The mother of a 14-year-old boy who fired gunshots inside a Richmond middle school in 2018 has avoided any jail time for failing to take actions that authorities say could have prevented the shooting.

A lot of Americas most important music was recorded in a one-story studio that sat in a Richmond river gorge. The records from those sessions have continued to reverberate for almost a century, influencing Nat King Cole, John Coltrane, Pete Seeger and countless others. But those who study Gennett have found that many still dont know how important the Richmond studio is to the history of jazz, blues, gospel and popular music. The Gennett studio building exists only in photos and record grooves now, but the Indiana Historical Society is drawing together these threads with You Are There 1927: Gennett Studio. The exhibit, which reopened Tuesday, re-creates the recording room and shows photos of musicians and documents like Carmichaels recording contract.

Wayne County commissioners voted unanimously last week to extend the program until July 1, 2021. The exchange began in August 2016 in an effort to reduce the spread of hepatitis C tied to heroin abuse.

The Wayne County Prosecutor's Office filed felony charges against the mother of a 14-year-old who died by suicide in December after shooting his way into a Richmond middle school.

The Indiana Department of Environmental Management wants cleanup work on two areas at the former Reid Hospital complex in Richmond.

More than 100 people turned out in Richmond over the weekend for what's believed to have been the eastern Indiana city's first gay Pride festival.

A gay pride festival set for this weekend in Richmond will become what's believed to be the first such event in the eastern Indiana city.

In June, a truck owned by MOB Carriers, Inc. overturned off of Interstate 70 near Richmond, spilling about 1,000 gallons of a cosmetic ingredient into Clear Creek.

School officials say students resume school Wednesday, but classes will meet at the high school.

Indiana State Police say the mother of the shooter at a Richmond middle school called in a tip to police - preventing others from being hurt.