INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — An investigation was underway Friday in Tippecanoe County after a fatal police shooting in Lafayette.

Around 12:15 a.m., an officer with the Lafayette Police Department conducted a traffic stop near the intersection of South Street and Sagamore Parkway on a suspicion of impaired driving.

“During the stop, the male driver made statements indicating a risk of harm to himself before fleeing the scene in his vehicle. LPD officers, following departmental policy, did not initiative a vehicle pursuit,” Lafayette PD said in a release.

About an hour later, Lafayette police officers and state troopers located the suspect at the Waterford Court Apartments, which is an apartment complex of I-65, just north of State Road 26.

Lafayette police say the suspect parked his car in the 200 block of Porsche Lane East, which is an address within the apartment complex.

“When officers confronted him, the suspect was non-compliant with verbal commands and stated he was armed with a weapon,” LPD said in a release. “The suspect then moved his hand to his waistband behind his back as if he was preparing to brandish a weapon, which directly resulted in the officer-involved shooting.”

Officers gave the suspect medical aid but he died at the scene. Police did not say if a firearm was found at the scene.

There were no other occupants in the vehicle and no officers or civilians were injured during the incident.

The involved Lafayette Police Department officers have been placed on administrative leave, per departmental policy. Their names have not been released.

The name of the suspect is being withheld until next of kin notification by the Tippecanoe County Coroner’s Office.

The Lafayette Police Department and Indiana State Police are conducting a joint investigation into the incident.

No other information was immediately available.

KYIV/WASHINGTON (Reuters) — The United States has threatened to cut intelligence sharing and weapons supplies for Ukraine to press it into agreeing to the framework of a U.S.-brokered peace deal, two people familiar with the matter said.

Washington has presented Ukraine with a 28-point plan, which endorses some of Russia’s principal demands in the war, including that Kyiv cede additional territory, curb the size of its military and be barred from joining NATO.

The sources, speaking on condition of anonymity, said that Kyiv was under greater pressure from Washington than during any previous peace discussions, and that the U.S. wanted Ukraine to sign a framework of the deal by next Thursday.

A delegation of senior U.S. military officials met with President Volodymyr Zelenskiy in Kyiv on Thursday to discuss a path to peace.

The U.S. ambassador in Ukraine and the army public affairs chief travelling with the delegation described the meeting as a success and said Washington sought an “aggressive timeline” for the signature of a document between the U.S. and Ukraine.

EUROPE SAYS IT HAS TWO-POINT PLAN

European leaders, who were not consulted on the 28-point plan presented on Thursday to Ukraine, expressed their strong support for Kyiv. Britain’s Keir Starmer, Germany’s Friedrich Merz and France’s Emmanuel Macron held a joint phone call with Zelenskiy.

Europe’s own plan consisted of just two points, said the EU foreign policy chief, Kaja Kallas: weaken Russia and support Ukraine.

U.S. officials, defending their plan, have said it was drafted after consultations with Rustem Umerov, secretary of Ukraine’s National Security and Defense Council, a close Zelenskiy ally who served as defence minister until July.

“This plan was drawn up immediately following discussions with one of the most senior members of President Zelenskiy’s administration, Rustem Umerov, who agreed to the majority of the plan, after making several modifications, and presented it to President Zelenskiy,” a senior U.S. official said on Thursday.

But Umerov said on Friday he had not discussed the plan’s terms, much less approved them.

“During my visit to the United States, my role was technical — organizing meetings and preparing the dialogue. I provided no assessments or, even more so, approvals of any points. This is not within my authority and does not correspond to the procedure,” he wrote on Telegram.

After meeting a visiting U.S. delegation on Friday, Umerov said Kyiv would not accept a plan that violates its sovereignty.

INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — Pregnant, contemplating or unsure, it is important to know when to see your doctor and how to best prepare for a safer and healthier pregnancy, delivery and post-partum period.

More than 2 million women of childbearing age live in a maternity care desert without access to a birthing facility or maternity care provider. 

Almost a quarter of Indiana’s counties are defined as a maternity care desert and 14 Indiana OB units have closed in the last 5 years.

This is concerning as Indiana ranks third highest in the nation for maternal mortality and 7th highest for infant mortality. 

Having a chronic health condition increases the risk of preterm birth by 51%. In Indiana, almost 50% of women have at least one chronic health condition compared to the national average, which is less than 40%. 

What do you recommend to women of childbearing age?

• Establish care with a trusted provider.
• Ask about family planning services.
• Know your numbers (BMI, blood pressure, A1C or 3 month blood sugar average and cholesterol).
• Quit smoking and alcohol.
• Optimize your nutrition.
• Exercise routinely.
• Take a prenatal vitamin.
• Visit your local birthing centers.
• Consider spacing out your pregnancies by at least 18 months.
• Identify your support system and advocates.

After a positive pregnancy test, when should your see your OB provider?

• Once you find out you are pregnant, schedule a visit. Your first visit should be between 6-8 weeks and there may be a wait for you to get in given the lack of available providers. 
• Keep up with your prenatal visit schedule and testing.
• Seek emergent evaluation for severe abdominal pain, heavy vaginal bleeding, difficulty breathing, chest pain, severe headache, severe nausea or vomiting, fever, decreased or no fetal movement. 
• See your OB provider for foul smelling vaginal discharge as a vaginal or cervical infection can increase your risk for preterm birth.
• Discuss changes in mood with your provider and consider therapy and medication if needed. 

Resources

Indiana MCH MOMS Helpline connects pregnant and postpartum people with prenatal and child health care services.

Liv pregnancy mobile app provides support and resources from prenatal care through a baby’s first birthday, including doctors, hospitals, food banks, WIC clinics, drug treatment centers, and safe sleep education/crib distribution sites.

(INDIANA CAPITAL CHRONICLE) — An annual survey shows that the traditional Thanksgiving meal will be a tick more expensive for Hoosier families this year.

Indiana Farm Bureau’s annual “market basket survey” found the cost of a 10-person Thanksgiving dinner averages $53.62, up 0.6% from 2024. That compares to a national average price this year of $55.18.

The expected cost of $21.09 for a 16-pound turkey is virtually the same as last year, with produce prices the driver of the slight overall increase, according to Indiana Farm Bureau Chief Economist Todd Davis.

Those higher prices are seen in carrots and celery for a veggie tray (43 cent increase), sweet potatoes (30 cent increase), pumpkin pie filling (24 cent increase) and peas (14 cent increase). 

“Fresh produce markets can be very volatile, and many of these items saw an increase in wholesale and retail prices nationally,” Davis said. “Those retail prices reflect an increase in factors beyond the farm gate, including transportation, labor, fuel, packaging and more that contribute to the overall increased cost of the product.” 

The survey’s price calculation includes the 16-pound turkey, stuffing, sweet potatoes, rolls, peas, a carrot and celery veggie tray, whole milk, cranberries, whipping cream, ingredients for pumpkin pie and miscellaneous baking items.

The Farm Bureau says its market survey was conducted in early November by volunteer shoppers across Indiana who search for the best prices at their local grocery stores while not using coupons or special promotions.

With the turkey making up 39% of the total dinner cost, the Farm Bureau points to Indiana ranking fourth in national turkey production as helping the state’s turkey price being about 2% less than the national average.

“The concentration of turkey production in this region provides lower processing and marketing costs, which gets the turkey from the farm to the Thanksgiving table efficiently,” Davis said.

Still, a Thanksgiving meal in Indiana costs about 25% more than it did in 2019, reflecting a trend of post-COVID-19 pandemic inflation that’s still affecting grocery prices.

The Thanksgiving meal survey found a cost of $42.66 in 2019, but it has fallen about 12% since hitting a peak of $61 in 2022. 

The Indiana Farm Bureau pointed to U.S. Department of Agriculture statistics showing that only 15.9 cents of every retail food dollar can be attributed to farm production. The rest is for food processing, packaging, transportation, wholesale and retail distribution and food service preparation.

“Many consumers don’t realize that farmers are price-takers, just like them,” said Janis Highley, the Indiana Farm Bureau’s 2nd vice president. “We don’t set the prices, and the amount farmers are being paid doesn’t cover the increase of their input expenses.”

President Donald Trump earlier this month boasted that prices are falling under his administration — pointing to the cost of WalMart’s Thanksgiving bundle being 25% less. But this year’s package contains less food than in 2024.

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (AP) — Tucker DeVries scored 25 points and made five 3-pointers, Sam Alexis grabbed 10 rebounds to go with eight points, and Indiana beat Lindenwood 73-53 on Thursday night.

Indiana has started a season 5-0 for the first time since 2022-23. The Hoosiers improved to 28-0 against teams competing in the Ohio Valley Conference.

Indiana led 32-13 at halftime despite shooting 38% from the field with seven turnovers. Lindenwood went 0 for 10 from behind the arc and shot 16% overall with nine turnovers at the break.

The Lions pulled within six points early in the second half after starting the frame on a 10-0 run. Indiana’s first points of the second half did not come until the 16:43 mark.

Then DeVries opened and closed a 13-0 run to give Indiana a 50-31 lead and the Hoosier led by double figures the rest of the way. DeVries scored 13 straight Indiana points midway through the second half for a 22-point lead at 58-36.

DeVries had 17 of his points in the second half, while going 3 of 4 from 3-point range. Lamar Wilkerson finished with 10 points for Indiana. DeVries came up just short of his season-high 27-point performance against Marquette on Nov. 9.

Anias Futrell scored 12 points and Jadis Jones added 10 for Lindenwood (3-3).

NASSAU, Bahamas (AP) — Fletcher Loyer scored 20 points to lead No. 1 Purdue to an 80-71 victory over Memphis on Thursday night at the Baha Mar Championship.

CJ Cox added 18 points for Purdue (5-0). He and Loyer each made four 3-pointers. Trey Kaufman-Renn finished with 12 points, 11 rebounds and four assists before fouling out after 27 minutes, and reigning Big Ten Player of the Year Braden Smith had 11 assists.

Dug McDaniel paced Memphis (1-3) with 18 points, six assists and six rebounds. Zach Davis chipped in 11 points.

The game featured nine lead changes and six ties. Trailing by two, momentum seemed to swing in Purdue’s direction with 7:54 to play when Memphis forward Aaron Bradshaw fouled out after getting a technical following an altercation with Purdue’s Oscar Cluff. The game was physical and chippy throughout, with three technical fouls given out by officials.

Loyer sank the pair of technical free throws, which was the start of a 17-5 game-sealing run for the Boilermakers. The late surge featured a sequence from Loyer where he connected on a fast-break layup and then sank a 3-pointer seconds later, giving Purdue a nine-point advantage with under 3 1/2 minutes to play.

Memphis had shot better than 50% from the floor and 3-point range in each of its last three games against AP top-five teams. Against Purdue, the Tigers were just 4 for 19 (21%) behind the arc.

The Tigers played without 6-foot-11 senior center Thierno Sylla, who the team said did not make the trip to the Bahamas due to personal reasons.

Up next

Staying in the Bahamas, Purdue will face the winner of Thursday night’s clash between No. 15 Texas Tech and Wake Forest on Friday night. Memphis will take on the loser before that.

INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — Dense fog is expected to linger through mid-morning across the northern half of central Indiana, while rain expands from the southwest throughout the day.

Today:

Showers will expand from southwest to northeast. This increase in rainfall coverage should gradually improve visibilities across the area. Widespread rain will then continue into the afternoon hours, with a moderate pockets of rain throughout the day.

Total rainfall amounts will range from 0.1″ in northern Indiana, to as high as 0.5-0.75″ in central and southern portions of the state.

Temperatures are expected to remain relatively stable due to the persistent stratus deck, with highs mainly in the low 50s.

Tonight:

Rain will slowly move out overnight, and clouds will break as we move closer to daybreak. Overnight lows will dip down to the upper 30s and lower 40s.

Weekend:

Looking ahead to the weekend, seasonably mild and mostly dry weather is anticipated as high pressure brings in quiet conditions and seasonal temperatures.

Holiday week:

Early next week, another significant rain event is forecasted as an area of low pressure moves into the Midwest. This could lead to widespread rain starting Monday night into Tuesday.

The pattern turns much colder following Tuesday’s system, with highs failing to hit 50° on Wednesday, and Thanksgiving highs on hitting the upper 30s with wind chills in the 20s around lunch time.

The cold is likely to persist for a while. The 8-14 day outlook calls for below average temperatures as we enter the month of December.

INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — The Indianapolis Zoo is removing the Kōmbo Family Coaster and the Skyline overhead tram next year to make room for larger animal exhibits.

Indianapolis Zoo officials provided News 8 with the following statement Thursday:

“With unanimous Board approval, the Indianapolis Zoo will remove both the skyline and the rollercoaster, opening significant space for new or expanded animal exhibits. Work is planned to begin in Q1 2026 to remove the rides, which no longer align with the mission of the Zoo or the long-term plans for our campus.

The project will open more than an acre of space, which is significant for a landlocked Zoo such as ours. We are excited about the possibilities this creates for us as we continue to protect nature and inspire people to care for our world.”

Indianapolis Zoo

WINCHESTER, Ind. (WISH) — Imagine saving tens of thousands of dollars to prepare for your funeral service, only to have it disappear.

The Randolph County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a scam involving the Wilson-Shook Funeral Homes and their four locations.

Detective Monte Gaddis, of the Randolph County Sheriff’s Office, said around $36,000 dollars has been stolen, but it could be end up being more as additional cases are being reported. Gaddis said one victim lost as much as $15,000. On Facebook, the sheriff’s office is encouraging victims to step forward.

Gaddis issued a warning.

“If you have any funeral plans with Wilson-Shook, or any other funeral home, for that matter, reach out to whoever the holder of the agreement is,” Gaddis said. “Just contact them to make sure there are funds set up in their name and the amount of money they have put in.”

The Randolph County Sheriff’s Office said four funeral homes are involved. They go by different names, but they’re all under the Wilson-Shook Funeral Homes. Three are located in Randolph County: Thornburg Memorial Chapel, Thomas Memorial Chapel, and Fraze and Brooks Memorial Chapel. One is located in Jay County. It’s called Dunkirk Memorial Chapel.

“Distrust is one of the big feelings,” said Gaddis, as he described the victims. “The whole part of losing the money, and not knowing that something that you’re planning for your future and your family’s future. Distrust is a big part, and sadness.”

Gaddis said the scam was years in the making. One trust was opened as far back as 2023. The victims initially thought money was going to a funeral plan trust through MasterChoice. When the victims discovered that Wilson-Shook Funeral Homes was closed, they called MasterChoice directly to check their funds, but there was no account in their name.

News 8 reached out to all four funeral homes and received the following message:

“The number you dialed is not in service.”

In the 28 years Gaddis worked as an officer, he said he’s never dealt with theft involving funeral homes before. As of now, the sheriff’s office is assessing how widespread the scam and is encouraging other victims to reach out to local police stations.

“This is money that they put into take care of funeral arrangements for someone who passes away in the future. So obviously its money that’s now is gone that they have to figure out how to take care of that in the future,” said Gaddis.

The detectives received their first tip on Monday, and they are currently building a case. Gaddis believes this is a local central Indiana issue. They are currently working with the Jay County Sheriff’s office.
Gaddis said to expect to hear formal charges from the Randolph County Prosecutor’s Office sometime next week.

(CNN) — The Trump administration is proposing to open federal waters off the entire coastline of California to drilling, as well as an area off the coast of Florida. Neither state’s waters have been open to new drilling for decades.

President Donald Trump’s Interior Department released a five-year offshore drilling plan on Thursday that would open up vast parts of California’s coastline to drilling, which hasn’t happened in that state since the late 1960s. The Department is also proposing new oil drilling in parts of the Eastern Gulf — located approximately 100 nautical miles off Florida’s coast — a decision opposed by Florida’s Republican leadership.

The Trump administration’s proposal would open the Eastern Gulf to federal oil drilling auctions starting in 2029. It would open auctions for drilling in central and southern California in 2027 and northern California in 2029.

The oil industry has been advocating for opening up parts of the Eastern Gulf that are adjacent to areas where oil production has been happening for decades in the Central Gulf, an industry source told CNN.

The proposal is sure to be met with resistance in California. The state’s coast has not seen drilling since a devastating oil spill in 1969, which drew national attention for destroying coastal wildlife and the state’s fishing industry.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom called the plan “idiotic” in a statement and vowed the state “will use every tool at our disposal to protect our coastline.”

“It’s interesting that Donald’s proposal doesn’t include the waters off Mar-a-Lago,” Newsom said in his statement.

During Trump’s first term, Florida’s congressional delegation — including Republicans — repeatedly pushed back against attempts to open the eastern Gulf of Mexico to drilling. The first Trump administration extended the offshore drilling ban for the Eastern Gulf, rather than opening it up.

This new Gulf action has also rankled many Florida Republicans, where memories of the 2010 Deepwater Horizon spill still shape public opinion. Molly Best, a spokeswoman for Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, said the governor’s office still supports the ban on drilling in the area from Trump’s first term.

The DeSantis administration “urges the Department of Interior to reconsider,” Best said in a statement.

And a letter from several Florida Republican congressmen to the president urged the administration to withdraw the Eastern Gulf parcels, saying oil exploration there was “incompatible with military operations and recreational uses.” Among the signees is Rep. Byron Donalds, the Trump-endorsed candidate for governor in 2026.

Leading up to the release of Thursday’s five-year plan, Republican Sen. Rick Scott of Florida said he believed he had assurances from Interior Secretary Doug Burgum that any new drilling in the Gulf would not threaten Florida economically, environmentally or militarily, a source with knowledge of their conversation told CNN. A source close to several Republicans in Florida’s delegation told CNN officials believe the proposal honors those assurances, though congressional staff were still studying the details.

National Ocean Industries Association president Erik Milito called the inclusion of the Eastern Gulf a “forward-looking approach” and American Petroleum Institute president Mike Sommers hailed it as a “historic step.”

The move is part of President Donald Trump’s agenda to open up more parts of the country to drilling for fossil fuels — the oft-repeated campaign promise of “drill, baby, drill.”

Trump’s plan also proposes holding lease sales in the western and central Gulf of Mexico, where the vast majority of offshore drilling currently takes place. It also proposes auctioning off federal waters along almost all of Alaska’s coastline at the end of the decade and into the early 2030s.

In response to the Trump administration’s new plan, California leaders vowed to push back on the federal government’s move to open waters up to drilling, including possible legal action.

“Time and again, President Trump has shown that his interest lies with his Big Oil friends profiting at the expense of our environment and public health,” said Christine Lee, a spokesperson for California attorney general Rob Bonta. “We won’t stand for this and are exploring our legal options.”

Sen. Alex Padilla and Rep. Jared Huffman, both California Democrats, said in a joint statement that Trump’s plan “targets California and the whole West Coast because they think we will roll over.”

“They are wrong,” Padilla and Huffman said. “We’re going to fight this with everything we have.”

Given Trump’s tariffs, it’s not currently boom time for oil drilling, experts told CNN. Companies instead are trying to curb their spending and hold onto their earnings, said Tom Seng, a professor of energy finance at Texas Christian University.

“Right now, the industry doesn’t have a lot going on,” Seng told CNN. “We certainly have a pro-fossil fuel administration. They’re going to streamline things for us, but the marketplace will always dictate activity.”

However, Seng said, some oil exploration companies will likely want to “take advantage of the lease offerings,” with an eye towards the long-term future.

“The question is, when will they deploy the capital to actually drill on the leases?” he said. “There won’t be a rush to do so. $60 oil won’t help.”

Environmental groups said the plan would pose a threat to marine life and oceanside communities around the country.

“This draft plan is an oil spill nightmare,” said Oceana campaign director Joseph Gordon. “The last thing America needs now is a massive expansion of offshore drilling that could shut down our shores with catastrophic oil spills.”

The latest move follows other steps the Trump administration has taken in recent days and weeks to expand oil drilling around the country. The Interior Department this week announced it was rolling back a Biden-era rule that had banned fossil fuel drilling on nearly half of the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska, over 13 million acres.

And environmental groups sounded the alarm as oil company ConocoPhillips proposed more oil drilling exploration in Alaska, including drilling four new exploratory wells in the NPRA. The company is currently developing the massive Willow project in NPRA where it expects to start producing oil by 2029. Willow was approved by former President Joe Biden in a move that roiled the Democratic president’s base.

“The public deserves the right to have a say on what happens on these critically important public lands in the Western Arctic,” Earthjustice attorney Ian Dooley said in a recent statement. “Seismic and drilling activities can cause impacts on this sensitive ecosystem that lasts decades.”