Latest Indiana Headlines
All the headlines from our Indiana Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Strain of Avian Flu Found in Birds at Indiana Turkey Farm
Feb 11 2022 // A strain of avian flu that can cause high mortality rates among birds has been confirmed at a commercial turkey farm in southern Indiana, federal and state agencies said Feb. 9. The United States Department of Agriculture...
XPT Specialty Acquires Indiana’s Insurance Brokers Incorporated
Feb 9 2022 // XPT Specialty has acquired Insurance Brokers Incorporated, headquartered in Indianapolis, Indiana, in a move that continues a series of acquisitions for the company. IBI is a wholesale insurance broker and general agency...
Indiana Lawmaker Introduces Bill to Prevent Catalytic Converter Thefts
Jan 21 2022 // Indiana Rep. Jim Baird has introduced a bill to reduce catalytic converter thefts by marking identifying information on catalytic converters, addressing how the parts are purchased, and strengthening enforceability of...
Indiana Coal Miner Dies in Underground Accident
Jan 14 2022 // A coal miner died in an underground accident in southern Indiana, authorities said. The incident occurred late Jan. 7 at the Sunrise mine in Oaktown in Knox County, near the border with Illinois, Sullivan County Sheriff...
Indiana Court Expands Eligibility for Emotional Distress Damages
Dec 29 2021 // A ruling by the Indiana Supreme Court has expanded the limited number of people who are eligible to recover damages in lawsuits alleging negligent infliction of emotional distress. Indiana lawsuits seeking damages for...
Indiana Bank Settles Housing Loan Discrimination Suit
Dec 21 2021 // An Indiana-based bank has agreed to direct more housing loans to majority-Black neighborhoods in settling a federal discrimination lawsuit filed by a fair housing organization. Evansville-based Old National Bank faced...
Indiana Lawmakers Consider Vaccine Limits as COVID Surges
Dec 20 2021 // Some Indiana doctors and health experts warned last week that a Republican-backed proposal aimed at limiting workplace COVID-19 vaccination requirements would hurt efforts to stem the illness as the state’s hospitals...
Parents of Indiana Girl Sue City After She Drowns in Pool
Dec 7 2021 // The parents of a 5-year-old girl who drowned last summer in a southwest Indiana city’s swimming pool are suing the city and the child’s foster parent, accusing them of negligence in her death. The lawsuit filed...
Lawsuit From Indiana Teacher Fired for Same-Sex Marriage Can Proceed
Nov 30 2021 // A lawsuit filed by a teacher who was fired from his job at a Catholic high school in Indianapolis for being in a same-sex marriage can proceed, a state appeals court ruled. A panel of the Indiana Court of Appeals ruled...
Indiana Push for Marijuana Legalization Faces GOP Opposition
Nov 23 2021 // A renewed push for Indiana to join more than two-thirds of states with some form of legalized marijuana use appears to face the same roadblock from Statehouse Republicans who have opposed such a step for many...
Lead Found in Paint Chips After Indiana House Fire
Nov 12 2021 // Testing has detected lead in most of the paint chips that fell to the ground in southern Indiana when a house was burned for a firefighter training exercise, an Indiana University professor says. Gabriel Filippelli, a...
Indiana County to Pay $100,000 After Fallen Tree Limb Damages Cars
Nov 3 2021 // A central Indiana county’s commissioners will pay out $100,000 to the owners of four vehicles after a tree limb fell on the courthouse square last month, crushing their vehicles. The 80-foot-tall red oak split during...
Study: Indiana Workers’ Comp Average Medical Claims Higher than Most States
Oct 27 2021 // A recently published study from the Workers Compensation Research Institute found that the average medical payment for Indiana workers’ compensation claims with more than seven days of lost time was higher than the...
Indiana Farm Bureau Offers $10K Reward for Information on Barn Arsons
Oct 26 2021 // A reward is being offered as investigators try to find whoever has set at least a dozen barn fires at northern Indiana farms this year. The Farm Bureau groups in Elkhart, Kosciusko, St. Joseph and Marshall counties created...
Berkley One Moves into Tennessee, D.C., Indiana
Oct 25 2021 // Berkley One has expanded its personal lines business to Tennessee, Indiana and the District of Columbia. Berkley One collector vehicle coverage is also launching in Idaho, Oregon and Washington, the company said in a news...
Indiana Man Sues After Alleging Police Knelt on Him
Oct 21 2021 // A Gary man is suing northwest Indiana police more than a year after he alleged that officers sprayed him with pepper spray and knelt on him when they encountered him near a protest over George Floyd’s death. Randall...
1 Highway Worker Killed, 1 Injured in Indiana Crash
Oct 20 2021 // A highway worker was killed and a co-worker was seriously injured when a vehicle struck them as they were working along a rural road in eastern Indiana, state police said. The two Union County Highway Department employees...
Officials Seek Public’s Help in Probe of Indiana County’s Barn Fires
Oct 7 2021 // Police in a northern Indiana county are seeking the public’s help as they investigate a string of fires that have destroyed or damaged eight barns since last spring. The request from the Elkhart County...
Judge Questions Army Corps’ Clean Water Act Decision on Indiana Dairy Farm; Orders Review
Oct 6 2021 // A federal judge has ordered the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to review its decision that a dairy farm built in northwest Indiana to house more than 4,000 cows is not subject to the Clean Water Act. Environmental groups and...
Apparent US Steel Plant Spill Closes Indiana Beaches
Sep 28 2021 // Indiana Dunes National Park closed its beaches and a northwest Indiana water utility shut down an intake facility after an orange substance apparently spilled from a U.S. Steel plant into a Lake Michigan tributary, a mayor...
