🌱 Pothole Season + Nursing Home Resident Charged + Church Theft

Up and at 'em, Indianapolis! It's Thursday, so let's get you started with everything you need to know going on today in town.

First, today's weather:

Partly sunny and chilly. High: 33 Low: 23.

Here are the top three stories in Indianapolis today:

1. Be prepared — pothole season is underway in Indianapolis. On Monday, a pothole was reported to the city, which emerged on West 30th Street near Coffin Golf Course. Report potholes as they develop by using Request Indy online or the Request Indy app, and know that if your car is damaged by hitting one, the city will not reimburse any damages unless the pothole has been previously reported. (WISH-TV)
2. A resident living in a southside nursing home has been charged with rape and murder against a female resident living in the same nursing home. 60-year-old Dwayne Freeman of Indianapolis was arrested on Wednesday in connection with the death of 80-year-old Patricia Newnum, who was killed on Feb. 2 at the Homestead Healthcare Center, located at 7465 Madison Avenue. Freeman’s initial hearing was scheduled for 9:30 a.m. Wednesday morning at the Marion County Superior Court. (WISH-TV)
3. Thieves broke into an Indianapolis church twice in four days, stealing roughly $10,000 worth of sound equipment. Derrick Howell-McQueen, the pastor at Powerhouse Church of Indy, discovered the initial robbery on Tuesday when he walked into the sanctuary to find a broken window, the security system ripped out of the wall, and missing equipment. While waiting for the security system to get fixed, Howell-McQueen walked in on another broken window on Friday, stating that it appears the suspects who had originally taken the equipment came back for what they had left scattered throughout the property during the first robbery. (Fox59)

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Today in Indianapolis:

• English Conversation Circle, At Indianapolis Public Library Virtual (10:00 AM)

From my notebook:

• Explore 26 of the most recently acquired art pieces in the Indiana State Museum and Historic Sites collection during your visit to “Collecting Indiana: Recent Art Acquisitions,” which is now open. (Facebook)
• The Indianapolis Colts have signed DT R.J. McIntosh and K Jake Verity to reserve/future contracts. (Facebook)
• Have you heard of Indy CARES? Indy CARES is a shelter diversion program that works to lower the intake numbers at Indianapolis Animal Care Services. (Facebook)

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— Miranda Fraraccio

About me: Miranda Fraraccio is a born and raised Rhode Islander. 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, hiking, or photographing her neighborhood as a street photographer.