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  • 5 days ago | wishtv.com | Kyla Russell

    INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — Bloomington is trying to stop crime before it starts, and it’s working. In a unique approach, the Community and Family Resources Department is partnering with traditional local law enforcement to help make it happen. According to the city’s latest public safety report, violent crime in Bloomington when down by nearly 25% in 2024. The overall crime rate fell by nearly 1%.

  • 1 week ago | wishtv.com | Kyla Russell

    Posted: May 29, 2025 / 05:37 PM EST / Updated: May 29, 2025 / 08:00 PM EST INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — An Indianapolis mom says she is missing several items after she was evicted from a Beech Grove home and a packing company was hired to store her things. She was evicted in February after signing a fake lease. This is the second part of an I-Team 8 story that first aired Wednesday. “Mommy where’s our things at, why did they do that to our stuff?” the mother said.

  • 1 week ago | wishtv.com | Kyla Russell

    INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — An Indianapolis mom says she is missing several items after she was evicted from a Beech Grove home and a packing company was hired to store her things. She was evicted in February after signing a fake lease. This is the second part of an I-Team 8 story that first aired Wednesday. “Mommy where’s our things at, why did they do that to our stuff?” the mother said. Those are questions her children have for her. Questions she does not have answers for.

  • 1 week ago | wishtv.com | Kyla Russell

    INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — An Indianapolis woman was evicted after signing a fake lease, thinking it was real. I-Team 8 is comparing the fake lease with an authentic lease. In November, an Indianapolis mom moved into a Beech Grove area home after signing a lease. She’d toured the home, worked with what she thought was an agent, and paid a deposit. But, a few weeks later, someone knocked on the door to tell her she was living there illegally.

  • 1 week ago | wishtv.com | Kyla Russell

    INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — To some, race day is just another Sunday. For others, it’s another lap in a lifelong love of racing. For Indiana native Joe McCreery, this year’s race day calls for special celebration. For this story, you’ve got to go back to 1950 — the 34th running of the Indianapolis 500. It was an especially rainy race day and Johnnie Parsons took home his first and only checkered flag. All around, life at the track looked a little different.

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10 May 25

RT @AngelaMoryanTV: Pacers are absolutely silent walking off the floor. Indiana couldn’t match the Cavs physicality on the boards and had…

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8 May 25

RT @alaynatreene: Our new Pope is Robert Prevost of the US, the first American pontiff in history (!!!!) He’ll be known as Pope Leo XIV

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8 May 25

RT @WISHNews8: BREAKING: White smoke has poured from the chimney at the Sistine Chapel, indicating a new pope has been elected. The new p…