Sky-high oil prices have rekindled an industry in east-central Indiana that many thought had run its course a century ago.
A handful of wily prospectors motivated by oil prices approaching $150 a barrel are betting that’s not the case.
A new law that went into effect July 1 says patients no longer need a physician referral before receiving acupuncture treatments. The upshot for a profession that only became legal in the state within the past 10 years is that acupuncturists should benefit from a boost in business. Competition is expected to increase as well, as the favorable conditions could prompt more of them to seek licenses in Indiana. The referral requirement has been a thorn in the side of…
The collapse of Davis Homes doesn’t mean the Davis family will stop building houses altogether in the Indianapolis area. Davis Homes CEO Brad Davis said today he plans to begin building custom and semi-custom houses before the end of the year. Davis said he plans to start on his native north side by tapping relationships […]
Wow, what a busy day. First off: No luck so far snagging a rendering of the new Buffalo Wild Wings under construction along Washington Street…
Residential real estate brokers are an optimistic bunch, finding plenty of room for hope even when the outlook is grim.
But lately, many of them are downright giddy, and for good reason: Evidence is mounting that a new $7,500
government incentive for first-time homeowners is starting to push buyers off the sidelines.
Paul Shoopman could have sat on the sidelines savoring the fact that he sold his homebuilding firm in 2004, just months before the market began a calamitous slide. But that’s not Shoopman, who’d been building houses since 1971, the year he graduated from high school. His dad loaned him the money for his first lot, and co-signed for the construction loan. Shoopman built Dura Builders Inc. into Indianapolis’ fifth-largest homebuilder before selling it to Los Angeles-based KB Home. A little…
The ongoing crime wave in Indianapolis has resulted in a surge in gun sales, WXIN-TV Channel 59 reports.
With each big crime comes another spurt in purchases.
Indianapolis police say applications for first-time permits in July were up 15 percent…
Here’s a common scenario: A developer gets approval on zoning and planning permits to build a business on a piece of property. The business has signed an agreement to either lease or buy the building once it’s completed. The owner of the business then begins making plans to open the new facility. The developer, meanwhile, goes to work to prepare the property for construction, which includes everything from figuring out the utilities, access road, curbs, sidewalks and landscaping. Working with…
Ink cartridges signal that they’re empty when they’re not, but consumers can take steps to judiciously use all the ink in any computer printer cartridge.
The Morgan County Plan Commission has endorsed a new sign ordinance that requires electronic billboards to change no more
than once every 15 seconds.
Davis Homes, one of the state’s largest home builders, fell victim to the tough housing market, ceasing operations July 23.
Here’s something that passes as good news for central Indiana’s moribund housing market: Prices might hold steady this year, after falling nearly 7 percent from their 2006 peak. Economists and other real estate professionals say the economy may start to recover in the second half of the year, boosting demand just as the glut of […]
Here’s something that passes as good news for central Indiana’s moribund housing market: Prices might hold steady this year,
after falling nearly 7 percent from their 2006 peak.
The nation’s largest liquor distributor is suing the state in hopes of overturning an arcane law that requires distributors doing business here to be owned by Indiana residents. Southern Wine & Spirits of Indiana Inc., part of a Miami-based company that does business in 30 states and distributes about 20 percent of the country’s booze, […]
A Florida firm is suing to overturn Indiana’s resident-ownership law regarding liquor.
The Obama administration recently reversed a Bush-era policy that prevented states from imposing some of their own environmental policies with respect to corporate average fuel efficiency, or CAFE, standards.
More than 50 Indianapolis police officers will no longer be allowed to work off-duty at a metal recycling business that is under investigation in the alleged purchase of stolen scrap metal. Raids by police and federal officials on six Indianapolis OmniSource scrap yards yesterday marked the culmination of a yearlong investigation. No one was arrested […]
The city’s Metropolitan Development Commission voted unanimously, 8 to 0, last week to allow a crematorium to be built near the corner of Allisonville Road and 82nd Street. Harry W. Moore Funeral Care will now go ahead with plans to build the one-story, 1,600-square-foot crematory, said David L. Ring, who owns the funeral home. The […]
Supporters of new driver’s license requirements for teenagers are holding a rally today at the Indiana Statehouse. They’re trying to encourage lawmakers to pass Senate Bill 16, which is designed to help lower the number of deaths among teens involved in car accidents. The bill would ban teens from using cell phones while driving. It […]
Lauth Properties alleges in a lawsuit that the state’s plan to rebuild 13 miles of U.S. 31 in Hamilton County to freeway standards will cut off access to a property it owns in Westfield, killing plans for a Wal-Mart there. The case filed in Hamilton Superior Court could be the first of many legal challenges […]
