An arrest has been made in connection with a fatal crash early Sunday morning, police said.

According to IMPD, East District officers were dispatched to the first block of N. Sherman Drive at around 2:04 a.m. on the report of a personal injury crash.

The crash involved two vehicles: a black Chevrolet Camaro driven by an adult female and a white Kia Forte driven by an adult male.

The adult male driver of the Kia Forte was unfortunately pronounced deceased on-scene by medics. The driver of the Camaro was taken to an area hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.

Officials say preliminary investigations indicate the Camaro was traveling north at a high rate of speed and briefly became airborne while crossing E. Washington Street. After crossing E. Washington Street, the Camaro veered into the southbound lane and struck the Kia, which was traveling southbound, head-on.

The driver of the Camaro, a 19-year-old woman, took a chemical test and was arrested on the preliminary charge of operating a vehicle while intoxicated, resulting in death.

The Marion County Coroners Office (MCCO) will identify the deceased and ultimately determine the cause and manner of death, once proper next-of-kin notification has been made.

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Officials with the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police say they are investigating a deadly shooting on Sunday.

Officers responded to the area of the 5900 block of E. 82

Street before 9 p.m.

Preliminary information indicates that responding officers found a victim suffering from apparent gunshot wounds.

The victim was initially reported to be in critical condition, but IMPD has confirmed they have died in the hospital.

IMPD says at least three people have been detained and are working to determine if they are involved in this incident.

Community members are reflecting on the loss of a U.S. Air Force Captain from Indiana one of six service members killed in a plane crash while assisting with operations in Iran.

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In Mooresville on Sunday, many people had heard of the tragic news and spoke with WRTV about what it meant for something like this to happen to one of their own.

It devastated all of us. Not just one of us, all of us," Rick Whitlock, who lives in Mooresville, said.

It was saddening, obviously we lost one of our veterans, Johnny May, Sgt. of Arms of the Legionnaires at American Legion Post 103, added.

Outside the American Legion Post in Mooresville, flags flew at half-staff in honor of Captain Seth Koval.

I was asked by some of the members to bring it down to half staff," May explained. "'Cause thats what we do [when we lose someone].

Koval was a Mooresville native and Air Force Captain. According to a bio provided by the Ohio Air National Guard, Koval was an instructor pilot for the 116th Air Refueling Squadron. He trained pilots in air refueling, aeromedical, cargo and passenger operations.

He was killed in an aerial refueling tanker crash in Iraq on Thursday.

Theres a lot of things happening in this world that shouldnt, and that was one of them," Whitlock said.

Whitlock has lived in Mooresville for nearly 20 years.

I love my community here, I love the people, and we are here for the veterans," he explained. "And when we find out one of our veterans was in that crash - it devastated all of us.

Its a little deeper," May said. "We know the family will need help.

The 38-year-old served in the military for 19 years. According to the Air Force, Captain Koval was a Purdue graduate with a degree in aviation operations. This was his fifth deployment overseas. He was serving with the 121st air refueling wing bases in Columbus, Ohio.

Koval, along with two other service members involved in the crash, Captain Curtis J. Angst, 30, of Wilmington, Ohio and Tech. Sergeant Tyler H. Simmons, 28, of Columbus, Ohio, was assigned to the 121st Air Refueling Wing at Rickenbacker Air National Guard Base in Columbus, Ohio, before they died.

These airmen were more than just uniforms they wore, they were our teammates, our friends. Mentors who helped make the organization stronger every day," Chief Master Sgt. Edward N. Taylor III, Ohio Air National Guard State Command Chief, stated.

Theyre valued members of our team," Major Gen. David B. Johnson, assistant adjutant general for Air with the Ohio National Guard, said. "And their loss is deeply felt across the 121st Air Refueling Wing and the entire Ohio National Guard.

Koval's wife, Heather, released a statement from their family on Facebook on Saturday.

It said in part:

A GoFundMe has also been created to help support the family. If you would like to donate, you can find it here.

For the Mooresville community, they're just hoping to help in any way they can.

As a community and the club, wed like to help the family out," May said. "Im sure the auxiliaries and the SAO and the Legionnaires are gonna try to do something to get something to that family.

Our community will come together after something like this," Whitlock stated. "Because if one goes down, we all go down too.

A report from The Associated Press indicates the crash involved a KC-135 refueling aircraft staffed by the six decedents. The aircraft crashed while supporting U.S. military operations in Iran.

U.S. Central Command has indicated that the crash was the result of an unspecified incident involving two aircraft in friendly airspace. Per the AP, the other plane involved in the incident landed safely.

The DoW reported that its investigation of the crash is still ongoing.

The full statement from the Koval family can be seen below:

Casey Zanowic

casey.zanowic@wrtv.com.

A broad and erratic patchwork of severe weather rumbled across much of the U.S. on Sunday, dumping heavy snow and making roads impassable in the Upper Midwest while damaging high winds swept across the Plains. Hawaii also continues to be affected by severe flooding.

And portions of the mid-South readied for late-day thunderstorms. Forecasters said the storms will spread eastward and by Monday threaten a large swath of the Eastern U.S., with mid-Atlantic states including Washington, D.C. at greatest risk for high winds and tornadoes.

Successive punches of snow, wind and severe weather are going to impact the eastern half of the United States," AccuWeather senior meteorologist Tyler Roys said in an interview. Beyond the threat to lives and property, whether its wind gusts from a squall line, blizzard or snow, or just wind because of the storm, youre looking at several major airports being impacted.

Over 20 inches (51 centimeters) of snow had fallen in some portions of southeastern Minnesota and western Wisconsin as of Sunday afternoon, according to National Weather Service reports, with more snow likely to fall in places like Minneapolis amid blizzard warnings by the weather service.

Warnings of hazardous road conditions were issued across Minnesota, Michigan and Wisconsin, where transportation officials warned of worsening conditions Sunday with low visibility and snow-covered roadways.

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More than 600 flights flying out of and into the Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport were canceled Sunday, according to FlightAware, a website that tracks flight disruptions. Dozens more through Detroit were also scrapped.

An area from central Wisconsin to Michigan's Upper Peninsula was likely to see over 2 feet (60 centimeters) of snow, with higher isolated totals on the peninsula, Roys said. Lower snow accumulations in places like Chicago and Milwaukee will still likely create trouble for commuters on Monday, he added.

Wisconsin snowplow driver Aaron Haas said it was one of the worst storms he had seen in years. On Sunday around the town of Marshfield, Haas was stacking piles of snow as high as his truck.

You cant see anything when youre on the highways outside of the city, he said.

Jim Allen, 45, who lives on the Upper Peninsula, said his family stocked up on necessities and he was ready to clear snow several times Sunday with the shovel and snowblower.

"Were basically prepared to just kind of hunker down for a few days if we need to, Allen said.

Rain continued falling on Sunday in Hawaii, where acres of farmland and homes have been flooded, roads have been closed and shelters opened. PowerOutage.us, which tracks outages nationwide, reported over 50,000 electric customers in Hawaii without power as of early Sunday.

Flash flooding has been a major problem in recent days in places like Maui, Molokai and the Big Island, where rain had been falling from 1 to 2 inches (2.5 to 5 centimeters) an hour overnight, according to the Hawaii Emergency Management Agency.

Maui County Mayor Richard Bissen said in a social media post late Saturday that some areas of Maui had received more than 20 inches (51 centimeters) of rain in the previous 24 hours.

Were seeing flooding, landslides, sinkholes, debris and downed power lines across the county, he said. Expressing gratitude in the Hawaiian language, the mayor added "mahalo for continuing to look out for one another.

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Footage incorporated into the mayor's video showed washed out or collapsed roads, a car stuck by floodwaters and raging waterways. National Guard and fire department workers have made multiple floodwater rescues, Bissen said.

Tom and Carrie Bashaw said they could do little to prevent part of their home in Maui's Iao Valley from collapsing beneath rising waters. On Friday, the water's force starting overtaking nearby trees.

When we lost the mango and monkey pod, we started throwing stuff in bags and packing up, Tom Bashaw told HawaiiNewsNow. They returned Saturday morning and the whole backside of the house was gone, he said.

Maui resident and real estate broker Jesse Wald, who recorded video of a coastal road's collapse Saturday, said other parts of road were flooded out by mud and sediment.

In the 20 years Ive been here Ive never seen this much rain," Wald said. Im from Wisconsin and we get thunderstorms, you know pretty often in the summer, so it felt like a Wisconsin thunderstorm but times 10."

More than 210,000 utility customers in six Great Lakes states were without electricity as of Sunday afternoon, according to PowerOutage.us. Some originated on Friday when gusts in the region reached 85 mph (137 km).

In Nebraska, about 30 National Guard members were deployed to help combat multiple wildfires across a broad swath of range and grassland, the state's Emergency Management Agency said.

As of Saturday, three of the largest wildfires had damaged well over 900 square miles (2,331 square kilometers), the agency said. One fire-related fatality was reported on Friday, and in a news release Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen urged residents to follow locally-issued evacuation orders, adding that winds were "supposed to be extraordinary on Sunday.

The weather service issued a high-wind warning Sunday for most of Nebraska, with wind gusts of up to 60 mph (97 kph) possible amid falling snow. Roys said high winds would affect a region stretching from the U.S.-Mexico border to the Great Lakes, and from Denver eastward to the Appalachian Mountains.

The National Weather Service warned that a line of severe storms with damaging winds would cross much of the Eastern U.S. by late Monday. It was to begin Sunday afternoon and cross the Mississippi, Tennessee and Ohio valleys.

The storm threat was expected to enter the Appalachians early Monday, then move toward the East Coast, where severe thunderstorms with widespread damaging winds and several tornadoes were expected during the day Monday, the weather service said.

A stretch from parts of South Carolina to Maryland appeared most likely to experience the greatest damaging winds Monday afternoon, the weather service said. That could include Raleigh, North Carolina; Richmond, Virginia and the nation's capital. The weather service said an increased albeit much lower risk stretched north to New York and south to Florida, with thunderstorms possible in New England.

Hollywood will convene Sunday night for a nail-biter Academy Awards thats steering toward a coronation for either Paul Thomas Anderson or Ryan Coogler. Most would call that a win-win.

Andersons One Battle After Another is the favorite heading into the ceremony at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. But Cooglers Sinners comes in the lead nominee with a record 16 nominations. Both filmmakers are poised to leave with their first Oscar.

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But little else is assured at an Academy Awards where Michael B. Jordan or Timothe Chalamet (despite the ballet diss heard 'round the world) could win their first Academy Award in a too-close-to-call best actor race.

The telecast will air live on ABC and stream on Hulu beginning at 7 p.m. Eastern. (YouTube will be the new home of the Oscars beginning in 2029.) The official red carpet preshow begins on ABC and Hulu at 6:30 p.m. EDT, while E! will kick off its red-carpet broadcast at 4 p.m.

Conan OBrien is returning as host for the second year in a row. Despite the war in Iran and expanding geopolitical turmoil, OBrien has pledged an entertaining show in the mold of hosts like Bob Hope and Johnny Carson. Lets have fun with it, is my attitude, OBrien told reporters earlier in the week.

Still, the already high security will be even greater this year at an Oscars, taking place two weeks after the United States and President Donald Trump launched the war with Iran.

Of course, every year we monitor whats going on in the world, Raj Kapoor, executive producer of the show, said earlier in the week. We have the support of the FBI and the LAPD, and its a close collaboration.

Two of the five best song nominees will be performed: I Lied to You, from Sinners, with Miles Caton, Raphael Saadiq and others; and Golden from KPop Demon Hunters.

KPop Demon Hunters, a Sony Pictures production that was sold to Netflix, was the most-watched movie of 2025. (It has 325 million views and counting, making it Netflix's most-streamed movie ever.) But it seems all but certain that the nights final award wont go to a streaming release; Apple's CODA remains the only streaming film to achieve that. Instead best picture is likely to go to an anomaly in todays movie industry: big-budget original films from a personal vision.

Sinners and One Battle After Another were both theatrical releases shot on film. And both came from Warner Bros., the legacy studio thats agreed to merge with David Ellisons new media colossus, Paramount Skydance. The $111 billion deal, which awaits regulatory approval, has rattled an industry already reconciling itself to the acquisitions of MGM (by Amazon) and 20th Century Fox (by The Walt Disney Co.).

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Elegy may mark Sundays Oscars. The in memoriam segment is expected to include, among many others, remembrances of Robert Redford, Diane Keaton and Robert Duvall. OBrien, who had hosted a party attended by Rob and Michele Reiner the night before their deaths, has promised a very powerful tribute.

New this year is a best casting category. Another innovation is a requirement that Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences members watch all nominees before voting. On the academys streaming platform even Oscar voting is streamed voters had to check a box attesting to having watched each nominee before voting in a category.

Whether those changes will have any effect on some of the nights closest races remains to be seen. Coming into the show, best actor is one of the most hard-to-call categories. Chalamet had been seen as the front-runner for his performance in Marty Supreme. But a swaggering meta campaign, that drew headlines, of all things, a perceived slight of ballet and opera, may have helped put Jordan into the lead. (In Chalamet's favor, the uproar only started as voting was ending.)

While Jessie Buckley (Hamnet) is widely expecting to win best actress, a first for Irish performers, the supporting categories are highly competitive. Amy Madigan (Weapons) is the slight favorite in best supporting actress, but Teyana Taylor (One Battle After Another) and Wunmi Mosaku (Sinners) are in the mix, too.

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Despite almost no campaigning, Penn is viewed as the best supporting actor favorite. That award, could easily also go to Stellan Skarsgrd (Sentimental Value) or Delroy Lindo (Sinners).

Though the Oscars often feel largely removed from their times, a crop of nominees that explicitly grapple with the current political moment will be center stage. That includes not just One Battle After Another, which opens with a raid on an immigration detention facility, but movies like Kleber Mendona Filhos Brazilian political thriller The Secret Agent and Jafar Panahis Iranian revenge drama It Was Just an Accident.

The war in Iran has particular meaning to Panahi, whose film is nominated for best international feature and for best screenplay. The esteemed Iranian filmmaker and last year's Palme d'Or winner has made films clandestinely in his native Iran despite repeated imprisonment, travel ban and even home arrest. While promoting the film, Panahi was sentenced to a year in prison. At least one of his cowriter nominees, Mehdi Mahmoudian, was unable to leave Iran to attend Sundays awards.

Twenty three years ago, the Academy Awards were also held amid war in the Middle East. The 2003 Oscars took place just three days before the Iraq War began. Many in Hollywood protested the war. Chicago won best picture.

SHELBYVILLE Indiana State Police have issued a Silver Alert for a 61-year-old man.

Lyle Stanton, 61, is described as a white male, 5 feet 10 inches tall, 185 pounds, with gray hair and hazel eyes.

Stanton, who is missing from Shelbyville, Indiana, was last seen on Tuesday, March 3, 2026, at 12:00 p.m.

Police said Lyle was last seen wearing a Washington D.C. hoodie, a white or black t-shirt and blue jeans.

Lyle Stanton is believed to be in extreme danger and may require medical assistance.

If you have any information on Lyle Stanton, contact the Shelbyville Police Department at 317-392-5108 or 911.

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INDIANAPOLIS The 98th Academy Awards are Sunday, and an Indianapolis nonprofit is heading into Hollywood's biggest night with a record number of connections to this year's nominees.

"20 films that we've had at our festivals we honored through another award, 44 nominations, which I think is also a record for us," Greg Sorvig, the artistic director of Heartland Film, said.

That includes nine short films and 11 feature films.

Among them is "Train Dreams," nominated for Best Picture, and the short film "Jane Austen's Period Drama," co-directed by Indianapolis native and Indiana University graduate Steve Pinder. The film won the Comedy Award and the Overall Audience Choice Award at Indy Shorts 2024.

"We have a lot of, a lot of great movies that have won awards at our festival," Sorvig said.

Sorvig also highlighted "Sinners" as a film to watch beyond Heartland's festival connections.

"That film was original, it was amazing. It won the ensemble Award at the Actors Awards. Michael B. Jordan, I think, surprised everybody, but in a great way," Sorvig said.

The film's director, Ryan Coogler, could become the first Black man to win Best Director at the Academy Awards.

"I'm going to predict maybe a swap or kind of a one-for-one between Best Picture and Director, whether that's One Battle-winning picture and Coogler director or the other way around, but you never know, it could be a historical night," Sorvig said.

Sorvig also pointed to some of the tightest individual races of the season, including Supporting Actress, where he noted Amy Madigan for "Weapons," and Supporting Actor, where he mentioned Delroy Lindo for "Sinners" as a potential surprise.

This year, Heartland Film had a record nine films out of the 15 that were Oscar-nominated. For the first time ever, Sorvig said Heartland Film could also have all three short film category winners.

Sorvig said the milestone is another opportunity to raise Indiana's profile in the film world.

"People might not regard Indiana as a big place, as a film hub, but we've been making a lot of noise. So it's really great to have that reputation of being trusted and being this really cool stop on the indie film scene for the Oscars," Sorvig said.

The Oscars air Sunday, March 15, with coverage starting at 7 p.m. on WRTV.

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The Pentagon has released the identities of six U.S. Air Force members who died last week when a military refueling tanker plane crashed in western Iraq during a mission in support of Operation Epic Fury.

Maj. John A. Klinner, 33, of Auburn, Alabama; Capt. Ariana G. Savino, 31, of Covington, Washington; Tech. Sgt. Ashley B. Pruitt, 34, of Bardstown, Kentucky; Capt. Seth R. Koval, 38, of Mooresville, Indiana; Capt. Curtis J. Angst, 30, of Wilmington, Ohio; and Tech. Sgt. Tyler H. Simmons, 28, of Columbus, Ohio, were killed when their U.S. KC-135 refueling aircraft was lost over Iraq on Thursday, according to U.S. officials.

Klinner, Savino and Pruitt were assigned to the 6th Air Refueling Wing at MacDill Air Force Base in Tampa, Florida. Koval, Angst and Simmons were assigned to the 121st Air Refueling Wing at Rickenbacker Air National Guard Base in Columbus, Ohio.

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Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Dan Caine said the crew members were on a combat mission over "friendly" territory at the time their plane went down and that the incident was not not the result of hostile or friendly fire. U.S. Central Command said in a statement that a second plane involved in the operation was able to land safely. The incident remains under investigation.

The tanker is the fourth U.S. plane to go down since the war against Iran began. Earlier this month, U.S. ally Kuwait mistakenly downed three F-15E Strike Eagle fighter jets. All six crew members aboard those jets safely ejected and were recovered.

Israeli soldiers fired on a car carrying a family in the northern West Bank, killing four people including two children, the Palestinian Authoritys Health Ministry said.

The official Palestinian news agency said the family was shot late Saturday after going out to buy new clothes for Eid al-Fitr, the holiday marking the end of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan this week. Israel said it was investigating the shooting.

The Palestinian Red Crescent rescue service said that Ali and Waed Odeh, and two of their four children, were shot in the head. The Odehs two surviving children had shrapnel wounds that were examined by first responders once they were granted access, the group said, accusing Israel of delaying ambulances dispatched to the scene.

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Israels military and police said in a joint statement Sunday that forces opened fire after a car accelerated toward them in Tammun. They said the forces were pursuing suspects accused of terrorist activity and that the shooting was under investigation.

The members of the Odeh family were the latest casualties in the occupied West Bank, where Israeli settlers and soldiers had previously shot and killed at least eight Palestinians since the start of the Iran war.

Since Israel and the U.S. attacked Iran on Feb. 28, Israeli authorities have restricted movement across the West Bank, intermittently closing hundreds of gates and checkpoints on roads used by residents, ambulances and commercial traffic. The barriers have tightened movement and made emergency response significantly more difficult, the Red Crescent told The Associated Press last week.

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Israeli rights group Yesh Din said on Wednesday that it had documented 109 incidents of settler violence in the occupied West Bank in dozens of Palestinian communities since the start of the war.

The toll is lower than at this point in 2025 a record year for violence that began with Israel invading northern West Bank cities that the military said were militant strongholds. Israeli forces still maintain a presence there.

The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs has recorded 18 Palestinians killed in the occupied West Bank since the start of 2026, including eight by Israeli settlers. Metz reported from Ramallah, West Bank.

Representatives from Beijing and Washington began their economic and trade talks in Paris on Sunday, paving the way for U.S. President Donald Trumps state visit to Beijing to meet Chinese leader Xi Jinping in about two weeks.

The delegations, led by U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng, convened in the French capital in the morning, China's official news agency Xinhua reported. The White House has said that Trump will travel to China from March 31 to April 2, though Beijing has not officially confirmed it.

Bessent said on Thursday that his team will continue to deliver results that put America's farmers, workers and businesses first. The U.S. Treasury Department said Bessent will meet He on Sunday and Monday.

Chinas commerce ministry said Friday the two sides are set to discuss trade and economic issues of mutual concern.

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Trumps visit to China will be the first for a U.S. president since he went in his first term in 2017. It will come five months after the two leaders met in the South Korean city of Busan and agreed to a one-year truce in a trade war that temporarily saw tit-for-tat tariffs soar to triple digits before the two sides climbed down.

Still, trade remains a source of tensions. The commerce ministry on Friday hit back against the Trump administrations new trade investigation into 16 trading partners, including China. The investigation which came after a Supreme Court ruling struck down Trumps sweeping global tariffs that were imposed last year could pave the way for new tariffs.

Another issue that could be discussed is the Iran war, especially when global anxiety is soaring over oil prices and supplies. Trump said Saturday that he hopes China, France, Japan, South Korea, the United Kingdom and others will send warships to keep the Strait of Hormuz open and safe.

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Before Sunday's talks, Gary Ng, a senior economist at French bank Natixis and a research fellow at the Central European Institute of Asian Studies, said the Paris meeting is likely the most important bilateral one before the Xi-Trump summit.

The key issue is "whether China and the U.S. can agree on what is agreed and manage disagreement. Iran is a new factor, but Beijing is more concerned about the flip-flopping of U.S. policies, he said.

Last week, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said it would be a big year for China-U.S. relations. While he did not confirm the state visit, Wang said that the agenda of high-level exchange is already on the table.

Bessent and He have led trade negotiations between the countries since last year, having met in Geneva, London, Stockholm, Madrid and Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

Indianapolis residents gathered Saturday morning at Eagle Creek Park to protest a recently approved water use agreement tied to the Lebanon LEAP District development project.

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The march drew hundreds of community members concerned about the future of Eagle Creek's water supply.

"We understand the LEAP project is going to bring jobs. We're not opposed to jobs," Lou Ann Baker, the chairwoman of the Eagle Creek Advisory Committee, said. "What we're concerned about is that those efforts may penalize Eagle Creek Park. And that's where we'd like to see some compromise and some change."

The protest followed Monday night's vote by the Lebanon City Council to approve a water use agreement for the LEAP District.

The agreement would allow 25 million gallons of water to be drawn daily for the project, some of it from Eagle Creek itself. Wastewater from the project would then be recycled back into Eagle Creek.

Marty Risch, a retired scientist and hydrologist of 40 years, said the change in water flow patterns could harm local wildlife and ecosystems.

"Imagine you know water coming out of a sewer pipe in the winter when everything's frozen. That's not the pattern that these wildlife for sure have become dependent upon," Risch explained. "This will be an alteration of an ecosystem that doesn't look to be a positive one."

Residents from both Lebanon and Indianapolis are calling not only for an end to the project, but also for greater transparency around the now-approved water use agreement if the project moves forward.

Baker raised concerns about a specific clause added in the agreement that was passed Monday night.

"Of particular concern is a clause that said if and when they need more water for that project in that city, they will ask citizens for additional water, or another source. That comment, that line is directly in conflict with what has been represented to us publicly and privately here in Indianapolis in regards to the park, in regards to the rest of the public water supply here in Indianapolis, that's concerning," Baker said.

WRTV will keep you updated as we hear new updates about the project.

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Hundreds of thousands of people were left without power Saturday after high winds raked eastward from the Great Lakes region, leaving trees down and substantial property damage in their wake. Further west, at least one person died in a massive wind-driven wildfire in Nebraska.

Nearly 450,000 customers were still affected by midafternoon in Ohio, Pennsylvania and Michigan, according to PowerOutage.us, which tracks outages nationwide.

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A 66 mph gust at Pittsburgh International Airport on Friday was deemed its fourth-strongest on record that was not caused by a thunderstorm, according to the National Weather Service. Cleveland Burke Lakefront Airport saw winds hit 85 mph Friday afternoon.

Winds took down a gas station canopy in New Franklin, Ohio, and an auto parts store sign in Baldwin, Pennsylvania. Trees and tree limbs fell into or onto homes and cars from Cleveland to Pittsburgh. The roof of a school building in the Chicago suburb of Niles, Illinois, was severely damaged by wind.

High winds fueled multiple wildfires across a broad swath of Nebraskas range and grassland, causing one death in Arthur County, officials said. The victim was not immediately identified and the sheriffs office did not disclose other details about the death.

What state officials have dubbed the Morrill County fire has burned at least 735 square miles across four counties since Thursday. At least 12 structures have been destroyed, according to the Nebraska Emergency Management Agency.

Chelle Ladely of Sidney said her home is currently safe, lying about 40 miles (64 kilometers) south of the nearest fire. But she worries for other friends and family in the area.

Smoke is filling the air and at night, I can see the burn of the fires on the horizon, Ladely said. My father is a crop agronomist, and his company as well as other local farmers are all gathering their water trucks to help aid with the fires, and truckloads of bottled water and food is being supplied by our good patrons for our volunteer firemen trying to extinguish the blazes.

Several other wildfires being pushed by winds of up to 65 mph burned another 225 square miles for a total of nearly 938 square miles by midday Saturday. The strong winds have kept firefighters from containing any of the fires, the Nebraska Emergency Management Agency said. Gov. Jim Pillen on Saturday toured areas burned by the Morrill County fire.

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In Chicago, thousands of revelers turned out to see the city's namesake river dyed bright green and a downtown parade celebrating the St. Patrick's holiday, despite the threat of snow and stiff winds that drove the feels-like temperature to well below freezing.

Dangerous winds are but one piece of a wild weather mosaic that includes heavy rains in Hawaii, triple-digit heat ahead in Phoenix and the return of winter cold to the Midwest and Northeast. Chicago was expected to approach the single digits Fahrenheit by Tuesday, with Minneapolis seeing lows around zero.

Several Minnesota cities have already declared snow emergencies starting Sunday, when what could be the seasons largest snowfall is expected to hit. Wisconsin and Michigan's Upper Peninsula are also in the crosshairs.

AccuWeather is describing conditions as a potent triple-threat March megastorm from Sunday into Monday.

Its definitely a very active weather weekend, thats for sure, AccuWeather senior meteorologist John Feerick said. Its a highly amplified pattern, which means you get a lot of extremes. Also, not just the Lower 48, but Hawaiis getting hit hard right now with some very heavy rain.

Feerick said people along the Wisconsin-Iowa border might see some ice as travel conditions become dangerous in large parts of the Upper Midwest.

President Donald Trump said Saturday that other nations will send ships to help keep the Strait of Hormuz open amid fears that Iran may restrict the flow of oil and other goods through the vital waterway.

Nearly one-fifth of the worlds oil supply passes through the Strait of Hormuz. Irans new Supreme Leader, Mojtaba Khamenei, has vowed to close the strait as the U.S. and Israel continue their bombing campaign against the country.

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In the weeks since the U.S. and Israel began their war with Iran, oil prices have surged. A barrel of oil averaged around $65 last month before the strikes began. This week, prices climbed to more than $110, before settling at $97 on Saturday.

The price spike has pushed U.S. gas prices up 70 cents per gallon over the past month, according to AAA.

Trump suggested that nations affected by Irans actions will join the U.S. in efforts to protect shipping through the strait.

Many Countries, especially those who are affected by Irans attempted closure of the Hormuz Strait, will be sending War Ships, in conjunction with the United States of America, to keep the Strait open and safe, Trump said on Saturday. We have already destroyed 100% of Irans Military capability, but its easy for them to send a drone or two, drop a mine, or deliver a close range missile somewhere along, or in, this Waterway, no matter how badly defeated they are. Hopefully China, France, Japan, South Korea, the UK, and others, that are affected by this artificial constraint, will send Ships to the area so that the Hormuz Strait will no longer be a threat by a Nation that has been totally decapitated.

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Irans foreign minister Abbas Araghchi suggested that the Trump administration is growing desperate.

The touted U.S. security umbrella has proven to be full of holes, inviting trouble rather than deterring it, Araghchi said. The U.S. is now begging others, even China, to help make Hormuz safe. Iran calls on brotherly neighbors to expel foreign aggressors, especially as their only concern is Israel.

The federal government has responded to a judge's order on why ICE detained Nashville Noticias reporter Estefany Rodriguez.

Attorneys for the government say that Rodriguez entered the US on a valid B-2 visa on March 10, 2021 and was authorized to stay through September 9, 2021.

The government claims she remained in the U.S. illegally and did not obtain any paperwork to allow her to remain in the country.

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Attorneys say Rodriguez was ordered in January and February to report to the Nashville ICE field office, but they say a warrant was issued when Rodriguez did not show up.

According to court documents, the government states that a G-56 letter to report was issued to Rodriguez on January 8, directing her to report on January 26 to the Nashville ICE Field Office.

On February 10, they added that another G-56 letter to report was issued to the petitioner, directing her to report on February 25, 2026.

Rodriguez's husband, Alejandro Medina III, who was with her when ICE agents surrounded the couple in the Nashville Noticias news vehicle, said that a massive winter storm shut down practically all of Nashville on the same day as the first scheduled meeting. A second meeting in February was also rescheduled when he said ICE officials could not find anything related to a scheduled meeting in their system.

"There was a valid warrant for her arrest as an alien issued on March 2, 2026, two days prior to her arrest," the court document reads. "The arrest warrant clearly marked the cause of her arrest."

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She was detained on March 4th and was sent to a detention center in Alabama.

Attorneys for Rodriguez argue her First and Fifth Amendment rights were violated when ICE agents detained her and believe her detention was retaliation for her reporting on ICE activity through Nashville.

A hearing between her attorneys and the government is set for next Monday.

Investigators with the Morgan County Major Crimes Task Force say they are investigating an apparent murder/suicide in Monrovia that happened on Friday.

Officials with the Morgan County Sheriff's Office say officers with the Monrovia Police Department responded to the 11000 block of Sashing Way in the Homestead Addition around 2:30 p.m. on Friday. Dispatch received a 911 call from a man who said he had shot his wife.

While making their way to the scene, officers learned that a four-year-old girl was also inside the residence.

When officers arrived on the scene, they found the child and safely removed her from the residence. During this time, officials say they heard a single gunshot from inside. Responding officers then found a man and woman suffering from apparent gunshot wounds.

Despite life-saving efforts, both were pronounced deceased at the scene.

Officials say the child was not physically harmed, but she was taken to a hospital in Mooresville for observation. The child was reunited with her nine-year-old sister, who was in school at the time of the incident. The children are being cared for by the Department of Child Services.

This is a devastating and unnecessary situation that has left a family ripped apart, stated Sheriff Richard Myers in a press release. "However, I want to commend the quick and decisive actions by the first responding officers that successfully removed the four-year-old child from an extremely dangerous and possible deadly situation.

An investigation into this incident is ongoing. Anyone with information is asked to reach out to Detective Ryan Thompson at (765) 349-5073 or Crime Stoppers at (317) 262-8477.

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Math nerds and dessert enthusiasts unite to celebrate Pi Day every March 14, the date that represents the first three digits of the mathematical constant pi.

Representing the ratio of a circle's circumference to its diameter, pi is approximately equal to 3.14159 but its digits go on forever. In school, you might have used it to calculate the area of a circle or the volume of a cylinder. But the applications of pi are endless and part of every corner of our world.

The holiday was created in 1988 by Larry Shaw, a physicist at the Exploratorium science museum in San Francisco.

He had a very open and expansive view of the world and saw an opportunity with this number, mathematical concept, to invite people into the joy of mathematical learning, said Sam Sharkland, program director of public programs at the museum, who worked with Shaw before he died in 2017.

While it began as a small staff celebration featuring pie, it soon turned into a grand procession where hundreds of visitors marched around the pi shrine, each carrying a digit. Attendees often show up early to claim their favorite digit for the parade. One woman who has the symbol tattooed on her neck comes every year and marches near the front with a pi flag, Sharkland said.

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The celebration begins at 1:59 p.m., signifying the next three digits of pi.

Here are a few ways pi is being used on the cutting edge of science.

In Artur Davoyan's field of mechanical and aerospace engineering, pi is so fundamental that it would be hard to pinpoint one use case for it, he said.

Pi is part of literally every single formula that you would use to do any calculation, like for spacecraft motion, for materials and how they work, or propulsion systems, said Davoyan, a professor at the University of California, Los Angeles.

Anything that is round or has cyclical or repeating properties such as radio waves involves pi. Even squares or irregular blobs can be broken down into a series of progressively smaller circles and calculated using pi, Davoyan said.

Davoyan's research looks at how to create new propulsion systems to send spacecrafts more quickly to the far reaches of the solar system to gather and send back information to Earth. He pointed to NASAs Voyager 1 and 2, which launched in 1977 but didn't reach interstellar space until 2012 and 2018.

To send a signal to those space probes, NASA must calculate Earth's exact position in orbit around the sun and design antennas for communication using pi. Then scientists use pi once more when receiving and breaking down complex signals that are being beamed back to Earth.

Say aliens send something to us, something that we dont know how to deal with, Davoyan said. So the very first thing that you would do, you would try to split it into simple functions... and turns out that when you do this operation, you will naturally have pis in it.

Pi also comes up frequently when studying small amounts of fluids.

Dino Di Carlo, chair of the bioengineering department at the UCLA Samueli School of Engineering, conducts research that involves creating little particles out of polymers that act as tiny test tubes for cells. This is used as an important tool to examine cells closely and learn about their functions and what's inside them.

The pi constant is used in calculating how to form those droplets, surface tension calculations that define how droplets can break up, and how researchers can control the size of those volumes, Di Carlo said.

Di Carlo is using this technique to find antibodies small proteins that fight diseases in your body that could block signals put out by cancer cells.

Pi is also an important part of calculations when looking at how liquids flow through tubes and barriers. One example is when the fluid sample slowly flows sideways in a take-home COVID-19 test.

Di Carlo used these properties to devise a new test for Lyme disease that can be completed in 20 minutes, rather than days or weeks like previously.

As an engineer and scientist, (pi) is just a part of life, Di Carlo said. Maybe Ive taken it for granted.

LEBANON Lebanon, Indiana, has made downtown revitalization a priority, and now the city is partnering with Indiana University students to expand its event space and strengthen its community identity.

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The Heart of Lebanon, the city's main street organization, is working with IU's Rural Placemaking Studio to develop a design plan for a corridor along South Meridian Street adjacent to the courthouse square.

"The space is on South Meridian Street. It's just right adjacent to our courthouse square," Missy Crulik, executive director of the Heart of Lebanon, said. "On the east side of the courthouse square is where we hold most of our events. We have some beautiful, catenary lights that we have our events under, and as our events grow and expand, we want to expand our space."

The effort builds on a major investment in the area. According to the Heart of Lebanon, downtown Lebanon underwent an $11 million renovation in 2019.

The Rural Placemaking Studio connects students majoring in comprehensive design and graphic design with rural communities to create design plans that those communities can then execute. The program has been in existence for three years.

Kyla Cox Decker, interim executive director for the IU Center for Rural Engagement, said the process is community-driven.

"The students follow the community's lead in developing these projects and these designs, and the community partners have the opportunity to shape those designs as they are developed," Cox Decker said.

Communities selected for the program have fewer than 50,000 people. The goal is to give those communities a distinct identity.

"It really builds additional pride for the communities when they have the opportunity to work with students to showcase what is most important to them," Cox Decker said.

Crulik said that a sense of identity can sometimes be difficult for smaller communities to maintain.

"I think by doing placemaking and quality of life initiatives, you can really ground your community in who they are and what makes them great," Crulik said.

15 rural Indiana organizations are partnering with IU students this year. The 2026 Rural Placemaking Studio will conclude this summer with a public open house showcase. A future call for proposals is planned for late 2026. For more information, click here.

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After another delay to NASAs planned mission to return humans to the moon, the four-member crew of Artemis II has been given a new launch window.

NASA said the crew could lift off as soon as April 1, with additional launch opportunities later in the month. Officials plan to roll the Artemis II rocket and its Orion spacecraft off the launch pad on March 19. The astronauts will also begin a two-week prelaunch quarantine in the coming weeks.

The latest delay came after engineers discovered an interrupted flow of helium to the Space Launch System rockets interim cryogenic propulsion stage. The mission was previously postponed for about four weeks when a rehearsal revealed a problem with Orions liquid hydrogen tank, which leaked excessive propellant into the rockets core stage.

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Artemis I, launched in 2022, was the first mission in NASAs Artemis program, which aims to enable deep space exploration beyond the moon. While Artemis I was uncrewed, Artemis II will carry four astronauts on a lunar flyby.

While I am comfortable and the agency is comfortable with targeting April 1 as our first opportunity, keep in mind we still have work to go, said Lori Glaze, deputy associate administrator for NASAs Exploration Systems Development Mission Directorate. There are still things that need to be done within the VAB (Vehicle Assembly Building) and out at the pad. And as always, we'll be guided by what the hardware is telling us, and we will launch when were ready.

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Artemis III was originally planned as a crewed landing on the lunar surface. NASA now intends to use the mission to test an uncrewed lunar lander, making Artemis IV the first crewed landing of the program.

The last time NASA sent astronauts to the moon was Apollo 17 in 1972.

Jeffrey Latson Jr., a 34-year-old truck driver, is facing charges after a multi-jurisdictional police pursuit that ended in Akron, Ohio, on Feb. 28 left an officer injured. Now, Latson's father is speaking out.

It all started in Springfield Township when officers were called to an IHOP where the truck driver was allegedly screaming at employees.

Latson was found in his truck, and as Officer Harold Britt tried to get him out, Latson drove off, which led the officer to fall from the side step of the truck and break a leg.

"At that point, they can't predict what the driver or the semi truck would do or could do," Springfield Township Police Chief Jack Simone said a few days after the incident.

But Latson's father, Jeffrey Latson Sr., believes police escalated the situation.

"They escalated the situation by screaming at him and telling him to get out and he's gonna get shot and tased," Latson Sr. said.

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Latson Jr. continued into Akron, where Akron Police and Summit County deputies chased him.

Police said he struck several cars, including two cruisers.

Use-of-force expert Tim Dimoff reviewed the body camera footage from Akron Police and Summit County deputies.

"You have an 80,000-pound truck and trailer, which is really the driver turning it into a weapon," Dimoff told News 5 earlier this month.

Police said moments after a cruiser was hit and disabled, officers exited their vehicles and fired about 20 shots.

Latson Jr. was hit four times, according to his dad.

"Once in the head. Once in the abdomen. Once in the elbow, and I think the other was in the shoulder," Latson Sr. said.

He believes officers acted too quickly shooting into the truck.

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"No put your hands up, get out. They didn't do none of that. They said all of that after they shot him," Latson Sr. said.

On the day of the pursuit, Latson called a Summit County dispatcher.

"The police trying to kill me, man," Latson Jr. said during the call obtained by News 5. "I'm not stopping for them. I'm not gonna let them kill me today. They're not gonna kill me today."

Latson's father said the 911 call shows his son was scared and not trying to hurt anyone.

"What kind of criminal calls 911 on himself? He's calling to tell them he's afraid," said Latson Sr. "The nurse said it's pretty much a miracle he survived."

Latson Sr. also expressed his gratitude to the doctors and staff treating his son at Summa Health Akron Campus.

The truck driver remains in the hospital, nearly two weeks after the shooting. He's facing several charges from Springfield Township. In a statement, the city said the incident is under review by BCI, and APD will conduct its own investigation.

Nearly 830,000 Americans could experience delays in receiving their tax refunds this season after the Internal Revenue Service stopped issuing paper checks.

According to Democrats on the House Ways and Means Committee, 500,000 filers have received notices to provide the IRS with direct deposit information. Another 300,000 filers are expected to receive the notices.

The National Taxpayer Advocate estimates that about 10 million Americans received paper checks for their refunds last tax season. The group says 4.2% of U.S. households lack a bank account.

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It said eliminating paper checks particularly affects Americans living abroad, taxpayers with religious constraints, victims of domestic violence, and taxpayers with disabilities.

The IRS says that once a taxpayer provides bank account information, refunds will be released after six weeks.

Democratic Reps. Danny K. Davis of Illinois and Terri A. Sewell of Alabama sent a letter to Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, saying many of the affected Americans lack bank accounts and could struggle to access their refunds.

Having reviewed the IRS notice and called the IRS phone lines, we learned that there is no simple process for these taxpayers to request an immediate release of their refund by paper check without waiting at least 10 weeks, the lawmakers wrote. Effectively, the president, unilaterally through his executive order, is causing undue hardship on millions of Americans by delaying their paper refunds for months.

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The Trump administration implemented the near-elimination of paper checks in September to cut costs. The Treasury Department estimates it costs about 50 cents to issue a paper check, compared with less than 15 cents for an electronic funds transfer.

President Donald Trump said the U.S. destroyed military sites on an island vital to Irans oil network and warned that its oil infrastructure could be next if Iran continues to interfere with the passage of ships through the Strait of Hormuz.

Trump said U.S. forces on Friday obliterated targets on Irans Kharg Island, which is home to the primary terminal that handles the countrys oil exports. The speaker of the Iranian parliament had warned that such strikes would provoke a new level of retaliation.

Meanwhile, an American official said 2,500 more Marines and an amphibious assault ship are being sent to the Middle East nearly two weeks into the war with the Islamic Republic.

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Iran has continued to launch widespread missile and drone attacks on Israel and neighboring Gulf states, and effectively closed the Strait of Hormuz, through which a fifth of the worlds traded oil passes, even as U.S. and Israeli warplanes pummel military and other targets across Iran.

The humanitarian crisis in Lebanon deepened, with nearly 800 people killed and 850,000 displaced as Israel launched waves of strikes against Iran-backed Hezbollah militants and warned there would be no let up.

Elements from the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit and the amphibious assault ship USS Tripoli have been ordered to the Middle East, according to the U.S. official, who spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity to discuss sensitive military plans.

Marine Expeditionary Units are able to conduct amphibious landings, but they also specialize in bolstering security at embassies, evacuating civilians, and providing disaster relief. The deployment does not necessarily indicate that a ground operation is imminent or will take place.

The Wall Street Journal first reported the new Marine deployment.

The 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, as well as the Tripoli and other amphibious assault ships carrying the Marines, are based in Japan and have been in the Pacific Ocean for several days, according to images released by the military. The Tripoli was spotted by commercial satellites sailing alone near Taiwan, putting it more than a week away from the waters off Iran.

Earlier in the week, the Navy had 12 ships, including the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln and eight destroyers, operating in the Arabian Sea. Should the Tripoli join this flotilla, it would be the second-largest ship behind the Lincoln in the region.

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While the total number of U.S. service members on the ground in the Middle East is not clear, Al-Udeid Air Base alone, one of the largest in the region, typically houses some 8,000 U.S. troops in Qatar.

The U.S. strikes on Irans Kharg Island in the Persian Gulf targeted military sites but left its oil infrastructure alone for now, Trump said in a social media post.

But he warned that if Iran or anyone else interferes with the passage of ships through the Strait of Hormuz, he will reconsider his decision not to wipe out the Oil Infrastructure.

Iranian parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Qalibaf warned on Thursday in a social media post that attacks on the islands on Irans southern maritime frontier would cause Iran to abandon all restraint, underscoring how central they are to the countrys economy and security.

On Saturday, Irans joint military command reiterated its threat that it will attack the U.S.-linked oil and energy facilities in the region if the Islamic Republic's oil infrastructure is hit.

Ebrahim Zolfaghari, spokesperson for the Khatam al-Anbiya Central Headquarters, warned they will target all oil, economic, and energy infrastructures belonging to oil companies across the region that have American shares or cooperate with America.

The joint military command also threatened to attack cities in the United Arab Emirates, saying the U.S. used ports, docks and hideouts within UAE cities to launch strikes on the islands, without providing evidence. It called on people to evacuate those areas where it said U.S. forces were sheltering

Irans semiofficial Fars news agency Saturday said the U.S. strikes caused no damage to oil infrastructure on the island.

It reported at least 15 explosions followed the strikes, which it said targeted an air defense facility, a naval base, the airport control tower and an offshore oil companys helicopter hangar.

A missile struck a helipad inside the U.S. Embassy compound in Baghdad, two Iraqi security officials said.

Associated Press footage showed a column of smoke rising Saturday morning over the embassy compound.

The sprawling embassy complex, one of the largest U.S. diplomatic facilities in the world, has been repeatedly targeted by rockets and drones fired by Iran-aligned militias.

There was no immediate comment from the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad. On Friday, the embassy renewed its Level 4 security alert for Iraq, warning that Iran and Iran-aligned militia groups have previously carried out attacks against U.S. citizens, interests and infrastructure, and may continue to target them.

A high wind warning and wind advisory on Friday across central Indiana have impacted Hoosiers with fallen trees, overturned semis and even caused changes at the Saint Patrick's Day Parade in downtown Indianapolis.

Parade adjustments

The parade stepped off at 11:30 a.m. Friday. Notably, balloons were absent this year.

"We had to remove the balloons from the parade, unfortunately, due to the high winds," explained Mary Claire Tuohy, a board member for Indianapolis Athletic Club, which organizes the festivities.

The day also features a Tent Party. The oversized tent's flaps billowed, but it stayed anchored to the ground despite gusty winds.

"Our tent company was able to make sure that they added extra weight to the tent to make sure it can stay up," Tuohy shared.

Even without the balloons, those gathered to watch the parade were having fun.

"I thought the parade was at 9:30 a.m., so I showed up early, and they said, 'You've got the number one ticket for beer!'" laughed Chuck Durante, who was visiting Indianapolis from New York.

Durante was surprised to hear about the parade and was making the most of the day, even though he admits he was a bit unprepared for the weather.

"I've been fortunate enough to win a scarf and a sweatshirt to put over me, but yeah, a lot cooler than I thought it would be," Durante shared. "And a lot more windier!"

"We're in our uniforms because it just kind of looks better, but it's so cold!" shared Jessica Elmore, the cheer coach at Cardinal Ritter.

The cheerleaders still waved their pompoms and smiled as they started the parade, even though it was quite cool in the wind.

"The girls have all of their warm-ups ready to go right when they're finished with the parade," Elmore continued.

While the parade seemingly went off without a hitch, the wind wasn't stopping.

"Some of the equipment over there was blowing across the field, literally down the street," Durante described. "Beware of the flying garbage cans!"

Fallen trees in roads keep Indy DPW busy

On the other side of Indianapolis, Indy DPW Forestry crews battled the wind too, as they cleared fallen trees out of the road.

One stop was on Dickson Road, near Emerson Avenue. A tree had fallen and completely blocked traffic along Dickson.

"After we get the call, then we immediately come to the location. We observe the location, and then we react to it, you know, we see what size the tree is," explained DPW Forestry Supervisor Michael Oliver.

The gusty wind doesn't prevent DPW from clearing trees, but it does make their job more difficult, as branches and debris are blown around.

Workers use chainsaws to break apart portions of the fallen tree, then attach chains to the trunk to pull it into a wood chipper.

The process is done quickly, and then it is on to the next stop for yet another fallen tree.

"They know how to handle it, so they get the job done," Oliver said.

The stop on Dickson Road was the sixth stop of the day for the crew.

Oliver says the wet weather recently could be part of the reason so many trees are uprooting.

"The rain does definitely has an impact, but what's good is the fact that there's no leaves on the trees right now, because when they have leaves, and it makes it heavier, and they tend to fall down even more," said Oliver.

If you need to report a fallen tree that is blocking the road in Indianapolis, contact the Mayor's Action Center.

Wind damage in Butler-Tarkington

Friday afternoon, a tree in the Butler-Tarkington neighborhood fell onto a home just east of Hinkle Fieldhouse, off of Boulevard Place.

Butler Police blocked portions of the boulevard to clear the tree.

No one was injured when the tree fell on the house, but it did cause extensive damage.

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Overturned semis

Officials reported several semis tipped over the day on Friday because of the gusty winds.

Power outages

Some communities experienced power outages on Friday. You can check the latest power outages to find out if your neighborhood is impacted by clicking here.

Winds are expected to die down on Friday evening. Both the high wind warning and wind advisory expire at 8 p.m. Friday.

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Potential travel troubles are looming just as spring breakers get set to take off.

TSA workers missed their full paychecks on Friday due to the ongoing partial government shutdown caused by a standoff between Democrats and Republicans over funding for the Department of Homeland Security.

"You have now agencies of government with employees who aren't going to get paid that perform important national security functions," said Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD). People are starting to travel. They're hitting the airport and the lines are getting longer and longer and longer.

And theres worry those lines could continue to grow longer with TSA agents being absent.

Some of them have to call out, some of them probably have to take other jobs so they can't meet the regular shifts, which is resulting in bottlenecks at some major airports, said Eric Rosen, Director of Travel Content for The Points Guy.

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Unscheduled absences among TSA workers have approximately doubled during the partial shutdown, according to DHS. And more than 300 TSA workers have left the agency during that time.

Some airports like Denvers and Seattles are asking for donations to support TSA workers.

In Las Vegas, MGM Resorts donated lunch for TSA workers at the airport on Thursday.

it's a token, a small token of our appreciation for these tsa workers that continue to show up for work," said John Flynn, Senior VP of MGM Resorts. If people can show up and they have a seamless travel experience, we get more people to the strip, more people in our communities. There's a trickle down effect to the entire economy.

If you are traveling, experts say to give yourself plenty of extra time at the airport.

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IMPD is reporting that one man is dead, another is in critical condition and several are in custody following a shooting that they believe stemmed from a fight on the near north side of Indianapolis Friday.

Police say they received a call for shots fired at 8:09 p.m., and responded to the 3200 block of Central Avenue.

IMPD said that 10 people were fighting in the street when the shots were fired.

Officers found two men with injuries consistent with gunshot wounds in the street.

Initially, both men were reported to be in critical condition. A short time later, IMPD confirmed that one of the victims was pronounced deceased at the scene. The other remains in critical condition and is being treated at Eskenazi Hospital.

IMPD believes that there is no immediate threat to the area because the initial investigation indicates that this shooting was a result of the fight.

Police told WRTV several people are in custody and could be possible witnesses.

An investigation is underway. Anyone with information about this incident is asked to contact Detective Matthew Melkey at the IMPD Homicide Office at 317-327-3475 or e-mail the detective at matthew.melkey@indy.gov. If you wish to remain anonymous, you can call Crime Stoppers at 317-262-8447.

Long-abandoned buildings at the corner of 22nd and Meridian Street in Indianapolis are coming down to make way for a new apartment development called M-22.

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The M-22 Apartments project will bring 127 units to the area through a partnership between Crestline and the Near North Development Corporation. The development is located within the Indy Health District, a nonprofit focused on improving access to housing, healthy food and workforce development.

Jamal Smith, executive director of the Indy Health District, said the project reflects what residents in the area have been asking for.

"We have heard on a number of occasions their desire to develop, invest in that area, in addition to the request for additional home ownership opportunities, affordable home ownership and housing opportunities," Smith said.

Smith said affordability is a central commitment tied to the project's funding.

"We have some grant dollars tied into the project in exchange for their commitment to making sure that there's an affordability mix tied into the district so that affordability stays at the forefront of it," Smith said.

The corner has a long history as a commercial hub. Longtime residents remember it as a busy stretch lined with minority-owned businesses, restaurants and shops.

"The neighborhood used to be thriving. The corner was really thriving. You had a Subway on that side of the street, plus you had soul food restaurants. You had minority businesses," Indianapolis resident Kevin Williams said.

Marvin Taylor, who has been a barber in the area for 30 years and opened All in the Wrists Barbershop 10 years ago, said the buildings have been a problem for the surrounding community for years.

"When I got here in 2016, the buildings were dilapidated," Taylor said. "There's been a lot of things going on over there, just, you know, the unsheltered and things like that. So it's been an eyesore and a hindrance for business for a very long time."

Taylor remembers when the corner was far more active.

"There was a beauty shop. There was a place called 360 Style," Taylor said.

While Taylor is hopeful the new development will bring more foot traffic and business to the area, he also has concerns about what growth could mean for small business owners like himself.

"One of my concerns is with the upcoming construction: will my rent be raised? Will some of the prices for rent for people, small business owners in this area, will we be forced out because of some of the upcoming changes? But if I'm able to stay here, absolutely, I think this is going to be great for the neighborhood," Taylor said.

M-22 is one of several housing developments spearheaded by the Near North Development Corporation and the Indy Health District. A nearby project at 22nd and Illinois Street will add 26 affordable homes, including a mix of townhomes and duplexes.

INDIANAPOLIS As Spring Break travel ramps up, TSA staffing concerns are growing at airports nationwide, including Indianapolis as a partial government shutdown impacts funding for the Department of Homeland Security.

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The shutdown has cut funding to the Department of Homeland Security, impacting TSA officers are now working without pay.

Kevin Smith, a TSA officer and president of AFGE Local 618, a union representing Indiana agents, said the situation is taking a toll on them.

"This one's really hitting hard. We just recently came back off of a 43-day shutdown and are now having to go through it again. Today marks the 28th day without pay," Smith said.

He told WRTV his officers are still paying catch up on missed bills from the first shutdown. Since then, they've only had six pay periods.

Smith said six officers have quit at Indianapolis International Airport since the first government shutdown in the fall.

On Thursday, about a dozen called out sick.

"It does put a strain on things. We are lucky that we aren't as big of an airport," Smith said.

In Indianapolis, TSA anticipates approximately 623,000 passengers will be departing out of the airport between March 10 and April 13 for both Spring Break and the NCAA tournament.

The staffing shortages have already caused major disruptions at larger airports across the country, with wait times of three and four hours reported at locations like Hobby and JFK.

WRTV put wait times to the test with two spring break travelers. We asked the travelers to start their stop watches on their phones to time how long it took them to get through security. It took Justin over 18 and a half minutes. Mel came in at just over 13 minutes.

Keep in mind, this may not be the case for every traveler.

Mel Goldstein, who was traveling to Miami for spring break, said she and her college roomates were already anticipated longer wait times.

"My roommates and I were just talking like, 'Okay, we have to plan ahead because we have to get to the airport earlier,'" Goldstein said.

Smith said wait times in Indianapolis are still relatively typical during Spring Break but warned that could change.

"Throughout the day we will have our little pushes here and there," Smith said.

He is urging travelers to arrive early.

"I could definitely say start getting here those two hours early," Smith said.

And if the shutdown drags on, Smith said the impact on travelers could get worse.

"The more people that either quit or call out, it will start to increase our wait times," Smith said.

Despite the hardship, Smith said many of his officers remain committed.

"If we're here, we want to be here. We just want our pay," Smith said.

He also had a message for travelers passing through.

"A little bit of extra kindness as you guys are coming through," Smith said.

TSA says about 300 officers nationwide have left the agency since the current shutdown began.

If you are traveling over spring break, officials recommend arriving at the airport, including Indianapolis, at least two hours early.

Wait times can vary depending on where you are flying from.

The busiest days for Spring Break 2026 are anticipated to be:

March 12 16

March 20 23

March 27 30

April 2 7

April 13

The busiest time of day during these dates will be between 4 a.m. 8 a.m.

The U.S. military Friday bombed new targets on Kharg Island, a primary terminal for Iran's oil exports.

According to a social media post from President Donald Trump, the strikes targeted Iranian military installations on the island but left oil infrastructure untouched.

"For reasons of decency, I have chosen NOT to wipe out the Oil Infrastructure on the Island," the president wrote. "However, should Iran, or anyone else, do anything to interfere with the Free and Safe Passage of Ships through the Strait of Hormuz, I will immediately reconsider this decision."

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The escalation comes as Iran has targeted shipping traffic in the Strait of Hormuz.

This week, two tankers linked to Western interests were struck and set ablaze in Iraqi waters. One sailor was reported dead, and 37 crew members were pulled from the water. One of the vessels is owned by an American company.

Iran has also threatened to deploy sea mines in the waterway, which prompted the U.S. to strike and destroy much of its mine-laying fleet earlier in the week.

Commercial traffic in the strait remains effectively closed. The International Energy Agency on Thursday described the situation as the largest supply disruption in the history of the global oil market.

The Pentagon on Friday ordered 2,500 U.S. Marines and at least one amphibious assault ship to the Iran theater.

Speaking about the growing crisis in the strait on Friday, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said we have been dealing with it and dont need to worry about it.

President Trump said in an interview on Friday the conflict with Iran would end "when I feel it in my bones."

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INDIANAPOLIS Chain restaurants across the U.S. are rolling out new deals and value menus to win back customers who stopped dining out due to high prices driven by years of inflation.

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Restaurants like McDonald's, Applebee's, Taco Bell, Panera Bread, Burger King and others are slashing prices, launching value meals and creating more affordable menu items to stay competitive.

Some Indianapolis residents say they stopped eating fast food years ago because of the cost.

"That's why I don't eat fast food, anyway. I can go across the street and get something else for the price. But hey, it's good they dropped it down," said David Surbian, an Indy resident.

Others say they wish prices would also drop for other food options.

"It's good and bad because it's not like healthy food, but at least some people can afford to eat," said one woman.

Experts say the price rollbacks come after years of inflation impacting the food industry, causing restaurants to raise prices and customers to stop going.

While it remains uncertain how long chains will continue to battle for customers, many people say they are happy about paying less.

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On this episode of The Danny Moses Show, Danny examines how the war in Iran is worsening many of the economic challenges already facing markets and consumers.

Rising oil prices are pushing gasoline and diesel costs higher while inflation concerns remain elevated. Danny breaks down what this means for markets, consumer spending, and the growing risk of stagflation.

Then Danny is joined by Jim Chanos, founder of Chanos & Co. and one of the most famous short sellers in financial history. Known for helping expose the Enron scandal, Chanos discusses why short sellers play an important role in financial markets and why he believes we may be entering a new golden age of corporate fraud.

They also dive into the risks surrounding the AI investment boom, the role of private credit in todays markets, and why investors should be cautious about certain companies tied to AI hype.

Plus Danny shares his Kashi Picks of the Week, including event contracts tied to Federal Reserve policy and Jerome Powells next press conference.