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Indiana tea partiers challenge Lugar residency

Richard Lugar's tea party challenger stood Wednesday morning outside the Indianapolis home the Republican U.S. senator sold decades ago to make the case his opponent no longer has much to do with the state he represents.

Fair victims get more donations

The Indiana State Fair Commission announced Wednesday that additional money from the State Fair Relief Fund has been distributed to victims of the stage-collapse tragedy. The commission said an additional $114,301 from the charity fund went to the victims of the Aug. 13 disaster in a third round of payments. So far, about $1.1 million has been contributed to the fund. Estates of the seven deceased victims have so far received a total of $68,241 each from the fund and injured claimants have each received payments of between $6,525 and $48,796. The fund is accepting donations until Oct. 31.

Plan to drug-test Indiana welfare recipients stalls

A bill to require drug-testing for some Indiana welfare recipients has failed in a legislative committee after concerns were raised about the possible $1 million cost to start the program.

Laurel Five suspect pleads guilty

The man charged in the murders of five people in rural Franklin County changed his plea to guilty Tuesday. David Ison, 46, is likely to spend the rest of his life in prison without the possibility of parole in the case known as the Laurel Five murders. He is charged with killing Roy Napier, 50; Angela Napier, 47; Melissa Napier, 23; Jacob Napier, 18; and Henry Smith, 43. All were shot to death last September after a drug deal went awry, investigators say. Ison will be formally sentenced March 14.
 

Fire destroys local home

Firefighters with the Wayne Township Fire Department are trying to determine what caused a fire to break out in a mobile home Wednesday morning. The blaze, which broke out about 6:15 a.m., destroyed the home in the I-70 Mobile Home Park in southwest Indianapolis. One occupant, along with his three friends who were staying overnight, escaped from the home without injury.
 

Also this week

Butler Ballet’s annual Midwinter Dance Festival happens at Clowes Hall Feb. 17-18. Details here.   

Beef & Boards Dinner Theatre presents “Legally Blonde” Feb. 17-April 6. Details here.  

Butler University Theatre stages Moliere’s “Tartuffe,” directed by William Fisher Feb. 15-26. Details here.  

The Artsgarden hosts a free Art & Soul show with singers Lee’ A Ro and Tony Styx. Details here.

The Indiana State Museum hosts the ninth annual Indiana Art Fair Feb. 17. Details here.

Storytelling Arts of Indiana presents Donald Davis’ “Childhood Moments” Feb. 17 at the Indiana History Center’s Basile Theatre. Details here.

Bruce Hornsby comes to the Palladium Feb. 17. Details here.

Poet Tasha Jones performs her work at the Artsgarden Feb. 21. Details here.

Haywood Banks brings his stand-up act to Morty’s Comedy Joint Feb. 16-19. Details here.

Van Halen rocks Bankers Life Fieldhouse on Feb. 22. Kool and the Gang opens the show. Details here.

Poet Simon Armitage reads at Butler University Feb. 21. Details here.