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The ramp to northbound Interstate 465 from Interstate 70 on the east side of Indianapolis was closed for about two hours Wednesday after a semi-trailer overturned, spilling about 35,000 pounds of Kroger Deluxe ice cream onto the side of the road. The driver sustained minor injuries.
The historic Orleans Theater was destroyed by fire Wednesday morning, reducing the 120-year-old brick building to rubble within just 20 minutes as the owner watched. The cause hasn’t been determined. The building in the town 75 miles south of Indianapolis was built as a dry goods story, then was converted to a theater in the 1930s.
Police arrested a 35-year-old man late Wednesday night after he allegedly robbed a Greenfield gas station and tried to abduct the clerk at knifepoint. Brandon Hendrickson faces multiple charges, including attempted armed robbery, battery and criminal confinement. The female clerk pressed an alarm during the robbery and police arrived in time to see the suspect trying to force her into his vehicle. An officer used a stun gun to subdue Hendrickson when he refused to drop the knife.
The Indianapolis-based health insurer’s board of directors approved higher compensation heading into 2012, after most of its top executives saw their pay hold steady or decline in 2011.
Indiana lawmakers and Gov. Mike Pence drew closer to a budget compromise Thursday with the unveiling of a $30 billion Senate plan that cuts the state income tax by $150 million and establishes a new roads fund.
The House Utility Committee approved a bill Wednesday that would send the $2.8 billion project back to regulators for another round of reviews unless the Indiana Supreme Court sides with the project’s developers
The signs are up and construction has kicked into overdrive as Goldfish Swim School races to open its first Indiana location this month. Founded in Michigan, Goldfish specializes in teaching children to swim.
With an asking price in the neighborhood of $4 million and no serious offers, the listing agent attempted to generate additional interest through a “call for offers.”
The idea behind the program, which starts in September, is that doctors can no longer leave the business aspect of their jobs to the finance guys while maintaining their integrity as healers.
A proposal to no longer require Indiana's local school superintendents to hold a state superintendent's or teacher's license is advancing in the Legislature.
In Indiana, GM plans to spend $29.4 million for a metal castings plant in Bedford to make parts for small engines and for the new eight-speed and existing six-speed automatic transmissions.
Indiana World Skating Academy, a fixture in downtown Indianapolis since 1987, plans to suspend operations of its two indoor ice rinks at Pan Am Plaza this month and begin looking for a new location, the not-for-profit announced Wednesday.
The Green Day music-fueled show at Clowes Hall isn't just for members of its characters' demographic group. The Broadway show that “American Idiot” most recalls is “Movin’ Out.” That, too, focused on a group of friends who take different paths into the world.
The city recently signed a $555,750 contract with a local firm for design work on the Circle, leading to a two-year repaving project with other improvements.
The recent flurry of big announcements portends well.
The statistics we hear so often are clear. As a community, we are not in an enviable place. We smoke more, exercise less and weigh more than the national average, resulting in more diabetes than average.
Brian and Emily Kahn had virtually identical physical therapy. He paid much more than she did. Why? Because of where the therapy took place.
At least 26 apartment residents were displaced by a fire early Wednesday morning on the northwest side of Indianapolis. Fire crews were called to the Stratford Apartments, near West 25th Street and Georgetown Road, at about 4 a.m. Flames could be seen for blocks, and firefighters took more than 90 minutes to extinguish the blaze. At least eight of the 12 apartment units suffered extensive damage.
A Greenwood teenager was arrested Tuesday afternoon, police said, after he stole a pickup truck and led officers on a pursuit that reached speeds more than 100 mph. The 16-year-old male nearly hit three vehicles before crashing into a median at County Line Road and State Road 135. The teen ran from the scene but was caught and subdued with a stun gun. Officers said they found eight pill bottles in the suspect’s pants that he had taken from the vehicle.
One man was killed and an Indianapolis police officer was injured Tuesday night in a gun battle that erupted after the officer pulled over a vehicle full of men on the east side of the city. The unnamed officer conducted a traffic stop of a car with five occupants at East 36th Street and Sherman Drive at 8:20 p.m. One of the passengers pulled a gun, sparking the gunfight. The car’s driver was fatally shot and three other passengers suffered non-life-threatening gunshot wounds. The officer is recovering.
