IBJ Staff

With a name like The Legend, expectations run high. Luckily for us, The Legend Classic Irvington Café (5614 E. Washing ton St., 536-2028) met them. Our final Urban Spoon query led us to the cozy, classy east-side eatery, nestled in the heart of one of Indianapolis’ first suburbs. The lunch crowd was sparse on our […]

Indiana lawmakers are stuck between the proverbial rock and a hard place when it comes to fixing the state’s bankrupt unemployment insurance fund. Should they stick it to businesses to raise enough money to erase the half-billion-dollar deficit or should they slice benefits for the jobless during the worst recession in a generation? The sensible […]

With a name like The Legend, expectations run high. Luckily for us, The Legend Classic Irvington Café (5614 E. Washing ton St., 536-2028) met them. Our final Urban Spoon query led us to the cozy, classy east-side eatery, nestled in the heart of one of Indianapolis’ first suburbs. The lunch crowd was sparse on our […]

The NCAA tournament is expected to pump more than $7 million into the local economy, and some downtown business owners are counting on that cash to help them through the recession. Downtown officials say Indianapolis caught a big break in the way the tournament has shaped up. With a shorter travel time, fans of teams […]

The Purdue men’s basketball team is in Glendale, Ariz., getting ready for its Sweet 16 showdown with Connecticut. The fifth-seeded Boilermakers have won five straight games, but they’ll have to play their best to knock off the top-seeded Huskies. UConn has beaten its first two opponents by a combined 82 points. Tonight’s game tips off […]

A Marion County Corrections Officer has been accused of molesting a teenage girl for nearly two years. Richard Alsup, 39, faces charges of child molestation, incest and sexual misconduct with a minor. The 14-year-old victim says she was raped twice in early March at Alsup’s west-side apartment. When questioned, investigators say Alsup wasn’t sure if […]

The National Weather Service is sponsoring a storm spotters’ class tonight in Fishers. An instructor will describe cloud and wind patterns associated with severe weather, and how to interpret weather radar data. The class is free and open to the public. It begins at 7 p.m. at Fishers Town Hall Auditorium, 1 Municipal Drive.

Bose McKinney & Evans LLP, the city’s fifth-largest law firm, announced this morning that it is cutting 25 employees, including 10 lawyers, two paralegals and 13 staff people. The cuts represent 7 percent of the firm’s attorneys and 13 percent of its support personnel. Managing Partner Kendall Crook said the sour economy continues to affect […]

Last week, as part of a contest to win tickets to see Todd Rundgren at the Vogue, I asked you to fill in the blank: “I don’t want to work/I just want to ___________ all day. Your answers didn’t impact the outcome, but here are some of the more interesting responses. “I don’t want to […]

A troubled auto parts manufacturer in Columbus notified the state yesterday that it plans to lay off 135 employees and could close due to declining sales orders. Columbus Components Group LLC will begin laying off workers April 9, but the action may not be enough to save the company. The company said it has lost […]

Indianapolis-based WellPoint Inc. was sued for alleged price-fixing today by the American Medical Society and other doctors groups. The AMA said in a statement that it filed its lawsuit in federal court in Los Angeles. However, documents for the suit were not yet posted on the court system’s Web service. The lawsuit alleges that WellPoint […]

A man is recovering from multiple gunshot wounds following an overnight robbery attempt. The victim was shot in the back and the side about 2 a.m. in the 3900 block of North Shadeland Avenue near Pendleton Pike. The man was alert and talking when medics took him to Wishard Hospital.

Gasoline prices are on the rise for a fourth day in a row. According to the American Automobile Association, the national average at the pump is $1.97 for a gallon of unleaded. In Indianapolis, prices have jumped 20 cents at some stations, reaching as high as $2.15.

One man was killed and another injured in a shooting today at 3 a.m. at 30th Street and Georgetown Road on the city’s west side. There have been six homicides in Indianapolis over the past seven days. Police found the dead man in the driver seat of a blue Chrysler PT Cruiser. His passenger had […]

Emmis Communications Corp. announced this morning that it will begin developing more online television channels for company-owned radio stations on the East and West Coasts. Indianapolis-based Emmis signed an agreement with Gen2Media Corp. of Orlando, Fla., to launch the video networks on the Web sites of five stations – three in New York City and […]

Members of a State House Committee will hear arguments today regarding a bill that would ban teens from using cell phones and other handheld devices while driving. The ban would include all drivers younger than 18. The State Senate passed the bill 43-6. Similar bills have failed to pass in previous years.