Hundreds of thousands of Hoosiers have gotten the COVID-19 vaccination with many more waiting their turn. Ahead, the latest on who can sign up now, and the state’s timeline for opening up eligibility to more groups.
Just about a week after the city removed a homeless camp from a Bloomington park, volunteers mobilized to open a new shelter and get people out of the cold. Ahead we ask what’s next and whether the city’s mayor will be involved in trying to find solutions to the problem of homelessness.
The Libertarians had a strong showing in Indiana in November. Coming up how the party is working to capitalize on that momentum.
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The latest on who can sign up for the COVID-19 vaccine. What’s next after the city removed a homeless camp from a Bloomington park. And how the Libertarian Party is working to capitalize on last year’s momentum.
The inauguration of President Joe Biden this week officially brought an end to the 2020 election saga. Former President Donald Trump’s wave of lawsuits over results put the Electoral College in the spotlight once again.
After Donald Rainwater's performance in the 2020 gubernatorial election, Indiana Libertarians are working to ensure that a vote for the party in 2020 wasn’t just an opportunity to chide the state government over coronavirus emergency mandates.
“I think it’s time to consider using more protective masks. Surgical masks, isolation masks, N-95s and things like that that are more protective. Maybe those are more important than they were before.”
According to NASA, 2020 tied with 2016 for the hottest year on record globally. Though it was only the 14th the hottest year for Indiana, it marked the sixth year in a row that temperatures were above normal.
Gov. Eric Holcomb wants to create a new, regional development initiative that he says will help the state’s economy recover from the COVID-19 pandemic.
Opened in late 2019, the venue was already turning a profit and hosted several shows. However, the coronavirus— which has halted shows at the 2,000-seat venue since March, left officials little choice.
The state updates its plan for who can register for the COVID-19 vaccine and when. How Indiana’s congressional delegation voted on the impeachment of President Trump. The federal government carried out more executions this week.
Corey Johnson’s execution went ahead after his lawyers scrambled to stop it on grounds that the lethal injection of pentobarbital would cause him excruciating pain due to lung damage from his coronavirus infection last month.
State Health Commissioner Dr. Kris Box acknowledged the state’s rollout is different from guidance issued this week by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Lisa Montgomery, 52, was pronounced dead at 1:31 a.m. after receiving a lethal injection at the federal prison complex in Terre Haute, Indiana. She was the 11th prisoner executed at the facility since last July.
About half of Indiana’s house delegation did vote against certifying the election results. The latest from D.C. just ahead. The state is opening up COVID-19 vaccines to more people. And the 2021 legislative session kicked off this week.
Talk of invoking the 25th Amendment and impeachment to remove President Trump from office are swirling around Washington a day after his supporters stormed the U.S. Capitol.
State health leaders are begging Hoosiers to be patient as they finish vaccinating health care workers and determine who will be next in line. A look back at Indiana Football’s 1967 Rose Bowl team, and the 2020 Year In Review.
In 1967, the Indiana football team was coming off a one-win season and gearing up for John Pont’s third year as the head coach. And there were no expectations that season would turn out so rosy.
By and large, the story that dominated news cycles across the world this year focused on the spread and ensuing fallout from SARS-CoV-2, the new coronavirus that put a stranglehold on economies, healthcare and life as we knew it.
The state has issued recommendations about distancing, masking, and meeting remotely when possible, but has said from the beginning of the pandemic that places of worship can operate as they see fit.
As the COVID-19 vaccine arrives, how much is available and to whom is still unclear. The Vice President is praising efforts of a local company producing vials of the vaccine. And get ready for another major I-69 construction detour.
Beginning January 2nd, traffic heading north on State Road 37 will be re-routed on to State Road 39. Drivers from points north will also be required to detour onto 39 if they are heading to Martinsville or Bloomington.
IU Health Methodist Hospital in Indianapolis is administering its first doses of the COVID-19 vaccine. The hospital received the first shipments of the vaccine Wednesday morning.
Vice President Mike Pence said Tuesday that he’s looking forward to getting vaccinated for COVID-19 and that he expects to receive his first dose in the next few days.
An update from IU Health on hospital capacity and vaccine distribution. How Michigan City is preparing for its coal plant’s closure. And Indiana’s first Supreme Court Justice Sherman Minton.
Lawyers for 56-year-old Alfred Bourgeois say he has an IQ that puts him in the intellectually disabled category and they contend that should have made him ineligible for the death penalty under federal law.
A Supreme Court justice from 1949-1956, Sherman Minton was born in Floyd County in 1890, and until recently, was the only person chosen from the Hoosier State to the nation’s highest court.
How the state is changing contact tracing as COVID-19 cases continue to surge. Nine Indiana coal plants are scheduled to close over the next decade. And Bloomington’s controversial zoning changes.
Indiana University is working to clean up debris in space. Old satellites and booster rockets have left hundreds of millions of pieces of junk in Earth’s orbital space.
