Latest Indiana Headlines
All the headlines from our Indiana Topic Page, ordered by recency.
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...
People Moves: Radford Joins Indiana’s DOXA Insurance; AF Group Adds Hicks as Sr. VP
Sep 14 2021 // Radford Joins Indiana’s DOXA Insurance DOXA Insurance Holdings in Fort Wayne, Indiana, hired seasoned insurance veteran, Kellam Radford, as national program director. Radford has broad experience on both the carrier...
Indiana Bolstering School Safety with Over $19M in Grants
Sep 9 2021 // The Indiana Secured School Safety Board has approved more than $19 million in state grants, marking a third consecutive year the General Assembly has allocated funds for school safety investments. The awards will allow the...
MJ Insurance Acquires ProCourse Fiduciary Advisors in Indiana
Aug 4 2021 // Indianapolis-based risk management and employee benefits agency, MJ Insurance, acquired ProCourse Fiduciary Advisors (ProCourse) in Carmel, Indiana. MJ said the partnership enables the firms to offer a holistic approach to...
Federal Judge Backs Indiana University Vaccine Mandate for Employees, Students
Jul 20 2021 // A federal judge is allowing Indiana University to continue with its COVID-19 vaccine requirement for all students and employees. A ruling from a judge in South Bend has rejected a request from eight IU students who sought...
Severe Storms, Flooding in Michigan; Tornadoes in Indiana
Jun 28 2021 // Residents in the Detroit area were cleaning up June 27 after flooding in the area overloaded sewer systems, damaged homes and knocked out power for thousands. Bags of trash lined neighborhood streets in suburban Grosse...
Seeking More Money, Cities Opt Out of Indiana’s Suits Against Opioid Makers
Jun 22 2021 // Several Indiana cities have opted out of the state’s pending lawsuits against opioid manufacturers and distributors, reasoning that they will likely see more cash from their own litigation filed in response to the...
Indiana Wildlife Center Operator with ‘Tiger King’ Ties Owes PETA $734K in Suit
Jun 18 2021 // A judge has ordered the former proprietor of an Indiana wildlife center and his ex-wife to pay People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals more than $700,000 in attorney’s fees stemming from the group’s...
Judge Rules in Utility’s Favor in Suit over Deadly Indiana Explosion
Jun 11 2021 // A judge has ruled in favor of a utility in a lawsuit filed over a 2017 natural gas explosion in southwestern Indiana that killed two women and injured three other people. A Vanderburgh County judge granted...
Indiana Cop Was Speeding Before Hitting, Killing Pregnant Woman: Lawsuit
Jun 11 2021 // An Indianapolis police officer was speeding and made an illegal lane change just before his patrol car struck and killed a pregnant woman last year near a highway ramp, the woman’s boyfriend alleges in a federal...
Woman Passes Out, Dies on Indiana Theme Park Ride
Jun 9 2021 // An Ohio woman who passed out while riding a roller coaster at a southern Indiana theme park later died at a local hospital, a coroner said. Dubois County Coroner Katie Schuck said Dawn R. Jankovic, 47, of Brunswick, Ohio,...
Florida Surgeon’s Estate Settles with Indiana City over Plane Crash Death
Jun 7 2021 // The estate of a Florida plastic surgeon who died in 2019 when his small plane crashed in a central Indiana farm field shortly after takeoff has settled its lawsuit with the city of Kokomo, Indiana. The estate of Daniel...
Indiana Cement Plant Fined $730K for Air Pollution
Jun 7 2021 // A central Indiana cement plant is facing more than $700,000 in fines under a settlement stemming from alleged Clean Air Act violations for air pollution releases dating back nearly a decade. The settlement filed in federal...
Critics Say Indiana COVID-19 Liability Shield Allows Nursing Home Neglect
May 12 2021 // Advocates for nursing home residents say they worry a new Indiana law expanding COVID-19 liability protections for healthcare providers will effectively block many lawsuits over neglect and substandard treatment that...
Union Leaders Say Indiana’s Rate of Worker Fatalities Too High
May 10 2021 // Indiana labor union leaders are calling for improved workplace safety enforcement with the state’s rate of deaths while working about one-third higher than the national average. Federal data shows Indiana had 146...
Indiana Jury Awards Girl $96K for YMCA Bounce House Injuries
May 10 2021 // A jury has awarded nearly $96,000 in damages to a northwest Indiana girl who was injured in 2018 while playing in a bounce house at a local YMCA. After a four-day trial in the civil case against Valparaiso Family YMCA, the...
ATF to Help Investigate String of Suspicious Fires in Gary, Indiana
May 5 2021 // The federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives will help the Gary police and fire departments investigate a series of recent suspicious fires, authorities said. Firefighters from throughout Lake and Porter...
NFP Acquires Indiana Employee Benefits Firm, First Person
May 5 2021 // Insurance broker NFP has acquired Indianapolis, Indiana-based employee benefits brokerage, First Person Inc. (First Person). First Person specializes in group benefits with additional capabilities in compensation,...
Indiana Gun Shop Sued for Selling Guns Used in Chicago Crimes
Apr 28 2021 // The city of Chicago has filed a lawsuit against an Indiana gun store, contending it has sold hundreds of guns to straw buyers that in turn have ended up in the hands of felons or at crime scenes in the city. The lawsuit...
Charles Taylor Acquires Indiana’s Syndicate Claim Services
Apr 13 2021 // London-based Charles Taylor Adjusting, a provider of insurance services, claims solutions and technology platforms to the global insurance market, has acquired Syndicate Claim Services Inc. (Syndicate), an independent...
