Latest Indiana Headlines
All the headlines from our Indiana Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Explosion at Indiana Slag Pit; No Injuries Reported
May 25 2022 // An explosion occurred in a slag pit in northwestern Indiana May 22. The blast at Lafarge North America in East Chicago Sunday afternoon was at a contractor’s facility at a mill that turns slag into cement, the...
$300,000 Settlement in Indiana Lost Eye Lawsuit
May 13 2022 // Federal court documents show the settlement amount reached by an Indiana city and a man who lost an eye after being struck by a tear gas canister police fired during 2020 protests over the killing of George Floyd is...
Families of 5 Killed in Indiana FedEx Shooting File Lawsuit
May 2 2022 // Relatives of five of the eight people who were shot and killed last year at an Indianapolis FedEx warehouse by a former employee sued the shipping giant and a security company, accusing them of negligence and failing to...
Indiana Family Appeals After Wrongful Death Suit Tossed
Apr 18 2022 // The family of a Black man who was fatally shot by a white Indiana police officer in 2019 is appealing a federal judge’s dismissal of their wrongful death lawsuit. Eric Logan’s relatives argue in their appeal...
Indiana Travel Agent Sentenced For Wire Fraud
Apr 18 2022 // Maria Caceres an Indiana travel agent was sentenced last week to 30 months in federal prison following her conviction of wire fraud, to which she had previously plead guilty. According to court records, the 56-year old...
Families of 5 Killed in Indiana FedEx Shooting File Lawsuit
Apr 13 2022 // Relatives of five of the eight people who were shot and killed last year at an Indianapolis FedEx warehouse by a former employee sued the shipping giant and a security company on Monday, accusing them of negligence and...
Several Indiana Cities Opting Back in to Opioid Settlement
Apr 12 2022 // Indianapolis and several other Indiana cities are joining an estimated $507 million statewide opioid settlement after previously opting out of the state’s lawsuits against opioid manufacturers and distributors. The...
Indiana Home Remodeling Company to Pay $40,000 EPA Penalty
Apr 11 2022 // U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced a settlement with Two Chicks and a Hammer, Inc., of Indianapolis, Indiana, to resolve alleged violations of the Lead Renovation, Repair and Painting Rule (RPR) that were...
Indiana Senior Living Facility to Settle Disability Discrimination Suit
Apr 6 2022 // Heart of CarDon, a Bloomington, Indiana-based senior living community, will pay $115,000 and furnish other relief to settle a disability discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission...
Workers Hurt When Building Collapses in Indiana
Apr 5 2022 // A building under construction collapsed, injuring at least two construction workers, authorities said. The building was under construction in the town of Whiteland, about 20 miles south of Indianapolis. Three construction...
Fire Damages Century-Old Indiana Lumber Yard, Hardware Store
Apr 4 2022 // An overnight fire heavily damaged a century-old hardware store and lumber yard that abuts a southern Indiana city’s historic downtown square, authorities said. Firefighters arrived at the scene in Scottsburg after 11...
Indiana Man Who Lost Eye During 2020 Protests Reaches Settlement
Mar 25 2022 // An Indiana man who says he lost an eye after being struck by a tear gas canister police fired during 2020 protests over the killing of George Floyd has reached a settlement with the city of Fort Wayne. Balin Brake sued the...
First Chicago Launches Commercial Auto Insurance Program in Illinois And Indiana
Mar 15 2022 // First Chicago Insurance Company announced it recently launched its augmented commercial auto insurance program in Illinois and Indiana. The program covers owned or leased Vehicles, hired autos, non-owned, temporary...
Bird Flu Found at 6th Indiana Turkey Farm
Mar 3 2022 // Avian influenza has been detected in a sixth commercial poultry flock in southern Indiana, state officials said March 1. Laboratory testing of a fourth commercial turkey flock in Dubois County has come back as...
Crews Continue Cleanup of Diesel Spill in Southern Indiana
Feb 25 2022 // Cleanup work is continuing along a southern Indiana stream, nearly two weeks after a diesel spill that originated at a gas station left the waterway with an oily sheen. The spill produced about 6.5 miles (10.5 kilometers)...
Indiana Man Killed in Industrial Door Accident
Feb 24 2022 // A man killed after getting caught in an industrial door at a western Indiana steel plant has been identified, a sheriff said. Jeffrey Stewart, 63, of Clay County died in the accident at the Steel Dynamics Heartland LLC...
Delaware Poultry Farm With 1.2 Million Birds Hit by Lethal Flu
Feb 23 2022 // A commercial poultry farm in Delaware with 1.2 million birds has been hit by a highly lethal form of bird flu, the state said on Wednesday, significantly expanding an outbreak that has killed U.S. chickens and turkeys. The...
Bird Flu Found at Fourth Indiana Turkey Farm
Feb 22 2022 // Avian influenza has been detected in a fourth commercial poultry flock in southern Indiana, state officials said Feb. 19. Laboratory testing of a second commercial flock of turkeys in Greene County has come back as...
State Farm Sues Tesla For $1.2 Million Over Indiana Car, Garage Fire
Feb 18 2022 // State Farm filed a $1.2 million subrogation claim against Tesla in Indiana federal court on Feb. 16, alleging negligence and strict product liability over a fire that damaged an insured’s car and residence. Two State...
Indiana Steel Mill to Pay $3 Million, Improve Waste System
Feb 16 2022 // A steel company has agreed to pay $3 million and improve the wastewater system at an Indiana mill, more than two years after a discharge of ammonia and toxic chemicals killed fish and closed beaches, the federal government...
