STEINOUR: Midwest leads national recovery
The real news is that the Midwest in general and Indiana in particular is bouncing back. In fact, the Midwest is not only resurgent—it is leading the national economic recovery.
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The real news is that the Midwest in general and Indiana in particular is bouncing back. In fact, the Midwest is not only resurgent—it is leading the national economic recovery.
Try as I might, it is close to impossible to escape the political ads blanketing the airwaves in these last days leading up to the election.
Indiana's top ethics official says Gov. Mitch Daniels won't face any restrictions on his new job as Purdue University's president.
A 32-year-old Carmel man was critically injured Wednesday afternoon after police said his car hydroplaned, sending it into a spin before it collided with a pickup truck on the north side of Indianapolis. Emergency crews responding to the scene in the 4200 block of College Avenue at 4:10 p.m. found the driver of a black Audi unconscious and not breathing. The driver of the pickup truck was uninjured, but his two passengers were hospitalized with serious injuries.
Indianapolis police are investigating a shooting Wednesday morning in the 9400 block of Stouffer Court on the city’s east side. Investigators said the victim was a woman who was hospitalized with non-life-threatening injuries to her arm and stomach. Police believe the woman knows the shooter.
Indianapolis Colts fans will be able to see their team take on the Cleveland Browns on TV this Sunday. The team announced Thursday that it had sold all tickets for the game to avoid a blackout. The sellout marks the 83rd in a row for Colts home games.
Weekly applications for U.S. unemployment benefits jumped 46,000 last week, to a seasonally adjusted 388,000, the highest in four months. The increase marks a big rebound from the previous week's sharp drop.
Developers are one step closer to building a $9 million apartment project to replace a blighted former hotel in Irvington.
School officials did not say whether the University of Phoenix campus in Indianapolis off Interstate 465 near the Castleton Square Mall would be among those closed.
The initial batch of 10,000 orange ChuckStrong bracelets are available at Colts Pro Shops at Circle Centre Mall and Lucas Oil Stadium and online. Team officials expect them to sell fast.
On the lineup: The Heartland Film Festival, Savion Glover, Delia Ephron and more.
James Vento, president and CEO of Easter Seals Crossroads, is retiring after 32 years at the helm of the Indianapolis-based agency, the not-for-profit said Wednesday.
The Indianapolis Airport Authority board on Friday is expected to vote on a lease with Wilmington, Ohio-based LGSTX Distribution Services to continue operations at the hub through at least November 2014.
Engine maker Cummins Inc. says it will lay off at least 150 workers from its southern Indiana factories as it carries out its plan to cut up to 1,500 jobs worldwide by year's end.
The pope has transferred a Vatican official who openly sought to mend the Vatican's frayed fences with U.S. nuns, naming him archbishop of Indianapolis.
Spending in Indiana's tight U.S. Senate race topped $20 million this week, with new spending from the conservative Club for Growth, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid's super PAC, and national Democrats and Republicans.
Democrat John Gregg got personal Wednesday during the second Indiana gubernatorial debate, saying he took "great offense" at Republican Mike Pence's plans to promote traditional families, which Gregg said would ignore single parents such as himself.