Caitlin Clark will deliver the pre‑race command as grand marshal of the 110th Indianapolis 500 on May 24, joining a star‑studded, sold‑out Race Day at the Brickyard.

National Democrats have added Indiana contests to a 2026 target map, with five central-Indiana races drawing fresh attention as Democrats try to break the Statehouse GOP supermajority.

The Pentagon will put a one‑star officer in charge of Naval Warfare Center Crane by Oct. 1, 2026 — a move advocates say deepens Indiana’s role in hypersonics.

Clear, humid Sunday with highs near 87°F. Scattered severe storms are possible Monday and Tuesday, with damaging winds and localized flooding the main concerns.

A motorcyclist died Friday after colliding with a Tippecanoe School Corporation bus near Lafayette. Four middle‑school students aboard were unhurt.

The Green Tree Mall Texas Roadhouse — the chain’s 1993 original — will close as the company builds a larger Veterans Parkway restaurant expected in mid‑November.

Thyssenkrupp plans to close its Terre Haute steering‑components plant by March 31, 2027, a move the company says will eliminate about 230 jobs as production shifts elsewhere.

A 43-year-old woman was killed in a hit-and-run near the Marion–Hancock county line on Monday; detectives are asking witnesses to come forward.

A Tuscaloosa jury found Zachary Profozich guilty in the 2020 killing of Indiana University student Schuyler Bradley. Sentencing is set in the coming weeks.

IMPD, with help from the FBI and DHS, detained people during a warrant service on Wolfgang Drive; authorities said there was no ongoing threat.

A coalition of eight statewide groups has formed the Indiana Disability Alliance to defend Section 504 protections and protect Medicaid-funded home- and community-based services.

An IMPD K9 helped capture a suspect after a BMO bank robbery; the chase ended near 96th and Hague and the FBI was notified.

Bloomington Police posted photos asking for help identifying a person suspected of using stolen payment cards at several locations.