Marion County, IN

New efforts are underway across the state to address delayed justice for both victims of crimes and defendants.

After adding over 702,000 new cases throughout the last week, the U.S. now has more than 81.9 million confirmed cases of COVID-19. There have been more than 990,000 COVID-19-related deaths — the highest death toll of any country. New cases continue to rise at a faster rate. In the past week, there were an average […]

INDIANAPOLIS — The Pike Township Fire Marshal and the Marion County Public Health Department placed notices on the front door of the N Zone Bar & Grill at 8311 North Michigan Road advising the owner and customers that the business was shut down until further notice after a violent weekend.

STATE HOUSE–Indiana lawmakers will come back to the Statehouse Tuesday for “corrections day”, to clean up the language in bills before they become law. They will also likely override Gov. Holcomb’s veto of a bill banning transgender girls from participating in K-12 sports in public schools. While some Republicans believe the much-debated bill (HB 1041) will make for fair competition, others believe it is unnecessary and oppressive.

A Marion County detention deputy has been fired after the Marion County sheriff said they did not verify they were releasing the correct inmate and accidentally released a murder suspect.

INDIANAPOLIS — A Marion County detention deputy was fired Friday after his mistake led to the release of a murder suspect, according to the Marion County Sheriff’s Office. MCSO said a deputy working release on Thursday failed to review and verify that he had the correct inmate. He was supposed to release Nore Edwards but instead released Noah Edwards, who was awaiting trial for murder and robbery.

INDIANAPOLIS – A strong line of showers and thunderstorms have produced severe thunderstorm warnings and tornado warnings across central Indiana Saturday afternoon into the early evening. ALL CLEAR — for now. The active line of severe storms continues to push eastward out of the Hoosier state. But we’re...

INDIANAPOLIS — Beginning Monday, May 23, Indy DPW expects to close a portion of Shelby Street between Southeastern Avenue and Bates Street to complete resurfacing, patching and connectivity. During the first phase of construction, Shelby will close between Southeastern Avenue and Bates Street. This segment of the street is...

IndyStar will be recognizing the top softball players in Indiana with our players of the week poll. Congratulations to Eastern Greene's Bailee Tieman on being voted Player of the Week for May 9-14! She went 7-for-7 with three doubles, three RBIs and five runs scored against Shakamak. She also stole a base and was a perfect 8-for-8 in the field. Tieman (1,906 votes) edged out Yorktown's Macy Dowd (1,730).

INDIANAPOLIS — A clerical error resulted in a murder suspect being released from custody for around 11 hours. The Marion County Sheriff’s Office said Noah Edwards was released from custody Thursday evening. The inmate that should have been released was Nore Edwards. A public information officer tells FOX59 that Edwards was out of custody for […]

The Marion County Sheriff's department told us they were supposed to release Nore Edwards last night. Instead, Noah Edwards was released.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service issued a public health alert Wednesday for a ready-to-eat ham product sold at Walmart stores in Indiana, Illinois and Ohio.

A man charged in an Indianapolis homicide was mistakenly released from jail for several hours overnight Friday before being arrested again, according to the Marion County Sheriff’s Office.   Noah Edwards, who’s charged with murder and robbery resulting in serious bodily injury, was taken back into custody roughly 11 hours after Sheriff’s officials say he was...

MERRILLVILLE − Investigators of the U.S. Marshals Great Lakes Regional Fugitive Task Force on Thursday arrested a fugitive who is charged with murder and attempted murder. On March 24, Marion County issued an arrest warrant for Dawan Glenn, 22. He was located with assistance of Gary and Merrillville K9...

Wayne Township Trustee Chuck Jones is stepping down as part of a plea agreement reached with the Marion County Prosecutor. Jones was accused of having a conflict of interest by taking a salary from the Wayne Township Fire Department Charity which did business with the Wayne Township Fire Department. According...

After adding over 702,000 new cases throughout the last week, the U.S. now has more than 81.9 million confirmed cases of COVID-19. There have been more than 990,000 COVID-19-related deaths — the highest death toll of any country. New cases continue to rise at a faster rate. In the past week, there were an average […]

Marion County prosecutors have charged the current Wayne Township trustee Chuck Jones, current fire chief Mike Lang and former fire chief Randy Adams with Conflict of Interest, a felony, following a 2021 WRTV Investigation.