The reopening of Indianapolis Public Schools is delayed for two weeks in response to the rising trend of COVID-19 infections in the community.

COVID-19 in group homes has been a national concern. New research shows people with intellectual and developmental disabilities who live in group homes in New York were more likely to contract and die of the disease.

The Indiana State School Music Association announced Friday that the organizations competition season -- which includes regional and semistate events, as well as state finals at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis -- could not move forward with live events.

Parents and teachers are voicing concerns about schools reopening, with the new academic year only weeks away.

The new requirements were adopted by officials in Monroe County, home to Bloomington and Indiana Universitys main campus, and northern Indianas LaPorte County.

The grant program is intended to supporting independent local music venues disadvantaged by the COVID-19 pandemic.

The $600 expires at the end of the month due to a provision in the federal CARES Act. If unemployed workers file for benefits on or before July 25, DWD said it will make the additional payments.

State contractor OptumServe Health Services was expected to have 50 testing sites operating around Indiana by the end of May. State health commissioner, Dr. Kristina Box, said Wednesday that the company had 35 testing sites open.

Many governors have ordered the release of certain inmates to help with social distancing in prisons. In Indiana, Gov. Eric Holcomb has resisted calls to do that, leaving it to county courts to depopulate prisons. Most of them haven't.

Indiana will extend its current capacity limits for restaurants and bars and other restrictions for at least another two weeks because of an increasing number of coronavirus cases across the state, Gov. Eric Holcomb said Wednesday.