• Indiana Voter Portal: Check your voting status and voting location

Voter information must be current to vote in Indiana.

Each election year features two deadlines to register to vote: one before voting begins for the primary and another before early polls open for the general election. Voter registration will resume Nov. 4 ahead of the 2027 primaries.

Early voting for the general election ended at noon Monday in Indiana, and Election Day will be Tuesday.

Voters should review county policies regarding vote centers. Seventy-two of Indiana’s 92 counties are vote center counties, meaning residents can cast ballots at any polling location within their county of residence.

The list includes Marion County and all surrounding counties except Hamilton County. Hamilton County introduces voting centers in 2027. In counties without vote centers, residents must vote at assigned polling locations on Election Day.

Early voting typically happens at county election offices, with additional satellite locations opening as Election Day approaches. The Indiana Voter Portal lists early voting locations and hours.

Voters must present a photo ID issued by the state or federal government. Acceptable forms of ID include active Indiana driver’s licenses, passports, or U.S. military IDs.

Residents lacking acceptable forms of ID can apply for free, nondriver photo IDs through the Indiana Bureau of Motor Vehicles.

The Secretary of State’s website also allows voters to apply for a mail-in absentee ballot. Individuals with a disability that impairs the ability to independently mark a ballot, such as blindness or a dexterity disability, can apply for the traveling voter board through the site.

To check voter registration status, visit the Secretary of State’s website at indianavoters.in.gov and select “Check voting status.” Users enter a name, date of birth, and county of residence. The site displays registration status, polling location or locations, ballot details, and past voting history.

INDIANAPOLIS — Attorneys for Indiana death row inmate Jeffrey Weisheit have submitted a request to Gov. Braun to pause his execution, claiming the pharmacy that provided the lethal injection drugs is on indefinite probation.

Weisheit is scheduled to die by lethal injection before dawn Thursday for the 2010 murders of 8-year-old Alyssa Lynch and 5-year-old Caleb Lynch in a Vanderburgh County arson.

In the request filed on Monday, Weisheit’s attorneys claim that the state purchased the lethal injection drug pentobarbitol from Pharmaneek, a pharmacy placed on indefinite probation by the Indiana Board of Pharmacy on March 31 for failing safety inspections and “unprofessional practices leading to drug contamination.”

A hearing scheduled on Nov. 9 would decide if Pharmaneek’s license would be terminated.

The request argues that the lethal injection drugs should come from reputable channels and not a pharmacy the “Attorney General’s Office seeks to shut down,” and pushes for an “independent investigation into the drugs’ quality and procurement.”

Joe Perkovich, one of Mr. Weisheit’s attorneys, said in a release, “It is alarming that the state purchased these drugs from a pharmacy it is trying to shut down due to major safety issues in the storage and management of drugs. The governor should pause executions and investigate its provider to ensure that execution drugs meet the basic standards required by law.”

Just after 4 p.m. on Monday, Gov. Braun announced he is denying clemency for Jeffrey Weisheit.

“I am accepting the Parole Board’s unanimous recommendation to deny clemency for Jeffrey Weisheit. The Indiana Department of Correction will continue preparations to carry out the court-ordered sentence of execution on November 5, 2026,” Braun said in a release.

News 8 reached out to the Indiana Department of Correction for comment and was provided this statement.

The Department of Correction is in compliance with Indiana laws that govern the confidential procurement of drugs utilized to carry out a court-ordered execution. We remain confident in our process and our ability to humanely carry out the lawfully imposed sentence for the murders of two innocent children.The Department of Correction is in compliance with Indiana laws that govern the confidential procurement of drugs utilized to carry out a court-ordered execution. We remain confident in our process and our ability to humanely carry out the lawfully imposed sentence for the murders of two innocent children.

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JACKSONVILLE (WISH) — Colts quarterback Anthony Richardson entered the game in the fourth quarter, replacing Daniel Jones, in the fourth quarter of the 42-7 loss against the Jaguars.

Richardson threw his first regular season pass since recovering from his eye injury.

He shared a powerful story about his return from injury.

“There were definitely times where I would go to the doctor and they would tell me they don’t know if I’m going to get my vision back and stuff like that,” Richardson said. “I’m just grateful that I even get the chance to go out there and throw a pass, regardless of if I step on the field or not, because there was a day and a time when this wasn’t promised for me. I’m grateful for it and I’m just thankful.”

Richardson suffered a fractured orbital bone during a pregame incident prior to the Colts’ game against the Arizona Cardinals in October 2025.

Colts head coach Shane Steichen said he’s going to “evaluate everything, every position” after the game when he was asked if Jones is still going to be the starting quarterback.

“I can’t really focus too much on it. I got to keep doing what I’ve been doing,” Richardson said. “Coming in the building, showing up to work, just preparing like I was going to be the starter regardless of what decision he makes. I just got to make sure I’m prepared when my name is called.”

Richardson also voiced his support for Jones during his struggles.

“We’re sticking with him,” Richardson said. “He has my full support. I’m supporting him 1000%. It’s tough to play quarterback in this league. It’s tough to play quarterback in general. But when the spotlight is like this, you just got to keep you head down and keep working.”

Richardson was 2-for-2 passing for 8 yards on Sunday.

The Colts will look to snap their four-game losing streak on Sunday, November 8 at home against the Dallas Cowboys. Kickoff is scheduled for 1 p.m.

MUNCIE, Ind. — A Farmland man charged in the shooting death of Yorktown High School football player Christopher Wilson Jr. is being held without bond following his initial court appearance Monday.

Dairus Thompson II, 40, faces charges of aiding, inducing or causing murder, conspiracy to commit murder and obstruction of justice. The murder charge carries a maximum sentence of 65 years in prison.

During Monday’s initial hearing in Delaware Circuit Court 1, Thompson said he plans to hire an attorney. The court is working to secure a public defender in the meantime.

The court also noted that Thompson is the father of six children, including one stepchild. He is unemployed and receives disability benefits.

Thompson’s next hearing is scheduled for 9 a.m. Dec. 14. A pretrial hearing is scheduled for Jan. 27, with a jury trial set for April 6.

The charges stem from the Oct. 5 shooting death of 17-year-old Christopher Wilson Jr. in Muncie. Wilson was sitting in a vehicle with a female friend in the 1400 block of East Cromer Avenue when he was shot multiple times. He died at the scene.

Wilson was a standout defensive end at Yorktown High School who had committed to play football at West Virginia University.

According to court documents, investigators believe Wilson was the victim of mistaken identity. Police believe he was mistaken for a 27-year-old Muncie man who had been involved in a dispute with people connected to Thompson.

Investigators believe Thompson helped coordinate the shooting by driving a vehicle used before and after the gunfire. Court documents also describe evidence from cellphones and surveillance video that investigators used to connect Thompson and a juvenile to the shooting.

Thompson’s 17-year-old son, Dairus Thompson III, has also been charged in connection with Wilson’s death. Investigators believe the younger Thompson carried out the shooting.

INDIANAPOLIS — Gov. Mike Braun announced Monday that Indiana’s childcare voucher waitlist has dropped 78% since May following a $200 million investment to expand access to childcare assistance.

According to Braun’s office, the waitlist fell from 41,175 children in May to 9,006 at the end of October.

Braun announced the investment in April, directing $200 million from the Financial Responsibility and Opportunity Growth (FROG) Fund toward expanding access to Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF) vouchers.

The governor’s office said nearly 48,000 children are now receiving child care vouchers.

“Making life more affordable for Hoosiers is a top priority of mine,” Braun said. “These results reflect focused efforts to deliver immediate relief to families and accelerate access to affordable childcare.”

The funding prioritized siblings of current voucher recipients, infants, toddlers and children ages 3 to 5.

Braun’s office also said exemptions were created for children in foster and kinship families, children with special needs, homeless children, children of childcare workers and children of Ivy Tech students.

INDIANAPOLIS — We’re starting the workweek stuck under a blanket of low clouds with occasional patchy drizzle, but don’t let the gray skies fool you: temperatures are running well above normal and will peak on Tuesday before our next weather maker arrives.

Today

Expect overcast skies to dominate throughout the day with areas of patchy drizzle at times. We won’t see much temperature movement today thanks to the persistent cloud cover: morning temperatures will only dip to the low to mid-50s, and afternoon temperatures will struggle to reach the low to mid-60s. Not terrible for early November, but the lack of sunshine will make it feel raw at times.

Tonight

Look for some breaks in the cloud cover to develop late tonight, which will set the stage for our warming trend on Tuesday. Lows will settle into the low to mid-50s again, quite mild for this time of year.

Tuesday

This will be the pick day of the week. With improving sunshine and strong southerly winds pumping in warmer air ahead of our next system, highs will surge well back into the 70s. Winds will become breezy through the day with gusts of 35 to 40 mph possible by evening.

Wednesday

A cold front will push through late Tuesday night into Wednesday morning, bringing widespread showers and a few rumbles of thunder. The severe threat looks minimal due to limited atmospheric instability, but a few stronger storms could briefly mix down gusty winds to the surface, something we’ll be watching closely. The strongest winds will occur ahead of and just behind the front Tuesday night with gusts potentially reaching 40 mph or more. Showers will taper off late Wednesday as the front clears the area. Expect cooler temperatures to return with highs only reaching the low 60s.

7-Day Forecast

We’ll settle into a pattern near seasonal normals late week into the weekend with highs in the upper 50s to low 60s and lows in the mid-30s to mid-40s. A large upper-level low will hover over the Great Lakes region, which means we’ll need to keep slight rain chances in the forecast through the weekend. Additional disturbances rotating around this system could bring reinforcing shots of cooler air and more showers as we head into next week.

INDIANAPOLIS — A person is in stable condition after being shot on Monument Circle Sunday night.

The Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department said at approximately 10:18 p.m., officers were called to the 100 block of Monument Circle on the report of a person shot.

Arriving officers found a person with injuries consistent with a gunshot wound. Police said the person is stable.

No other information was immediately shared by police.

News 8 has a crew heading to the scene to gather more information. Check back for updates.

(CNN) — Nine people died after a Bahamas-bound Learjet crashed and then erupted in a fireball in Palm Beach County, Florida, Sunday afternoon, officials said.

The crash is the second deadliest in the United States this year, according to National Transportation Safety Board records, following June’s skydiving plane crash in Butler, Missouri, which killed 12.

Officials have not identified the nine people who were aboard the plane or said how many were passengers and crew.

“It looked like a missile going down,” Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said of the crash.

There are no reports of anyone on the ground being killed, but it did create a significant debris field, the governor said. About 600 people are in need of shelter on the ground due to the crash, a county official said

Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy, who confirmed the deaths, called the crash a “horrific tragedy.”

Sunday’s incident is the worst crash involving a Learjet 60, according to data from the Flight Safety Foundation. In 2008, four were killed when a Learjet 60 bound for Los Angeles crashed on takeoff from Columbia, South Carolina.

The plane was a Learjet 60 flying to the Bahamas from Austin-Bergstrom International Airport, according to the Federal Aviation Administration. It is registered to an LLC in Delaware, according to FAA records, and is listed as available for charter online.

The FAA and NTSB will investigate the crash, the FAA said.

NTSB investigators will arrive at the site Sunday and Monday. A news conference is also planned for Monday.

The crash occurred near Military Trail, between Cresthaven Boulevard and 10th Avenue North, the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office said in a statement.

Minutes before the crash, the pilot of the plane reported ice accumulating on the aircraft, an outside air temperature of -47 degrees Celsius, and moderate turbulence, bouncing the plane by up to 700 feet, according to a recording of air traffic control radio calls captured by LiveATC.net.

“We have light, clear ice that is manageable and moderate turbulence,” the pilot radioed the Miami Air Route Traffic Control Center.

But moments later, after reporting precipitation started to fall and requesting to climb, they declared an emergency.

“We’re descending 8,000 – mayday, mayday – we’re descending 10,000 feet per minute,” the pilot said. “We are in an overspeed condition descending 20,000 feet per minute … We’re going to crash into the ground.”

The jet descended 27,000 feet over the course of one minute, just before flight tracking data cut off, the website ADS-B Exchange shows.

The road is buckled where the plane slammed into it, creating a crater, video from CNN affiliate WPBF showed.

About 600 people are in need shelter after the plane crash because of the damage on the ground, said Joel Flores, Palm Beach County commissioner for District 3, who was the first county official at the scene. The residents are being sent to two shelters in the county while the site is being investigated, he said.

“I heard and felt the boom,” Andrew Mannino told CNN. “The power immediately went out and is still out.”

He said he smelled the smoke and “saw a large black cloud immerse in the air.”

The crash site is about four miles south of the airport in West Palm Beach, which was renamed for President Donald Trump earlier this year. Trump was in West Palm Beach earlier Sunday, but departed the airport on Air Force One a little more than one hour before this crash.

Dash cam video showing the crash is going to be important to investigators piecing together what happened, said Mary Schiavo, CNN aviation analyst and former inspector general for the Transportation Department.

The airport is a good place to wait out the bad weather, Schiavo told CNN’s Fredricka Whitfield Sunday. “That is not a controlled descent. That is a descent where literally you’re exceeding that the speed of the plane on descent. You’re exceeding the descent rate. So at that point, it’s clear whatever happened, they had lost control of the plane.”

The steep descent could have taken parts off the plane, and the flight recorder could have been destroyed in the explosion, Schiavo added.

There were scattered storms in the area at the time of the crash, and the plane passed through a stronger storm cell a few minutes before it began descending. It is unclear if the storm contributed to the crash but at the time, the flight was in an area where the FAA had warned of thunderstorms and threats to aircraft, known as a convective SIGMET.

Ice on wings and other surfaces can pose a major threat to private jets. In January 2024, the NTSB published a safety alert underscoring the risks of in-flight icing conditions, which can cause pilots to lose control. The agency warned ice can “make managing the airplane’s flightpath and airspeed more difficult and can prevent the airplane from maintaining level flight.”

All northbound and southbound lanes of Military Trail are closed until further notice, officials said, and motorists are advised to avoid the area and seek alternate routes.

This story has been updated with additional information.

JACKSONVILLE (WISH) — The Colts lost to the Jaguars, 42-7, and fall to 2-6 on the season. The Colts have now lost four straight games.

The Jaguars scored 35 straight points to start the game. The Colts trailed 28-0 at halftime.

The Colts return home to play the Cowboys next week. Kickoff is scheduled for 1 p.m. on Sunday, November 8.

This story will be updated.

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — Police in Bloomington are investigating an overnight shooting in the 400 block of East Kirkwood Avenue that injured seven people.

At about 1:30 a.m., officers with the Bloomington Police Department and Indiana University Police Department were monitoring a large crowd near Kirkwood Avenue and Dunn Street when they heard several gunshots.

At the scene, officers say they saw a man carrying a gun running northeast from the area and chased him. Officers took him into custody east of Indiana Avenue near Dunn Meadow and found a gun nearby. Police have not determined whether the man fired any shots.

Officers found multiple people with wounds believed to have been caused by gunfire in downtown Bloomington. They also found shell casings of various calibers on the sidewalk near 420 East Kirkwood Avenue.

Ambulances took seven people to area hospitals. Police do not know whether anyone else was wounded. No deaths have been reported.

Police say preliminary information determined that a disturbance broke out in a large crowd on Kirkwood Avenue shortly before the shooting.