House committee approves guidelines for impeachment hearings
U.S. House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler says there’s no confusion about what his committee is doing: It’s an impeachment investigation, no matter how you want to phrase it.
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Government will propose banning flavors used in e-cigarettes
President Donald Trump said Wednesday his administration will propose banning thousands of flavors used in e-cigarettes to combat a recent surge in underage vaping.
NCAA urges California governor not to sign ‘fair pay’ bill
The Indianapolis-based NCAA’s Board of Governors is urging Gov. Gavin Newsom not to sign a California bill that would allow college athletes to receive money for their names, likenesses or images.
Fort Wayne man gets 200 years in drug-related triple-slaying
A man who pleaded guilty in the drug-related killings of three people in northeastern Indiana has been sentenced to 200 years in prison.
Indiana boy, 15, to be tried as adult in 2 siblings’ deaths
An Indiana boy who was 13 when he allegedly killed his two young siblings will be tried as an adult in their suffocation deaths.
DCS seeks to keep records sealed in class-action care suit
Lawyers for Indiana’s Department of Child Services are pushing to seal records in a federal class action lawsuit accusing the child welfare agency of inadequately protecting thousands of children in its care.
Google, Big Tech face a new set of foes: Nearly all 50 states
Big tech companies have long rebuffed attempts by the federal government to scrutinize or scale back their market power. Now they face a scrappy new coalition as well: prosecutors from nearly all 50 states, including Indiana.
Cass County Council member picked for Indiana Senate seat
A county council member has been picked as the new state senator for a northern Indiana district, replacing departing Sen. Randy Head.
Woman charged with strangling stepdaughter waives counsel
A Marion woman charged in the strangulation death of her 10-year-old stepdaughter has waived her right to an attorney and says she will represent herself in court.
Attorney General Hill stalls BMV gender change rule
Indiana’s attorney general is stalling a measure that would allow people to change their gender on driver’s licenses and IDs, according to the state’s Bureau of Motor Vehicles.
Interview: Gorsuch rues loss of civility but mum on Trump
Justice Neil Gorsuch is following the path of Supreme Court colleagues-turned-authors in a new book in which he laments the loss of civility in public discourse. The 52-year-old justice wrote “A Republic, If You Can Keep It” because Americans should remember their political opponents “love this country as much as we do,” Gorsuch said in an interview.
Indiana woman formally charged in stepdaughter’s killing
An Indiana woman who was charged Friday in the strangulation death of her 10-year-old stepdaughter told investigators she “was very angry” when she killed the child and hid her body in a shed, court documents allege. Amanda D. Carmack, 34, was charged with murder and strangulation in Skylea Carmack’s killing.
2 Bloomington men arrested after church vandalized
Two southern Indiana men have been arrested on charges alleging they vandalized a rural church with graffiti including sexual references, satanic symbols and racist comments. Two 25-year-old Bloomington men, Tyler J. Price and Gregory Silvey, have been charged with criminal mischief.
Planned Parenthood reopens Fort Wayne health center
Planned Parenthood has reopened its health center in Indiana’s second-largest city more than a year after the center closed. The Fort Wayne health center reopened Tuesday.
Convicted Indiana sex offender charged with raping Amish woman
An Elkhart man with felony rape and child molestation convictions on his record has been charged with sexually assaulting an Amish woman last month in Marshall County. The Elkhart Truth reports 49-year-old Michael Middaugh is charged with rape, burglary with an armed weapon and criminal confinement.
Last of 4 women charged as teens in torture slaying released
The last of four women charged as teenagers with the 1992 torture murder of a southern Indiana 12-year-old has been released from prison.
Man convicted of selling historic bridge for scrap gets prison
A northwestern Indiana scrap-metal dealer convicted of razing a historic railroad bridge and selling the metal has been sentenced to two years in prison.
Indiana man gets 14 years for deadly bus-minivan collision
A southern Indiana man has been sentenced to more than 14 years in prison for a collision between a bus and a minivan that killed three people.
Family sues IMPD officer accused of striking boy, 17
The family of a 17-year-old Indianapolis boy who was punched by a police officer outside a school last week is suing the officer.
Man who opened fire in VFW post sentenced to 30 years
A 30-year prison sentence has been handed to an Indiana man who shot inside a crowded Veterans of Foreign Wars post in Evansville after he was barred from entering.