State and Local News

Indiana’s unemployment rate now sits at 4.7 percent, according to the Department of Workforce Development. There are 21 counties above that rate. Howard County has the highest unemployment ...Read more

A federal judge has refused to block Indiana University’s coronavirus vaccination policy. The judge said Monday that the school can pursue a “reasonable and due process of vaccination ...Read more

A Marion couple has died after an incident in Gas City yesterday. According to Indiana State Police Sgt. Tony Slocum, officers were dispatched to the Gas City Town Hall at approximately 4:27 p.m., ...Read more

Still need to get your Real ID? You’ve got plenty of time. Because of COVID-19, the Department of Homeland Security has moved the deadline from Oct. 1 of this year to May 3, 2023. From then ...Read more

Cen­tral Indi­ana Ethanol (CIE) has made a gen­er­ous dona­tion to the Mar­i­on Fire Depart­ment respond­ing to a need for a Foam Truck to effec­tive­ly fight petro­le­um-based ...Read more

Seven months after the first COVID vaccines were approved, half of eligible Hoosiers haven’t gotten it. In early April, Indiana was averaging nearly 50,000 vaccinations a day. The average now ...Read more

The Acacia Fraternity has been kicked off the Indiana University campus in Bloomington. The fraternity’s website acknowledges the three-year suspension negotiated with university ...Read more

Indiana’s attorney general says his lawsuit against a handful of online schools is one of the biggest fraud cases in state history. A-G Todd Rokita yesterday sued the Indiana Virtual School, ...Read more

Indy and Fort Wayne get low marks on an annual physical fitness ranking of the nation’s 100 largest cities. The American Fitness Index, compiled by the Anthem Foundation and the American ...Read more

Indiana expects to resume paying a $300 add-on to unemployment benefits on Friday, three weeks after a judge ordered it. The Department of Workforce Development says it’s been working to ...Read more