Latest Indiana Headlines

All the headlines from our Indiana Topic Page, ordered by recency.

Lawsuit From Indiana Teacher Fired for Same-Sex Marriage Can Proceed

Nov 30 2021 // A lawsuit filed by a teacher who was fired from his job at a Catholic high school in Indianapolis for being in a same-sex marriage can proceed, a state appeals court ruled.A panel of the Indiana Court of Appeals ruled...

Indiana Push for Marijuana Legalization Faces GOP Opposition

Nov 23 2021 // A renewed push for Indiana to join more than two-thirds of states with some form of legalized marijuana use appears to face the same roadblock from Statehouse Republicans who have opposed such a step for many...

Lead Found in Paint Chips After Indiana House Fire

Nov 12 2021 // Testing has detected lead in most of the paint chips that fell to the ground in southern Indiana when a house was burned for a firefighter training exercise, an Indiana University professor says.Gabriel Filippelli, a...

Indiana County to Pay $100,000 After Fallen Tree Limb Damages Cars

Nov 3 2021 // A central Indiana county’s commissioners will pay out $100,000 to the owners of four vehicles after a tree limb fell on the courthouse square last month, crushing their vehicles.The 80-foot-tall red oak split during...

Study: Indiana Workers’ Comp Average Medical Claims Higher than Most States

Oct 27 2021 // A recently published study from the Workers Compensation Research Institute found that the average medical payment for Indiana workers’ compensation claims with more than seven days of lost time was higher than the...

Indiana Farm Bureau Offers $10K Reward for Information on Barn Arsons

Oct 26 2021 // A reward is being offered as investigators try to find whoever has set at least a dozen barn fires at northern Indiana farms this year.The Farm Bureau groups in Elkhart, Kosciusko, St. Joseph and Marshall counties created...

Berkley One Moves into Tennessee, D.C., Indiana

Oct 25 2021 // Berkley One has expanded its personal lines business to Tennessee, Indiana and the District of Columbia. Berkley One collector vehicle coverage is also launching in Idaho, Oregon and Washington, the company said in a news...

Indiana Man Sues After Alleging Police Knelt on Him

Oct 21 2021 // A Gary man is suing northwest Indiana police more than a year after he alleged that officers sprayed him with pepper spray and knelt on him when they encountered him near a protest over George Floyd’s death.Randall...

1 Highway Worker Killed, 1 Injured in Indiana Crash

Oct 20 2021 // A highway worker was killed and a co-worker was seriously injured when a vehicle struck them as they were working along a rural road in eastern Indiana, state police said.The two Union County Highway Department employees...

Officials Seek Public’s Help in Probe of Indiana County’s Barn Fires

Oct 7 2021 // Police in a northern Indiana county are seeking the public’s help as they investigate a string of fires that have destroyed or damaged eight barns since last spring.The request from the Elkhart County Sheriff’s...

Judge Questions Army Corps’ Clean Water Act Decision on Indiana Dairy Farm; Orders Review

Oct 6 2021 // A federal judge has ordered the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to review its decision that a dairy farm built in northwest Indiana to house more than 4,000 cows is not subject to the Clean Water Act.Environmental groups and...

Apparent US Steel Plant Spill Closes Indiana Beaches

Sep 28 2021 // Indiana Dunes National Park closed its beaches and a northwest Indiana water utility shut down an intake facility after an orange substance apparently spilled from a U.S. Steel plant into a Lake Michigan tributary, a mayor...

People Moves: Radford Joins Indiana’s DOXA Insurance; AF Group Adds Hicks as Sr. VP

Sep 14 2021 // DOXA Insurance Holdings in Fort Wayne, Indiana, hired seasoned insurance veteran, Kellam Radford, as national program director.Radford has broad experience on both the carrier and MGA sides of the business, specifically in...

Indiana Bolstering School Safety with Over $19M in Grants

Sep 9 2021 // The Indiana Secured School Safety Board has approved more than $19 million in state grants, marking a third consecutive year the General Assembly has allocated funds for school safety investments.The awards will allow the...

MJ Insurance Acquires ProCourse Fiduciary Advisors in Indiana

Aug 4 2021 // Indianapolis-based risk management and employee benefits agency, MJ Insurance, acquired ProCourse Fiduciary Advisors (ProCourse) in Carmel, Indiana.MJ said the partnership enables the firms to offer a holistic approach to...

Federal Judge Backs Indiana University Vaccine Mandate for Employees, Students

Jul 20 2021 // A federal judge is allowing Indiana University to continue with its COVID-19 vaccine requirement for all students and employees.A ruling from a judge in South Bend has rejected a request from eight IU students who sought...

Severe Storms, Flooding in Michigan; Tornadoes in Indiana

Jun 28 2021 // Residents in the Detroit area were cleaning up June 27 after flooding in the area overloaded sewer systems, damaged homes and knocked out power for thousands.Bags of trash lined neighborhood streets in suburban Grosse...

Seeking More Money, Cities Opt Out of Indiana’s Suits Against Opioid Makers

Jun 22 2021 // Several Indiana cities have opted out of the state’s pending lawsuits against opioid manufacturers and distributors, reasoning that they will likely see more cash from their own litigation filed in response to the...

Indiana Wildlife Center Operator with ‘Tiger King’ Ties Owes PETA $734K in Suit

Jun 18 2021 // A judge has ordered the former proprietor of an Indiana wildlife center and his ex-wife to pay People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals more than $700,000 in attorney’s fees stemming from the group’s...

Judge Rules in Utility’s Favor in Suit over Deadly Indiana Explosion

Jun 11 2021 // A judge has ruled in favor of a utility in a lawsuit filed over a 2017 natural gas explosion in southwestern Indiana that killed two women and injured three other people.A Vanderburgh County judge granted...