Mayor Hogsett News Today

INDIANAPOLIS -- The City of Indianapolis has offered to buy the former Diamond Chain site, owned by Keystone Group.

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On Thursday, Indianapolis Mayor Joe Hogsett announced plans to bring a Major League Soccer expansion club to the city. Hogsett said that he flew to New York on Monday to meet with MLS commissioner Don Garber and see if the league would consider Indianapolis as a potential new market.  “As a result of that conversation, I am today informing Indianapolis that, as mayor, I will be leading an effort to file an MLS application and pursue an MLS club,” Hogsett announced at a press conference. “...

City officials did not immediately respond to a request for comment about Keystone's statement. But the Mayor's Office announced that at 5:30 p.m., Hogsett would make a "significant announcement about the future of sports in Indianapolis."

The Tenant Advocacy Project, launched in 2021, is one of the few tools city officials have to fight Indianapolis’ high frequency of evictions, and organizers want to see the program continue.

LaNette Boone and the Rev. Darrell Brooks, on "Daybreak," discussed the summit, its goals, and disappointment in city leaders.

INDIANAPOLIS — Indy police will begin enforcing state juvenile curfew laws this upcoming weekend following a shooting last Saturday near a downtown mall that injured seven minors. Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department Chief Chris Bailey met with media on Thursday afternoon to announce that his officers will begin enforcing a state statute limiting when Indy’s youth […]

Scarlett Andrews' exit leaves Indianapolis Mayor Joe Hogsett's administration without a deputy mayor of economic development at the start of his third term.

The assistant chief said information from the task force recently led to the arrest of 42 people in Indiana and Arizona.

Garland discussed that in Indianapolis, less than two weeks ago, there was a Project Safe Neighborhoods case.