🌱 Fallen Officers Honored + Police Confirm No Indy Serial Killer

Rise and shine, Indianapolis! It's Saturday, so let's get you started with everything you need to know going on around Indianapolis today.

First, today's weather:

Partly sunny; breezy, cooler. High: 58 Low: 43.

Here are the top stories today in Indianapolis:

1. East District IMPD officer Breann Leath was among the 22,611 honored at a ceremony for the nation's fallen officers on Thursday. Officer Leath died in the line of duty on April 9, 2020. This year’s ceremony honored those who died in 2019 and 2020. (WISHTV.com)
2. Police confirmed on Friday that the social media posts about an Indianapolis serial killer "targeting women and teenagers" are false. The unfounded rumors appear to have started circulating on social media early Thursday afternoon after a handful of users made posts claiming there is a serial killer in Indianapolis dumping bodies in the woods. About 18 hours after a Twitter user posted her tweet with more than 800 shares, she posted another tweet walking back on her claim — and making another unfounded claim, which police confirmed there is no evidence to support. (IndyStar)
3. Harvest Nights and Harvest Days at Newfields, Headless Horsemen Festival, and more intriguing fall events await in Indianapolis through the end of Oct. (dayton.com)
4. The Indiana Manufacturers Association has named its 2021 Manufacturers Hall of Fame inductees and Manufacturing Excellence Award winners, including inductee Elliott Co. of Indianapolis. (WISHTV.com)
5. Indianapolis-based CPA firm, Somerset CPAs and Advisors, are planning to open a satellite office in Fort Wayne, led by principal Steve Diagastino. (Inside INdiana Business)

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— Miranda Fraraccio

About me: Miranda Fraraccio is a born and raised Rhode Islander. She works as a freelance copywriter for content creation agency Lightning Media Partners and as an assistant producer for a live-lit storytelling show in Chicago. She holds a degree in Writing & Rhetoric and Communication Studies from The University of Rhode Island. In her free time, you can find her traveling, hiking, or photographing her neighborhood as a street photographer.