Mercedes Lain: Missing baby found dead in Indiana woods

Investigators said 11-month-old Mercedes Lain was seen last Saturday when her parents left her in the care of their friend.

Indianapolis shooting: Police officer, 2 others hurt; suspect dead

Authorities say three people including a police officer were wounded and a suspect was dead in a shooting connected to a reported domestic disturbance in Indianapolis.

Judge rules Indiana University can mandate COVID-19 vaccine for students, staff

In a ruling dated Sunday, U.S. District Judge Damon Leichty in South Bend rejected a request from eight IU students who sought to block the requirement.

4 juveniles accused of poaching 20+ deer in Indiana, Illinois

Indiana prosecutors have charged four juveniles from southeastern Illinois with allegedly torturing and poaching more than 20 wild deer in the two states.

Indiana University students sue school over vaccine requirement, allege constitutional rights violated

Eight Indiana University students have filed a federal lawsuit against the school, alleging that its COVID-19 vaccine requirement violates both their constitutional rights and the state's new vaccine passport law.

Indiana mother charged after 4-year-old girl nearly died from lice

An Indiana woman faces child neglect charges after investigators said her 4-year-old daughter nearly died from a lice infestation so severe doctors had to give her multiple blood transfusions.

2 Indiana high school students killed in crash on their way to prom

Two high school students died in a car crash Saturday on their way to the prom in Indiana. The cause of the crash remains under investigation

FedEx shooting: Indianapolis suspect didn't have 'red flag' gun hearing after he was reported by mother

Indiana was one of the first states to enact a “red flag" gun law, though prosecutors said Monday the FedEx shooting suspect never had a hearing even after he was reported by his mother.

Police: 8 killed in shooting at FedEx facility in Indianapolis

A gunman killed eight people and wounded several others before killing himself in a late-night shooting at a FedEx facility near the Indianapolis airport, police said, in the latest in a spate of mass shootings after a relative lull during the pandemic.

Stimulus check argument led to quadruple murder, family claims

A man suspected of killing three adults and a child had pulled out a gun and opened fire following a heated argument over dividing a stimulus check, the family says.

'Horrible tragedy:' Overnight fire kills 100 animals at pet store

An estimated 100 animals died when an overnight fire filled an Indianapolis pet store with thick smoke and deadly gases, fire officials said.

‘Nothing short of mass murder’: 6 dead in shooting, including pregnant woman, at Indianapolis home

Six people were killed early Sunday in a shooting at a home in Indianapolis, including a woman and her unborn baby. “What happened this morning was a mass murder,” the city’s mayor said.

Mental health could halt execution of killer who cut baby from womb

A judge has temporarily stopped the U.S. government’s plans Tuesday to carry out the first federal execution of a female inmate in nearly seven decades.

Woman burned granddaughter for urinating on couch

The grandmother scalded her 4-year-old granddaughter in a hot shower for urinating on a couch.