Latest Indiana Headlines
All the headlines from our Indiana Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Berkley One Moves into Tennessee, D.C., Indiana
Oct 25 2021 // Berkley One has expanded its personal lines business to Tennessee, Indiana and the District of Columbia. Berkley One collector vehicle coverage is also launching in Idaho, Oregon and Washington, the company said in a news...
Indiana Man Sues After Alleging Police Knelt on Him
Oct 21 2021 // A Gary man is suing northwest Indiana police more than a year after he alleged that officers sprayed him with pepper spray and knelt on him when they encountered him near a protest over George Floyd’s death. Randall...
1 Highway Worker Killed, 1 Injured in Indiana Crash
Oct 20 2021 // A highway worker was killed and a co-worker was seriously injured when a vehicle struck them as they were working along a rural road in eastern Indiana, state police said. The two Union County Highway Department employees...
Officials Seek Public’s Help in Probe of Indiana County’s Barn Fires
Oct 7 2021 // Police in a northern Indiana county are seeking the public’s help as they investigate a string of fires that have destroyed or damaged eight barns since last spring. The request from the Elkhart County...
Judge Questions Army Corps’ Clean Water Act Decision on Indiana Dairy Farm; Orders Review
Oct 6 2021 // A federal judge has ordered the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to review its decision that a dairy farm built in northwest Indiana to house more than 4,000 cows is not subject to the Clean Water Act. Environmental groups and...
Apparent US Steel Plant Spill Closes Indiana Beaches
Sep 28 2021 // Indiana Dunes National Park closed its beaches and a northwest Indiana water utility shut down an intake facility after an orange substance apparently spilled from a U.S. Steel plant into a Lake Michigan tributary, a mayor...
People Moves: Radford Joins Indiana’s DOXA Insurance; AF Group Adds Hicks as Sr. VP
Sep 14 2021 // Radford Joins Indiana’s DOXA Insurance DOXA Insurance Holdings in Fort Wayne, Indiana, hired seasoned insurance veteran, Kellam Radford, as national program director. Radford has broad experience on both the carrier...
Indiana Bolstering School Safety with Over $19M in Grants
Sep 9 2021 // The Indiana Secured School Safety Board has approved more than $19 million in state grants, marking a third consecutive year the General Assembly has allocated funds for school safety investments. The awards will allow the...
MJ Insurance Acquires ProCourse Fiduciary Advisors in Indiana
Aug 4 2021 // Indianapolis-based risk management and employee benefits agency, MJ Insurance, acquired ProCourse Fiduciary Advisors (ProCourse) in Carmel, Indiana. MJ said the partnership enables the firms to offer a holistic approach to...
Federal Judge Backs Indiana University Vaccine Mandate for Employees, Students
Jul 20 2021 // A federal judge is allowing Indiana University to continue with its COVID-19 vaccine requirement for all students and employees. A ruling from a judge in South Bend has rejected a request from eight IU students who sought...
Severe Storms, Flooding in Michigan; Tornadoes in Indiana
Jun 28 2021 // Residents in the Detroit area were cleaning up June 27 after flooding in the area overloaded sewer systems, damaged homes and knocked out power for thousands. Bags of trash lined neighborhood streets in suburban Grosse...
Seeking More Money, Cities Opt Out of Indiana’s Suits Against Opioid Makers
Jun 22 2021 // Several Indiana cities have opted out of the state’s pending lawsuits against opioid manufacturers and distributors, reasoning that they will likely see more cash from their own litigation filed in response to the...
Indiana Wildlife Center Operator with ‘Tiger King’ Ties Owes PETA $734K in Suit
Jun 18 2021 // A judge has ordered the former proprietor of an Indiana wildlife center and his ex-wife to pay People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals more than $700,000 in attorney’s fees stemming from the group’s...
Judge Rules in Utility’s Favor in Suit over Deadly Indiana Explosion
Jun 11 2021 // A judge has ruled in favor of a utility in a lawsuit filed over a 2017 natural gas explosion in southwestern Indiana that killed two women and injured three other people. A Vanderburgh County judge granted...
Indiana Cop Was Speeding Before Hitting, Killing Pregnant Woman: Lawsuit
Jun 11 2021 // An Indianapolis police officer was speeding and made an illegal lane change just before his patrol car struck and killed a pregnant woman last year near a highway ramp, the woman’s boyfriend alleges in a federal...
Woman Passes Out, Dies on Indiana Theme Park Ride
Jun 9 2021 // An Ohio woman who passed out while riding a roller coaster at a southern Indiana theme park later died at a local hospital, a coroner said. Dubois County Coroner Katie Schuck said Dawn R. Jankovic, 47, of Brunswick, Ohio,...
Florida Surgeon’s Estate Settles with Indiana City over Plane Crash Death
Jun 7 2021 // The estate of a Florida plastic surgeon who died in 2019 when his small plane crashed in a central Indiana farm field shortly after takeoff has settled its lawsuit with the city of Kokomo, Indiana. The estate of Daniel...
Indiana Cement Plant Fined $730K for Air Pollution
Jun 7 2021 // A central Indiana cement plant is facing more than $700,000 in fines under a settlement stemming from alleged Clean Air Act violations for air pollution releases dating back nearly a decade. The settlement filed in federal...
Critics Say Indiana COVID-19 Liability Shield Allows Nursing Home Neglect
May 12 2021 // Advocates for nursing home residents say they worry a new Indiana law expanding COVID-19 liability protections for healthcare providers will effectively block many lawsuits over neglect and substandard treatment that...
Union Leaders Say Indiana’s Rate of Worker Fatalities Too High
May 10 2021 // Indiana labor union leaders are calling for improved workplace safety enforcement with the state’s rate of deaths while working about one-third higher than the national average. Federal data shows Indiana had 146...
