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BENNER: Penn State punishment won’t get to root of our problem

July 26, 2012

As I surveyed the reaction to the NCAA’s decision to crush the football program at Penn State University, one thought kept coming to me in two entirely different ways: What if it had been my son?

New rating system may boost coffers of suburban hospitals

July 26, 2012

Patients have spoken and—surprise!—they prefer suburban hospitals to inner-city or big teaching hospitals. That means a little extra Medicare money will likely flow to suburban hospitals in the Indianapolis area. But hospitals in the core of Indianapolis, and hospitals that do significant amounts of teaching medical students, may take a hit. That’s the upshot of […]

SHELLA: Why the Democrats ousted Pat Bauer

August 1, 2012

He lost the majority in 2010 and staged two failed walkouts in 2011 and 2012. That was part of it.

Fair handles first thunderstorm under new procedures

August 6, 2012

Indiana State Fair officials say they're happy with the first real test of their new, 425-page emergency plan implemented after a stage collapse amid high winds killed seven people and injured dozens of others a year ago.

Meteorologist Buchman leaves WISH-TV, as expected

August 9, 2012

Popular meteorologist Angela Buchman has left WISH-TV Channel 8 as expected and is likely to be off the air for a year until she joins competitor WTHR-TV Channel 13, according to several local broadcast television sources.

City Market hopes catacombs tours spur interest in redevelopment

August 9, 2012

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.

WISH-TV fires news director, industry sources say

August 27, 2012

Several industry sources say Patti McGettigan was escorted from the WISH-TV Channel 8 building Friday after a three-year run as the local CBS affiliate's news director. The station isn't commenting on what led to her abrupt departure.

SHELLA: Voters are pretty good at limiting terms

August 28, 2012

Mitch Daniels is leaving office because of a term limit. As he departs at the end of his second four-year hitch, a recent independent poll placed the Daniels approval rating at 66 percent, showing a large majority of voters still approve of the job he’s doing.

MORRIS: Fox 59 is serious about local news

September 6, 2012

The announcement was made back in May and IBJ reported on it again in last week’s paper. However, I want to highlight WXIN-TV Channel 59’s expanded news coverage in the 6 p.m. hour, Monday-Friday, which starts airing this week. It’s the latest expansion of news at Fox 59 and the move is significant.

Sheriff’s office defends keeping Anderson, Cottey on payroll

September 13, 2012

Former sheriffs Frank Anderson and Jack Cottey are each being paid $35,000 per year by the Marion County Sheriff’s Department for advice and work on budgeting, jail operations and other issues.

SHELLA: Lugar plots next chapter in storied career

September 25, 2012

Richard Lugar is leaving the Senate, yet the Republican who lost the May primary election to Richard Mourdock still intends to continue some of the work that defined his life as a lawmaker. Lugar spelled out his plans for the first time in a recent speech to the Contemporary Club of Indianapolis at a dinner staged to honor his more than four decades of service as school board member, mayor and six-term U.S. senator.

Sentencing date set for convicted financier Durham

September 26, 2012

A federal judge has set a November sentencing for Indiana financier Tim Durham and two business associates convicted of swindling thousands of investors out of more than $200 million.

HETRICK: Regrets, I’ve had a few … starting with Lugar’s loss

October 4, 2012

In a state where political maneuvers and those making them are often maligned, Lugar has been a source of Hoosier pride.

BENNER: Trust dashed—and rings sold—in the theater that is sports

October 18, 2012

On Armstrong, Knight and more.

Lugar campaigns for Zoeller, avoids Senate battle

October 19, 2012

Since Richard Mourdock unseated Richard Lugar in May's Republican primary, Mourdock and Democratic Senate candidate Joe Donnelly have battled to win over Lugar supporters.

Local television stations reap election windfalls

October 23, 2012

The hotly contested race for U.S. Senate between Joe Donnelly and Richard Mourdock, in addition to the governor’s contest, has netted four local television stations millions in advertising dollars, according to FCC filings.

2012 WOMAN OF INFLUENCE: Charlotte Lucas

October 24, 2012

She’s half of the husband-and-wife team that runs Lucas Oil, a high-profile car products company with far flung business interests and important investments in local professional sports.

SHELLA: A kitchen where the heat is turned down

October 31, 2012

All of a sudden, when I check out news stories on the Internet, a negative political ad pops up and I can’t make it go away. That is, unless I want the news story to go away, too.

Gregg using attack ads in homestretch