Around 100 people met at the Landmark for Peace Memorial on Saturday for the annual Peace Walk in honor of National Youth Violence Prevention Week. The event was organized by the Marion County Youth Violence Prevention Coalition. Indianapolis has seen a wave of youth gun violence recently with 16 incidents...

In deep red Indiana, where Republicans hold a supermajority in both chambers of the state legislature and most top offices are held by GOP politicians, the May 7 primary will determine the outcome of the general election in many races. The most-watched is the GOP race for governor, a six-way...

WFYI and IPB News staffers earned 14 awards Friday night from the Indiana Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists for their multiplatform work in 2023 including coverage of failures in the healthcare system, local arts, the environment, and parents’ struggles to access quality education for their children. WFYI...

For only the second time in at least 16 years, far eastside voters will have a choice over who will appear as the Democratic candidate on November’s general election ballot. The incumbent Rep. John Bartlett, a 75-year-old retired tool-and-die maker for Rolls-Royce, will face off against Autumn Carter, a 34-year-old author and public speaker who also works in information technology at Health & Hospital Corporation of Marion County.

The Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department started their drone program with a single drone in 2018. Now, according to the commander of the aviation unit, Sergeant Ron Shellnutt, they have over 50. “We now have, or will have, by the end of next Friday, probably one of the largest drone units...

The history of Syrian immigrants in Indianapolis is inscribed on a new state historical marker downtown. A public dedication was held this week for the Syrian Quarter marker. The marker was erected outside of Lucas Oil Stadium, where in the late 1800’s Arabic speaking people started moving to a multinational neighborhood.

Indianapolis Public Library Board member Stephen Lane abruptly resigned Thursday. The Indianapolis Public Schools Board was prepared to vote on a resolution to remove Lane from the library board in that night’s action session. The IPS Board is charged with appointing two members to the library board and in...

Indianapolis is pursuing a Major League Soccer club, Mayor Joe Hogsett announced Thursday. The announcement puts the future of the city’s other professional soccer team, Indy Eleven, into question. Hogsett said he met with the commissioner of the MLS to talk about bringing a team to Indianapolis. The city...

Fourteen people were arrested during a protest over the Israel-Hamas war Thursday morning outside Gov. Eric Holcomb’s residence in Indianapolis. A few dozen people joined the protest that set up in the middle of Meridian Street and blocked traffic during the morning commute. Chants of "Indiana you will see,...

During summers when school is out and there are no daily school lunches, some Hoosier families face difficulty providing meals for their children. A new statewide program is giving these families extra state benefits to help. Called Indiana SUN bucks, eligible families will receive a one-time payment of $120 per...

The Indianapolis metro area has decreased its rates of particle pollution only slightly since last year, according to a recent report from the American Lung Association. The 2024 “State of the Air” report from the American Lung Association ranked Indianapolis-Carmel-Muncie as the 11th most polluted city for year-round particle pollution. Last year, the metro area ranked 10th.

A new study examines Gen Z's perception and experience of Indianapolis — where the city is doing well and where it can do better. It was presented at a recent NEXTGEN Indy panel discussion on culture, tourism, livability and hospitality in the city. People in their 20’s, both locally...

An Indianapolis IndyGo bus caught fire this morning at around 7:10 a.m. at the intersection of 38th and Meridian Streets, causing traffic disruptions on Meridian Street. According to fire department officials, initial calls reported a vehicle fire. Firefighters arrived on scene to find an IndyGo bus heavily engulfed in flames,...

Electric vehicles have long faced a question around adoption — where will drivers stop for the next charge?. Researchers at Purdue University have teamed up with the Indiana Department of Transportation to create a highway that could charge electric vehicles as they pass over it, removing any need to stop.

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The body of one of two men who vanished last week when their kayaks capsized in Indianapolis was found Monday in the White River, authorities said. The body of Solomon Shirley, 22, of Indianapolis was recovered about 9:30 a.m. just south of the city's Michigan Street bridge after a passerby reported seeing a body in the river, said Lt. Angela Goldman, a state conservation officer.

Keidrain Brewster was 17 when he went to prison. After spending 13 years at the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, his life changed drastically. He returned home with no family in 2014 – his 16-year-old brother was killed and his mother died from a drug overdose while he was incarcerated.

Indiana is at a higher risk of private, out-of-state companies buying up housing stock, according to a new national analysis. It also finds the trend may influence the affordable housing crisis in Indiana as the gap continues to grow. The Private Equity Risk Index assesses state policy to determine how...

A central Indiana man who won a primary election for a township board position while charged with killing his estranged wife has been found guilty of the lesser charge of voluntary manslaughter. A Boone County jury convicted Andrew Wilhoite, 41, of Lebanon on Thursday, local news outlets reported. Wilhoite was...

SPARK on the Circle is set to return to downtown Indianapolis in June. The program closes off parts of Monument Circle to vehicles, opening it to foot traffic for arts and culture events. The program launched in 2023 and welcomed some 78,000 visitors, according to data from Downtown Indy Inc.

As more youth in Central Indiana become victims of gun violence, one group hopes to change the narrative around the issue across the country. WFYI’s Abriana Herron spoke with Paige Carter, an Indiana student and youth council member for Project Unloaded, to learn about the organization’s goals and its impact in the state.