INDIANAPOLIS — Indiana Gov. Mike Braun will not delay the scheduled execution of Jeffrey Weisheit, who was convicted of killing two children.

But Braun has not made a final decision on whether to grant clemency.

Weisheit, 50, is scheduled to be executed before sunrise Thursday for the murders of 8-year-old Alyssa Lynch and 5-year-old Caleb Lynch in a 2010 arson in Evansville.

Weisheit’s attorneys requested more time to conduct brain scans to examine how severe mental illness and brain trauma may have contributed to the crimes. Indiana’s I-Team has learned that Braun will not delay the execution to allow the scans.

Braun has not announced whether he will follow the Indiana Parole Board’s recommendation to carry out the death sentence.

Weisheit’s attorney, Joseph Perkovich, told Indiana’s I-Team that he expects Braun to decide on clemency Wednesday, the day before the scheduled execution.

Protesters against the death penalty entered the governor’s office Friday morning to deliver a national petition with more than 1,000 signatures and copies of 546 letters from Hoosiers asking Braun to stop the execution.

“I don’t think the proper response to someone taking someone’s life is taking another life,” said Joel Reichenbach, an organizer with Live Free and Indy Action Coalition. “The answer to killing is not more killing.”

Braun was not in his office when the demonstrators arrived.

Weisheit’s execution would be Indiana’s first lethal injection since the failed execution of Christa Pike in Tennessee. Perkovich filed a reprieve application with the governor, raising concerns about Indiana’s lethal injection protocols.

“Indiana is in the nation’s spotlight right now and it could go very badly,” Executive Director Stefanie Anderson of Indiana Abolition Coalition said. “I think the easiest thing to do would be to just halt executions for now.”

The Indiana Department of Correction says it is prepared to carry out Weisheit’s execution without issue. The department has already spent $275,000 on the drugs needed to put him to death.

Weisheit’s execution would be Indiana’s fourth in the past two years and the third under the Braun administration.

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INDIANAPOLIS — Indiana Gov. Mike Braun issued a directive Friday calling on state utility regulators to speed up reviews of proposals that could lower electricity bills for Hoosiers.

Braun’s directive calls on the Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission to prioritize and accelerate rate-reducing proposals within its authority while maintaining the reviews required under state law.

“When utilities come forward with proposals to lower rates, I want those savings getting into Hoosiers’ pockets as quickly as possible,” Braun said. “I’m directing the IURC to expedite these filings and make sure families aren’t waiting any longer than necessary for relief.”

The directive follows recent announcements from two major Indiana utilities about plans to return revenue from large electricity customers, including data centers, to existing customers.

Indiana Michigan Power announced in August a proposal to provide approximately $59 million in customer bill reductions in 2027. The company says a typical residential customer using 1,000 kilowatt-hours per month could save about $100 annually.

I&M also says its proposal would freeze residential electricity rates for three consecutive years. The company delivered two rate reductions during the first six months of 2026.

NIPSCO announced Wednesday that it plans to return $57.5 million in new revenue from data center development to existing electricity customers.

Under that proposal, residential customers would receive approximately $90 in bill credits over 18 months, or about $5 per month. The credits would require IURC approval and are expected to begin in the first quarter of 2027.

Braun said the goal is to ensure Hoosier families benefit from economic growth and new large-scale energy customers rather than bearing the costs associated with increased electricity demand.

The governor has made utility affordability a priority and called on energy companies to put lower costs for customers ahead of profits.

INDIANAPOLIS — Indianapolis police say a man is dead after a shooting on the east side early Friday morning.

The incident took place just before 2:30 a.m. this morning at an apartment complex at 42nd Street and Mitthoefer Road.

IMPD was originally called for a domestic dispute, but on the way, people at the scene say someone was shot.

When officers arrived, they found a man with gunshot wounds. He was pronounced dead at the scene.

Investigators initially thought the shooting was connected to the earlier domestic disturbance call, but later confirmed the incidents were not related.

Now, the police are asking people to use better conflict-resolution skills.

“If you can’t talk it out, maybe get somebody, a friend, a neutral family member that understands both sides to be a moderator in between,” IMPD Capt. Don Weilhammer said at the scene. “If that doesn’t work, just walk away; it’s much better to walk away and visit another day.”

Investigators say they do not have any suspects at this time.

Anyone with information was asked to contact Det. Chris Winter at the IMPD Homicide Office at 317-327-3475 or by email at Christopher.Winter@indy.gov.

INDIANAPOLIS — Officers with the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department were dispatched to the 6500 block of Thompson Road on the city’s south side on a report of a personal injury crash just before 6:15 p.m. Thursday.

Upon their arrival, officers determined the crash to be deadly, according to an IMPD email.

According to online maps, Thompson Road is closed between Arlington Avenue and Five Points Road.

Dispatch records show medics responded to a report of a pedestrian struck in the same area.

The IMPD fatal crash team is investigating, police said.

MUNCIE, Ind. — Detectives on Thursday arrested a 17-year-old in Michigan in connection with the killing of a 17-year-old Yorktown High School football player who was found shot to death two weeks ago inside a vehicle.

Muncie police say its detectives and members of the Detroit Violent Gang Task Force arrested Dairus E. Thompson III, the Muncie Police Department said in a news release. Muncie police did not say where the 17-year-old was being held in Michigan.

Detectives filed a probable cause affidavit for him on Tuesday, preliminarily charging him with a top-level felony of aiding, inducing or causing murder; a top-level felony of conspiracy to commit murder; and a low-level felony of obstruction of justice by altering, damaging or removing a document, according to online court records. The records do not say where the 17-year-old suspect lives.

The arrest is the second in the death of Christopher Wilson Jr. The Yorktown High School junior in June committed to play football at West Virginia.

Dairus Thompson II, of Farmland, faces a hearing on Monday in Delaware Circuit Court 1 on the same charges as Thompson III in connection with Wilson’s death. The elder Thompson is 40. Thompson II was being held in Delaware County jail on a separate, unrelated case.

Police have not said if the two Thompsons are related.

Police had called the arrest of the Thompson II “one milestone” in the investigation.

Wilson was found fatally shot multiple times inside a vehicle around 3 a.m. Oct. 5 in the 1400 block of East Cromer Avenue in Muncie. That’s in the R&M Land Co. subdivision northeast of the intersection of Dr. Martin Luther King Boulevard and East Centennial Avenue.

GREENFIELD, Ind.— A 42-acre farm in Greenfield is giving visitors a chance to meet Scottish Highland cows while raising money for organizations that support people with special needs.

Terri Stacy of WIBC recently visited Remarkable Ranch with Pet Pals TV host Patty Spitler and WISH-TV anchor Gina Glaros to discuss the farm’s mission and upcoming Halloween fundraiser.

Owned by Mark and Luann Kramer and their daughter, Brianna, Remarkable Ranch offers tours, breeds Highland cattle and provides therapeutic community outreach.

“These beautiful creatures” are “actually therapeutic,” Stacy said, describing the shaggy cattle as friendly animals that visitors can meet, hug and photograph.

The ranch welcomes groups looking for therapeutic experiences, including people with special needs. Before the television crew’s visit, the family was preparing to host survivors of domestic violence.

Stacy said the ranch’s origins date to a trip Luann Kramer and her daughter took to Ireland. They saw Scottish Highland cows, inspiring Luann to call her husband with a request.

“She called her husband and said, ‘We need these cows,’” Stacy said.

The ranch has since developed a mission that extends beyond raising cattle. Stacy said proceeds from tours and other activities help fund organizations such as Special Olympics and groups serving people with special abilities or special needs.

“The bigger picture is with their profits that they make from tours and from things that go on, they put that all into organizations like a Special Olympics,” Stacy said.

Remarkable Ranch planned a Halloween fundraiser for Saturday, Oct. 31, featuring a concert by Clayton Anderson, trick-or-treating, food and drinks. Children can attend for free.

Stacy described the property as “a hidden gem here in central Indiana” and encouraged people to visit and support the ranch.