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It’s no secret that Indiana’s factory workers took more lumps during the Great Recession than workers in other sectors, with nearly 120,000 losing their jobs. Indeed, from the state’s manufacturing employment peak at the start of the century, our factories had shed a quarter million jobs by the recession’s end.
Automakers and suppliers are pumping more money into research and development at a time many of their sales departments struggle with a slowing global economy.
A 23-year-old woman was charged Tuesday in connection with a crash in Indianapolis that killed a Franklin man. Morgan Mannix was arrested last Saturday morning after police said she hit Alex Trabert, 23, in the 7400 block of North Shadeland Avenue about 2:30 a.m. Authorities say Mannix, from Kansas City, Mo., fled the scene, but later turned herself in. Mannix, who tested positive for alcohol use, pleaded not guilty Wednesday morning to a Class C felony charge of failure to stop after an accident resulting in death.
Firefighters in Noblesville say an 11-year-old boy alerted his family to a late-night fire, allowing them to escape their burning house Tuesday. The boy, his mother and three other children exited the smoke-filled home without injury. Authorities say the fire, which may have started in a clothes dryer, caused about $50,000 in damage.
A semitrailer slammed into the back of a state highway department dump truck about 2:30 a.m. Wednesday, leading to a section of Interstate 465 in Indianapolis being closed for more than three hours. Two highway workers inside the dump truck were taken to a hospital with complaints of pain, while the semi driver suffered a non-life-threatening leg injury. The crash happened near I-74 on the city's southeast side as highway crews were doing maintenance work. Southbound lanes of I-465 were closed until nearly 6 a.m. as spilled diesel fuel and crash debris was cleaned up.
Developers plan to break ground next year on a $27 million Hyatt Place hotel just southwest of the Courthouse Square in Bloomington.
Meet Justin Bates and Peyman Rashid, who founded MaxTradein last fall and hope to have the online used-car marketplace operating in 30 markets within six months.
Folk singer John McCutcheon performs “Christmas in the Trenches” Dec. 1 under the auspices of Storytelling Arts. Details here.
Kevin Pollak visits Crackers Comedy Club in Broad Ripple Nov. 29-Dec. 1 on his “How I Slept My Way to the Middle” tour. Details here.
Jeannie Logan—who has performed at Theatre on the Square, the American Cabaret Theatre and Holland-America Cruise Lines—offers a cabaret show at Chef Joseph’s at the Connoisseur Room Nov. 30. Details here.
The Preservation Hall Jazz Band celebrates “Creole Christmas” Dec. 5 at Purdue University’s Long Center for the Performing Arts. Details here.
Butler Ballet’s “The Nutcracker” is performed Nov. 29-Dec. 2 at Clowes Hall. Details here.
The American Pianists Association presents Sara Daneshpour Dec. 2 at the Indiana History Center. Details here.
Eagle Creek Park hosts its annual “Celebration of Nature” exhibition at the Earth Discovery Center Dec. 1-9. Details here.
Indulge in a Victorian Holiday Tea at the Morris-Butler House Dec. 1 and 8. Details here.
The Buselli-Wallarab Jazz Orchestra plays its annual holiday show at the Jazz Kitchen Dec. 2. Details here.
On Nov. 29, New Day Meadery hosts a discussion of the book “Food for Thought: An Indiana Harvest” with author David Hoppe, photographer Kristen Hess, David Barrickman (Wildflower Ridge Honey) and Chris Eley (Goose the Market). Details here.
Dec. 1
The Blue Bird, Bloomington
“The Last Waltz” is widely considered one of the best concert movies of all time. A big part of that is because the subject of the film, the announced final performance by The Band—accompanied by a stellar lineup of guests including Bob Dylan, Neil Diamond and Muddy Waters—was a landmark concert. Indiana musicians re-created the concert in a performance last summer at Radio Radio in Fountain Square. For those, like me, who are kicking themselves for missing it, news that the concert is being re-created again, albeit in Bloomington, warrants some road-trip planning. Details here.
Nov. 29-Dec. 23
Phoenix Theatre
Not knowing what to expect is one of the core pleasures of the Phoenix Theatre’s annual show featuring short plays and musical numbers woven together into a holiday tapestry. And this year there’s an added twist: The addition of The Fourth Wall, an ensemble of musicians/dancers/actors. Details here.
Nov. 30-Dec. 23
Hilbert Circle Theatre
Look for double the hosts this year when Yuletide Celebration returns—plus a homecoming. Half of the hosting team is Indiana’s own Angela Brown, whose career has taken her to the Metropolitan Opera and beyond. Sharing duties with her is Ben Crawford, who has made guest appearances with the ISO over the years in between duties on Broadway and elsewhere. As if the guest list weren’t already interesting enough, Cirque de la Symphonie acrobats will also be in the show. Details here.
Andrew Luck's popularity locally and nationally continues to soar, and the sales of his jersey demonstrate that. His jersey sales are among top 10 among all professional athletes this holiday season.
SC Design Inc. lists debt of $1.5 million. Most of it is owed to Fair Finance, formerly co-owned by convicted fraudster Tim Durham, through a claim filed by a trustee seeking to recover investor funds.
At some point over the past generation, people around the world entered what you might call the age of possibility. They became intolerant of any arrangement that might close off their personal options.
The Twinkie, it turns out, was introduced way back in 1930. In our memories, however, the iconic snack will forever be identified with the 1950s, when Hostess popularized the brand by sponsoring “The Howdy Doody Show.” And the demise of Hostess has unleashed a wave of baby boomer nostalgia for a seemingly more innocent time.
As Lyndon Johnson said, the two things that make leaders stupid are envy and sex.
A number of high-profile deaths over the past 15 years have increased awareness of sudden cardiac death in the national sports community and public at large, but also here on home turf.
Forget red states versus blue states. The color best representative of the 2012 election is green, as in greenbacks. The election was not only the most expensive in our nation’s history at $6 billion spent, but it also shattered the record by more than $700 million. More than 1,000 Super PACs were formed and they spent at least $970 million, much of it on negative television ads and direct mail.
A federal judge will determine whether an Anderson church can exit bankruptcy with a lighter debt load, over objections from its bank lender, after a church scheme to profit by selling life insurance on its elderly members failed.
