Goodwill to open four more dropout recovery schools
But further expansion is on hold because of a state freeze on new adult-focused charter schools. Lawmakers are concerned the schools are siphoning funds from K-12 education.
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Indiana rolls back some 2010 Medicaid rate cuts
The state plans to spend $37 million more each year reimbursing providers. The increase would amount to 2 percent more for hospitals, nursing facilities, home health and immediate care providers.
Fraud victim says he was duped twice over land bank house
Joseph Satterfield says he paid twice for his residence at 624 Congress Ave., but he still doesn’t have his hands on the deed to the house that was held by the Indy Land Bank.
Sales of boomer-owned businesses deemed close at hand
Several factors have aligned to spark the long-expected trend.
Stocks swoon after weak economic reports
Companies like miners, banks and chemical makers, whose fortunes are most closely tied to the prospects for growth, fell the most. That's a sign investors are becoming less confident in the U.S. economy.
Indiana gas prices soar to 50 cents above U.S. average
The website Gasbuddy.com said Indiana's average price of a gallon of unleaded regular gas was nearly $4.16 Wednesday afternoon, compared with the national average of nearly $3.64 a gallon.
Miller Pipeline plans $5.3M expansion, more jobs
The Indianapolis-based subsidiary of Vectren Corp. plans to construct a 52,000-square-foot building at its 34-acre corporate campus at 8850 Crawfordsville Road.
Ticket giveaway: Mormon Tabernacle Choir
The massive choir comes to Bankers Life Fieldhouse. And we’ve got three pairs of tickets to pass on to IBJ readers.
Man with AK-47 arrested
Police arrested an 18-year-old male with an AK-47 assault rifle near the Indiana State Fairgrounds about 2:30 a.m. Wednesday. The arrest came after a caller reported seeing a man with a rifle near the old Ivy Tech building at East 38th Street and Orchard Avenue. Three other males were detained, including a 17-year-old who was arrested for violating curfew.
Social club operator charged
The operator of an Indianapolis social club was arrested Tuesday and his business shut down following a weekend shooting that left four young people wounded. James Walker, 60, was charged with operating a common nuisance at the Soft Spot Lounge, 1913 E. 46th St. He also was charged with two counts of selling alcohol without a license. Police say more than 100 people were at the lounge for a late-night party when the shootings took place.
Woman dies in Noblesville pool
A 76-year-old woman was found dead Tuesday afternoon in the backyard pool of her Noblesville home. Police say Marylin Webb’s grandson stopped at home to help clean her pool and spotted her in the water. Investigators say they believe Webb fell into the water while working around it and that foul play isn’t suspected.
Priority List: Jump-start your weekend with these ideas
You want variety in your A&E diet? How about a world-class uke player, a former “SNL” star now Broadway belter, and a grown-up marching band?
Salesforce to keep ExactTarget independent, ‘invest’ in it
In a company memo, ExactTarget CEO Scott Dorsey assures employees of their importance after announcing deal to sell the company for $2.5 billion.
Private-sector hiring disappointing in May, ADP says
A private survey shows U.S. businesses added just 135,000 jobs in May, the second straight month of weak gains.
NASCAR boldly predicting better racing, more passing at Brickyard 400
NASCAR leaders are meeting with Indy media this week to trumpet the new "racey" Gen-6 car and the end of the processional parade at the Brickyard 400. Message to fans: Expect faster cars and more passing.
New Labor Day weekend fest set for Broad Ripple
Michael Frant & Spearhead, Big Head Todd and the Monsters, and Mayer Hawthorne among headliners for first annual WARMfest, featuring music on five stages.
City’s first spec office building in 5 years opening doors
Sourwine Real Estate Services expects to have its $12 million, 80,700-square-foot project finished later this month in one of the city’s hottest north-side development areas.
Pence praises 1st-year prison job-skills program
A program aimed at teaching and training prison inmates skills needed to get jobs when they are released has led to more than 600 people being employed in its first year.
Toyota’s Indiana plant adding more jobs than expected
Toyota says it is hiring slightly more new workers than first expected as it increases production at its southwestern Indiana factory.
Walmart, bank, barbecue on tap for high-profile Fishers corner
Work is finally under way at Fishers Marketplace, a long-awaited development at the northeast corner of 131st Street and State Road 37.