Tim Evans
@starwatchtim
Investigations Editor @IndyStar. Indiana Journalism Hall of Fame. Husband. Father. Mousetrap collector. I tweet about my work and stuff I find interesting.
Beech Grove named Indiana's first gold level Clean Community in IDEM program. From IndyStar environmental reporter @KarlStartsWithK indystar.com/story/news/env… via @indystar
How did newspapers in places like Harrisburg, Birmingham, and Syracuse become some of America’s most-read online? niemanlab.org/2025/07/how-di…
Photos: Beards of the Brickyard: See the follically fabulous at Indianapolis Motor Speedway indystar.com/picture-galler…
A recent report about the Trump administration abusing its surveillance powers to spy on James Comey’s cellphone location data raises red flags for journalists and sources. freedom.press/issues/emergen…
What a group 🥹🤩🩷
Went to go support our Public Safety intern @MatthewCupelli along with our @indystar Pulliam Fellows for his improv show & he crushed it! Now I’m influenced to try it. Ethan Hylton | @marissa_meador | @HabashySam | & @sadskhat
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…
As the federal government increasingly turns to local law enforcement for assistance with immigration enforcement, the @courierpress sought to determine whether Evansville’s local network of Flock license plate cameras had been queried on behalf of ICE. Here’s what we found.
Henri’s Cafe Lounge, 408 Indiana Avenue, c1950. Wes Montgomery on guitar, Willis Kirk on drums, Monk Montgomery on bass, and Buddy Montgomery on piano. (Willis Kirk collection, Indiana Historical Society)
What a remarkably diverse directing career Winchester, Indiana's Robert Wise had! Here's a poster from The Body Snatcher, directed by Wise in 1945. Funnily enough, Robert Louis Stevenson provides another Indiana connection: his wife Fanny was born and raised in Indianapolis.
Journalists covering recent demonstrations in California have been assaulted, detained, and shot with crowd-control munitions — simply for doing their jobs. “We see these agencies acting lawlessly,” @TinaDesireeBerg said. Read the recap from our webinar: freedom.press/issues/pressin…
Here's just one way that federal and state funding cuts will lead to a loss of historical understanding in Indy: mirrorindy.org/historical-mar…
Check out this story from IndyStar environmental reporter @sophienhartley. Trump administration grants two Indiana plants ‘relief’ from toxic pollution regulations. indystar.com/story/news/env… via @indystar
'It's in my DNA:' Indiana State Fair memories so strong you can smell the funnel cake indystar.com/story/entertai…
NEW: A legal challenge to Indiana's law mandating "intellectual diversity" in college classrooms has been dismissed after a judge ruled the fear behind the law's subsequent chilling effect on free expression was unproven. @indystar indystar.com/story/news/pol…
If you have 15 minutes you can watch this diatribe. Or you can read our story! indianacapitalchronicle.com/2025/07/24/don…
Another great one from @LibbyCierzniak and another reason to consider membership in Indiana Landmarks: indianalandmarks.org/join-give/memb…
Here’s an article I wrote about Maennerchor Hall and how its demise sparked the historic preservation movement in Indianapolis. historicindianapolis.com/indianapolis-c…
FBI confirms it assisted Avon police and ICE with traffic stop arrests on July 22 indystar.com/story/news/cri… via @indystar
INdulge: It's tomato season. This summer salad is the best thing I ate in Indy this week indystar.com/story/entertai… via @indystar
Trump administration grants two Indiana plants ‘relief’ from toxic pollution regulations indystar.com/story/news/env… via @indystar