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Left-wing interests and Illinois Gov. Pritzker are bankrolling negative attacks to influence Indiana politics. Engling plans to conduct a formal Inspector General audit to root out institutional problems left by the previous administration. Cracking down on fraudulent trucking LLCs and ensuring road safety are top voter priorities Engling is addressing.
MARION COUNTY, Ind. — Following the preliminary results stating that he was elected to the Indiana State Senate, Kerry Forestal has resigned from his position as the Marion County Sheriff. A news release said that, per the Indiana Constitution, a term for an Indiana State Senator begins the day after the election. An additional portion […]
By Carson Gerber for Free Press Indiana News . Broadcast version by Joe Ulery for Indiana News Service reporting for the Free Press Indiana-Public News Service Collaboration. Indiana state Rep. Joanna King grew up in an Amish family that believed voting went against their faith-based conviction that members should stay separate from the world. “They really feel like their influence needs to be praying for the people that are elected … but still really having that complete separation of church and state,” said King, whose family left the Amish faith when she was in third grade. But that long-standing belief is fading among some Indiana Amish — and it could open up an untapped block of conservative voters. More than 68,000 Amish live in Indiana — the third highest in the nation after Pennsylvania and Ohio, according to the Young Center for Anabaptist and Pietist Studies at Elizabethtown College. The largest communities are in LaGrange and Elkhart counties, where around 25,500 Amish live. In LaGrange County, nearly half of the 41,000 residents there are Amish. “I always tell them, ‘If you guys ever decided to vote, you’d run this county,’” LaGrange County Commissioner Terry Martin said. “And if they told
NinjaCon: Partake in all things ninja—gymnastics, parkour, martial arts, and more—during this convention for enthusiasts in the growing sport at Wright’s 360 Movement Academy in Westfield. November 6–8 Christmas Nights of Lights: The Indiana State Fairgrounds transforms into a magical, twilit wonder during this 2.1-mile drive-thru...
Indianapolis Monumental Marathon brings staggered road closures from downtown to the north side Saturday.
The following is a press release for McDonald's USA. McDonald’s restaurants in the Indianapolis area are honored to serve veterans, active-duty military members and their families each and every day. This year, McDonald’s restaurants across the region will be recognizing Veterans Day in a special way, by offering current and former military members free food.
Christopher Browning, OD, and Nicholas Garn, OD, now offer cataract surgery and refractive lens exchange in their own practices. Indiana’s first OD-owned office-based surgery (OBS) suites are now open. These suites allow patients to receive cataract surgery and refractive lens exchange (RLE) in the same practice where their optometrist evaluated them. Christopher Browning, OD, of VisionQuest Eyecare, opened his suite on October 29, and Nicholas Garn, OD, of Zionsville Eyecare, opened a separate suite on October 30, 2026.1 While Browning and Garn worked closely together on the development of the 2 surgical suites, the practices themselves are independently owned and operated.1.
Indiana’s individual income tax rate drops again on Jan. 1, 2027, from 2.95% to 2.90%. The Indiana Department of Revenue says the rate “will adjust in 2027 to 2.90%,” and the Tax Foundation’s state tax roundup puts the effective date at Jan. 1, 2027. The cut is five hundredths of a percentage point, worth about […]
As the city begins the development process of the former Indiana Women’s Prison, local organization City Rising has collected stories from people connected to the site. Community members are invited to hear these stories at Beyond These Gates: Remembering Home, The Prison, and a Place Yet to Be. The...
(Wayne County, IN)--Wayne County no longer has the most cases of measles in Indiana, but it’s not because the number of cases has dropped. According to numbers released by the state’s Department of Health Monday, Wayne County cases of measles have increased in the last week from 14 to 17. After having led the state for several consecutive weeks, Wayne County is now second behind LaGrange County, which has 26 cases. Randolph County is the only other Whitewater Valley County with any cases. It has two.
Every Thanksgiving, people roll up their sleeves in their church kitchens and spend hours cooking turkey, stuffing and sides to share with their neighbors. Others bundle up and stand in the November cold to pass out turkeys to long lines of cars. It’s a time where we can see generosity...
Highly anticipated mystery packs of limited-edition Trader Joe’s grocery bags designed to represent various U.S. states and regions will be sold in stores in Indiana on Nov. 4. The packs contain random reusable tote bags made of 100% polypropylene, a recyclable polymer, and feature three random designs. Monrovia, California-based Trader Joe’s sells the mystery packages during the holidays. Each bundle comes in a sealed brown paper bag and retails for $2.99. Unlike bags sold in neighborhood stores, which are typically region-specific, the bags in the mystery packs are from different places around the country or are specialty bags specific to that season’s pack. Most of the Indiana stores said they will not limit the number of bundles customers can buy when they begin sales, but they might implement limits later based on demand. Trader Joe’s stores in Indiana said they have seen a substantial increase in calls about the bag packs this year compared to 2025, when the bags sold out quickly. How to get a Trader Joe's mystery pack in Indiana Here are Trader Joe store locations in Indiana, and when they are expected to begin selling the mystery state bag packs. 5473 E. 82nd, Indianapolis Bags are expected
INDIANAPOLIS - Two of Indiana's members of the U.S. House said economic issues and immigration played a key role in Democrats' massive election victories. Democrats had flipped at least 43 seats in the House as of Friday, including in Indiana's 5th Congressional District, where Democratic state Sen. J.D. Ford upset three-term Republican Rep. Victoria Spartz. Another 25 seats have yet to be called.
Reverend Peyton is coming home. The blues guitarist, who lives in Brown County, Indiana, will headline Amplify Nashville this Saturday, Nov. 7, at the Brown County Music Center, fronting The Reverend Peyton's Big Damn Band in a benefit show built around the community that raised him. The concert is presented...
Candidates challenged by traditional public school advocates retained their control of the Indianapolis Public Schools board after Tuesday’s election. Incumbents Angelia Moore, Hasaan Rashid, Chris Bultman and Nicole Carey and newcomer Daqavise Winston won election to the seven-member board, retaining nearly all of the board’s incumbents at a pivotal moment for IPS.
Democrat Amy Huffman Oliver has won the Indiana House District 62 race , ousting incumbent Republican Dave Hall by winning nearly 60% of the vote. “I’m just grateful to the voters,” Huffman Oliver said late Tuesday. While Hall garnered slightly more votes in Jackson County and Huffman Oliver’s home turf of Brown County, the margins there — a combined 1,254 votes — were more than offset by Huffman Oliver's 6,201-vote margin in Monroe County in Monroe County, where she won 12,704 votes to Hall’s 6,503. Huffman Oliver said she benefited from high turnout and enthusiasm among Democratic Party voters, a good team and hard work, saying she had campaigned full-time for about 16 months. District 62 includes all of Brown County and portions of Monroe and Jackson counties. Huffman Oliver, 59, of Nashville, is an attorney and graduate of Indiana University’s Maurer School of Law. She and her husband, Jim, a former Brown County prosecutor, have two sons. Hall, 44, of Norman, in Jackson County, is an insurance agent who narrowly won the seat in the previous two elections, defeating former Monroe County Commissioner Penny Githens in 2022 and Bloomington pastor Thomas Horrocks in 2024. In a questionnaire from The
Democrats won big in Indiana Tuesday night, breaking a 14-year Republican supermajority in the state House of Representatives, electing the state's first openly gay U.S. representative, and electing a Democratic attorney general for the first time in 14 years.
Indianapolis is kicking off eleven straight days of free, community-created programming Thursday evening as the 31st annual Spirit & Place Festival opens with a public conversation at Indiana Landmarks Center. The festival runs through Nov. 15 and threads more than 30 events across Central Indiana around this year's theme: Connections.
INDIANAPOLIS — One of the country’s biggest running events returns to downtown Indianapolis this Saturday as the CNO Financial Indianapolis Monumental Marathon celebrates its 19th year. The event, organizers call one of the 15 largest marathons in the United States, features a full marathon, half marathon, and 5K, all starting and finishing in the heart […]
