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Providing all Marion County students with equitable access to education has been a challenge for years, and a new report finds that Black and Hispanic students lack access to high-quality education — from birth through higher education — at disproportionate rates.

Indianapolis will use over $150 million from the American Rescue Plan to boost public safety. The latest part of the plan is a gun violence reduction strategy led by the city Office of Public Health and Safety and the National Institute for Criminal Justice Reform.

Indianapolis Animal Care Services hopes to find homes for many dogs and cats during its first ever Pup-kin Patch adoption event this weekend.

Trick-or-treat hours will be from 6 to 8 p.m. on Oct. 31.

Two of the bodies were found Tuesday night by an off-duty Indianapolis police officer. The third body was located during a subsequent search of the area between a creek and Interstate 465, police said.

A local business created to make reading more enjoyable and accessible for children of color has received positive feedback from the community.

An iconic building in the Indianapolis arts community has undergone a $1.3 million upgrade. Construction took place over the summer on Clowes Memorial Hall at the Butler University campus on the city’s westside.

Only 18 percent of Marion County educators are teachers of color, compared to the 66 percent of non-White students. But a federal grant recently awarded to the Beech Grove City Schools district could help increase the number of teachers of color and improve student learning.

The more than $1.3 billion spending package passed with a solid majority vote.

Cody’s 16-year career with the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department Mounted Patrol Unit ends Tuesday on Monument Circle.