INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — Fantastic Friday with lower humidity in place this afternoon. Cooler weekend with low humidity and dry conditions.

TODAY: A cold front moved through the state late last night. This is bringing less humid air across parts of Indiana for the afternoon hours. Look for lots of sunshine today. We will see high temperatures into the upper 70s right around 80 in Central Indiana. Southern Indiana will climb into the lower 80s later this afternoon. Humidity values continue to drop as the afternoon continues. 

Debby is still producing some rain and even stronger thunderstorms across parts of the northeast for the first part of the day today. That system continues to push off to the east and that moves the weather pattern a little bit here across parts of the Great lakes. 

TONIGHT: Skies will be mostly clear and it is going to be on the crisp side. We’ll see those temperatures falling into the 50s across much of the state. 

COOLER WEEKEND

We have a cooler weekend on tap with temperatures staying into the 70s for afternoon highs. Lots of sunshine on your Saturday after a crisp start. We’ll see temperatures climbing into the mid 70s for the afternoon. That’s about 10 degrees or so below normal. We will see temperature starting out into the upper 50s and lower 60s as we begin Sunday morning. So if you’re out tailgating for the Colts preseason game on Sunday it will be comfortable with low humidity and those temperatures into the lower 60s. Sunny skies with a few clouds here and there across parts of the state on Sunday. It will be dry temperatures will be climbing into the upper 70s 

7 DAY EXTENDED FORECAST: Next week is still looking good. On Monday sunny skies low humidity values with temperatures near 80. And it looks like we have a long dry stretch. Dry conditions through the middle part of the week with the next chance of rain not until Thursday. 

FRANKLIN, Ind. (WISH) — An Indianapolis man was sentenced for pointing a firearm at another driver in March 2023, according to a news release on Thursday.

On Aug. 2, Jeremy Haskett was sentenced to a year and a half in prison after a Johnson County jury convicted him of pointing a firearm (a level 6 felony). The jury convicted Haskett on May 14, 2024. The sentence was suspended to probation.

Haskett pointed a gun at another driver in March 2023 near the intersection of U.S. 31 and County Line Road. At trial, the victim and another witness unrelated to either party both testified about Haskett’s actions.

“This is another example of out of county miscreants endangering the lives and safety of our citizens,” said Johnson County Prosecutor Lance Hamner. “We can’t have people driving through our community waving guns around and pointing them at people just because they’re having a temper tantrum.”

INDIANAPOLIS — The area near the intersection of Country Club and Rockville Road will be shut down for few hours as a cleanup is completed, according to the Wayne Township Fire Department.

The department said a call came in around 3:25 p.m. for an “unidentified substance” along Rockville Road. Images taken of the substance showed something red spread along the road. A spokesperson with the department said it has a “sand and mud” consistency.

Hazardous materials sampling and identification are under way by the Department of Public Works. Wayne Township fire said that the material isn’t a threat to the general public, but cautioned people to avoid the area.

Jade Jackson is a Public Safety Reporter for the Indianapolis Star. You can email her at Jade.Jackson@IndyStar.com and follow her on X, formally Twitter @IAMJADEJACKSON.