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Indianapolis police are investigating a drive-by shooting Sunday on the city’s east side that left three people with gunshot wounds. The victims were found in the 3700 block of Breen Drive, near 38th Street and Post Road, about 9:45 p.m. The victims were transported to the hospital and are expected to survive. Witnesses say they saw a black or blue SUV or minivan drive away from the crime scene.
A City-County councilor was arrested Sunday after Indianapolis police said he interfered with a burglary investigation. Joseph Simpson, 61, a first-term Democrat who represents District 9, was preliminarily charged with resisting law enforcement, interfering with law enforcement, and disorderly conduct. The incident happened in the 4500 block of Guilford Avenue at about 6 p.m. Police said Simpson approached officers as they tried to secure a crime scene. The officers said they asked Simpson multiple times to leave, but he refused and eventually became belligerent.
WellPoint Inc. plans to buy lens retailer 1-800-Contacts Inc. in a deal worth an estimated $900 million, giving the insurer its first direct-to-consumer business outside selling individual health coverage.
David Roberts, the company's intellectual property lawyer since January 2011, is the new CEO. Richard Quirin, who was chief financial officer at IMMI, a seatbelt maker based in Westfield, is the new CFO.
Indianapolis-based Productive Resources LLC, a privately held technical engineering firm, has been acquired for $12 million by Waltham, Mass.-based Lionbridge Technologies Inc., the companies announced Monday.
Planners designing roads would formally be required to look beyond the needs of motorists and pedestrians—to also consider bicyclists and public transportation users—under an ordinance to be considered Monday night by the City-County Council.
Indianapolis didn’t violate the Constitution when it forgave sewer-system debt owed by some homeowners while refusing to give refunds to those who had already paid, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled.
Indiana's state budget leaders on Monday are expected to take another step toward finding what caused more than $500 million in tax-revenue accounting errors, but a final answer is still a long way off.
The Indianapolis-based health insurer said 1-800 Contacts is attractive partly because it has bigger profit margins than its core insurance business, The Wall Street Journal reported.
Indiana's school voucher program has finished its first year with enrollment on the rise and supporters trumpeting the program's successes.
Indianapolis-based holding company Schwarz Partners LP has formed a joint venture with The Kraft Group LLC to buy two major paper mills from industry giant International Paper Co. The mills are part of a three-mill sale worth $470 million.
If widely adopted, the technology could save the engine-maker billions over time, a company representative said.
A dismal U.S. jobs report and other evidence of a global economic slowdown clobbered U.S. stocks Friday.
The owners of Arbor Green Apartments on the city’s northeast side owe nearly $15.9 million on a 2008 loan, according to court documents.
A man convicted of murdering an Indianapolis musician was sentenced Thursday to 65 years in prison. Allen Parker, 25, strangled John Butsch in April 2011 while Butsch, 59, slept in his Woodruff Place home. Detectives think Parker killed Butsch in revenge for being evicted.
The university appointed Randall Shepard to a two-year term as its first executive-in-residence of its Public Policy Institute within the School of Public and Environmental Affairs. Shepard stepped down as chief justice in March.
Indianapolis police are investigating an apparent homicide of a Massachusetts police officer near downtown’s Central Library early Friday morning. Sean Cooney, 27, was found in an alley near the Sylvania Apartments about 2 a.m., suffering from head trauma. He died a short time later at Wishard Hospital. Cooney was a part-time police officer with the Rutland, Mass., police department. He was visiting Indianapolis to make arrangements for a close friend who recently died.
Jason Purvis, 35, died Thursday night at IU Health Methodist Hospital after being pulled from the White River in downtown Indianapolis earlier in the day. Witnesses said Purvis attempted to swim across the river near the Oliver Street Bridge on Thursday afternoon but failed to make it. A diver recovered the man after he spent about 30 minutes under the water. He was rushed to the hospital in critical condition and pronounced dead about 9:30 p.m.
A company with plans for building high-tech police cars at an eastern Indiana factory has added a venture capitalist on board as it tries to raise millions of dollars to get off the ground.
