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Cold Spring Murder Case  
Cold Spring Murder Case  

The bodies of Jacob Young and Nancy Jane Young, husband and wife, were discovered along , near the intersection of… Read More »Cold Spring Murder Case  

Coliseum Explosion
Coliseum Explosion

On October 31, 1963, Shriners Night at the Coliseum, the Holiday on Ice performance ended abruptly when a propane tank… Read More »Coliseum Explosion

Common Cause IN v. Marion Co. Election Board

Since the mid-1980s Indiana law has permitted voters to cast a no-excuse, early in-person (EIP) absentee ballot at the office… Read More »Common Cause IN v. Marion Co. Election Board

Crawford v. Marion Co. Election Board

A 2008 U.S. Supreme Court case in which the Court upheld a 2005 Indiana law requiring all voters casting an… Read More »Crawford v. Marion Co. Election Board

Dickinson v. Indiana State Election Board

In Dickinson v. Indiana State Election Board (1990) and Whitcomb v. Chavis (1971) courts considered whether state legislative districts were… Read More »Dickinson v. Indiana State Election Board

Dust Bowl Tournament
Dust Bowl Tournament

The Dust Bowl Tournament emerged from a (PAL) sponsored basketball league at the , a segregated WPA Black housing community… Read More »Dust Bowl Tournament

Edward Phillips Case

From their beginnings in 1854 and 1859, respectively, the Indianapolis Police Department (IPD) (see and the (IFD) recruited officers only… Read More »Edward Phillips Case

Municipal Election of 1925

Beginning with the May primary race for mayor in the Republican Party, the city elections of 1925 were dominated by… Read More »Municipal Election of 1925

Election Riot of 1876

In the early evening of May 3, 1876, the day of a special election for city councilmen, a disturbance broke… Read More »Election Riot of 1876

Fall Creek Massacre 
Fall Creek Massacre 

On March 22, 1824, a band of nine Seneca and Miami Indians camped on in nearby to hunt. Apparently not… Read More »Fall Creek Massacre 

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