The Hamilton County Election Board failed to get the unanimous vote needed to move the county from traditional precinct-based voting to a countywide vote center model Sept. 18. 

An Ohio man has been charged with felonies of rape, burglary, two counts of domestic battery, strangulation, criminal confinement and intimidation after a victim contacted the Noblesville Police Department Aug. 13 saying she had been assaulted by her boyfriend.

City of Lawrence Mayor Deb Whitfield has responded to Lawrence Common Council members who publicly expressed frustration Sept. 17 regarding the lack of information about the city’s 2026 budget and with what one councilor referred to as intimidation that prompted an accounting firm the council hired to quit.

Westfield Washington Schools board of education gave the green light to a change in the 2026-27 school calendar Sept. 9, to accommodate the return of LIV Golf to Westfield. Under the new calendar, the first day of student attendance is Aug. 18, with no school Aug. 21 — the first day of the tournament.

Bethany Jones of Fishers and 11 of her family members from across the U.S. — and one in Scotland — were among the 100 contestants on Fox’s new show “99 to Beat,” a game that pits contestants against each other in various silly but difficult challenges with one goal — don’t be last. The show premieres at 9 p.m. Sept. 24 on Fox.

The Project Civility 2025 Summit will take place in Carmel Sept. 26-27. Project Civility founder Jeff Worrell wants to spread the word of civility at the local level first to foster more respectful discourse from the bottom up.

Zionsville-based tech company, My Project Story, is connecting homeowners with contractors for home renovations and repairs. The company, led by founder Jeff Wraley, is the sister company of Groundwork, a software company also founded by Wraley.

Heartland International Film Festival officials have announced the lineup of more than 100 independent films, including 19 world and U.S. premieres, 27 regional premieres, 17 special presentations from major distributors and nine Indiana Spotlight films.