May 4, 2013
Lou HarryAfter more than a decade of planning, The Indianapolis Cultural Trail will have its official ribbon cutting May 10 with a
coming-out party on May 11. And that’s when boosters and skeptics alike will be watching to see what exactly Indianapolis
is going to do with its difficult-to-grasp landmark.
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April 12, 2013
Associated PressA family legal battle and untimely deaths have drawn attention to Holiday World's owners in recent years. But it's business
as usual for those who run the Indiana theme park.
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April 4, 2013
Kathleen McLaughlinThe city recently signed a $555,750 contract with a local firm for design work on the Circle, leading to a two-year repaving
project with other improvements.
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March 30, 2013
Lou HarryWith both the 2010 opening of The Wizarding World of Harry Potter at Universal’s Islands of Adventure and 2012’s
New Fantasyland expansion at Walt Disney World, families with theme-park inklings have even more reasons to visit —
or revisit — Orlando.
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March 21, 2013
Andrea Muirragui DavisThe Children’s Museum of Indianapolis has landed retired astronaut David Wolf as its first “Extraordinary Scientist-in-Residence,”
calling on the native Hoosier to help develop programs sparking kids’ interest in science, technology, engineering and
math.
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March 4, 2013
Dan HumanThe museum said 19 full-time employees and two part-time employees will complete their employment Monday. Eight additional
vacant positions will not be filled.
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February 15, 2013
The Statehouse FileThe change would save the state $24 million in 2015 and another $48 million each year thereafter—all money that's now
being collected from gambling taxes and sent to cities, towns and counties.
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January 11, 2013
Associated PressA judge has placed control of a southern Indiana theme park in the hands of the widow of the park's late president.
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January 10, 2013
Dan HumanThe new head of the Indianapolis Museum of Art has reduced the size of his executive team, including cutting a top position,
as an initial step to organization-wide restructuring.
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October 25, 2012
Cory SchoutenThe most striking feature of a proposed $43-million development along Mass Ave is a Times Square-style electronic screen that
would wrap around the building's corner and rise more than three stories.
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October 23, 2012
Associated PressOfficials at Holiday World & Splashin' Safari in southern Indiana announced plans Tuesday for a major new water-slide
attraction as part of $6.5 million in projects planned ahead of the park's 2013 season.
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October 21, 2012
Associated PressThe auction of western Indiana historic site Billie Creek Village generated a combined $550,000 in bids, but it's not
clear yet whether any bid will be accepted.
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October 19, 2012
Cory SchoutenThe owners of the Paoli Peaks ski resort have prevailed in a battle with their landlord, who had sought to squeeze additional
revenue out of the 68-acre property by launching a logging operation.
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October 4, 2012
IBJ StaffIndianapolis-based Percussive Arts Society has appointed Larry Jacobson as executive director of the society and its Rhythm!
Discovery Center.
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September 23, 2012
Associated PressThe Parke County historic site's land, buildings and antiques will be auctioned publicly on Oct. 20 during the county's
Covered Bridge Festival.
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August 23, 2012
Scott OlsonFormer merchandising director Judy McElfresh claims the museum failed to pay her for working more than 1,000 hours of overtime.
Her suit seeks at least $75,000 in damages.
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August 18, 2012
Associated PressEfforts to reopen a closed Kentucky amusement park have taken a roller coaster ride for three summers, and now there's
a new twist as the state seeks out more would-be operators even as a group of local business leaders floats a proposal to
revive the attraction.
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August 11, 2012
Ellen Kobe
City Market officials are giving public tours of the catacombs beneath the marketplace, in the hope that someone
will be interested in transforming the 20,000-square-foot space into a restaurant or event venue.
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July 25, 2012
IBJ StaffState Fair Commission Chairman Andre Lacy said the new venue will keep youth hockey games and horse shows going while the
Coliseum hosts concerts and other events.
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July 21, 2012
Museum has been fine-tuning service in preparation for Batman premier.
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June 17, 2012
Associated PressHoliday World CEO Natalie Koch it wasn't any particular regulation that led to the decision to drop plans to reopen Kentucky
Kingdom.
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June 2, 2012
IMOCA has history of building exhibits around pop-culture figures.
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May 30, 2012
Associated PressThe new partners who are working toward reopening the former Kentucky Kingdom amusement park say the facility is in bad condition
and may not reopen until 2014.
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May 27, 2012
Mason King
With temperatures flirting with the 90s, did you take a rain check on
this year's parade? Here's a time-lapse version of the festivities.
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May 19, 2012
Kathleen McLaughlinThe city of Indianapolis and private-sector players are lining up behind an effort to rebrand the Central Canal Towpath as
an art-themed destination dubbed Art 2 Art by adding artwork and improving the trail.
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Can IBJ please stop referring to this property as "Kessler Mansion"? What a ridiculous title for the biggest, bloated, blight in our city. It's not a mansion. At best, it's an ideal site to shoot low-budget porn. Ahhh! Another business use!
Its stories like these that prove that a Ball State diploma is worth less than the paper that its printed on. A real institution of higher learning would have taken care of this long ago. No way should this crap be taught in a SCIENCE class.
It is such a shame that King Ballard has made Indianapolis into Chicago south with all of the rampant corruption.
How many of these 1,259 bills were actually heard and voted on on the floor vs how many were shot down in committee?
When a an arrogant young guy with essentially no experience and no qualifications for the job, was dropped into an Administrator position out of nowhere by his "mentor" in the Mayor's office things seemed fishy. Sometimes things are what they seem.