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For the past year, homeless people living in their cars were able to stay in one of three parking lots in Indianapolis through a program called Safe Park Indy. But now that pilot program is coming to a close, with organizers saying they do not have the resources to continue.

Youth violence in Indianapolis recently received high profile local and statewide attention after a number of shootings involving teens. A conversation with a local non-profit leader on work to counter the root causes of violence.

The IndyGo Board of Directors voted unanimously this week to approve a fare rate hike - the first one in sixteen years. The move would increase a basic fare by one dollar starting in 2026, meaning a bus ride would cost $2.75.

Indianapolis Mayor Greg Ballard is laying out his spending plan for next year. He unveiled his 2015 budget Monday night at the City County Council meeting. He says it is balanced, comprehensive approach to addressing city needs, but some don't think it goes far enough, especially in hiring police.

The Indy Legends Pro-Am, the spotlight event of the four-day Sportscar Vintage Racing Association's Brickyard Vintage Racing Invitational, will feature 33 former Indianapolis 500 drivers paired with amateurs for a 50-minute race on the Indianapolis Motor Speedway's road course.

A charter school that will serve youths in the Marion County Juvenile Detention Center and students facing expulsion and other disciplinary problems was dedicated today by Mayor Greg Ballard and other city officials.

A scaled-down plan has put a pulse back into a new consolidated Marion County criminal justice center, which would reduce the footprint of Indianapolis' jails and courts. Monday's council meeting could be the last opportunity for resurrection of the justice center.

Odds are looking slim that a new jail and courts complex will soon be built for Marion County. There is limited support for the justice center proposal sitting before the city-county council. Despite the headaches of the old system, Sheriff John Layton says the old one will do for a few more years.

Mayor Greg Ballard is chalking up the lawsuit over the city's electric vehicle fleet and the city-county council's unwillingness to vote on a new criminal justice center to election year politics.

Election results for all Marion County school boards in the November 2024 general election.