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Mother: Indiana family will sue cruise company over toddler’s death

July 22, 2019 | Associated Press

There are “a million things” the cruise company could have done to prevent the death of an 18-month-old Indiana girl who fell to her death from an open window on a cruise ship in Puerto Rico, the toddler’s mother said in an interview broadcast Monday. Speaking publicly for the first time since Chloe Wiegand died, her mother, Kimberley Wiegand, told NBC’s “Today ” show that her family will sue Royal Caribbean Cruises for “not having a safer situation on the 11th floor of that cruise ship.”

South Bend police to get body camera upgrades after shooting

July 22, 2019 | Associated Press

The Indiana city where Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg is mayor is updating its police officers’ body camera technology following the recent fatal police shooting of a black man. The technology upgrades will mean officers’ body cameras can be activated manually or automatically when a squad car door is opened.

Alleged drug ring leader’s trial moved to Evansville

July 22, 2019 | Associated Press

Richard Grundy III and four co-defendants first stood trial July 8 in Indianapolis on federal drug trafficking charges, but a mistrial was declared July 10 after a court order concerning jurors’ personal information was violated. Court documents show Grundy will now stand trial July 29 at the U.S. district court in Evansville.

Indiana woman gets 6 years for role in death of son, 2

July 22, 2019 | Associated Press

A Fort Wayne woman has been sentenced to six years in prison on neglect charges stemming from her 2-year-old son’s beating death. Amber V. Garrett, 27, was sentenced Friday after pleading guilty in June to two felony neglect counts involving her son and daughter.

Man arrested after 8 arsons in Indianapolis since 2014

July 22, 2019 | Associated Press

Authorities say a 40-year-old man has been arrested following eight arson fires since 2014 in Indianapolis. Police say the man is a person of interest in a July 2 fire that appeared suspicious to firefighters at the scene.

Duke Energy sued for 2014 coal ash spill environmental harm

July 19, 2019

The federal, North Carolina and Virginia governments asked a court Thursday to declare the country’s largest electricity company liable for environmental damage from a leak five years ago that left miles of a river shared by the two states coated in hazardous coal ash.

Ex-IUPUI volleyball coach gets probation for child porn

July 19, 2019 | Associated Press

A former college volleyball coach from Indianapolis has been sentenced to probation after pleading guilty to possessing sexually explicit images and videos of young girls. A Marion County judge recently sentenced Steven Payne to four years of probation and barred him from having internet access at home or work.

Stevens’ body to lie in repose at Supreme Court on Monday

July 19, 2019

The Supreme Court says the body of former Justice John Paul Stevens will lie in repose at the court on Monday. Stevens died Tuesday at age 99.

$100K bond for trucker in deadly Indiana crash

July 19, 2019

A judge has set a $100,000 bond for a Missouri truck driver facing felony charges for a highway construction zone crash in Indianapolis that killed a woman and her 18-month-old twin daughters.

2nd man sentenced in fatal southern Indiana gun shop robbery

July 19, 2019

An Indianapolis man has been sentenced to 30 years in federal prison for his role in the robbery and fatal shooting of a southern Indiana gun shop owner. A judge ordered the sentence Thursday after 24-year-old Darion Harris pleaded guilty.

No additional charges in Trump hush-money probe

July 18, 2019

Federal prosecutors in New York have decided not to file any additional charges in their investigation of illegal hush money payments orchestrated by President Donald Trump’s lawyer to Stormy Daniels and Karen McDougal before the 2016 election.

2 groups appeal Indiana permit for coal-to-diesel plant

July 18, 2019

Two southern Indiana groups are appealing an air permit that state regulators recently approved for a planned $2.5 billion coal-to-diesel plant.

Payments from $208M NCAA settlement begin in August

July 18, 2019

More than 50,000 former college athletes next month will begin collecting portions of a $208 million class-action settlement paid by Indianapolis-based NCAA in a case that challenged its caps on compensation.

Ex-Pacers player, Auburn assistant Chuck Person avoids prison

July 18, 2019

Former Indiana Pacers star and Auburn University assistant basketball coach Chuck Person’s lifelong generosity may have driven him to the poorhouse, but it saved him from the jailhouse Wednesday when a judge sentenced him in a bribery scandal that touched some of the biggest college basketball programs.

Outgoing Rep. Brooks joins Dems condemning Trump’s racist tweets

July 17, 2019

In a remarkable political repudiation, the Democratic-led U.S. House voted to condemn President Donald Trump’s “racist comments” against four congresswomen of color, despite protestations by Trump’s Republican congressional allies and his own insistence he hasn’t “a racist bone in my body.” Retiring Indiana Rep. Susan Brooks was among four Republicans joining the condemnation of Trump’s statements.

Man accused of labor trafficking Indiana minors in Kentucky

July 17, 2019

An Indianapolis man has been charged with child labor law violations after allegedly bringing 12 children from Indiana to Kentucky to sell candy for him.

Father of Indiana teen killed in pursuit crash sues police

July 17, 2019

The father of a 15-year-old boy who was killed in a car crash during a police pursuit is suing two police departments and an officer, alleging that “careless and negligent acts” on their part led directly to his son’s death.

2 arrested in multi-year probe of Muncie public corruption

July 17, 2019

A Muncie city official and a local contractor have been indicted on federal charges that are the latest to come out of a probe of public corruption in the Delaware County city.

Former Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens dies at 99

July 17, 2019

John Paul Stevens, the bow-tied, independent-thinking, Republican-nominated justice who unexpectedly emerged as the Supreme Court's leading liberal, died Tuesday in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, after suffering a stroke Monday. He was 99.

Judge bars Trump confidant Roger Stone from social media

July 16, 2019

A federal judge in Washington on Tuesday restricted Roger Stone’s use of social media after finding that the longtime friend of President Donald Trump violated her gag order.

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