Indiana golf course lands Senior PGA Championship
Officials are expected to announce Tuesday that the 2015 Senior PGA Championship will be played at the Pete Dye Course at the French Lick Springs Resort.
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State Fairgrounds to debut new $10M Youth Arena
The 30,000-square-foot Youth Arena will debut as the site of 4-H Horse & Pony classes and events. The fairgrounds' newest building will also host livestock shows, draft horse competitions and other events.
Indiana chamber staying neutral in gay marriage fight
A leading Indiana business organization says it doesn't expect to get involved in what could be a contentious fight next year over whether to add a same-sex marriage ban to the state constitution.
Report: Bennett changed GOP donor’s school grade
Former Indiana school Superintendent Tony Bennett and his staff scrambled last fall to ensure influential donor Christel DeHaan’s charter school received an “A,” despite poor test scores in algebra that initially earned it a “C.”
ISTEP disruptions had no impact on scores, review finds
The report released Monday by the Indiana Department of Education shows nearly 143,000 students in grades three through eight had at least one part of their test interrupted when server glitches kicked them offline.
Amazon.com looks to fill ‘hundreds’ of jobs in Indiana
The company said it will add 5,000 full-time jobs at its U.S. distribution centers, including hundreds of jobs in Indiana. An unspecified number of those jobs are set to be added in Indianapolis.
Enviros: Proposed coal mine would threaten refuge
A proposed surface coal mine spanning 1,500 acres of southwestern Indiana's coal country would threaten an adjacent national wildlife refuge used by migratory birds, three environmental groups warn.
Republic Air in agreement to sell Frontier, CEO says
Indianapolis-based Republic Airways Holdings Inc. says it has entered into a nonbinding preliminary agreement with a third party that could buy its Frontier Airlines subsidiary.
Earnhardt still in the market for primary sponsor
Dale Earnhardt Jr. is not only looking for his first win of the season, he's still hunting for a big-bucks sponsor for 12 Sprint Cup races this season.
Toyota to add 200 jobs at Indiana factory in 2014
Toyota Motor Manufacturing Indiana Inc. announced Friday that it’s increasing Highlander production by 15,000 units at its Princeton plant as part of a $30 million investment.
Farmers like crop potential year after drought
Farmers are keeping an eye on the weather and searching for early signs of disease after a recent Purdue University Extension Service report suggested recent rains and high humidity could create more fungal and bacterial problems throughout the state.
Zimmer earnings fall on legal reserve costs
Zimmer Holdings saw second-quarter earnings slump 29 percent as the orthopedic device maker set aside an additional $47 million to cover the cost of lawsuits related to its Durom hip cups.
Three Indiana gas utilities face pipeline safety fines
The Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission says Northern Indiana Public Service Co., Vectren and Citizens Gas didn't follow procedures and keep accurate pipeline records.
Construction on orangutan center halfway done
The zoo says construction is expected to be complete by December. The center is being funded by a $30 million capital campaign.
City to hold meeting on proposed Monument Circle district
Indianapolis residents are getting their first chance to weigh in on proposed protections for the buildings near the city's famed Monument Circle.
Faithful are victims at both ends of church scam
Nearly a decade after the government took over an Indiana brokerage firm whose leaders scammed more than 10,000 devout investors out of millions of dollars, officials are still trying to get their money back without forcing congregations out of their houses of worship.
Indiana small business caucus meeting across state
The General Assembly's Small Business Caucus will host town halls across northern, central and southern Indiana beginning in early August and continuing through mid-September.
Indianapolis council stalls panhandling ban
Democratic council Vice President John Barth says Tuesday's decision by a council committee was based on worries about lawsuits over such a ban.
NIPSCO planning $1B electrical upgrade project
The company has filed a request with the Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission for annual rate increases of about 1 percent from 2015 through 2020 for the work.
Indiana lawmaker seeks Purdue trustees’ resignations
A Democratic state lawmaker asked Purdue University's trustees to resign Tuesday for giving President Mitch Daniels a bonus amid the recent firestorm over his efforts as governor to keep a liberal historian's textbook out of Indiana classrooms.