EDITORIAL: Start over to fix Indianapolis schools
A school district where fewer than half the students pass state-standardized tests isn’t getting the job done.
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A school district where fewer than half the students pass state-standardized tests isn’t getting the job done.
Manager Jon Parson told IBJ that he had "no idea" why the dealership was closing. Christine Burd took over the business in late 2009 following the suicide of her husband, Richard Burd.
The Indiana State Fair Commission has unanimously approved an emergency management plan following the 2011 stage collapse that killed seven people and injured dozens of others.
A Martinsville teenager is dead after an all-terrain vehicle accident Wednesday evening. Indiana conservation officers said the accident occurred in Morgan County near Bryant’s Creek Road and Moulton Road. They said Tyler Roland, 14, was driving a Polaris Ranger along the county road when he lost control of the ATV. Roland was thrown from the vehicle when it rolled. He was pronounced dead at the scene. A 14-year-old passenger received minor injuries in the crash. A preliminary investigation suggests speed was a contributing factor in the crash.
Lawrence police officers are investigating a Thursday morning shooting that killed a 19-year-old man. Deputy Chief Gary Woodruff said the victim was alive when officers found him in the 8700 block of East 46th Street about 1:40 a.m. The victim, who was not identified, told investigators he was walking down the street when the occupant of what appeared to be a silver Neon passing by fired one shot at him. Police are still looking for the car, which took off eastbound on 46th. The victim was taken to IU Health Methodist Hospital in critical condition and later died.
The Indian-born doctor is seeking past and future pay, in addition to other damages, for enduring what she considers harassment and discrimination while a resident at the Indianapolis hospital.
Federal prosecutors in the Tim Durham fraud trial on Wednesday sought to introduce into evidence an IBJ investigative report from October 2009, but a judge agreed with a defense attorney and denied the request.
The Thursday morning update of the federal government's U.S. Drought Monitor map shows that about 90 percent of Indiana is abnormally dry and that nearly 40 percent of the state is now in the midst of a moderate drought.
The AM General factory in northwest Indiana started building the MV-1 car last year for the Vehicle Production Group.
Indianapolis-based FitzMark Inc. said it will fill the customer service and purchasing positions by the end of the year. The company was founded in 2007 and has grown to $25 million in annual revenue.
The Indianapolis Prize, administered by the Indianapolis Zoo and given every two years, claims to be the world’s richest individual award for animal conservation.
The men who presided over Ohio-based Fair Finance were at their wits end by late 2009. In government-recorded phone calls and intercepted e-mails introduced as evidence in U.S. District Court this week, they come across as exhausted, angry and determined.
Indianapolis-based Eli Lilly and Co. and other corporate heavyweights are applying for Web suffixes including .cialis, .walmart and .jpmorgan under a program to expand the number of Internet domain names beyond .com.
The family that owns Indiana's Holiday World will get as much as $3.9 million from the state of Kentucky over the next decade to reopen a shuttered amusement park in Louisville.
The American Civil Liberties Union is representing the Indiana Youth Group in its appeal of the state's March decision, arguing the BMV selectively enforced the policy that led to the ban.
This year’s list of fastest-growing private companies in the Indianapolis area is a diverse lot, operating in industries ranging from human resources to office furnishings to construction to home health care and games.
Oil, grain were particularly helpful for cooperatives. An improved economy also propelled manufacturers ahead.
Performance varied widely as industries ebbed, flowed.
If it seems like the economy should be better by now, under normal circumstances it would. After all, the recession ended three years ago this month.
Several local broadcast television sources say Angela Buchman will leave Channel 8 when her contract expires this summer. A non-compete clause likely would keep her from appearing on-air for Channel 13 until next year.