MARION COUNTY NEWS MEDIA

Indianapolis leaders and community stakeholders on Thursday highlighted a proposal to include money for a pilot clinician-led emergency response program in the city's proposed budget – an [...]

By Nikki DeMentri | WRTV Indianapolis INDIANAPOLIS — Indianapolis Mayor Joe Hogsett said a clinician-led pilot program to respond to mental health-related calls could begin early next year if the [...]

By Abriana Herron | Indianapolis Recorder Mayor Joe Hogsett presented his proposed 2023 city-county budget to the Indianapolis City-County Council during its meeting Aug. 8. Totaling around $1.4 [...]

By Rachel Fradette | Indianapolis Star Indianapolis Mayor Joe Hogsett said during a presentation late Monday that his $1.4 billion 2023 city budget earmarks more than $300 million for public [...]

By Katrina Pross | WFYI Updated at 12:45 p.m. on July 25 The in-custody death of Herman Whitfield III has been ruled a homicide, according to the Marion County Coroner’s Office. Whitfield, 39, [...]

By WRTV.com Staff On Friday, the parents of Herman Whitfield III joined leaders from Faith in Indiana gathered at City Marker for a rally. They continue to call for the release of the [...]

By Jake Allen | Indianapolis Star Indianapolis faith leaders and family members continued to call on the city’s police department Friday to release the full, unedited body camera footage of [...]

By Bianca Reyes | Fox59 The recent release of IMPD body camera footage showing the in-custody death of a man suffering from mental health issues has re-ignited community leaders’ push [...]

By Sarah Nelson | IndyStar Members of Indianapolis’ Black Church Coalition is calling for the city’s police department to release the full, unedited body camera footage capturing the [...]

By Jayden Kennett | Indianapolis Recorder Forty-eight percent of the Marion County jail population is Black, despite only making up 27% of the population, according to estimates from the American [...]

By Abriana Herron | Indianapolis Recorder Rev. Shauna Lipscomb saw a shift in her son, Timothy Kimbrough, emotionally and mentally, after he sustained a traumatic brain injury while playing [...]

By WTHR.com staff Faith in Indiana’s Black Church Coalition, along with the Union District Caucus, the Ministerium, and LIVE FREE, are calling the prosecution of the IMPD officers that [...]

By Lawrence Andrea | Indianapolis Star Leaders in Indianapolis’ Black faith community on Monday called for the immediate termination of the officers involved of in the death of a man [...]

By Jill Sheridan | WFYI Indianapolis Many in the community are calling for action after the death of a man who had a mental health crisis. Herman Whitfield’s parents called for an ambulance in [...]

By Adam Schumes | WRTV Indianapolis INDIANAPOLIS — Following the death of an Indianapolis man who was in police custody, faith leaders want city leaders to improve the city’s Mobile Crisis [...]

By Tyler Fenwick | WFYI Indianapolis The emotions had been boiling up inside of Lena Harvey for a few days by the time she attended a vigil for Herman Whitfield III, the man who died in police [...]

By Kayla Molander | WRTV Indianapolis INDIANAPOLIS — Faith in Indiana, a local group with the vision of improving the lives of all Hoosiers, is renewing its demand for a clinician-led emergency [...]

By Bianca Reyes | Fox 59 INDIANAPOLIS — Faith leaders are urging Mayor Joe Hogsett to fast track plans to implement a clinician-led crisis response team across the city. The request comes just [...]

Melissa Borja is one of USA TODAY’s Women of the Year, a recognition of women across the country who have made a significant impact. The annual program is a continuation of Women of the Century, [...]

Leaders with Faith in Indiana continued pushing for criminal justice reform during the Fund Our Futures Summit on March 8, winning commitments from the mayor and chief of police to pilot a [...]