Robert Scheer

Fifty years ago this Wednesday, Robert Kennedy ascended a platform near 17th Street and Broadway to deliver a poignant plea for peace and racial harmony in the wake of word that Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. had been murdered in Memphis. The neighborhood, like so many Kennedy had visited in his brief ...

Archbishop Joseph W. Tobin speaks during a press conference about being chosen by Pope Francis to be a Cardinal, Indianapolis Catholic Center, Indianapolis, Monday, Oct. 10, 2016. (Robert Scheer/IndyStar). 636116967544353601-03-022514-Archbishop.JPG Buy Photo. Archbishop Joseph Tobin ...

Robert Scheer: Hi, it's Robert Scheer with another edition of Scheer Intelligence, my alternative to the Central Intelligence Agency. And where, hopefully, the intelligence comes from my guests. And I know in this case it will, because we have Mr. Fish–Mr. Fish, otherwise known as Dwayne Booth to almost ...

The guy was lying in the parking lot of the Marathon station at 10th and Rural Streets, staring at nothing. A passerby probably thought he was dead, and had called 911. That's how the firefighters and I ended up at the scene. He was high on bug spray, and not the kind of stuff you slather on your skin to fight ...

A man in the country illegally has been charged with a federal crime after two gun scares, including one involving an AR-15-styled rifle equipped with a scope and bump stock outside a downtown Indianapolis hotel on the day of the Women's March with thousands of attendees. Ahmed Alaklouk, described ...

Members of Rolling Thunder stand in front of the audience during a roll call for the 50 missing Hoosier military members who have not made it home from Vietnam during a Welcome Home Vietnam Veterans celebration at Plainfield High School, Thursday, March 29, 2018. (Photo: Robert Scheer/IndyStar).

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The IndyStar team, comprised of the trio of reporters, photojournalist Robert Scheer and investigations editor Steve Berta, began looking into allegations of sexual abuse in gymnastics in March 2016 after learning of a lawsuit filed in Georgia against Indianapolis-based USA Gymnastics. The lawsuit alleged ...

The emerald ash borer, an invasive insect, has decimated local ash trees over the past 5-8 years, and is making removal of these trees a necessity for area property owners, Monday, August 14, 2017. Robert Scheer/IndyStar. 636579324813939741-ash-52.jpg. Indian Hill launched the Reforest the Hill ...