Jennifer McCormick, the state's school superintendent, said that she thinks it's best for medical experts to determine if, when or how schools should reopen.

Indiana is getting more people with mental health and substance use disorders connected with peer supports trained professionals who have personal experience with those challenges.

Indiana is investing millions of dollars in contact tracing, and health experts say it can help isolate and reduce the spread of the coronavirus. But schools are reporting challenges with that process.

Indiana funeral directors say they are seeing low attendance at services due to coronavirus concerns even after the state lifted a rule that limited the number of people allowed to attend funerals.

Indiana will launch a settlement arbitration tool for Hoosier landlords and renters as it braces for a flood of evictions when the states eviction moratorium ends Aug. 14.

Many school districts around the state have already reopened to in-person instruction, with several announcing positive COVID-19 cases.

More than 1,200 people in Missouri have died from COVID-19. As the toll rises each day, the human aspect can get obscured. Angela Kender is looking to change that. After losing her mother to COVID-19 in June, Kender started a project to commemorate other victims. Shes collecting their photographs at missouricovidmemorial@gmail.com. She has already has dozens of photos, and plans to show them to lawmakers at the Missouri state capitol.

Season 5 tackles the coronavirus but not through statistics and news. This season is about the people who are finding solutions to problems caused by the pandemic.

The Indiana chapter of the American Federation of Teachers agree that so-called safety strikes for local unions could be possible of health precautions at schools are not met.

Roger Penske has reversed course and decided not to allow fans at the Indianapolis 500 later this month. The 104th running of The Great American Race will be the first without spectators, who showed up at Indianapolis Motor Speedway every year even during the Great Depression.