Ex-teacher pleads guilty to sex with student
FORT WAYNE – Months ago, Justin M. Edwards was a teacher and middle school wrestling coach. But Friday morning he sat amid career criminals and petty thieves, waiting to plead guilty to a ...
View ArticleGirl,15, struck in a hit and run
INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) - A 15-year-old girl is at Methodist Hospital in critical condition after she was hit by a hit and run driver around 11:30 Friday night. The girl was walking with a group of ...
View ArticleCop hit responding to an accident
It happened at the intersection of State Road 267 and Northfield Dr. in Brownsburg. The officer had his lights and sirens on as he responded to an accident on I-74, according to police. He was ...
View ArticleCourt hearing is set for Indiana's secretary of state
NOBLESVILLE, Ind. -- Indiana Secretary of State Charlie White will have his first day in court next week.White, indicted Thursday by a Hamilton County grand jury, is expected to plead not guilty to ...
View ArticleCity to expand battle against perilous roads
Danica Troutman (left) and Tom Brummett with the Department of Public Works spread freshly laid asphalt into potholes Friday on Holt Road. / Matt Detrich / The ...
View ArticleSuspect's arrest injures 2 IMPD officers
Two Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department officers were injured Friday while trying to catch a suspected check forger on the Northeastside.Both officers, whose identities were not released, ...
View ArticleOfficer's alleged killer moved to state prison
The man accused of fatally shooting Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department officer David Moore has been moved from the Marion County Jail to a state prison.Marion Superior Court Judge Mark ...
View ArticleRain could bring severe flooding again by Sunday
Heavy rain that was to begin Friday night could result in flooding as severe as this week's by Sunday, the National Weather Service reported.A flood warning for the White River, which runs ...
View ArticleInquiry starts into ex-superintendent's $800K retirement package
The Wayne Township School Board is hiring an investigator to be paid by the hour to look into its earlier decision to grant a former superintendent a retirement package exceeding $800,000.Meanwhile, ...
View Article'You don't need God'
INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) - It's nearly the season of lent ? a time of prayer, penance and sacrifice for Christians around the world. And this week, four billboards will go up around Indianapolis ...
View ArticleHigh Court Won't Intervene In Adoption Battle
INDIANAPOLIS -- The U.S. Supreme Court will not get involved in a southern Indiana family's highly publicized adoption battle.The court denied the case involving Jason and Christy Vaughn on ...
View ArticleSchool Investigates Instructor's Crash That Killed Girl
INDIANAPOLIS -- Indianapolis Public Schools is investigating why a middle school band instructor was driving three students in his personal vehicle when the car was struck, killing a 13-year-old ...
View ArticleRare Autographs, Antiques To Be Sold By State
INDIANAPOLIS -- From a chest full of silver goblets, to a football card signed by a former president, the state of Indiana is looking to auction off items forgotten by their owners.The Unclaimed ...
View ArticleRising gas prices force change in driving habits
Jeremy Brilliant /Eyewitness News Westfield - Rising gas prices are affecting how some Hoosiers use their vehicles. While many people are already spending more time at home and combining errands, ...
View ArticleIndiana House Democrats still boycotting GOP bills
Kevin Rader /Eyewitness News Indianapolis - More than three dozen Indiana House Democrats are still in Illinois, and now it's going to cost them as fines go into effect. House Democrats are ...
View ArticleCarmel native killed in Fla. car accident
Tampa, Fla. - A college student from Carmel was killed in a Florida car crash this weekend. Tessa Byers, a 19-year-old Park Tudor graduate, was a passenger in a car traveling on Interstate 75 from ...
View ArticleTwo teenagers shot dead on city's west side
Emily Longnecker /Eyewitness News Indianapolis - Two teenagers are dead after being shot on the city's west side. Police identified the victims as 19-year-old John Williams and 16-year-old ...
View ArticleFew pothole victims reimbursed for damages
increased the number of crews fixing potholes , hundreds of drivers are trying to get reimbursed for the damage the craters has done to their vehicles. But Eyewitness News found out few people are ...
View ArticleIndianapolis woman arrested following baseball bat altercation
A 42-year-old Indianapolis woman is accused of hitting a 17-year-old girl in the face with a baseball bat. Shirley Smith was arrested after the altercation on South Rybolt Avenue Monday ...
View ArticleMobile home fire blamed on space heater
INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) - A mobile home fire on the city?s far east side left a mom and two small children without a home. Indianapolis Fire Department was called to the home in the 1100 block of South ...
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