LOGANSPORT, Ind.—An Indiana conservation officer says an 11-year-old girl fired a 20-gauge shotgun into a door jamb, striking her 14-year-old sister in the head with pellets. Fifteen-Year-Old Girl Charged In Shooting Death Of Teen 13-Year-Old Saves Baby Brother From Bullet After Mom’s Boyfriend Shot Family Officer Brenda Louthain told the Logansport Pharos-Tribune the accidental shooting […]

Despite the fact that emails directly connect Indiana Republican Phil Hinkle to 18-year-old African American male prostitute, Kameryn Gibson, Hinkle claims that he isn’t gay. In the emails, which Hinkle admits sending, he arranged to pay up to $140 for a “real good time.” Hinkle has also admitted meeting Gibson who posted he was looking […]

INDIANAPOLIS — Republican Gov. Mitch Daniels said Friday he will sign a bill restricting abortions and making Indiana the first state to cut off all government funding for Planned Parenthood, a move likely to beef up his credentials among social conservatives as he considers whether to run for president. Daniels said he supported the abortion […]

Indiana — An anonymous email from an Indiana University student sent to legal blog “Above the Law” talked about the overrepresentation of Black men in the school’s public materials. In the email, the student explained that the banners placed around the school were not a fair representation of the institution. “We should support diversity, not […]

A teenager who strangled his 10-year-old brother joked around the following morning and seemed calm, even eating popcorn, the boys’ mother testified in a video deposition played in court Friday.

Reducing the incidence of heart disease in the high-risk African-American population in Indiana is the aim of a new $1.5 million grant at Purdue University.

Attorney Denise LaRue, right, and her client Brenda Chaney pose in her law office in Indianapolis. Chaney worked in a Plainfield, Ind., nursing home that issued her an assignment sheet including a daily reminder that one woman in her unit “Prefers No Black CNAs.” Nursing home residents have the right to choose who’s going to […]

The morning after a masked gunman killed two people and wounded six more at a party, police in Indianapolis, Indiana, were still on the scene investigating, authorities said Tuesday.

From NBCChicago.com: A Gary, Indiana native will make history next month as the first black valedictorian from the University of Notre Dame.

OWENSBORO, Ky. — Southern Indiana center Jeron Lewis died late Thursday after collapsing on the court during a game at Kentucky Wesleyan, school officials said.