaching 1.3% in early April. It...

Bloomington police were called to an apartment on Walnut Street Thursday night and discovered an estimated 400 people having a party, according to Mayor John Hamilton. Monroe County still has...

INDIANAPOLIS — The Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department is investigating after a man was killed in a shooting on the city’s northeast side. The IMPD said the shooting happened just after...

COLUMBUS, Ohio — The fatal police shooting of Ma’Khia Bryant, a Black teenager seen on video charging at two people with a knife, came within minutes of the verdict in George...

INDIANAPOLIS — The results of a recent high-intensity patrol blitz show there is still a lot of work to do when it comes to reducing distracted driving among Hoosiers, according...

INDIANAPOLIS––The Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department (IMPD) is asking the public to help identify a man they believe robbed a gas station on April 7. Police said a man wearing a...

A federal judge on Monday ordered two leaders of the far-right Proud Boys extremist group to be arrested and jailed while awaiting trial on charges they planned and coordinated an...