A series of billboard messages featuring art concepts generated by young residents aims to prompt deep reflection on the causes of violence. The billboards are the result of a collaboration between Reagan Outdoor Advertising, VOICES […more…]
by Jillian B. Carr COVID-19 stay-at-home orders surely saved many lives, but a growing number of studies document that lockdowns led to more reports of domestic violence. Even as 911 calls for police help increased, […more…]
Indianapolis City-County Councillor John Barth (District 7) doesn’t have to look at the data to know what’s going on with traffic across Marion County; he can just look at his email inbox. “Every single week […more…]
The COVID-19 pandemic of 2020 presented logistical challenges for a lot of professions — not least among them those most essential of essential workers, emergency medical responders. In Indiana, the largest provider of emergency pre-hospital […more…]
by Clark Merrefield, The Journalist’s Resource Mass shootings in the U.S. often attract national media coverage. They’re horrific, they upend the lives of numerous victims and families, and they’ve become increasingly common over the past […more…]
The deadline to apply for a Youth Violence Prevention Fellowship from the Marion County Prosecutor’s Office has been extended to June 7. The Fellowship is an opportunity for Marion County residents between 15-17 years of […more…]
Indianapolis Metropolitan Police have made an arrest in recent shooting at a Keystone Avenue muffler repair shop. James Norwood was preliminarily charged with aggravated battery, criminal recklessness and firearms violations in the May 4 shooting […more…]
On Wednesday, Sept. 15, Indianapolis Fire Department (IFD) firefighters had a busy night responding to three intentionally set fires within a 2.1 mile radius – including one in Midtown. An abandoned house near 38th and […more…]
On September 19, 2015, around 8:30 p.m., 10 year old De’Shaun Swanson – known as “Little Man” – was with his family at a memorial service at a home in the 3900 block of Graceland […more…]
by Thomas P. Healy Recent initiatives by the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department (IMPD) seek to improve community relations. Nearly six years after first investigating the possibility of outfitting police officers with body cameras, IMPD Chief […more…]
