INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — Kroger and the United Food and Commercial Workers Local 700 union say its representatives will return to the bargaining table on Friday.

The union said in a news release on Thursday that its members have rejected two tentative contracts with Kroger. Members say they are seeking wage increases, making some wage hikes retroactive and other benefits.

Kroger, in a negotiation update issued Thursday, proposed agreement includes a 15.6% wage increase over three years, with top-rate clerks receiving an immediate 5.7% raise.

The proposal also features what Kroger calls industry-leading health care benefits and a fully funded pension plan, reflecting the priorities shared by the associate-led bargaining committee.

Kroger says, for top-tier plans, associate-only health care coverage costs 76% less than the national average and 68% less than the state average.

The union says a strike is not imminent. The union represents more than 8,000 Kroger employees in Indiana, basically everyone except managers.

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INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — A woman, named Tina, was shot by her husband of over 30 years, according to her family. The shooting happened Thursday morning at a northeast east side home and led to a police chase that left the husband dead.

I-Team 8 spent the afternoon speaking to Tina’s family as they remembered her legacy.

Around 7:20 a.m., Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department officers found Tina critically wounded at a home on North Ritter Avenue near the intersection of 46th Street and Arlington Avenue. Tina was taken to the hospital, where she later died.

“She had been staying over here for a few days, you know, just relax, from life and reality,” Tina’s close friend Monica Gaither said, referring to the northeast side home.

The violent morning marked the end to an over 30-year marriage. Gaither says Tina was staying at her sister’s home to escape some of the domestic violence she was facing at the hands of her husband.

“With domestic violence, you never see and you could never underestimate anybody as well, because we all deal with mental illness in some shape, form or fashion,” Gaither said. “I didn’t see it coming.”

“She was just a kind and loving person,” Tina’s nephew D’Marco Wilson said. “Anything I asked her for, she never told me no, she was just kind and lovely.”

Those that loved her, including Wilson, want her to be remembered not for how she died, but for how she lived. She was a mom to two boys and four grandchildren.

“Her son had passed away a couple years ago,” Wilson said. “Then she’s got another one that’s older, he’s still alive.”

Her loved ones say they knew Tina was facing domestic violence, but did not know just how bad it had become, or where it would lead.

“Life sometimes can happen, and if you see signs in a domestic dispute…just run, just run, because one sign can be the sign of many bad signs, you know what I mean, nobody’s seen it coming,” Gaither said.

INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — Songstress Deborah Silver will reimagine rock classics with a big band jazz twist when she takes the stage at Feinstein’s at Hotel Carmichael on Thursday.

On her newest release, “Basie Rocks!”, Silver and the Count Basie Orchestra transform classic rock hits into jazz standards, offering a fresh take on beloved songs.

Silver says she and producer Steve Jordan worked hard to make classics by The Beatles, Elton John, Peter Frampton, and other rock icons into a “cool” experience for longtime jazz fans and new listeners.

“We had to make sure that what we did was something that would work in today’s world,” Silver said during a visit to WISH-TV’s Daybreak. “Steve Jordan, he said, ‘You know what? You have to make sure they’re cool, and if you have to think whether or not they’re cool, they ain’t cool.’ So, we were going for cool, and we hope that’s what happened.”

Silver’s performance at Feinstein’s includes a dinner and show package, with tickets priced at $39 and a $25 minimum for food and beverages.

Doors open at 5:30 p.m. and the show starts at 7:30 p.m.

Click here for ticket and event information.

KOKOMO, Ind. (WISH) — After stopping a car for what they say was a broken headlight, the Howard County Sheriff’s Office says they arrested Sidney Brown, 30, and Dakota Jourdan, 34.

During the traffic stop at the intersection of Sycamore Street and Berkley Road, the Howard County Sheriff’s Office says a deputy smelled marijuana. While searching the car, the deputy found methamphetamine and marijuana.

Brown was arrested without incident.

That investigation led deputies to more drugs at a home in the 600 block of North Dixon Road. They say two girls, one 11 and the other 9, were with Jourdan in the home.

Deputies searched the house and “heard what sounded like the slide of a handgun being racked,” the Sheriff’s Office says. The deputies then arrested Jourdan without incident.

Drugs, guns and ammunition, a scale and cash were found “unsecured and within close proximity to the children’s room.”

Both girls were put in the care of a family member after the arrests.

INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — A woman who was shot Thursday morning on the city’s northeast side has died of injuries, family members confirmed to News 8.

Around 7:20 a.m., Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department officers found the woman critically wounded at a home on North Ritter Avenue near the intersection of 46th Street and Arlington Avenue.

The woman was taken to a hospital but did not survive.

IMPD confirmed the suspect drove away from the scene and was shot by police a short time later on West 32nd Street opposite Crown Hill Cemetery.

Police are still investigating and have not said what led to the shooting.

Anyone with information was asked to contact IMPD or Crime Stoppers.

INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — Community leaders, alongside the Greater Indianapolis Habitat for Humanity, broke ground on a new housing project on the city’s northeast side on Thursday.

The 10-home development at 46th Street and Millersville Road marks the nonprofit’s first “full-scale neighborhood” in 25 years. Plans call for two-story homes with either three or four bedrooms.

Last year, officials at Indy Habitat reported a record number of applications for its homeownership program.

President and CEO Jim Morris says there is an urgent need for affordable housing and this project will help address that need.

“The ceremony part’s exciting. What we’re more excited about is actually start moving dirt, the real dirt, to develop the property, put a street in. That’ll start this fall,” Morris said.

In 2024, the group also says it helped build 32 homes and repair 48 homes in central Indiana. It met its three-year goal of 300 homes built or repaired across locally and internationally.

2025 marked the start of a new three-year plan for the nonprofit. Between 2025 and 2027, organizers hope to help with 600 homes. The new neighborhood project fits into that plan, says Abri Hoechseler, VP for development at Greater Indianapolis Habitat for Humanity.

“This is an opportunity for us to diversify what we do and how we do it in order to serve more families. Ultimately, we are here to walk alongside families to become first-time homeowners, and projects like this allow us to expand the ways we do that,” Hoechseler explained.

Leaders say five homes will be completed next year. The last five homes will be move-in ready by 2027.

Visit Indy Habitat’s website to learn how to apply for a home or for more information about its resources.

(CNN) — Chuck Mangione, noted flugelhorn player, trumpeter and composer, has died. He was reportedly 84.

The news was confirmed via a press release out of a funeral home in Rochester, New York, on behalf of Mangione’s family, who said they were “deeply saddened to share that Chuck peacefully passed away in his sleep at his home in Rochester” on Tuesday.

Mangione, a flugelhorn player whose composition “Feels So Good” became an unlikely pop hit in 1978, was a Rochester native who started playing jazz as a teenager,

He won two Grammy Awards over his 60-year career in music, including one for best instrumental composition for “Bellavia.”

“Feels So Good,” an upbeat instrumental whose full-length version runs nearly 10 minutes, spent 25 weeks on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, peaking at #4 in 1978.

In addition to that signature hit, Mangione was recognizable for his distinctive style at the peak of his career, sporting long hair and a brown felt hat with a feathered band that he later donated to the Smithsonian Institution.

Outside of the music business, Mangione is remembered for his recurring appearances as a tongue-in-cheek version of himself on the primetime Fox animated series “King of the Hill.”

CARMEL, Ind. (WISH) — Leaders in Carmel are calling for competition and public input in the long-awaited redesign of one of the city’s most promising tracts of land. The goal is to reshape the old CNO Financial campus and much of the property around it, east of U.S. 31 and north of 116th Street, it into a new “district” – with homes, shops, parks and more.

The new “CNO District Design Competition” pits three urban design firms against each other for the best reimagining of the land.

The city planners say Browning Day, Ratio Design, and Yard & Co. will present their visions for the area, and then the public will have the opportunity to review and comment on the designs in August. The city will then consider the comments as it selects the firm that will develop a master plan.

“We are thrilled to have these three talented firms join us in imagining the next great Carmel neighborhood,” Mayor Sue Finkam said in a comment provided by the city. “I’m especially excited that early input from the community will shape the offerings of what will become both another premier gateway to our city, as well as a distinct destination in its own right.”

Mike Hollibaugh, Carmel’s director of community services, points to other recent revamps as models of succes.

“Reshaping this district gives Carmel the opportunity to replace vacant and underutilized buildings surrounded today by large parking lots with new, active districts that build upon the redevelopment success we have had in the City Center, Midtown and Old Meridian Districts,” Hollibaugh said in a release.

Planners say Carmel Clay Parks & Recreation will have a key role in the project, focusing on public spaces, connectivity, and engagement — with potential features that include greenspace, modern office space, public gathering areas, a walkable retail district, and a range of housing options.

The redevelopment comes as demand for walkable residential areas grows, while traditional office space demand declines.

The city says residents will be able to see and comment on the designs from Aug. 4-11, through a public portal or at places like the Carmel Clay Public Library, the Monon Community Center, and Carmel City Hall.

Once the public input is in, the plan calls for a team of city staff and elected officials will recommend a firm for the master plan.

CLEARWATER, Fla. (AP) — Hulk Hogan, a mustachioed, headscarf-wearing icon in professional wrestling who turned the sport into a massive business and cultural touchstone, died Thursday at age 71, Florida police said.

In Clearwater, Florida, authorities responded to a morning call about a cardiac arrest. Hogan was pronounced dead at a hospital, police said in a statement on Facebook.

Hogan, whose real name was Terry Bollea, was perhaps the biggest star in WWE’s long history. He was the main draw for the first WrestleMania in 1985 and was a fixture for years, facing everyone from Andre The Giant and Randy Savage to The Rock and even company chairman Vince McMahon.

He won at least six WWE championships and was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame in 2005.

“One of pop culture’s most recognizable figures, Hogan helped WWE achieve global recognition in the 1980s. WWE extends its condolences to Hogan’s family, friends, and fans,” WWE said.

“Hulkamania,” as the energy he created was called, started running wild in the mid-1980s and pushed professional wrestling into the mainstream. He was a flag-waving American hero with the horseshoe mustache, red and yellow gear and massive arms he called his “24-inch pythons.”

In recent years, Hogan has waded further into politics.

At the 2024 Republican National Convention, Hogan merged classic WWE maneuvers with President Donald Trump’s rhetoric to vociferously endorse his longtime acquaintance.

“Let Trumpamania run wild! Let Trumpamania rule again! Let Trumpamania make America Great Again!” Hogan shouted into the crowd.

He ripped off a t-shirt emblazoned with a picture of himself on a motorcycle to reveal a bright red Trump-Vance campaign shirt underneath. Then-presidential candidate Trump stood to applaud the move.

In 2016, a Florida jury awarded Hogan $115 million in his sex tape lawsuit against Gawker Media and then added $25 million in punitive damages. Hogan sued after Gawker in 2012 posted a video of him having sex with his former best friend’s wife. He contended the post violated his privacy.

Hogan smiled and wore black throughout the three-week trial.

“Everywhere I show up, people treat me like I’m still the champ,” he said of the support from fans.

Hogan first became champion in what was then the World Wrestling Federation in 1984, and pro wrestling took off from there. His popularity helped lead to the creation of the annual WrestleMania event in 1985, when he teamed up with Mr. T to beat “Rowdy” Roddy Piper and “Mr. Wonderful” Paul Orndorff in the main event.

He slammed and beat Andre the Giant at WrestleMania III in 1987, and the WWF gained momentum. His feud with the late “Macho Man” Randy Savage – perhaps his greatest rival — carried pro wrestling even further.

Hogan was a central figure in what is known as the Monday Night Wars. The WWE and World Championship Wrestling were battling for ratings supremacy in 1996. Hogan tilted things in WCW’s favor with the birth of the Hollywood Hogan character and the formation of the New World Order, a villainous stable that put WCW ahead in the ratings.

He returned to the WWE in 2002 and became a champion again. His match with The Rock at WrestleMania X8, a loss during which fans cheered for his “bad guy” character, was seen as a passing of the torch.

He was perhaps as known for his larger-than-life personality as he was his in-ring exploits. He was beloved for his “promos,” hype sessions he used to draw fans into matches. He often would play off his interviewer, “Mean” Gene Okerlund, starting his interviews off with, “Well, lemme tell ya something, Mean Gene!”

He crossed over into movies and television as well. He was Thunderlips in the movie Rocky III in 1982.

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White reported from Detroit. AP writer Safiyah Riddle contributed from Montgomery, Alabama.

INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — Arrow McLaren has officially taken ownership of a larger facility in Indianapolis.

The NTT IndyCar Series team made the announcement on Thursday morning that it has taken control of a facility at 7615 Zionsville Road and that renovations have started to “expand and modernize the building.”

“We’re proud to begin the renovation and grow our footprint right here in Indianapolis,” McLaren Racing CEO Zak Brown said in a press release. “The investment is a big step in our long-term growth, and this new facility will provide our team with state-of-the-art tools, equipment and space to keep pushing forward.”

The new facility will essentially nearly triple the team’s current shop’s square footage.

Arrow McLaren has been operating out of a 33,000-square-foot race shop on Coffman Road.

The team’s new facility will ultimately be 86,000 square feet once the transformation of the building is completed.

Dillon Construction Group will “manage” the transformation, which will increase the square footage of the building from 74,000 to 86,000 square feet.

The following will be some of the changes to the building:

• Expanded lobby showcasing the team’s success and heritage
• New second-floor mezzanine
• Fitness center
• New elevator to enhance accessibility
• Additional windows, architectural elements and a repaint on the exterior of the building

Here are some renderings of the new facility provided by Arrow McLaren:

Arrow McLaren said it will be prepared to move into the new facility in January ahead of the 2026 NTT IndyCar Series season.

Arrow McLaren currently has three full-time cars in the NTT IndyCar Series. Those three cars are driven by Pato O’Ward, Christian Lundgaard and Nolan Siegel.

Those three drivers also kicked off “demolition” of the facility as seen in photos provided by the team:

O’Ward and Lundgaard are each in the Top 5 of the IndyCar standings. In fact, O’Ward is second in the standings and won the series’ most recent race on the Streets of Toronto this past weekend.