🌱 Neighbor Power Indy + Body Found In Abandoned Building

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

First, today's weather:

Clouds and sun; not as cool. High: 54 Low: 44.

Here are the top three stories today in Indianapolis:

1. On Wednesday, a body was found in an abandoned building in Indianapolis. Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department officers were dispatched to a building in the 3800 block of N. Emerson Avenue in reference to a stabbing and found the body of a male in the building's basement. Homicide detectives are investigating and at this time, it is unclear how the man died. (FOX 59 Indianapolis)
2. An Indianapolis organization is working to empower neighborhoods with resident-led workshops and storytelling. The Indianapolis Neighborhood Resource Center’s 11th annual Neighbor Power Indy is offering both in-person and virtual events, with workshops running through March 12. Roughly 400 neighborhood and community leaders and activists are expected to take part. (WFYI)
3. Compared to 2020, carjackings in 2021 rose by 40 percent in Indianapolis. Data shows that 52 percent of the suspects involved in the carjackings between January to August of 2021 were juveniles. Of those juveniles, 36 percent were barely old enough to drive. (FOX 59 Indianapolis)

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Today in Indianapolis:

• Meditation, At Indianapolis Public Library Online (12:30 PM)

From my notebook:

• Help the Indianapolis Motor Speedway welcome the NFL Combine back to Indy! Reminder for NFL teams, please do not park your cars in the middle of the streets of downtown Indianapolis. (Facebook)
• Join the Children's Museum of Indianapolis for Jurassic Jubilee! On March 18, they'll be hosting a family-friendly party to celebrate the opening of the new Dinosphere. (Instagram)
• Enjoy a free concert at the Indianapolis Public Library with your friends and family! Beginning on Sunday, March 6, they'll start the Hot Jazz for Cool Kids series, bringing back the very popular Teddy Bear Concerts with musicians from the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra. (Facebook)

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Alrighty, you're all good for today! See you tomorrow for your next update.

— Miranda Fraraccio

About me: Miranda Fraraccio is a born and raised Rhode Islander, now living in New York. She works as a staff writer for content creation agency Lightning Media Partners and is a graduate of The University of Rhode Island, where she earned a degree in Writing & Rhetoric and Communication Studies. In her free time, you can find her traveling, drinking tea, or photographing her neighborhood as a street photographer.