Latest Indiana Headlines

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Indiana House Explosion Injures 3; Gas Leak Blamed in Blast

Nov 18 2022 // PRINCETON, Ind. (AP – A house explosion in southwestern Indiana that injured three people has been traced to a heater that began leaking natural gas during maintenance work, authorities said.Four people were inside the...

Officials: Monkeypox Contributed to Indiana Resident’s Death

Nov 18 2022 // INDIANAPOLIS (AP) – Monkeypox was a contributing factor in the recent death of an Indiana resident, state health officials said Wednesday.The Indiana Department of Health said the person who died had a monkeypox...

Truck Driver Charged After Indiana Crash Injures Hockey Players

Nov 16 2022 // WARSAW, Ind. (AP) – A New York truck driver faces more than two dozen felony charges following a weekend collision in northern Indiana between his semitrailer and a Chicago youth hockey team’s bus that injured 16...

16 Hurt When Semitrailer Strikes Bus Carrying Hockey Team in Indiana

Nov 15 2022 // Sixteen people have been injured, three critically, after a semitrailer collided with a bus carrying a youth hockey team from Chicago in northern Indiana, police said.Investigators believe alcohol was a factor in the...

Judge Dismisses FedEx From Indiana Shooting Lawsuit

Nov 7 2022 // A federal judge has dismissed FedEx from a lawsuit filed by relatives of five of the eight people who were fatally shot last year at an Indianapolis warehouse by a former employee of the shipping giant.U.S. District Judge...

Historic Indiana Building Collapses Amid Renovation

Nov 1 2022 // A nearly 150-year-old building that was in the midst of a renovation collapsed in a northwestern Indiana city, scattering bricks and debris onto a street but causing no injuries, officials said.No one was inside the...

Indiana Man Pleads Guilty to Arson of Barn Fires

Oct 27 2022 // A man has pleaded guilty in connection with a series of barn fires set last year in several northern Indiana counties.An Elkhart County judge gave preliminary approval Monday to the plea agreement with Joseph Hershberger...

Flexsteel to Pay $9.8M For Contamination Cleanup at Indiana Site

Oct 26 2022 // Flexsteel Industries Inc. has agreed to a consent decree that requires it to pay $9.8 million for the cleanup of contamination at the Lane Street Ground Water Contamination Superfund Site (Lane Street Site) in Elkhart,...

Federal Judge Dismisses FedEx From Indiana Shooting Lawsuit, Citing Work Comp Act

Oct 20 2022 // A federal judge has dismissed FedEx from a lawsuit filed by relatives of five of the eight people who were fatally shot last year at an Indianapolis warehouse by a former employee of the shipping giant.U.S. District Judge...

Indiana Teen’s Parents Sue City Over Fatal Crash Involving Police Chase

Oct 17 2022 // The parents of a northern Indiana teenager who died along with her boyfriend when a vehicle being chased by police crashed into their car in 2020 is suing the city of Mishawaka.The lawsuit filed by Elizabeth...

Indiana Mayor’s Blood Alcohol Was Twice State Limit When He Struck Car

Oct 14 2022 // The mayor of Indiana’s second-largest city had a blood alcohol reading nearly twice the state’s limit for driving when he was arrested over the weekend for drunken driving, court records show.Fort Wayne Mayor...

Indiana Approves Decrease in Workers’ Comp Rates for 2023

Oct 5 2022 // Indiana Department of Insurance Commissioner Amy L. Beard recently approved a decrease of 10.3% on average for Workers‘ Compensation rates recommended by the Indiana Compensation Rating Bureau (ICRB), effective...

EEOC: Indiana-Based Pharmaceutical Corporation Sued for Age Discrimination

Sep 27 2022 // Lilly USA, LLC, a pharmaceutical corporation based in Indianapolis, Indiana, violated federal law by intentionally failing to hire older workers based on their age for pharmaceutical sales representative positions from...

BP Reaches $2.75 Million Settlement Over Indiana Refinery Pollution

Sep 21 2022 // Oil titan BP reached a $2.75 million settlement over air pollution from its largest refinery after environmentalists complained of repeated emissions violations at the Whiting facility in Indiana.The agreement is the...

Indiana Steelworker Dies After Industrial Accident

Sep 20 2022 // A steelworker who was injured last week in an industrial accident at a northwest Indiana steel mill has died at a Chicago hospital, officials said.Michael Osika, 44, of Schererville died Saturday after being injured...

Crash That Killed Indiana Congresswoman Blamed on Failed Passing Attempt

Sep 19 2022 // A staffer for U.S. Rep. Jackie Walorski was trying to pass a flat-bed truck on a northern Indiana highway last month when the SUV they were in crashed into an oncoming car, killing Walorski and three other people, police...

Indiana Court Sides With Catholic Diocese in Teacher Dismissal

Sep 19 2022 // The Indiana Supreme Court ruled recently that religious freedom rights protect the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Indianapolis from being sued by a teacher who was fired from his job at a Catholic high school for being in a...

Indiana City to Pay $1.7 Million in Deadly Police Chase Crash

Sep 15 2022 // The city of Evansville, Indiana has agreed to pay $1.75 million to settle a woman’s lawsuit stemming from a 2017 police chase crash that killed her two children and her husband and left her seriously injured.The...

State Agency to Assess Flood Damage in 3 SE Indiana Counties

Sep 12 2022 // Officials in three southeastern Indiana counties have declared local disasters following flash flooding last weekend that killed one woman and damaged numerous homes and roads.Staffers with the Indiana Department of...

Flash Flooding in Southern Indiana Kills 1, Damages Several Homes

Sep 7 2022 // A woman was killed during weekend flash flooding in rural southeastern Indiana that damaged numerous homes and washed away several roads, officials said.Normally small creeks were overwhelmed as perhaps eight inches of...