Donation boosts efforts to repair Eastside homes

Indianapolis Star - Sun Nov 08

An anonymous donor has given $63,000 to CICOA Aging & Home Solutions so the agency can make home modifications to more than 60 homes in Martindale-Brightwood. The donor made the gift after reading an Indianapolis Star article that described cuts in state funding to a local program that helped seniors age in their homes.

Public defenders face possible conflicts

South Bend Tribune - Sun Nov 08

Public defenders who run afoul of the law could run the risk of ethics violations if they don't tell clients they're in trouble with the same prosecutor, experts say.

High-profile trial proceeds despite ongoing courthouse work

Post Tribune - Sun Nov 08

While television crews from Indianapolis parked vans outside the Porter County Courthouse, people going in and out dodged spray from a high-pressure hose cleaning the building's upper reaches.

4 finalists in running for Indy public safety director

Indianapolis Star - Sat Nov 07

Community leaders have narrowed the candidate pool for public safety director to four, with a final selection expected by Thanksgiving.

Indiana public defenders face possible conflicts

WTHR-TV Indianapolis - Sat Nov 07

Legal experts say some Indiana public defenders could be facing ethics violations for not telling clients they also face criminal charges from the same prosecutor.

Suburban counties slowly building outer loop roads to avoid Indianapolis

IBJ.COM - Sat Nov 07

Houston has them, and so does Memphis - outer loops of highways leading from suburb to suburb and bypassing central cities.

Reese Detailed Waiting For, Shooting 'Pig'

WRTV Indianapolis - Fri Nov 06

A man who shared a cell with Brian Reese testified Friday that Reese had vividly described how he waited for and shot Indianapolis police Officer Jason Fishburn.

Hancock Co. Residents On Alert After Break-ins

FOX59.com WXIN-TV Indianapolis - Fri Nov 06

Thieves are keeping busy in Western Hancock County near the Marion County line. The new criminal activity is an unwelcome nuisance to homeowners in the Meadows Lane area near East 21st Street.

Downtown graffiti leads to arrest of 'Choke'

IndyStar.com - Fri Nov 06

Police have arrested a graffiti vandal who they say has wreaked $100,000 in damage on businesses and other property across the city.

Car chase ends at Indy airport

Indianapolis Star - Thu Nov 05

An Indianapolis man led Plainfield police on a car chase today from that Hendricks County town to the Indianapolis International Airport, where that man apparently jumped or fell from an elevated ramp.