Current law sets the weight limit for trucks at 80,000 pounds. However, if you’re hauling steel, paper or agricultural products, you can get special permits to haul 120,000 pounds.
While concrete numbers are hard to pin down, researchers estimate that one in seven Americans has a misdemeanor on their criminal record, amounting to around 45 million people.
While the motive for last week’s mass shooting remains under investigation, members of the Sikh community say they feel a collective trauma and believe more must be done to combat the bigotry, bias and violence they have suffered for decades.
The mayor addresses COVID metrics, uptick in cases, Rescue Plan funding, herd immunity, senior citizen parking downtown, UDO zoning, IU's new president, and more.
The request came a day after IMPD released a report from last year stating that an officer who seized a shotgun from Brandon Scott Hole’s home in March 2020 saw what he identified as white supremacist websites on Hole’s computer.
The national headquarters of Sigma Pi, along with Indiana University agreed to close its Bloomington chapter for hazing and violating COVID-19 guidelines.
Indiana legislative negotiators have reached an agreement on limiting the authority of county or city health departments by allowing local officials to overturn orders or enforcement actions issued during emergencies.
Brad Stevens says he wasn’t close to leaving the Boston Celtics for the coaching job at Indiana University. In fact, he says he never received an offer.
Indiana’s Red Flag law could have stopped 19 year-old Brandon Hole from legally buying the guns he used to kill eight people at a FedEx facility last week, but the Marion County Prosecutor said the law has significant limitations.
The head of Indiana’s Senate Democratic caucus called on legislative leaders to work together to help prevent gun violence after Thursday night's mass shooting at an Indianapolis FedEx facility.
Authorities believed they had done what they needed to by seizing the pump-action shotgun from Brandon Scott Hole in March 2020, Marion County Prosecutor Ryan Mears said.
Indiana public schools will receive more than $1.7 billion in federal funds as part of the American Rescue Plan Act, $16 million of which will go to the Monroe County Community School Corporation.
Gov. Eric Holcomb lifted the statewide mask order, last week. But experts say the municipalities and counties that have maintained some kind of mask order are helping keep cases and hospitalizations down.
Vigils for the victims of Thursday night’s mass shooting at a FedEx facility in Indianapolis continued on Sunday, as people gathered both in Beech Grove and downtown to honor and mourn the lives of the eight individuals who died.
Indiana health authorities recorded 1,041 more positive COVID-19 cases on Sunday, bringing the statewide total to 708,067. The State Department of Health also reported seven more deaths.
A man wanted on a warrant in Texas allegedly stole and crashed an Indiana State Police car after a high-speed interstate chase, authorities said late Saturday.
Greene Co. Sheriff’s Department chief deputy George Dallaire said the bodies were found Friday just outside of Owensburg. All three died of gunshot wounds, he said.
A trace of the two guns found by investigators at the scene revealed that suspect Brandon Scott Hole, 19, of Indianapolis, legally bought the rifles in July and September of last year.
Organizers of a fireworks show that lights up downtown Indianapolis each July Fourth are looking for a new pyrotechnics launch site a year after the pandemic canceled the long-running event.
Community members and elected officials came together Saturday to offer prayers and call for an end to violence during vigils honoring the victims of Indianapolis’ latest mass shooting.
Members of Indianapolis’ tight-knit Sikh community joined with city officials to call for gun reforms Saturday as they mourned the deaths of four Sikhs who were among the eight people killed in a mass shooting at a FedEx warehouse.
The department also reported 48,905 new tests Saturday. The 7-day all-test positivity rate was 5.1 percent. The state has conducted over 9.4 million tests.
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