The Indiana Peony Festival returns to Seminary Park this Saturday with hundreds of vendors, floral installations and live music. Expect downtown street closures and big crowds.

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.

Caitlin Clark hit a late 3 to force overtime, but the Washington Mystics closed out a 104-102 win at Gainbridge Fieldhouse. Key performances from Sonia Citron and Kiki Iriafen made the difference.

Indiana is tying Medicaid payments to hospitals’ commercial prices in a new financing overhaul that aims to direct nearly $1.9 billion toward lower‑cost and rural providers. State officials say the move will pressure high‑priced systems to lower rates.

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 30-year-old man was killed Thursday at the Budget 8 Inn on Indianapolis' east side amid long-standing safety concerns at the motel.

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.

Indiana State Police and the Department of Child Services are investigating an overnight incident at the Indiana School for the Deaf after administrators notified families.

Indiana officials outlined a plan to use new Workforce Pell rules so low‑income residents can use Pell Grants for short, in‑demand credentials; Ivy Tech and Vincennes will pilot.

Westfield police arrested two people after a short-term rental was allegedly used for prostitution; officers say they seized cash, cocaine and items tied to sex work. Federal partners assisted in the probe.

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

Light rain may slow Indy’s late‑morning commute Friday, May 15; warmer, stormier conditions arrive Saturday and into next week.

A new state rule that requires voters to date mail-in envelopes led Lake County to reject 28 ballots in the May 5 primary, highlighting narrow cure options and confusion at the polls.