As the community prepares to say goodbye to a police officer killed in the line of duty last week, the investigation continues into the Boston Marathon bombings.More>>
Greenfield Marine Josh Bleill made good on that promise and found a new mission nearly seven years after a roadside bomb changed his life. On Saturday, April 27 he will share his amazing story at the WTHR Health and Fitness Expo.More>>
A central Indiana soldier who lost both of his legs in a bombing in Afghanistan is ready to return home after a year-and-a-half of treatment at the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center. More>>
Residents of a southern Indiana city paid homage to a local soldier who died during the Korean War by honoring him on the same day he was laid to rest at Arlington National Cemetery.More>>
U.S. veterans who suffered major limb injuries in combat showed little improvement with mental health problems in the two years after receiving treatment for their wounds.More >>
U.S. veterans who suffered major limb injuries in combat showed little improvement with mental health problems in the two years after receiving treatment for their wounds.More >>
Wednesday, April 10 2013 3:23 PM EDT2013-04-10 19:23:24 GMT
An Indiana Army lieutenant colonel who went missing during the Korean War has been identified. The remains of Army Lt. Col. Don C. Faith Jr. will be returned to his family for burial with full militaryMore >>
An Indiana Army lieutenant colonel who went missing during the Korean War has been identified.More >>
Tuesday, April 9 2013 6:00 AM EDT2013-04-09 10:00:48 GMT
The remaining nine troops of the Indiana National Guard's 5-19th Agribusiness Development Team arrived home from Afghanistan early Tuesday morning. They deployed a year ago, and continued the work ofMore >>
The remaining nine troops of the 5-19th Agribusiness Development Team arrived home from Afghanistan early Tuesday morning.More >>
Monday, April 8 2013 4:46 PM EDT2013-04-08 20:46:57 GMT
A national veterans group is bringing comic relief to town to address the serious needs of families of wounded and fallen troops. Eyewitness News reveals the inspiration behind the tour, and why a well-knownMore >>
A national veterans group is bringing comic relief to town to address the serious needs of families of wounded and fallen troops.More >>
Saturday, April 6 2013 10:35 PM EDT2013-04-07 02:35:50 GMT
Funeral arrangements are being made this week for an Indianapolis solider killed in Afghanistan. The Department of Defense says Sgt. Tristan Wade died when enemy forces attacked his unit with a homemadeMore >>
Friends and family are saying good-bye to a Southport soldier who was killed in Afghanistan.More >>
Saturday, April 6 2013 2:33 PM EDT2013-04-06 18:33:56 GMT
There's a lot of talk among local veterans about the threat, if any, North Korea poses to the United States and its allies. Some said they see the situation as an increasing threat, others said NorthMore >>
There's a lot of talk among local veterans about the threat, if any, North Korea poses to the United States and its allies.More >>
Friday, April 5 2013 4:22 PM EDT2013-04-05 20:22:32 GMT
A man has been charged with murder in the shooting death of a civilian employee at Fort Knox. A Thursday federal court filing by the FBI says Marquinta E. Jacobs fired a .45-caliber handgun at the victim,More >>
A man has been charged with murder in the shooting death of a civilian employee at Fort Knox.More >>
Wednesday, April 3 2013 11:16 PM EDT2013-04-04 03:16:54 GMT
The North Korean army is warning Washington that its military has been cleared to wage an attack using "smaller, lighter and diversified nuclear" weapons. The threat from the unnamed army spokesman earlyMore >>
The North Korean army is warning Washington that its military has been cleared to wage an attack using "smaller, lighter and diversified nuclear" weapons.More >>
Wednesday, April 3 2013 4:37 PM EDT2013-04-03 20:37:56 GMT
The Pentagon confirms an anti-missile system is being sent to the American base on Guam, south of the Korean peninsula where tensions today rose another notch. North Korean leader, Kim Jong Un, closedMore >>
The Pentagon confirms an anti-missile system is being sent to the American base on Guam, south of the Korean peninsula where tensions today rose another notch.More >>
Thursday, March 28 2013 5:25 PM EDT2013-03-28 21:25:05 GMT
They fought in Iraq and Afghanistan. Now thousands of Indiana soldiers are home fighting a different battle - this one for benefits they've earned from the Veterans Administration. 13 Investigates breaksMore >>
They fought in Iraq and Afghanistan. Now thousands of Indiana soldiers are home fighting a different battle - this one for benefits they've earned from the Veterans Administration.More >>
Thursday, March 28 2013 4:03 PM EDT2013-03-28 20:03:44 GMT
The US military's tuition assistance program will not be suspended after all. The Department of Defense said Wednesday that it will pick up the tab for all four branches of the military. The Army, MarinesMore >>
The US military's tuition assistance program will not be suspended after all.More >>
Timely and adequate health care is needed to help U.S. military personnel and their families readjust to life after deployment, an Institute of Medicine report finds.More >>
Timely and adequate health care is needed to help U.S. military personnel and their families readjust to life after deployment, an Institute of Medicine report finds.More >>
Friday, March 22 2013 9:28 AM EDT2013-03-22 13:28:04 GMT
A base spokesman says the suspect in a shooting at Marine Base Quantico in Virginia has been found dead of a self-inflicted gunshot wound along with a second victim. Lt. Agustin Solivan says authoritiesMore >>
The commander at Marine Corps. Base Quantico in northern Virginia says a shooting in which a Marine killed a male and female colleague before killing himself was isolated to a single building.More >>
Wednesday, March 20 2013 10:04 PM EDT2013-03-21 02:04:40 GMT
Seven members of the US military were killed in a training exercise at the Hawthorne Army Depot in Nevada. NBC reports that the deceased are all Marines, and also that at least eight were wounded. ItMore >>
A Veterans of Foreign Wars official says an eighth Marine has died after a mortar shell explosion during mountain warfare training in Nevada's high desert.More >>
Wednesday, March 20 2013 4:49 PM EDT2013-03-20 20:49:14 GMT
Many families of military members wounded or killed in the war in Iraq are considering the sacrifices they've made over the past decade since the war began. "Someone knocks on the door and you open theMore >>
Many families of military members wounded or killed in the war in Iraq are considering the sacrifices they've made over the past decade since the war began.More >>
Freedom Calls partners with AT&T to provide free videoconferencing for families and soldiers stationed in four locations in Iraq. To make an appointment email ct5164@att.com.More >>
Heroes at Home is a program Sears Holdings has created in partnership with Rebuilding Together in response to an urgent need to assist military families facing hardship.More >>
Friends and family are paying their last respects to an Indianapolis veteran of two wars, and one of the most decorated officers in IMPD's history.More >>
Military OneSource service has established the Wounded Warrior Resource Center for service members and their families if they have questions or concerns during recovery.More >>
Thousands of Hoosiers have been involved in the war in Iraq and Afghanistan. SFC Jeff Mittmann is one of them. A career soldier, Mittmann is still healing from the effects of war. More >>
The Army has relieved three soldiers of leadership roles in a unit for wounded veterans at Fort Knox over last month's death of an Indiana National Guardsman in their care, military officials said Wednesday.More >>
The mother of an Indiana soldier who died recently is making serious allegations that poor medical treatment at an Army facility led to his death.More >>
Friday, May 24 2013 11:19 AM EDT2013-05-24 15:19:14 GMT
Police are seeking criminal charges against two missing campers who were found on the Indiana National Guard's Camp Atterbury. Bartholomew County sheriff's Maj. Todd Noblitt says the two men, ages 19More >>
Bartholomew County sheriff's Maj. Todd Noblitt says the two men, ages 19 and 20, were found Wednesday after a ground and air search for several hours by police officers and soldiers of the Atterbury grounds near Edinburgh.More >>
Saturday, May 25 2013 5:53 AM EDT2013-05-25 09:53:25 GMT
An Elwood High School baseball coach is under investigation for touching one of his players. The Anderson Herald Bulletin reports that Elwood Police Chief Sam Hanna confirmed that Charles "Chuck" Everson,More >>
An Elwood High School baseball coach is under investigation for touching one of his players. More >>
Saturday, May 25 2013 11:10 AM EDT2013-05-25 15:10:36 GMT
The new state budget that increases funding for schools the next two years won't benefit every Indiana school district. Terry Spradlin of Indiana University's Center for Evaluation and Education PolicyMore >>
The new state budget that increases funding for schools the next two years won't benefit every Indiana school district.More >>
Friday, May 24 2013 10:04 PM EDT2013-05-25 02:04:40 GMT
Two people are in custody after an incident where an IMPD officer fired his duty weapon. Police say officers were investigating an incident in the 3200 block of Boulevard Place when a suspect failed toMore >>
Two people are in custody after an incident where an IMPD officer fired his duty weapon.More >>
Friday, May 24 2013 7:55 PM EDT2013-05-24 23:55:55 GMT
A Greenfield police officer is fighting to keep his vanity license plate. Rodney Vawter has owned the personalized Fraternal Order of Police license plate "0INK" for the past three years. A class actionMore >>
A Greenfield police officer is fighting to keep his vanity license plate after it was revoked by the BMV.More >>
Saturday, May 25 2013 12:56 AM EDT2013-05-25 04:56:19 GMT
A female pedestrian is in the hospital after being struck by a vehicle on the northeast side of Indianapolis. The woman was hit on E. 34th Street, between Gladstone and Colorado, around 9:45 p.m. Friday.More >>
A female pedestrian is in the hospital after being struck by a vehicle on the northeast side of Indianapolis.More >>
The crash of a volunteer Angel Flight in upstate New York that killed at least two people is under investigation, and the search for the missing pilot is ongoing, authorities said.More >>
Divers searched a large pond while investigators combed nearby woods Saturday for any sign of the pilot of a volunteer Angel Flight that crashed in upstate New York, killing two passengers.More >>
Saturday, May 25 2013 1:44 PM EDT2013-05-25 17:44:05 GMT
An anthropologist at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis is drawing interest from media worldwide for his expedition in July to Australia to study how some 1,000-year-old coins ended up onMore >>
An anthropologist at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis is drawing interest from media worldwide for his expedition in July to Australia to study how some 1,000-year-old coins ended up on a remote beach there.More >>
Saturday, May 25 2013 12:45 PM EDT2013-05-25 16:45:20 GMT
Floats and bands are beginning to line the streets Saturday morning for the 2013 IPL 500 Festival Parade. Eight of the 12 floats scheduled to appear in the parade were judged Thursday evening. The 2013More >>
More than 300,000 spectators are expected to line the two-mile parade route to see the 33 starting drivers of the 2013 Indianapolis 500®, more than 80 specialty units, floats, marching bands and giant inflatable balloons.More >>
Saturday, May 25 2013 2:42 PM EDT2013-05-25 18:42:48 GMT
Authorities say three men from eastern Indiana were killed in a head-on crash along a northern Indiana highway. The LaGrange County Sheriff's Department says 21-year-old Dwayne Davis of Parker City, 19-year-oldMore >>
Authorities say three men from eastern Indiana were killed in a head-on crash along a northern Indiana highway.More >>
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