Detectives are working at least one local case tied to the violent online network, and police used a Wednesday briefing to warn parents about how predators reach children through games and chat apps.

The Hoosier Wire · October 14, 2026 · Fort Wayne, IN

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October 14, 2026Measles cases keep climbing in Northeast Indiana as the state total reaches 34
October 14, 2026Indianapolis council members from both parties draft new oversight rules for police surveillance technology
October 14, 2026Indianapolis weighs clearing the Fall Creek Trail encampment — with housing help first
October 14, 2026Evansville breaks an October heat record — and a 12th record high of 2026 is within reach
October 14, 2026Valparaiso police step up patrols after a Saturday morning crime wave on the city's east side
October 14, 2026Indianapolis is taking out the 125-year-old Emrichsville dam on the White River
October 12, 2026Sweetwater raises the final beam on its $36.7 million Fort Wayne expansion
October 11, 2026'I Am Jane Doe' demonstrators rally outside the Evansville Civic Center

Northwest Indiana

NorthwestValparaiso, IN

Valparaiso police step up patrols after a Saturday morning crime wave on the city's east side

Police are investigating a home burglary, a garage burglary, two stolen vehicles and three thefts from vehicles — all reported in one neighborhood in a single morning.

Northeast Indiana

NortheastFort Wayne, IN

Measles cases keep climbing in Northeast Indiana as the state total reaches 34

Allen and DeKalb counties each added a case in the state's Oct. 13 update, and four northeast counties now account for 13 of the 34 measles cases Indiana has confirmed in 2026.

NortheastFort Wayne, IN

Sweetwater raises the final beam on its $36.7 million Fort Wayne expansion

The music retailer placed the last structural steel beam on a roughly 170,000-square-foot addition to its distribution center, part of a $36.7 million investment in its Fort Wayne campus.

Central Indiana

CentralIndianapolis, IN

Indianapolis council members from both parties draft new oversight rules for police surveillance technology

After officers were criminally charged over license plate camera searches, councilors are preparing a TRUST Ordinance with public hearings, data limits, audits and a resident-led oversight board.

CentralIndianapolis, IN

Indianapolis weighs clearing the Fall Creek Trail encampment — with housing help first

The city says no cleanup date is set for the growing camp beside the trail near the Monon, and belongings will not be removed until the people living there have been helped into housing.

CentralIndianapolis, IN

Indianapolis is taking out the 125-year-old Emrichsville dam on the White River

The low-head dam south of 16th Street has blocked fish and endangered paddlers since 1899. Crews are removing it with about $875,000 in grants, and the river gets a year of monitoring afterward.

Southern Indiana

SouthEvansville, IN

Evansville breaks an October heat record — and a 12th record high of 2026 is within reach

The city hit 90 degrees on Monday, beating a mark that had stood since 1989, in what the National Weather Service says has already been an unusually record-heavy year.

SouthEvansville, IN

'I Am Jane Doe' demonstrators rally outside the Evansville Civic Center

River City Rising closed a week of Evansville events with a demonstration in support of a former Cornell student whose lawsuit has drawn national attention to how her case was handled.

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