Category: Indiana

Indiana Lawmakers Override Veto on Transgender Sports Ban

Republican lawmakers in Indiana have overridden the veto of Gov. Eric Holcomb on a bill that bans transgender athletes from competing in girls’ school sports across the state. The Indiana law would prohibit K-12 students who were born male but who identify as female from participating in a sport or on an athletics team that is designated for women…


Indiana House Owner Fatally Shoots 2 Intruders, Holds 2 More at Gunpoint Until Police Arrive

A homeowner in northeastern Indiana woke up to the sound of his dog barking early on Monday and got face-to-face with a group of burglars who demanded money and other belongings from him, according to reports. The unidentified homeowner said the night was really dark and he was able to grab his shotgun. He opened fire…


Judge Orders Indiana School District to Let Biological Females Use Boys’ Restroom

A federal judge on Monday ordered an Indiana school district that a transgender student at John R. Wooden Middle School in Martinsville must be allowed to use the boys’ restroom. Judge Tanya Walton Pratt granted a preliminary injunction last month that gave the 13-year-old student the right to use restrooms within the middle school in…


Shooting Along Indiana Highway Where SUV Was Stopped Kills 2

PALMYRA, Ind.—Two men were fatally shot after a police officer and two good Samaritans stopped along a southern Indiana highway to help a driver who was stopped in the roadway, police said. The shooting happened Monday night after an officer with the Palmyra Police Department stopped to assist the “apparent stranded motorist” on State Road…


Nearly a Dozen Arrested in Indiana Child Sex Crimes Sting Operation

Detectives in Johnson County, Indiana, have arrested 11 men seeking sex with minors during a 3-day undercover joint sting operation that lasted from May 10 to May 12, according to multiple reports. Johnson County Sheriff Duane Burgess said in a press release that undercover agents set up fake online profiles on certain sexual websites to…


Missing Alabama Prison Guard Dead, Escaped Inmate in Custody After 10-Day Nationwide Manhunt

An Alabama corrections officer, Vicky White, is dead, and her partner, a capital murder suspect, Casey White, has been captured and is in custody after a 10-day manhunt, according to reports. The pair were captured late on Monday in Indiana, Lauderdale County Sheriff Rick Singleton told a press conference. He said he didn’t know why they were…


Pro-Trump Congressional Candidates Win in Indiana’s Contested Republican Primaries

Pro-Trump candidates Jennifer-Ruth Green and Erin Houchin won the contested Republican primaries in Indiana’s 1st and 9th Congressional Districts on May 3. The rest of Indiana’s congressional races—five of them—had largely uncontested Republican primaries. Houchin got 21,671 votes, followed by Mike Sodrel with 14, 993 votes and Stu Barnes-Israel with 12,181 votes, according to the 9th District’s latest…


Indiana Voters Heading to Polls With Inflation and Border Security Foremost in Their Minds

SEYMOUR, Ind.—On May 3 voters in a Republican stronghold in southern Indiana said they are more or less fine with local affairs, but when it comes to national matters they are deeply worried. The top two concerns they have are inflation and border security, according to The Epoch Times’ interviews with a dozen voters in…


Trump Endorses Mike Pence’s Brother for Congressional Reelection in Indiana

Former President Donald Trump on Friday endorsed the older brother of former Vice President Mike Pence, Rep. Greg Pence (R-Ind.), in his congressional reelection bid. “Congressman Greg Pence is doing a great job representing the people of Indiana’s 6th Congressional District,” Trump wrote in a statement on Friday that was shared on Twitter by his spokeswoman,…


Police Try to ID Boy’s Body Found in Woods, Set up Tip Line

SALEM, Ind.—Indiana State Police have established a toll-free national tip line for information in the death of a young boy whose body was found over the weekend in the southern part of the state. Police say anybody with information on the boy whose body was discovered in Washington County should call 1-888-437-6432. “That is our No. 1…