January 21, 2010
The Indianapolis Colts will host a free AFC Championship rally Thursday evening at Lucas Oil Stadium. Doors open at 5 p.m.
and the rally starts at 5:30 p.m. Players will address the fans, who will also see local music acts and the Colts cheerleaders.
Parking is free in the South Lot. Fox59 will have more at 4 p.m.
January 21, 2010
Police are on a manhunt for the person who killed a 90-year-old widow in her west-side Indianapolis home. Investigators
say she was killed in a robbery at her house on West Raymond Street. Thelma Sessoms’ body was found Wednesday afternoon
by her brother. An autopsy will give police more information about when the murder took place.
January 21, 2010
Police are looking for two suspects who posed as delivery men, then beat and robbed an Indianapolis woman at gun point.
The suspects knocked on the door of 65-year-old Emma Rhoton’s south-side home, pretending to have a delivery. When she
went to sign for it, one man punched her in the chest and held her down with his foot, according to investigators. A second
armed suspect entered the Edgewood Avenue home and stole $2,100. Rhoton suffered cuts and bruises.
January 21, 2010
Indianapolis Public Schools officials say the theft of 30 laptops from a north-side magnet school may have been an inside
job. The computers were reported missing on Tuesday from the Rousseau McClellan School on Evanston Avenue. Officials say the
laptops account for about half of the computers in the building. Investigators are questioning anyone who may have had access
to the building.
January 20, 2010
A Bartholomew County man is in stable condition after he was shot several times Monday night at his mobile home in Heritage
Heights. Police say 38-year old Alberto Avitia told them that Juvencio Montez, 35, came into his home and shot him in the
back. Police are now searching for Montez. He is considered armed and dangerous.
January 19, 2010
Indianapolis police continue to seek the driver of a taxi that struck an Indianapolis Colts fan heading to Saturday nightâ??s
home playoff game. Shane Mowery and his friends had just left a Blue Crew tailgate party and were walking on Merrill Street
near the stadium when Mowery was hit by a taxi. Moweryâ??s wife told Fox59 that the taxi ran through a red light. Police
are
looking for a yellow Ford Taurus that may have front-end damage. Mowery, 32, remains at Methodist Hospital with critical head
injuries. Fox59 will have more at 4 p.m.
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January 19, 2010
Delaware Countyâ??s Health Department continues to move forward with plans to protect minors from tanning salons despite
opposition
from county officials. The board of health recently adopted a resolution authorizing its staff to inspect tanning salons.
A state agency already does this, but the health department says its inspections are "inadequate." Two county commissioners
have said they will not support the resolution.
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January 19, 2010
A free pep rally is planned for 5:30 p.m. Thursday at Lucas Oil Stadium, featuring players, live music, guest speakers, prizes,
cheerleaders and the teamâ??s mascot, Blue. Doors open at 5 p.m. The Colts play the New York Jets Sunday in the AFC Championship
game.
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January 18, 2010
A Madison County teen died Saturday night in what police believe may have been an accidental shooting. Investigators say A.J.
Kistler, 17, was shot and killed by his 20-year-old brother Rick at his Frankton home. The shooting is still under investigation,
but police say it likely was not intentional. Fox59 will have more at 4 p.m.
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January 18, 2010
Westfield Boulevard and North River Road are closed at Interstate 465 so crews can demolish the bridges and widen the highway.
The closures are expected to remain in place until June. Work on widening I-465 from Meridian Street to Allisonville Road
is expected to start in March.
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January 18, 2010
Indianapolis Metro Police are investigating a Saturday night homicide at a Shell station on the city’s west side. Investigators
say 52-year-old Ousmane Gueye was killed while working at the gas station near Kessler Boulevard and West 16th Street. Police
say Gueye apparently was engaged in a struggle with the suspect before his death. A customer found Gueye’s body about
9:20 p.m.
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January 15, 2010
Indianapolis police say they are looking for two men who ambushed a woman on the near-northwest side Friday morning, killing
her husband in the process. Investigators say Sonny Stingley’s wife went out to warm up the car in the driveway of their
house on Hart Drive about 6:45 a.m. When she was returning, two masked men grabbed her and forced her inside at gunpoint.
A struggle ensued and her husband was shot. The men fled. Police are asking anyone with information to call Crime Stoppers,
262-TIPS. Fox59 will have more at 4 p.m.
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January 15, 2010
Friends and family gathered Thursday night to mourn the loss of Travon Neely, 15, who was killed Thursday when several people
opened fire in front of his house near 22nd Street and Graham Road. Police said a bullet went through the walls of the home
and hit Neely in the head. Several others were home at the time but weren't hurt. Neely was a sophomore at John Marshall High
School.
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January 15, 2010
Indianapolis Colts wide receiver Pierre Garcon says he finally has made contact with some family members in Haiti. Garcon
says his mother received word Thursday night that some of his relatives survived Tuesday’s earthquake. But many other
family members are still unaccounted for. Garcon is using his Facebook and Twitter pages to update fans on the situation and
to raise money for disaster relief.
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January 14, 2010
Hoosier families are still waiting for word from Haiti on the status of their loved ones following Tuesday’s magnitude-7
earthquake, which devastated the Caribbean nation. Dozens of missionaries working in Haiti haven't been able to make contact
with loved ones in Indiana. The state department has evacuated at least 150 Americans to safety. Another 370 are waiting for
flights out of the nation.
January 14, 2010
Purdue University Professor Eric Calais said he predicted the Haiti earthquake was going to be bad. The professor of geophysics
has done years of research on the tenuous fault line that runs through Haiti. He spent time during the past 10 years in Haiti
gathering data on movement of the earth's crust. Calais said he took his concerns to top Haiti officials, but government upheaval
and lack of funding caused little to be done.
January 14, 2010
A Putnam County man accused of killing his wife is now in police custody. Police pulled over Jeremy Bledsoe, 31, Wednesday
night, and he gave up willingly. Police say Bledsoe shot and killed his wife Wednesday in Reelsville. Two of their children
and Bledsoe’s grandmother were home at the time.
January 14, 2010
Marion County Prosecutor Carl Brizzi will not seek a third term, he announced Thursday. In a prepared statement, he said
he decided against a re-election bid after careful consideration. "This decision was not an easy one, but after serving
as prosecutor for the last seven years, I have wrestled with the question of whether I could make a commitment to serve an
additional five years," he wrote. This was the last day Brizzi could make the decision. Thursday is the deadline for
candidates to register for the Republican primary. Fox59 will have more at 4 p.m.
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January 13, 2010
Two Warren Central High School Swim coaches face allegations of sexual relationships with two girls on the team. Police say
they've recovered text messages that confirm the relationships. Police say Seth Sexton, 23, began having a relationship with
a 16-year-old swimmer in October. Police say Matthew Brown had sex with a 17-year-old swimmer four times. Warren Central High
School administrators released a statement saying both assistants have resigned. Brown had his initial hearing early Wednesday
morning and is out on $5,000 bond. A warrant for Sexton has been issued.
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January 13, 2010
Hoosier churches and the Indianapolis Chapter of the American Red Cross are working on plans to send help to Haiti after Tuesday’s
devastating earthquake. The organizations are starting to collect money while they try to gauge the full impact of the quake.
Several area churches who have missionaries serving in Haiti say they're still waiting to hear if their members are OK. The
number of dead from the quake is expected to run into the thousands. Fox59 will have more at 4 p.m.
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January 13, 2010
Anderson police admit they questioned and released a man just minutes before he drove into the path of a school bus Tuesday
morning. Shane Owens is in critical condition. None of the children on the bus were hurt. Officers say they found Owens asleep
behind the wheel of his car, gave him a field sobriety test and asked him a few questions, but eventually let him go. A records
check performed after the crash revealed that Owens has a suspended driver's license and a possible outstanding warrant in
Henry County. Department policy leaves it up to the discretion of officers whether to run records checks.
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January 12, 2010
The Franklin Township school district has hit a nerve in the struggle to cut the school budget by about $7 million. The township
is looking at the option of making middle-school and high-school athletes pay a participation fee to play sports. Opponents
say the proposal would exclude some students from sports based on their financial status. The budget plan also includes closing
a few schools and housing all kindergarten students under one roof. Fox59 will have more at 4 p.m.
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January 12, 2010
Two Anderson parents accused of child abuse have been arrested and jailed. Doctors say their 3-month-old son suffered a skull
fracture and other serious injuries. Investigators say Brittney Bland, 20, and Justin Sheets, 22, carried the injured baby
three blocks to the hospital instead of calling 911. Doctors found evidence that the boy had previously suffered two broken
legs and a broken arm. Child Protective Services has taken custody of the couple’s 16-month-old child.
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January 12, 2010
Frozen hydrants continue to slow down Indianapolis firefighters. Another fire hydrant was found to be frozen Monday night
when a blaze broke out at an apartment complex at 65th Street and Keystone Avenue. No one was hurt in the fire at the Lakewood
Lodge Apartments. Firefighters used water they brought with them to help extinguish the blaze. Damages were estimated at $200,000.
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January 11, 2010
Three Zionsville police officers went into a burning home Monday morning to rescue a woman trapped inside. The unidentified
woman has been taken to St. Vincent Hospital to be treated for injuries. An officer also was sent to the hospital suffering
from smoke inhalation. Investigators haven't determined how the fire on Stonewick Circle started shortly before 8 a.m. FOX59
will have more at 4 p.m.
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Can IBJ please stop referring to this property as "Kessler Mansion"? What a ridiculous title for the biggest, bloated, blight in our city. It's not a mansion. At best, it's an ideal site to shoot low-budget porn. Ahhh! Another business use!
Its stories like these that prove that a Ball State diploma is worth less than the paper that its printed on. A real institution of higher learning would have taken care of this long ago. No way should this crap be taught in a SCIENCE class.
It is such a shame that King Ballard has made Indianapolis into Chicago south with all of the rampant corruption.
How many of these 1,259 bills were actually heard and voted on on the floor vs how many were shot down in committee?
When a an arrogant young guy with essentially no experience and no qualifications for the job, was dropped into an Administrator position out of nowhere by his "mentor" in the Mayor's office things seemed fishy. Sometimes things are what they seem.