Death row inmate Roy Lee Ward was executed by lethal injection early Friday morning at the Indiana State Prison in Michigan City, marking the state’s second execution of 2025 and the third since ...

MICHIGAN CITY — Condemned man Roy Lee Ward has withdrawn the final two federal lawsuits that sought to delay his execution, effectively guaranteeing that his death sentence will be carried out before ...

A recent Saturday, I was in Hamilton County watching a youth basketball team—not unlike the ones I used to coach—literally sprint onto the court seconds after warmup time was cut short. As a former ...

CHICAGO -- An Indiana man convicted in the 2001 rape and murder of a teenage girl was executed by injection early Friday in the state's third execution since resuming capital punishment last year. Roy ...

The Indiana Attorney General’s Office requested an execution date on Friday for death row inmate Roy Lee Ward, the Spencer County man convicted in 2007 for the rape and murder of 15‑year‑old Stacy ...

For the third time in less than a year, Indiana officials will execute a convicted murderer. This time it will be Roy Lee Ward, the Spencer County man who killed 15-year-old Heritage Hills High School ...

MICHIGAN CITY, Ind. — A man sentenced to death for the 2001 rape and murder of a teenage girl was executed early Friday morning. The execution of Roy Lee Ward was scheduled to be carried out before ...