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The average rate for 30-year mortgages fell from 4.14 percent to 4.10 percent for the week ended Feb. 15, according to Bankrate.com. The rate for 15-year mortgages fell from 3.36 percent to 3.35 percent.

Gas prices jumped more than 30 cents per gallon over the weekend, driving more motorists to sign up for loyalty programs that offer savings. The average price of a gallon of gas in Indiana was $3.46 on Monday morning; IndyGasPrices.com said the local high was $3.69 at an east-side station and the low was $3.09 at a north-side Sam’s Club—but only for club members. Analysts said more drivers are looking for such deals as prices keep climbing.

Children playing with lighters started two fires in two days, forcing eight Indianapolis families from their homes. On Saturday, fire crews were called to Pickwick Farms Apartments in the 9400 block of Ditch Road after a girl using a lighter to roast marshmallows ignited a paper bag. The blaze caused an estimated $300,000 in damage to seven apartments, displacing 20 residents. The next day, 10 people were chased from a home in the 8100 block of Wysong Drive after a boy spending the night found a lighter and set fire to his bed. Damages there were estimated at $50,000.

A Hoosier Lotto ticket sold at a Shelbyville smoke shop matched all the numbers to win the third-highest jackpot in the history of the game. The Hoosier Lottery said Sunday the ticket for Saturday night’s drawing is worth $34.5 million, equaling a jackpot shared by a group of Amtrak co-workers in Beech Grove in 2010. The winning numbers were 3, 7, 18, 19, 23 and 25. The ticket was sold at the Smokers Host discount tobacco store on Harrison Street.

-CWS Realty Holdings LLC bought 7.56 acres in Lebanon Business Park at State Road 39 and Interstate 65. The price wasn’t disclosed. The buyer was represented by Jay Archer of Duke Realty Corp. The seller, Universal Properties LLC, was represented by Wayne Kelly of Kaiser Land.

-Record Street Warehouse bought a 110,000-square-foot industrial building at 7800 Record St. The price wasn’t disclosed. The buyer was represented by Andrew Schrage of Coldwell Banker Commercial Realty Services. The seller, LBC Corp., represented itself.

-Dairy Queen bought an 1,800-square-foot freestanding retail building at 2425 National Road. The price wasn’t disclosed. The buyer was represented by Brad Walker of Landmark Properties. The seller, Eastside Development Co. LLC, was represented by Scot Courtney of Lee & Associates.

-Kort Builders has completed a 4,985-square-foot retail space for Scrubs & Beyond at 5151 E. 82nd St., Suite 500/600.

-Kort Builders has completed a 3,250-square-foot restaurant space for Apezza Pizza at Fall Creek Harbour, 10150 Brooks School Road, Fishers.

-Kort Builders has completed a 2,300-square-foot retail space for Ossip Optometry at 54 Monument Circle.

Lawrence Township Schools has fired a football coach and instructional assistant after he allegedly choked a student inside the school. Lawrence Police are also investigating the incident in which the coach, Desmoin Cooksey, allegedly put an 18-year-old student in a headlock so that he couldn’t breathe. No arrests have been made.

Eagle Creek Park hopes to capture the excitement generated by the zip line in the Super Bowl Village by adding a zip-line attraction of its own. Officials are working with United Kingdom-based adventure-course company Go Ape Ltd. to build a zip-line course in the municipal park on the northwest side of Indianapolis. The course, which will include four zip lines, will likely be built this spring and could be operating by Memorial Day.