Matthew Graves, a coach for the Butler University men's basketball team for more than a decade, is leaving the program to become head coach at the University of South Alabama, sources say. Graves, a former Butler player, was an assistant coach for nine years before being named associate head coach in 2010. South Alabama went 17-13 this season and finished second in the Sun Belt Conference. Its coach, Ronnie Arrow, retired earlier this season.

A snowstorm that left 7.2 inches of snow in Indianapolis on Sunday set a weather record for the date. The National Weather Service said the snowfall was the most that has fallen in the city on March 24 since 1912, when it got 5.8 inches. While it isn't all that rare for Indiana to get snow in March, it is unusual to get so much.
 

The Indiana Bureau of Motor Vehicles is reminding motorists that all of its license branches will be closed March 29 in observance of Good Friday. Most license branches will resume normal business hours the following day.
 

Before the Indiana Pacers tip off against the Milwaukee Bucks on Friday night, the team’s star center will pass out free tickets to upcoming games to every blood donor. The Roy Hibbert Blood & Bone Marrow Drive runs until 3 p.m. at Banker’s Life Fieldhouse. Hibbert hopes to attract at least 300 donors.
 

A man robbed a convenience store south of Greenwood early Friday morning, then forced a customer to drive to Indianapolis at gunpoint. New Whiteland police said the gunman stole less than $1,000 from the Shell/Circle K gas station at U.S. 31 and Tracy Road during the 1 a.m. holdup. He released his hostage unharmed near the Interstate 70 and Harding Street interchange. Police have clear video footage of the suspect.
 

Indianapolis police say a dead man found Wednesday afternoon in a vacant apartment on the city’s far-east side had been shot to death. The victim, discovered in the 4000 block of Stratford Court, near Post Road and 42nd Street, was in his 20s or 30s.
 

A person was killed Thursday morning in a two-vehicle crash on Interstate 465 on the south side of Indianapolis, near Mann Road. As of 10:30 a.m., a couple of hours after the crash, two westbound lanes were still closed.
 

Indiana State Police detectives believe they can finally close a 30-year-old cold case involving a murder at the Indiana State Prison in Michigan City. Scottsburg resident Paul Stucker, 52, was arrested Tuesday in Gretna, La., in connection with the slaying of Johnny Hodge, 34, inside a cell at the prison in 1983. A tip led police to Gretna and to Stucker. U.S. Marshals and the Great Lakes Regional Fugitive Task Force assisted with the investigation. Stucker is awaiting extradition from Louisiana to Indiana.

Indianapolis police nabbed a man wanted on a federal warrant on Wednesday morning after a short chase on the city's northwest side. The chase began around 2:30 a.m. in the 4600 block of Kessler Boulevard North Drive, as police attempted to pull over a speeding driver. The driver attempted to escape, leading police on a short chase through the neighborhood until the maroon vehicle stopped in the 3500 block of West 52nd Street. Police apprehended the 36-year-old man after he tried to flee on foot, and discovered that he was wanted on a federal warrant.

President Obama has filled out his brackets for the NCAA men's basketball tournament, and Indiana University is his pick to go all the way. ESPN revealed Wednesday that Obama's Final Four also includes Louisville, Ohio State and Florida. The president has only picked the winner once in his previous years in office, with North Carolina taking the title in 2009. His bracket generally favors Big 10 teams for the upcoming tournament, but, he said, "I think this is Indiana's year."

Students returned to classes Wednesday at IUPUI following a four-hour lockdown on Tuesday afternoon after a student reported seeing a man with a gun in a campus parking lot at about 12:30 p.m. School officials released a text alert around 12:55 p.m. urging students, faculty and staff to seek shelter as police searched for the suspect, who was reportedly wearing a long brown coat. IUPUI Police Capt. Bill Abston said authorities received word of two subsequent sightings but did not find anyone matching the description during their search. Some students said there was some confusion about what the lockdown entailed and whether they could leave buildings. Others credited the university and police with handling the situation quickly.

A man convicted in a botched Indianapolis home robbery that left two women and two children dead has been arrested after failing to report from work-release detail. Indianapolis police arrested 30-year-old Tommy Warren on Monday afternoon after finding him hiding in a north-side home. Warren was sentenced in 2010 to 10 years in prison on a conspiracy conviction for his role in the January 2008 Hovey Street killings of Andrea Yarrell and Gina Hunt, both 24, and their children, 5-month-old Charlii Daye-Yarrell and 23-month-old Jordan Hunt. Four other men were sentenced in the crime.

The Indianapolis Department of Public Works launched an online tool Tuesday that will allow the public to report, locate and check the status of potholes across the city. Indy’s Pothole Viewer shows all pothole repair requests received by the city on a map. Red dots indicate requests that are still being serviced, and green dots indicate potholes that have been repaired. So far in March, DPW has repaired 929 potholes.

A 14-year-old boy was arrested early Tuesday morning after he allegedly stole a car and led police on a chase in Carmel. Police say the boy took an unlocked and running Hyundai Sonata parked in the 1200 block of Golfview Drive at about 6 a.m. Police saw the car near Rangeline Road and 126th Street and gave chase. The suspect drove into a dead-end road and flipped the vehicle onto its side. He fled on foot but was caught with help from a police dog.

Four teams from Indiana received bids to the NCAA men’s basketball tournament. Indiana University earned the top seed in the East Region and will play Friday afternoon in Dayton, Ohio, against the winner of a play-in game between LIU Brooklyn and James Madison University. No. 6 seed Butler University will play Bucknell University on Thursday in Lexington, Ky., at 12:40 p.m. The University of Notre Dame, seeded seventh, faces Iowa State University in Dayton on Friday. And No. 14 Valparaiso University will play Michigan State University in Auburn Hills, Mich., on Thursday.
 

Indianapolis police are investigating the discovery of an infant’s body in a creek on the city’s east side. Police say they received a call Sunday morning from a man who told them he’d found the body behind his home in the 1500 block of Fenwick Avenue. An autopsy was scheduled for Monday to determine more information about the body and the cause of death.
 

Carmel police shot a 25-year-old man early Monday morning after he allegedly made threats to his ex-girlfriend and her boyfriend. Aaron David, 25, was shot about 3:15 a.m. in a neighborhood near 96th Street and Ditch Road. He was taken to the hospital for surgery and is expected to live, officials said. Police said they opened fire on David after he ignored their commands and displayed a handgun.
 

States troopers investigating a reported deer strike along Interstate 70 instead discovered the body of a pedestrian. Johnny Cole, 33, died after being struck by a semi at about 1:30 a.m. Friday on the city’s far-east side. Police do not suspect alcohol was a factor in the accident. They believe Cole was standing in the center lane when he was struck.
 

A 67-year-old homeowner was shot to death at about 6:30 a.m. on the north side of Indianapolis by a home invader who fled in the victim’s car. Moments before he was killed, Thomas Teft and his wife were drinking coffee in their home in the 7800 block of Harcourt Spring Place when they heard someone enter through an unlocked sliding back door. Teft went to investigate and was shot by a man dressed in a ski mask and hoodie. The shooter escaped in a 2009 black Hyundai Sonata with license plate IW813 that had been parked in the driveway.
 

Two teenage survivors of a single-vehicle crash that killed three people Sunday near Yorktown told police a front-seat passenger repeatedly urged the driver to speed before the deadly crash. The SUV was traveling 110 mph and ran a stop sign before wiping out. The crash killed driver Lisa Crane, 47; her boyfriend, Kent Kalley, 47; and Andrew Lackey, 12. Crash survivors Trace Joiner and Jessica DeLong, both 13, said Kalley urged the driver "to go faster like five or six times." Savannah Kalley, 13, also survived.
 

A man shot to death Wednesday afternoon in a sport-utility vehicle parked at Lafayette Square Mall has been identified as Robert Mitcham, 21, of Indianapolis. Mitcham was in the SUV driven by his cousin for a meeting with another man. The cousin told police the man pulled the gun after a brief conversation and shot Mitcham in the head. Police are investigating.
 

A man was shot to death Tuesday night on the northwest side of Indianapolis. The unidentified victim suffered multiple gunshot wounds at about 7 p.m. at Creekside Square Apartments, in the 5700 block of Fraser Court. He died at St. Vincent Hospital.
 

Two men died Wednesday morning after their car lost control and collided with the back of a semitrailer parked near a rest area entrance ramp off Interstate 74 in Hendricks County. Lizton emergency officials said the men were trapped in the vehicle after the crash, but died a short time later. The semi driver was sleeping and not injured. Icy roads may have contributed to the accident.
 

Professor Larry Leverenz, director of the athletic training program at Purdue University, has been selected by National Football League Commissioner Roger Goodell to be part of a $60 million effort to prevent head injuries and concussions. The Head Health Challenge, sponsored by the NFL, GE Corp. and Under Armour, plans a $40 million research program to develop new brain-imaging techniques, and a $20 million innovation challenge that hopes to find new diagnosis and prevention technology. Leverenz has helped Purdue gain national attention for its concussion research.

About 1,000 students at Riverside Intermediate School in Fishers were evacuated Tuesday morning after smoke filled the building. Fire officials determined a malfunctioning air handler caused the problem. Students spent a short time outside before returning to the building about 9:45 a.m.