The Indiana State Department of Health released its interim draft on Tuesday and -- similar to other states -- will follow a phased approach. The department says the first recipients of a COVID-19 vaccine will be healthcare workers.

Despite the encouraging sign, the labor force -- defined as the number of people working, or looking for work -- shrunk significantly.

State health officials on Tuesday added 48 coronavirus-related deaths to Indiana's toll, which has growing faster over the past month along with new COVID-19 infections and hospitalizations.

Fountain County Clerk Paula Copenhaver said she will "not be part of the government overreach" and contends social distancing and hand sanitizer are enough.

An average student in Indiana may have lost the equivalent of more than one year of learning during the pandemics first months when school buildings closed, according to a new study.

Now that summer is over and temperatures are dipping across the Midwest, people are headed indoors, some experts fear the already striking rise in cases is the beginning of another wave of COVID-19.

Indiana's total death toll has grown to 3,960, including confirmed and presumed coronavirus infections.

Indiana's Rental Assistance Portal is accepting applications for a program that provides eligible renters with up to six months in rental assistance to help cover past due and ongoing monthly payments.

Purdue University head football coach Jeff Brohm received presumed positive COVID-19 test results Sunday.

The Indiana State Department of Health reported 142 additional confirmed deaths over the last week, bringing the state's total to 3,704 the largest reported in a single week since the late May.