The Indiana Criminal Justice Institute awarded more than $6.8 million to more than two dozen organizations throughout the state through two separate grant programs.

More than a dozen incidents of sexual abuse have surfaced at Pierceton Woods Academy. But the state kept sending boys there anyway, according to a new investigation by the IndyStar and ProPublica.

MeToo Purdue held a rally Friday, calling for the resignation of campus leaders found guilty of retaliating against students who came forward with sexual assault allegations.

A jury has found that Purdue University violated due process and treated a student differently because she was a woman after she came forward with assault allegations against a fraternity member.

The FBI has reached out to attorneys representing Olympic gold medalist Simone Biles and other women who were sexually assaulted by Larry Nassar to begin settlement talks in the $1 billion claim they brought against the federal government, according to three people familiar with the matter.

A lawsuit alleges officers at an Indiana jail watched the incident play out, but didn't intervene. A lawyer for the sheriff's office has said the women are seeking financial gain from the department.

Olympic gold medalist Simone Biles and dozens of other women who say they were sexually assaulted by Larry Nassar are seeking more than $1 billion from the FBI for failing to stop the sports doctor when the agency first received allegations against him, lawyers said Wednesday.

The U.S. Justice Department said Thursday it will not pursue criminal charges against former FBI agents who failed to quickly open an investigation of sports doctor Larry Nassar despite learning in 2015 that he was accused of sexually assaulting female gymnasts.

The Indiana Coalition to End Sexual Assault and Human Trafficking and the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department are working to reduce the number of unsolved sexual assault cases.

A long-time local public servant will lead the way in tackling a serious problem in the state -- sexual assault and human trafficking, and children are most at risk. WFYI's Taylor Bennett sat down with Beth White, recently appointed president and CEO of Indiana Coalition to End Sexual Assault and Human Trafficking to confront the issue.