Workers are restoring facades on two empty buildings along Washington Street just east of Meridian Street as part
of
a
retail
and residential redevelopment.
A local group has begun restoration of two long-vacant buildings along Washington Street just east of Meridian Street.
Indianapolis police are looking for two men who held up numerous people early Tuesday on the west side of Indianapolis. Police
say two of the victims were talking inside a car at the Cambridge Station Apartments of West 10th Street when they were approached
by the men with guns. The men took cash and cell phones before forcing an 18-year-old to open the door of a basement apartment.
The men then robbed three women in that apartment, taking money and cell phones. Police say one man also took an Xbox by shoving
it into a purple Hannah Montana bag. One suspect was wearing a rainbow polka-dot shirt. Both were wearing Jabbawockeez masks.
Fox59 will have more at 4 p.m.
Indianapolis developer Buckingham Cos. is in discussions to build a mixed-use development that could include apartments, shops,
office space, and a hotel and conference center.
The former home of the commanding general at Fort Benjamin Harrison and four condominiums at the old army base are being auctioned June 17, a reflection of the difficulty of selling high-end condos in a soft real estate market.
A former Indianapolis police officer suspected of setting a series of fires in apartments and vehicles has been charged with
six counts of arson. The charges filed Wednesday accuse 31-year-old Jesse Russell of setting fires in clubhouses of two apartment
complexes and in a vacant apartment in a third complex. Marion County prosecutors also say Russell set fire to a box truck
and the "Chicken Limo." Fox59 will have more at 4 p.m.
New U.S. Environmental Protection Agency rules force precautions on paint chips, dust.
A former elementary school built in 1905 is getting a new use for the second time since the last schoolchildren departed
in 1979.
Police say a fight over a girl was the possible cause of a shooting overnight that severely injured two 15-year-old boys.
The shooting happened about midnight in the courtyard at Linwood Square Apartments on the east side of Indianapolis. Police
say one of the boys was shot in the back, severing his spine. Detectives say the other was shot in the leg. Both were taken
to Riley Hospital. Police are looking for suspects.
A drop in building permits, a gauge of future activity, along with the expiration of a government tax credit for home purchases
suggest the construction gains could fade soon.
Indianapolis Downtown Inc. is launching a new monthly event to encourage more people to live downtown just as real estate
brokers say interest in available homes is picking up.
Indianapolis recorded its third homicide in three days on Sunday, when police said Julian Brown was shot after kicking down
the door to his ex-girlfriend’s apartment. Witnesses told police that Brown and his ex-girlfriend had been arguing just
before dawn when he entered her residence at Mallard Cove Apartments on the city’s northeast side. He died on the way
to the hospital. Detectives are still searching for his assailant. Brown’s death comes at a time when Mayor Greg Ballard
says violent crime is down nearly 30 percent. But neighborhood crime watch groups disagree. Sunday's murder marks the
56th homicide in Indianapolis this year—compared to 32 at the same time last year.
Homeless man Brandon Burns had been accused of setting the massive blaze.
Several apartment properties are back on the market as owners try to appeal to private investors looking for deals before higher interest rates and inflation dampen their enthusiasm.
A seven-hour SWAT standoff at the Westminster Apartments in Greenwood ended Monday morning after Bradley Hines fatally shot
himself in the head, authorities say. Hines barricaded himself inside his apartment about 10 p.m. Sunday after police responded
to a domestic violence call. Neighbors say Hines had been drinking all day, beat his girlfriend, then fired at least one gun
shot. SWAT members were called in for negotiations. Fox59 will have more at 4 p.m.
Work could begin this fall on $10 million Trail Side complex.
US Airways is struggling to explain how a checked bag ended up in a retention pond 24 miles southeast of the Indianapolis
International Airport. Passenger David Dever said he waited in baggage claim Sunday night until he could wait no more. He
took a taxi home, because his car keys were in the missing luggage. The next day, his bag was found in a retention pond at
the Sundance Apartments off Southport Road. Dever said a couple of children's gifts from his trip to New York City were
missing, as well as a pair of running shoes. Airport police and US Airways are investigating.
The addition of an underground parking garage is likely to get Trail Side off the drawing board and under construction.
Police are looking for two armed men who broke into a unit at Lakeshore Apartments in Castleton early this morning, then took
off with two other men in a maroon Ford Expedition. Police say men wearing black hoodies and carrying handguns broke into
the apartment at about 12:30 a.m. and ordered about five people there to the floor. One of the suspects hit a man in the head
with a gun. The intruders left in a panic after the break-in and nothing was stolen, police say. Fox59 will have more at 4
p.m.
Renovation work finally has begun on the building at 16th and Pennsylvania streets. Developer Christopher Piazza found two
equity partners for the project because banks were unwilling to lend.
