Pendleton, IN

Several businesses in the Pendleton Pike Shoppes in Lawrence, which are owned by or employ immigrants, have closed their doors due to the enforcement this week.

INDIANAPOLIS — A former Indianapolis daycare operator faces federal fraud and tax charges. Federal prosecutors charged 60-year-old Sharon Jackson of Pendleton with wire fraud and failure to file an individual income tax return. Jackson has agreed to plead guilty to both charges, but she has not formally entered her plea in federal court yet. Court […]

INDIANAPOLIS (WISH)— A 60-year-old Pendleton woman is facing federal charges after prosecutors say she used false childcare attendance records and fraudulent food claims to obtain more than $359,000 in government funds. Sharon Jackson has been charged with one count of wire fraud and one count of failure to file an individual income tax return. According to […]

Sharon Jackson, of Pendleton, has been charged in federal court with one count of wire fraud and one count of failure to file an individual income tax return.

INDIANAPOLIS — A video circulating widely across social media this week has sparked widespread community concern and highlighted an uptick in federal immigration enforcement across the Indianapolis metro area. The footage, captured Tuesday by bystander Shannon Abston from inside American Imports off Pendleton Pike, shows three unmarked SUVs—two blocking the front and one blocking the […]

Authorities launched a search involving drones and multiple law enforcement agencies following reports Aug. 27, 2026, of a possible lioness and cub sighting in Madison and Hancock counties in Indiana.

Lawrence Fire Department Ofc. Marc Hickson said crews were working near Pendleton Pike and Charney Avenue when a gas line was damaged on Thursday, Aug. 20.

According to court documents, the victim was working as the manager of a sweet corn stand when he confronted Mimms for repeatedly giving away roasted corn.