Home » Search
Search Results
14205 results for 'articles'
To refine your search through our archives use our Advanced Search
Bill would crack down on convenience store safety
Stores with crime problems that wanted to remain open overnight would have to do one of the following: have two employees working, install a bulletproof enclosure, have a security guard or conduct business through a pass-through trough.
Probe finds no problems with plane
Investigators from the National Transportation Safety Board say they have found no mechanical problems in the single-engine plane that crashed in Greensburg Sunday night, killing four people. The NTSB said the Piper Malibu had fuel and appeared to be working well mechanically before plunging into a field. The pilot, Don Horan, had accumulated a total of nearly 400 hours of flying time. Horan’s wife, Barbara, also died in the crash along with family friends Stephen and Denise Butz.
Fire hits 3 homes in Plainfield
An early-morning fire destroyed one house and damaged two others in Plainfield in the Bentwood neighborhood near U.S. 40 and Rockville Road. The fire broke out in an unoccupied house before 3:30 a.m. Residents in the neighboring homes escaped without injury. One of those houses suffered minor damage, but the fire burned through the wall of the other dwelling. The cause is under investigation.
Hite to be named police chief
Rick Hite, acting leader of the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department since April, will be named chief Thursday afternoon, the mayor’s office said. Hite was elevated to interim chief following the demotion of Paul Ciesielski. Hite was a 30-year veteran of the Baltimore police department before being named deputy director of public safety in Indianapolis in 2010.
Gas leaks force 29 from central Indiana apartments
Authorities have ordered the 29 residents of an Anderson apartment complex to leave their homes until gas leaks found in all five of its buildings can be repaired.
Citizens plans new unit to sell liquefied natural gas
Citizens Energy Group’s multistate transportation and industrial fueling subsidiary would market the gas as an alternative vehicle fuel.
Seven more charter schools on tap for Indianapolis
Mayor Greg Ballard’s office has approved seven more charters—more than half as many as he approved in his previous five years in office.
Tourism generated $4B for city last year, study says
A study released Thursday says the tourism industry in Indianapolis had an economic impact of nearly $4 billion in 2011, a 10-percent increase from the previous year.
Study: Motorsports industry contributes 23,000 jobs
Purdue University says jobs created by the racing sector in Indiana pay an average annual wage of nearly $63,000, well above the $39,700 state average.
Indiana county giving $50 million boost to food company
The Wayne County Council on Wednesday approved a $50 million bond issue as part of Sugar Creek Packing Co.’s plans to expand and refurbish the former Really Cool Foods plant near Cambridge City.
Mayors’ group wants state lawmakers to ‘trust local’
Hoosier mayors say they're concerned that decision-making authority has been removed from the local level and transferred to state lawmakers in recent years.
Greetings from New Fantasyland
I’m in Florida attending the opening of the Walt Disney World expansion. So what’s your favorite Disney memory?
Feds say Indy company ran auto lien scheme
An Indiana Bureau of Motor Vehicles employee and two others have been charged with stealing cars from banks by filing fake mechanic's liens.
How 3 real estate entrepreneurs expanded during slowdown
Aasif Bade of Ambrose Property Group, Tadd Miller of Milhaus Development and Joe Whitsett of The Whitsett Group saw opportunity as many rivals retrenched.
Second-quarter commercial real estate statistics for Indianapolis
Commercial Real Estate Focus sections include statistical snapshots of Indianapolis' multi-tenant office vacancy rates and the local industrial market.
Cornerstone content with small medical developments
Local firm has carved out niche building for hospitals, physician groups.
Pence taps banker Alley to stay in administration post
Former bank executive Mike Alley will continue in his position as commissioner of Indiana’s Department of Revenue under Gov.-elect Mike Pence. Pence also announced two more cabinet appointments.
Greenwood rejects feeding ban
Greenwood city leaders say they'll look for other ways to discourage coyotes from roaming neighborhoods after a proposed ban on feeding stray and wild animals was rejected. Greenwood City Councilman Tim McLaughlin said the city will talk with coyote experts after the council voted 6-3 this week against the proposed ban on leaving food outdoors. The proposal followed numerous reports of coyote attacks on family pets in recent months.
Noblesville crash injures two
A Duke Energy truck and a car collided head-on Wednesday morning in Noblesville, leaving two people injured. The accident happened just after 8:30 a.m. on Indiana 19 near Forest Park. The car’s driver and passenger were taken to the hospital with injuries that appeared to be non-life-threatening. The truck’s driver was treated at the scene and released.