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Investigators are trying to determine what caused a fire that quickly spread through a north-side home Wednesday afternoon, killing a male resident. Firefighters called to the 7500 block of Brackenwood Circle at about 4 p.m. found a man in his mid-60s unconscious inside, suffering from with apparent burns and smoke inhalation. He died late Wednesday at St. Vincent Hospital. Damage to the home is estimated at $100,000.
Purdue University has hired a former official in Mitch Daniels' gubernatorial administration to lead the Purdue Research Foundation.
Oerlikon Fairfield officials announced Wednesday that the indefinite layoffs will take effect March 4.
CEO Sergio Marchionne will be on hand to announce the automaker will create 850 jobs at a vacant factory in Tipton and another 400 jobs at three other plants.
Restructuring efforts at Republic Airways Holdings spurred the regional airline operator to a fourth-quarter profit of $12.6 million, or 25 cents per share, the company announced Wednesday.
Emmis Communications Corp. has sold a national radio network in Slovakia to Germany-based Bauer Media Group for $21 million, the locally based media company disclosed Wednesday in a regulatory filing.
Seven hairstylists who are fighting for a share of a $9.5 million lottery prize bought by a co-worker testified Wednesday that they had all agreed to share any winnings from tickets purchased at the same time as those for an office pool.
Indiana Gov. Mike Pence is taking his pitch for a 10-percent cut in the personal income tax around the state after failing to lock down support for his signature legislative priority inside the Statehouse.
Unemployed Indiana residents will keep receiving federally extended unemployment benefits under a reversal by the Indiana Department of Workforce Development.
Ann Murtlow has no experience running a not-for-profit, yet she is charging into the top job at one of the city’s largest charitable groups. The people who hired the former Indianapolis Power & Light Co. CEO say her connections to the Indianapolis business community are a big plus in her new role at United Way of Central Indiana.
With the Dow Jones industrial average and the Standard & Poor’s 500 index hovering at or near all-time highs, one would think the stock markets would be highly receptive to initial public offerings in 2013, even if the economy disappoints.
Consumers want more than ‘one message fits all.’
In a time when state and local officials make economic development announcements every day, an increasingly common question is, “How does this benefit me?
Fast-growing Indianapolis company is pushing to fill a vacuum in the housing market.
The Indianapolis-based bank, launched just 14 years ago, is reaching all-time highs in assets and profitability and plans to become a $1 billion institution by 2015.
Indianapolis Metro Police Department Sgt. Linda Jackson said Wednesday that heavy smoke damage had increased the damages from an early estimate of $15,000.
Former Indianapolis Power & Light Co. CEO Ann Murtlow will take the helm of the United Way of Central Indiana on April 1, the organization announced Wednesday afternoon. She’ll be the first new chief at the local not-for-profit since 1998.
Fifteen students were evaluated by medical personnel Wednesday morning after their school bus filled with discharged gas from a fire-extinguisher. Authorities said the fire extinguisher accidentally went off when the bus was on the city’s northwest side, near 62nd Street and Lafayette Road. A Pike Township school bus eventually drove the students to school.
A man suspected in as many as two dozen business burglaries is behind bars. Kenneth Ward, 54, was arrested this week after an investigation involving police from Indianapolis, Speedway, Mooresville, Noblesville, Lawrence and other communities. Working on a tip, investigators say they saw Ward break into a bookstore and a Chinese restaurant near Interstate 465 and U.S. 31 South on Sunday night. Police say Ward typically uses a crowbar to break into a retail business, grab the cash register and flee.
A fire at the oldest Catholic church in Indianapolis might have been started during an attempted burglary, investigators say. The small fire in the sanctuary of 175-year-old St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church broke about 4 a.m. and caused an estimated $15,000 in damage, mostly from smoke. Investigators are trying to determine if anything was stolen.
