A Lebanon woman charged with killing her teenage daughter has rejected a proposed plea agreement. Elizabeth Fairfield, 38, told a judge she would not plead guilty to reckless homicide. Fairfield is accused of killing her 14-year-old daughter by overdose last June. The girl had Down zyndrome and was found with a high level of pain […]
An Evansville-area GOP lawmaker is backing a bill to slow changes to the state’s welfare system. Rep. Suzanne Crouch has criticized the way the Family and Social Services Administration has managed the transition to a new system that encourages people to apply for aid online, over the phone or by fax. Some applicants have complained […]
Just three months after announcing an aggressive expansion, Indianapolis-based Angie’s List said today it is eliminating 90 jobs-about 20 percent of its work force. In an effort to trim costs, 50 jobs will be cut from the data acquisition and processing departments and another 40 from other departments, CEO Bill Oesterle said in a statement. The […]
The Dow Jones industrial average suffered the worst Inauguration Day decline in its 112-year history today, falling more than 4 percent as Barack Obama took over as U.S. president. The Dow dropped 332 points, to 7,949, its first close below 8,000 since Nov. 20. Continuing problems in the banking industry took a toll on major […]
A massive reorganization at radio giant Clear Channel Communications began as expected today. Industry Web site Radio-Info.com reported this morning that jobs cuts were under way as the San Antonio-based company broke the news to employees both in one-on-one sessions and staff meetings. Clear Channel employs about 50 people in Indianapolis at three radio stations […]
One man is dead and a suspect is in custody after a stabbing last night on Indianapolis’ east side. Indianapolis Police got a call just after 10 p.m. about a person down in the 6100 block of East 21st Street. The victim was taken to Wishard Hospital, were he died at 11:40 p.m. The victim […]
Family and friends gathered at Camp Atterbury in Edinburgh this morning to see off 132 Hoosier soldiers. Members of the 138th Quartermaster Support Company are preparing to deploy to Iraq. The departure ceremony began today at 10 a.m., and was hosted by the 219th Battlefield Surveillance Brigade. The Brazil-based unit will be the first to […]
Two men are on the loose after robbing a Hancock County gas station worker at gunpoint this morning. Investigators say a pair of black males entered Gas America at Mount Comfort Road and U.S. 40 about 3 a.m. today, robbed the attendant and made their getaway. Investigators are reviewing surveillance video from the scene.
About 1,300 workers at Chrysler’s Kokomo Transmission Plant did not return to work today as expected following a month-long layoff. Company officials expected the plant’s entire workforce of 2,000 would return today. But in a statement yesterday they said remaining workers likely would be called back Jan. 26. Chrysler employs about 6,300 workers at the […]
Hotel toiletries maker Gilchrist & Soames said today it plans to spend $3 million to expand its Indianapolis headquarters and manufacturing operations, creating more than 40 jobs by 2014. The company, purchased by San Francisco-based private equity firm Swander Pace Capital for $51 million in 2007, supplies bath and body products to luxury hotels and […]
Radio giant Clear Channel Communications Inc. is expected to implement a massive restructuring plan tomorrow that aims to cut $400 million in company costs. San Antonio-based Clear Channel has about 50 employees in Indianapolis; the company owns local radio stations WFBQ-FM 94.7, WRZX-FM 103.3 and WNDE-AM 1260, and its Clear Channel Outdoor billboard arm also […]
Kroger Co. finally will begin work Tuesday on a new, 50,000-square-foot grocery store in Nora that met fierce opposition from the neighborhood’s community council. The $12 million project will replace six vacant buildings at 82nd and Evergreen streets on property the company will lease from local developer Sid Eskenazi. Cincinnati-based Kroger began discussions on the […]
Home sales increased last month in three central Indiana counties despite a 3-percent decline for the region as a whole. Marion, Johnson and Hancock counties had more sales in December than the same month in 2007, according to statistics compiled by F.C. Tucker Co. – for a total of 25 more deals. All told, 1,411 […]
Millions of people will crowd the National Mall in Washington tomorrow to watch Barack Obama be sworn in as the country’s first black president. Thousands of Hoosiers are expected to be in attendance, including Culver Academy’s Black Horse Troop, which will march in the inaugural parade, and Beech Grove residents Mike and Cheryl Fisher, who […]
Radio giant Clear Channel Communications Inc. is expected to implement a massive restructuring plan tomorrow that aims to cut $400 million in company costs. San Antonio-based Clear Channel has about 50 employees in Indianapolis; the company owns local radio stations WFBQ-FM 94.7, WRZX-FM 103.3 and WNDE-AM 1260, and its Clear Channel Outdoor billboard arm also […]
Today is Martin Luther King Jr. Day, and several local attractions are offering a number of ways to celebrate King’s legacy. Admission is free to the Children’s Museum of Indianapolis until 5 p.m. , and White River State Park attractions are giving free admission to visitors who bring a canned good donation for Gleaners Food […]
A Greenwood swim team member rescued her own coach from drowning Wednesday at Greenwood High School. Coach Chas Grimm passed out during an underwater swimming challenge between him and swim team members. Freshman Hannah Fuller says the coach was on his third lap when she saw him twist and float toward the surface. Fuller says […]
Cincinnati-based PDS Biotechnology Corp. will get $2 million from the state’s 21st Century Research and Technology Fund to move its headquarters and laboratory to Indiana. Founded in 2005, the “semi-virtual” company has four employees now; it anticipates ramping up operations over the next five years, eventually employing more than 50, CEO Frank Bedu-Addo said this […]
Democrats think they’ve seized on a flaw in the State of the State address Mitch Daniels delivered Jan. 14: The Republican governor, who spent much of his first term focusing on business issues, didn’t unveil a jobs package to rekindle the state’s economy. House Speaker Pat Bauer, a Democrat from South Bend, took advantage of […]
