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falseINDIANAPOLIS (WISH) – The Indiana Department of Correction (IDOC) doesn’t know how much it cost to carry out two recent executions. I-Team 8 filed a pair of records requests asking the IDOC for information on the single-day cost of executing death row inmates Joseph Corcoran in Dec. 2024, and Benjamin Ritchie in May 2025. The department denied the request, saying it does not have any records with that information.

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ELKHART, Ind. (WISH) — Elkhart Mayor Rod Roberson said he’s “devastated” by an overnight mass shooting that ended with one person dead, and 11 others shot. “My heart aches for our community,” Roberson said during a press briefing with law enforcement. “Once again, our beloved city has been tragically stricken by senseless gun violence.”At 1:11 a.m. Sunday, officers from the Elkhart Police Department (EPD) responded to reports of shots fired on West Garfield Avenue.

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WHITESTOWN, Ind. (WISH) — Whitestown officials are considering a sale of its water utilities system. Members of the public are invited to a public hearing on July 8 inside the Whitestown Municipal Complex. The meeting “will review and explain the appraisal” for the system, according to a public notice. When News 8 reached out for an interview, a town spokesperson said, “It would be premature for anyone on the Whitestown town staff to comment at this time”. No potential buyers have been announced.

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BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (WISH) – Now that universities will be allowed to directly pay student-athletes starting July 1, schools across Indiana are formulating their strategies to deal with a new NCAA landscape that will look much closer to professional sports. A recent ruling on a $2.8 billion antitrust lawsuit against the NCAA will lift revenue-sharing restrictions, effectively granting Division I schools a $20.5 million salary cap to pay players during the 2025-2026 academic year.

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This story includes descriptions of sexual crimes involving children. INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) – Kimber Amonette isn’t sure how often she checked the Indiana Sex and Violent Offender Registry, but it became part of her routine. Nightly. Daily. Searching for a name that never appeared. Her father’s. “I went through all the counties. I went through every single name,” Amonette said. In 1994, Daniel Kelly was sentenced 72 years in prison on multiple counts of child molesting and child exploitation.