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Earlier this month, the Fraternal Order of Police reported over the past year and a half, eight Indianapolis police officers have been shot, another 22 were shot at, and two were killed. Now, the police union is starting an effort to raise money to help families of officers who get hurt in the line of duty.

The changes would take effect in the 2025-26 school year and the district says it will impact less than 3 percent of Washington Township students.

The city-county council recently approved Indianapolis Mayor Greg Ballard's plan to introduce preschool for local low-income 3- and 4-year olds - a goal similar to that of the state's On My Way Pre-K pilot. Marion County is one of five counties participating in that program.

Indianapolis Metropolitan Police continue to investigate an incident outside the City-County Building Wednesday involving a shooting victim driven downtown after being shot at a still-unknown separate location. Police have arrested the driver on weapons charges.

Legislative leaders said Thursday they're prepared to ram through legislation if needed to make the state's ISTEP test shorter - but won't consider Superintendent Glenda Ritz's proposal to pause the school grading system for one year.

Last summer the Indianapolis City-County Council established a landlord registry with the hope of remedying the problem of absentee landlords. Now only time will tell whether the registry will help alleviate the problem.

There are several municipal lawmakers leaving the ranks of the Indianapolis City-County Council at the end of this year. There are, naturally, also new names to be added.

Indianapolis lawmakers' threat to tow the BlueIndy electric rental cars in a show of protest is on hold for another few weeks. Meanwhile, BlueIndy says its launch is going well.

Indianapolis Public Schools Superintendent Lewis Ferebee faced a skeptical and sometimes adverse audience Monday evening during a forum hosted by the NAACP on school management changes within the district.

The Indianapolis Motor Speedway has announced that the 2016 Indianapolis 500 weekend will kick off with the legendary rock band Journey on Carb Day.