Category Archives: WXKE Indiana News

IN Democrats pick candidates for AG, lieutenant governor
		UPDATE (July 15, 2024): INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. (ADAMS) - Former state representative Terry Goodin is the Democratic nominee for lieutenant governor. He was selected with 79 percent of the vote at the Indi...
			
				Joey Martin				Jul 15, 2024				vepar5 / Depositphotos.com			
		
Congresswoman Spartz now charged with bringing gun to airport
		UPDATE (July 12, 2024): WASHINGTON D.C. (ADAMS) - Indiana Congresswoman Victoria Spartz is now charged in Virginia for allegedly carrying a gun in an airport terminal. She was found with the weapon in...
			
				Joey Martin				Jul 12, 2024							
		
Cops Cycling for Survivors rides this week
		INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. (ADAMS) - Indiana State Police will again take to two wheels to honor fallen officers and their families. This year's Cops Cycling for Survivors will kick off Monday. Among those be...
			
				Joey Martin				Jul 08, 2024							
		
New law creating 'Green Alert' takes effect in Indiana
		INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. (ADAMS) - A new alert system is now in place in Indiana. The Green Alert will notify the public when police are looking for a missing at-risk veteran. For a Green Alert to be declar...
			
				Joey Martin				Jul 02, 2024				photographee.eu / Depositphotos.com			
		
Health officials urge Hoosiers to get rid of recalled 'Shruumz' products
		INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. (ADAMS) - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is encouraging individuals to not buy, eat, sell, or serve Diamond Shruumz brand chocolate bars, cones, or gummies following a ...
			
				Joey Martin				Jul 02, 2024							
		
Federal judge blocks Indiana age verification law for adult sites
		INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. (ADAMS) - A federal judge has temporarily blocked Indiana's law that would require age verification to view porn websites. U.S. District Court Judge Richard Young says the state's "...
			
				Joey Martin				Jul 02, 2024				plysuikvv.gmail.com / Depositphotos.com			
		
Indiana losing farmland but increasing productivity
		INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. (ADAMS) - The state has lost nearly 346,000 acres of farmland from 2010 to 2022, but the Indiana State Department of Agriculture says agricultural productivity increased. Director D...
			
				Joey Martin				Jul 02, 2024							
		
Nearly 150 new laws take effect July 1 in Indiana
		INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. (ADAMS) - All or part of nearly 150 new laws will take effect on July 1 in Indiana. Those include the legalization of happy hour, the requirement that schools hold back third grader...
			
				Joey Martin				Jun 28, 2024				BreizhAtao / Depositphotos.com			
		
Federal ruling puts Healthy Indiana Plan in jeopardy
		WASHINGTON D.C. (ADAMS) - The Healthy Indiana Plan that has provided health insurance to hundreds of thousands of people may be in jeopardy. A federal judge has found fault with the U.S. Department of...
			
				Joey Martin				Jun 28, 2024							
		
SCOTUS puts Biden Administration "good neighbor" smog plan on hold
		WASHINGTON D.C. (ADAMS) - The Supreme Court is stopping the Biden administration's controversial "good neighbor" pollution rule. The plan would have forced states to cut emissions to reduce the amount...
			
				Joey Martin				Jun 28, 2024				jordano / Depositphotos.com			
		



				