Indianapolis City-Council members hosted the first in a series of community conversations on public safety Thursday in an attempt to engage more voices.

The new Indianapolis African American Equality of Life Renewal Initiative will be created with a $100 million grant from the Lilly Endowment.

The family of Dreasjon Reed received a copy of the coroner's report nearly three months after he was shot by an Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department officer.

The expanded campus will be located just south of the existing IU Health Methodist Hospital, extending from 16th Street to 12th Street and from Capitol Avenue west to Interstate 65.

A new analysis from the Center for Research on Inclusion and Social Policy examines how mental health and substance abuse influence crime on Indianapolis Near Eastside.

Roger Penske has reversed course and decided not to allow fans at the Indianapolis 500 later this month. The 104th running of The Great American Race will be the first without spectators, who showed up at Indianapolis Motor Speedway every year even during the Great Depression.

The Indiana Department of Transportation held in-person presentations Monday -- the last in a series of meetings to collect public comments on the North Split Reconstruction Project. People can still submit comments in writing, online or through a toll free number until Aug. 17.

Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department, IMPD, officers are being outfitted with new body cameras. The camera program was expanded after recent protests and calls for police reform.

Residents in Indianapolis will have an opportunity to give input on public safety during the first in a series of meetings.

The body of a 61-year-old man who fell from a boat while fishing has been pulled from a reservoir in eastern Indiana. The Indiana Department of Natural Resources says state conservation officers and Henry County sheriffs divers recovered Jeff Maxwell's body shortly after 5 p.m. Sunday.