As we’ve come to understand year after year, day after day, death is an inevitable part of life—a universal truth that spares no one. Yet, despite its certainty, the weight of loss never becomes easier to bear, nor does the act of processing its impact. For those within Black culture, where community and shared experiences […]
STATEHOUSE– Students at all public universities and K-12 schools would have to use the bathroom that aligns with their birth sex under a bill the Senate approved this week. The bill is written by Republican Senator Liz Brown of Fort Wayne. “This does allow women to have their private spaces. Just because you have decided today […]
STATEHOUSE –A proposal to allow execution by firing squad in Indiana failed to get enough votes in the House, but it could still come up for another vote before the Feb. 2 deadline. The plan would let the Department of Correction choose between lethal injection and a firing squad, and allow one journalist inside the […]
INDIANAPOLIS — A 16-year-old boy has been arrested in connection with a fatal shooting that happened on Indianapolis’ north side in November 2025. The Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department said detectives with the violent crimes unit and the Special Weapons and Tactics team arrested the teenager on Tuesday following a search that lasted multiple weeks. Police […]
STATEHOUSE — The Indiana House passed a bill that would give the governor the power to establish a military police force within the Indiana National Guard without the consent of local elected officials. House Bill 1343 passed mostly along party lines by a vote of 67 to 29. State Rep. Danny Lopez of Carmel was […]
STATEWIDE–Indiana Governor Mike Braun announced on Wednesday that the Indiana Department of Homeland Security (IDHS) State Emergency Operations Center (SEOC) returned to normal daily operations at 12 p.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 27, after being activated to Level III (Emergency Conditions) since Saturday, Jan. 24, to coordinate the state’s response to the extreme winter storm. “Indiana […]
J. Cole released a new mixtape titled Birthday Blizzard 26 and made it available in an unexpected way. The project does not appear on major streaming platforms like Spotify or Apple Music. Instead, Cole shared the mixtape exclusively through his official website. Fans can visit the site and stream the project directly from the page. […]
DL Hughley urges Black, Latinx, and marginalized voters to scrutinize if Trump's policies truly benefit them, as midterms loom.
INDIANAPOLIS — When Tanya Terry joined the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department 27 years ago, she never imagined she would one day lead it. “I’ll be honest — when I started, I saw myself as a career beat cop,” Terry said. “I loved being a street cop. I loved the work.” Terry was promoted later in […]
INDIANAPOLIS — The grandmother of a 14-year-old girl found shot to death in the snow outside a southside Indianapolis apartment complex says she will not stop pushing for justice. Ramona Griffin said her granddaughter, DeAndra Clay-Staples, was killed in the early morning hours of Jan. 11, 2025, at the Laurelwood Apartments. Griffin said DeAndra had […]
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INDIANAPOLIS — An 80-year-old man and two animals died in a mobile home fire on the south side of Indianapolis early Monday morning. According to the Indianapolis Fire Department, the first crew responded to the report of a fire with entrapment at 1:30 a.m. in the 4600 block of Matthews Way. When firefighters arrived, they […]