Category: Indiana

Indiana Teen Convicted in His 2 Siblings’ Suffocation Deaths

VERSAILLES, Ind.—A southeastern Indiana teenager has been convicted of suffocating two of his young siblings months apart in 2017, when he was 13 years old. A Ripley County jury deliberated about six hours Friday before convicting Nickalas Kedrowitz, 17, of two counts of murder in the killings of his 23-month-old half-sister, Desiree McCartney, and his…


Man Charged With Murder in 2 Killings Outside Indiana Plant

FRANKFORT, Ind.—A man suspected of fatally shooting a woman and her granddaughter outside a central Indiana automotive seating plant where all three worked was formally charged with murder Friday, and prosecutors plan to seek the death penalty if he’s convicted. Gary C. Ferrell II, 26, faces two counts of murder and one count each of criminal confinement…


Authorities: 2 Dead in Shooting at Indiana Automotive Plant

FRANKFORT, Ind.—A woman and her granddaughter were shot dead Wednesday after a gunman opened fire outside a central Indiana automotive plant where the women worked, the Clinton County Sheriff’s Office said. The shooting happened around 4:15 p.m. during a shift change in the parking lot of the NHK Seating of America plant on Indiana 28…


Amy Coney Barrett Refuses to Block Indiana University’s Vaccine Mandate

Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett on Thursday declined to block Indiana University’s (IU) COVID-19 vaccine requirement which takes full effect this fall, offering no explanation for her decision. Barrett, an appointee of former President Donald Trump, made the decision alone in response to an emergency request from eight IU students who sued the school…


Indiana Attorney General Investigates the State’s Last Confucius Institute

Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita announced Tuesday that his office has launched an investigation into the last remaining Confucius Institute (CI) in the state, citing concerns that it has been operating as a propaganda arm of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). The investigation targets the CI hosted by Valparaiso University, a private Lutheran institution in…


Federal Judge Strikes Down Several Indiana Abortion Laws

A federal judge in Indianapolis struck down several of the state’s abortion laws on Tuesday, ruling that they are unconstitutional, including the ban on telemedicine consultations between doctors and women seeking abortion services. District Court Judge Sarah Evans Barker, an appointee of former President Ronald Reagan, in her ruling (pdf) also upheld some of the…


‘Wild’ Public School Exodus in Indiana: Educator

Thousands of students are leaving public schools for private schools or homeschooling in Indiana this year, according to Tony Kinnett, a curriculum developer, educator, and education policy journalist from Indianapolis, Indiana. “The numbers are unreal,” Kinnett told NTD’s “The Nation Speaks” last Saturday. “It’s wild. There’s not really any other word for it.” Kinnett said…


Indiana Woman Guilty of Murder in Stepdaughter’s Slaying

MARION, Ind.—A jury has convicted a northern Indiana woman of the strangulation death of her 10-year-old stepdaughter. The Grant County jury deliberated about three hours Friday afternoon before finding Amanda Carmack of Gas City guilty of murder, strangulation, neglect of a dependent resulting in death and domestic battery resulting in death to a person under…


Appeals Court Upholds Indiana University’s COVID-19 Vaccine Mandate

A federal appeals court on Monday upheld Indiana University’s (IU) COVID-19 vaccine requirement, after a group of students sued the school arguing that the mandate is unconstitutional. The Chicago-based appeals court upheld an Indiana district court judge’s ruling that found that the university was acting reasonably “in pursuing public health and safety for its campus…


Case Dropped Against Dead Woman in Indiana Hit-and-Run Case

INDIANAPOLIS—Prosecutors dropped their case against an Indiana woman who was charged in a hit-and-run crash during a southern Indiana protest last summer after learning she died in Colorado earlier this year. Christi Jane Bennett, 67, was found dead in a Denver hotel room on Feb. 6, according to police. She died of blunt force injuries…