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The Indianapolis Star, 8 Aug 2026

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ArticleCar­mel police shoot armed teen dur­ing wel­fare check

Indi­ana State Police are invest­ig­at­ing after two Car­mel police officers respond­ing to a wel­fare check shot an armed 18-year-old male on Aug. 6. The teen was lis­ted in crit­ical, but stable con­di­tion. The two Car­mel Police Depart­ment...

Car­mel police shoot armed teen dur­ing wel­fare check

ArticleBraun, Rokita want to keep coal burn­ing

Gov. Mike Braun and Attor­ney Gen­eral Todd Rokita want to keep coal burn­ing in Indi­ana des­pite con­cerns the fossil fuel will harm pub­lic health and the envir­on­ment while also increas­ing Hoo­sier energy bills. Braun, through a July 31...

Braun, Rokita want to keep coal burn­ing

ArticleCun­ning­ham latest hero in the right’s cul­ture war

The polit­ical right has found an unlikely ally in the WNBA as the fran­chise adjusts to its met­eoric rise in fame. At the cen­ter of it all is Sophie Cun­ning­ham, the Indi­ana Fever guard who has become a sym­bolic hero of the right’s cul­ture war,...

Cun­ning­ham latest hero in the right’s cul­ture war

ArticlePolice invest­ig­ate threat that led to school lock­downs

The Zions­ville Police Depart­ment is invest­ig­at­ing after a threat, that was deemed to be non-cred­ible, dis­rup­ted the third day of school for stu­dents and staff at Zions­ville Com­munity High School on Aug. 6, accord­ing to inform­a­tion from...

Police invest­ig­ate threat that led to school lock­downs

ArticleTHIS DATE IN HISTORY

Today is Aug. 8. On this date in: 1829: Amer­ica’s first steam loco­mot­ive, the Stour­bridge Lion, made its trial run. The 7-ton, Eng­lish-built machine traveled at 10 mph on wooden tracks in Hones­dale, Pennsylvania. 1844: Eld­ers of the Church of...

THIS DATE IN HISTORY