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Chicago police SWAT officers patrol the area near the 2300 block of West Madison Street in Chicago, during a standoff, Aug. 21, 2024, with an escaped prisoner from Mississippi who was barricaded inside a restaurant since Tuesday. The suspect, Joshua Zimmerman, was later apprehended. (Antonio Perez/Chicago Tribune)

Man wanted on murder charges is apprehended after 15-hour standoff at West Side restaurant just blocks from the DNC

August 21, 2024 at 3:40 p.m.

A man wanted on murder and armed robbery charges was taken into custody Wednesday after a 15-hour standoff with police at a Chicago restaurant just blocks from the Democratic National Convention.

In this Jan. 15, 2019, file photo, Indiana Gov. Eric Holcomb speaks at the Statehouse in Indianapolis. Holcomb signed the state's hate crimes legislation Wednesday.

Gov. Holcomb signs Indiana hate crimes measure into law

May 13, 2019 at 12:00 p.m.

Indiana Gov. Eric Holcomb signed legislation Wednesday aimed at getting Indiana off a list of five states without a hate crimes law, saying that the conservative Midwestern state has "made...

Indiana, Kentucky join Planned Parenthood’s western alliance

May 13, 2019 at 11:38 a.m.

INDIANAPOLIS — Planned Parenthood's affiliate overseeing Hawaii and three western states announced Friday that it was adding Indiana and Kentucky, a first-of-its-kind consolidation based not on geography but on reallocating...

Robert Mongeluzzi, middle, speaks as Kyrie Rose, left, and Lisa Berry listen during a news conference regarding the July 19 Missouri duck boat accident, Tuesday, July 31, 2018, in Indianapolis.

Family who lost 9 in duck boat tragedy files 2nd lawsuit

December 13, 2018 at 12:01 a.m.

INDIANAPOLIS — Fifty-three members of an Indiana family who lost nine relatives when a duck boat sank in Missouri described their pain and unfathomable loss Tuesday while calling for a...

Indiana Attorney General Curtis Hill has rebuffed calls to resign amid allegations he groped a lawmaker and three legislative staffers.

Special prosecutor to aid groping investigation of Indiana attorney general

May 13, 2019 at 10:31 a.m.

A special prosecutor will help Indiana's government watchdog investigate allegations that state Attorney General Curtis Hill drunkenly groped a lawmaker and three legislative staffers, and eventually determine if Hill faces...

Report: Tribal casino may cut Indiana revenue by $355M

May 13, 2019 at 8:17 a.m.

A tribal casino set to open in South Bend in 2018 could reduce Indiana's tax revenues by more than $350 million in its first five years, according to a report...

Gov. Mike Pence, right, shakes hands with Indianapolis attorney Geoffrey Slaughter after Slaughter was appointed to the Indiana Supreme Court, Monday, May 9, 2016, in Indianapolis. Gov. Pence made the announcement during a news conference at the Statehouse. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings)

Pence names Crown Point native to state Supreme Court

May 13, 2019 at 7:11 a.m.

Gov. Mike Pence named Indianapolis attorney Geoffrey G. Slaughter to the Indiana Supreme Court Monday. Pence announced his pick of Slaughter, who grew up in Crown Point and is the...

Indiana Supreme Court justice Justice Brent E. Dickson speaks on Oct. 30 in front of students at Portage High School.

Indiana Supreme Court justice Dickson to retire next spring

May 13, 2019 at 6:16 a.m.

INDIANAPOLIS — Brent E. Dickson, the second-longest-serving Indiana justice in history, announced Monday that he'll retire next spring before reaching the court's mandatory retirement age of 75. Dickson, 74, grew...

Former Subway restaurant spokesman Jared Fogle leaves the Federal Courthouse in Indianapolis following a hearing on child-pornography charges.

Federal prosecutors have copies of alleged Fogle recordings

May 13, 2019 at 6:12 a.m.

Federal prosecutors have copies of audio recordings a Florida woman says she made of former Subway spokesman Jared Fogle talking about sexual encounters he had with children and say they...

Indiana Supreme Court hears police eavesdropping case

May 13, 2019 at 6:11 a.m.

A group of police officers were "pretty blatant" when they eavesdropped on conversations between a man facing a murder charge and his attorney and later found a gun based on...

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