Latest Indiana Headlines
All the headlines from our Indiana Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Indiana Blocks Chinese-Owned App Tiktok from State Devices
Jan 3 2023 // Indiana has blocked the Chinese-owned social media app TikTok from state devices, its technology office said. The Indiana Office of Technology “blocked TikTok from being used in our state system and on our state...
Fire Heavily Damages Buildings at Indiana Farmers’ Co-Op
Dec 20 2022 // DILLSBORO, Ind. (AP) – A fire heavily damaged buildings at a southeastern Indiana farmers’ co-operative that provides livestock feed, producing flames visible miles away, officials and witnesses...
Bird Flu Found in Indiana Snow Geese, Suspected in Turkey Flock
Dec 14 2022 // NDIANAPOLIS (AP) – Bird flu has been confirmed in snow geese and other water birds from Gibson County in southwestern Indiana and is suspected in a commercial turkey flock in nearby Daviess County, state officials...
USI Acquires Indiana’s Ritman
Dec 12 2022 // USI Insurance Services announced the acquisition of Noblesville, Indiana-based Ritman & Associates Inc. (“Ritman”). Founded in 1989, Ritman specializes in the delivery of insurance solutions for lawyers and...
Fire Damages Commercial Buildings in Indiana Town
Dec 6 2022 // A fire in downtown Columbus destroyed a commercial building containing offices and a photo studio and left three firefighters with minor injuries early Sunday. A passerby discovered the fire and called 911 around midnight....
Indiana Judge Rejects Plea for Alleged Barn Fire Accomplice
Nov 30 2022 // ELKHART, Ind. (AP) – A judge rejected a plea agreement Monday for a woman accused of helping her boyfriend set fire to several northern Indiana barns, citing her plea deal’s lack of prison time. Sherry Thomas, 33,...
Indiana Man Awarded $25M in Lawsuit Against Ex-Cop
Nov 28 2022 // HAMMOND, Ind. (AP) – A federal jury has awarded a Gary man $25.5 million in his lawsuit alleging that a now-retired police officer violated his civil rights and deprived him of a fair trial in a case involving a 1980...
Indiana Man Gets 50-Year Prison Sentence for Indiana Barn Fires
Nov 23 2022 // GOSHEN, Ind. (AP) – A man who pleaded guilty to torching several barns last year in a northern Indiana county was sentenced Monday to 50 years in prison followed by decades on probation. An Elkhart County judge sentenced...
Indiana House Explosion Injures 3; Gas Leak Blamed in Blast
Nov 18 2022 // PRINCETON, Ind. (AP – A house explosion in southwestern Indiana that injured three people has been traced to a heater that began leaking natural gas during maintenance work, authorities said. Four people were inside the...
Officials: Monkeypox Contributed to Indiana Resident’s Death
Nov 18 2022 // INDIANAPOLIS (AP) – Monkeypox was a contributing factor in the recent death of an Indiana resident, state health officials said Wednesday. The Indiana Department of Health said the person who died had a monkeypox...
Truck Driver Charged After Indiana Crash Injures Hockey Players
Nov 16 2022 // WARSAW, Ind. (AP) – A New York truck driver faces more than two dozen felony charges following a weekend collision in northern Indiana between his semitrailer and a Chicago youth hockey team’s bus that injured 16...
16 Hurt When Semitrailer Strikes Bus Carrying Hockey Team in Indiana
Nov 15 2022 // Sixteen people have been injured, three critically, after a semitrailer collided with a bus carrying a youth hockey team from Chicago in northern Indiana, police said. Investigators believe alcohol was a factor in the...
Judge Dismisses FedEx From Indiana Shooting Lawsuit
Nov 7 2022 // A federal judge has dismissed FedEx from a lawsuit filed by relatives of five of the eight people who were fatally shot last year at an Indianapolis warehouse by a former employee of the shipping giant. U.S. District Judge...
Historic Indiana Building Collapses Amid Renovation
Nov 1 2022 // A nearly 150-year-old building that was in the midst of a renovation collapsed in a northwestern Indiana city, scattering bricks and debris onto a street but causing no injuries, officials said. No one was inside the...
Indiana Man Pleads Guilty to Arson of Barn Fires
Oct 27 2022 // A man has pleaded guilty in connection with a series of barn fires set last year in several northern Indiana counties. An Elkhart County judge gave preliminary approval Monday to the plea agreement with Joseph Hershberger...
Flexsteel to Pay $9.8M For Contamination Cleanup at Indiana Site
Oct 26 2022 // Flexsteel Industries Inc. has agreed to a consent decree that requires it to pay $9.8 million for the cleanup of contamination at the Lane Street Ground Water Contamination Superfund Site (Lane Street Site) in Elkhart,...
Federal Judge Dismisses FedEx From Indiana Shooting Lawsuit, Citing Work Comp Act
Oct 20 2022 // A federal judge has dismissed FedEx from a lawsuit filed by relatives of five of the eight people who were fatally shot last year at an Indianapolis warehouse by a former employee of the shipping giant. U.S. District Judge...
Indiana Teen’s Parents Sue City Over Fatal Crash Involving Police Chase
Oct 17 2022 // The parents of a northern Indiana teenager who died along with her boyfriend when a vehicle being chased by police crashed into their car in 2020 is suing the city of Mishawaka. The lawsuit filed by Elizabeth...
Indiana Mayor’s Blood Alcohol Was Twice State Limit When He Struck Car
Oct 14 2022 // The mayor of Indiana’s second-largest city had a blood alcohol reading nearly twice the state’s limit for driving when he was arrested over the weekend for drunken driving, court records show. Fort Wayne Mayor...
Indiana Approves Decrease in Workers’ Comp Rates for 2023
Oct 5 2022 // Indiana Department of Insurance Commissioner Amy L. Beard recently approved a decrease of 10.3% on average for Workers‘ Compensation rates recommended by the Indiana Compensation Rating Bureau (ICRB), effective...
