Keep Indianapolis Beautiful (KIB) asks residents to participate Wednesday in a virtual Great Indy Cleanup.

Many pet food pantries are in urgent need of supplies. Indiana State Director of the Humane Society of the United States Samantha Morton says those pantries are an essential resource for people hit financially by the COVID-19 crisis who need help feeding their pets.

An Indianapolis church turned a baseball concession stand into a drive-thru food pantry Tuesday, March 30, from 4 to 6 p.m. to assist those in need during the COVID-19 pandemic.

IndyHumane has experienced an all- time high for fostering and adoption during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Five of the state's 14 new deaths involved Indianapolis residents and four others were from Lake County. There was one death each reported from Elkhart, Decatur, Hancock, Ripley and Warren counties.

A new federal law gives states the ability to open up their unemployment insurance benefits to self-employed workers. But it could take weeks before Indiana receives guidance on how to actually implement that change.

Holcomb's order requires all health care facilities to postpone or cancel elective, non-urgent surgical or invasive procedures during the COVID-19 crisis, unless doing so would risk the patient's health, as determined by their doctor.

More than 120,000 Hoosiers filed for unemployment insurance last week according to the Department of Workforce Development.

Indiana will receive education funding from the stimulus package two ways: a roughly $60 million grant for higher education, K-12 and early childhood education to be distributed by the governor and other state leaders. Schools will also receive about $215 million, dispersed based on low-income student enrollment, or Title I status.

Marion County has the highest number of COVID-19 cases in the state -- with nearly 1,000 positive for COVID-19 tests in Indianapolis as of Tuesday. Hospitals have been preparing to scale up for months.