Jordan Smith
@jordantsmith09
Writing about Indianapolis city gov't @IndyStar | Email ideas to [email protected] | Formerly a reporter @SBTribune, @Mankatonews, @purdueexponent | he/him
BREAKING: Indianapolis will shut down the Fountain Square homeless camp by next month after a spate of negative press and months of mounting concerns from neighbors. Also included: a deep dive into how the situation progressed to this point. Link: indystar.com/story/news/loc…
Pacers fans deserved to see Williams get obliterated.
WHAT A SEQUENCE 👀 Tyrese Haliburton picks it off and sends a spinning no-look dime cross-court to Pascal Siakam, who absolutely PUNISHES the rim 😱
Overall homelessness in Indy is above 1,800 people for just the third time since 2010, a new count shows, with some of the most vulnerable groups like children increasing. But veteran homelessness has fallen drastically in the last decade. Here's how: indystar.com/story/news/loc…
Who are the people in yellow and red shirts downtown? How a new tax funds cleanup, safety patrols indystar.com/story/news/loc…
In a 2024 survey, just over half of people said they feel safe downtown most of the time. Here's how Downtown Indy workers doing cleanup and safety patrols, funded by a new downtown tax, are trying to fix that: indystar.com/story/news/loc…
New Indy youth curfew would include fine for parents. Here's how much indystar.com/story/news/loc…
Turns out there have actually been 68 criminal homicides in Indianapolis this year, about a 25% decrease YTD, and 84 total homicides, a broader category including accidental deaths etc. Story is corrected and shows the data breakdown:
"So far this year, Indianapolis police have reported 84 criminal homicides. That figure is 27% lower than this time last year, according to IMPD data." Some much-needed context from @jordantsmith09: indystar.com/story/news/loc…
IndyGo's riders with disabilities, low incomes protest 57% fare hike as final vote nears indystar.com/story/news/loc…
An ATM planned in a majority-Black neighborhood has gone from a PR win for a major Indianapolis bank to a source of criticism over its history of overlooking Black borrowers. indystar.com/story/news/loc…
Just southwest of downtown, archaeologists have found more than 1,100 graves in Indianapolis' first cemetery. Read more about what the 19th century artifacts they're revealing with high-tech analysis reveal about who may be buried there. indystar.com/story/news/loc…
'Tell those stories': What Greenlawn Cemetery excavation is revealing amid Henry Street expansion indystar.com/story/news/loc…
In case you missed the news, @jordantsmith09 is our newish City Hall reporter and is worth a follow. A quick roundup of his latest: 1. Indy council proposes an earlier curfew after shootings. FOP says it isn't enough indystar.com/story/news/loc…
Joe Hogsett wants to move past harassment scandal. Many aren't sure he can indystar.com/story/news/pol…
Storybook ride. Nightmare finish. Tyrese Haliburton and the Pacers suffer cruel ending to their magical postseason in Game 7 of NBA Finals. indystar.com/story/sports/c…
Gonna have to delete multiple years of childhood memories to clear up all the space in my brain this play will take up.