The Marion County Sheriff’s Office says telephone scams are on the rise from con artists claiming to be members of law enforcement, often demanding money or confidential information from their victims.

Frank J. Anderson, a former U.S. Marshal and Marion County’s first Black sheriff, died Saturday.

Multiple motorcades with the Marion County Sheriff’s Office transferred general population detainees Saturday morning from the Marion County Jail to the new Adult Detention Center.

Towns and cities in Marion County were excluded from procedures to transport people to the new Community Justice Campus.

A Marion County Sheriff's Office deputy attempt to serve a warrant shot and injured a 30-year-old man who appeared to be unarmed, police said.

Nearly 30 inmates were injured in falls or fights after a power outage plunged a privately operated jail in Indianapolis into darkness and a backup generator failed to kick on, officials said.

A new effort at the Marion County Jail aims to stop drugs from entering the facility via the mail.

The Indianapolis City County Council approved money for the Marion County Sheriff's Office to replenish supplies.

In his first year in office, Marion County Sheriff Kerry Forestal aimed to make significant changes throughout the department. WFYI's Taylor Bennett talked with Forestal to about this past year and the issues facing the office -- including critically low staffing levels.

Republican Attorney General Curtis Hill says the ruling upholds state law requiring police agencies to cooperate with federal immigration authorities.