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Lebanon residents evicted as city eyes plan for new police station
Ashley Hoffman said she and about a dozen other people got a notice in early June to vacate their apartment by July 5.
Police: 85-year-old Bloomington man killed in collision involving SUV, truck
A two-vehicle crash on Bloomington's northwest side claimed one life Wednesday morning, police said.
Bloomington crash involving box truck leaves 85-year-old dead
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. -- Police responded to a crash involving a box truck and another vehicle that left an 85-year-old dead in Bloomington Thursday morning. Officers with the Bloomington Police Department responded around 10:40 a.m. to State Road 45/46 near the overpass of I-69 in…
16-year-old arrested; accused of breaking into apartment, holding someone at gunpoint
INDIANAPOLIS — After a female ignored a juvenile male's request to hang out with her, he and three other males allegedly broke into her apartment and pointed a gun at her. Joshua Samuel Pacheco Murillo, 16, is facing a slew of charges, including the following: According to court…
Attempted murder suspect arrested in Indianapolis for Bloomington shooting
Kafern P. Johnson, 32, from Bloomington, Indiana, was arrested in Indianapolis on an attempted murder charge after police say he fired seven to eight rounds into a white GMC SUV occupied by three adults and four children last month in Bloomington before fleeing the area.
Rushville Marine Corps veteran of 3 wars turns 99 years old | America 250
Robert Brown enlisted in the U.S. Marine Corps just before his 18th birthday. It was the start of a 24-year military career.
Police confirm new arrest in conspiracy to kill Indiana judge
TIPPECANOE COUNTY, Ind. -- Police have arrested a Lafayette woman who allegedly coordinated with a man accused of leading a plot to kill Tippecanoe Superior Court Judge Steven Meyer. Mindi Metzinger, 35, faces three Level 6 felony counts for obstruction of justice and a Level 5…
23 convicted felons sentenced after 4-month 'Operation Take Back America' in central, southern Indiana
During the operation, 37 unlawfully held guns and four extended magazines were removed.
Man faces attempted murder charge after shots fired into SUV in Bloomington
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — A man being held in Marion County Jail faces an attempted murder charge after police linked him to a shots-fired investigation in Bloomington. Kafern P. Johnson, 33, was booked into jail this week on preliminary charges of attempted murder, criminal…
How Indy’s new favorite tax break for affordable housing works
The deal is known as a payment in lieu of taxes, or PILOT.
Kokomo woman, with history of animal torture, sentenced after 'severely dehydrated' animals found in U-Haul in Indianapolis
Krystal Scott has previously engaged in crushing, suffocating, impaling or subjecting animals to serious bodily injury and death.
Greenwood proposes new wheel and vehicle excise tax
GREENWOOD, Ind. - Car owners in Greenwood might have to cough up a little more cash as the city has been discussing a new wheel and vehicle excise tax. If your car is registered in Greenwood, you would have to pay $25 annually. If you own a bus, semi, or RV, you would have to…