Did Mayor Ballard jump gun on charter closure?
An Indianapolis charter school marked for closure by Mayor Greg Ballard posted huge gains in ISTEP scores this year, and school leaders plan to ask Ballard to reconsider his decision.
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City’s Rebuild Indy money to revamp railroad overpasses
The city of Indianapolis released bids soliciting contractors to repaint, clean and add lighting underneath the overpasses at Meridian, Pennsylvania and Illinois streets and College and Capitol avenues downtown, and on 10th Street east of the Monon Trail.
IndyCar appears poised to drop Milwaukee race
IndyCar Series CEO Randy Bernard is considering taking the open-wheel series to the Road America road course in Elkhart Lake, Wis., for 2012. That race could replace the Milwaukee race, which Bernard said faces a 50-percent chance of being eliminated.
Smulyan says Emmis ready ‘to go back on offensive’
Emmis' sale of two stations in Chicago and one in New York City will allow the company to chop more than $100 million off its $331 million in long-term debt—clearing the way for it to arrange a refinancing under favorable terms.
BENNER: Morning daily’s losing streak is bad for all of us
I know this is a sports column. Allow me to veer somewhat off course.
HETRICK: Does then and there top here and now?
In a meeting last week, I found myself reminiscing with my first client about a conversation we’d had with then-Indianapolis mayor Steve Goldsmith 17 years ago.
DINING: Heat, drink and be merry at Fireside Brewhouse
Last in a month-long series of reviews of “heated” eateries.
LOU’S VIEWS: In the City of Angels, the stars aren’t only on screen
Greetings from California, where the question of the week was, “Is L.A. a theater town?
Solar power company moving headquarters to Portage
Fronius USA will relocate to Portage, where it plans to lease 400,000 square feet of manufacturing space and create up to 512 jobs by 2016.
PROXY CORNER: Vera Bradley Inc.
Fort Wayne-based Vera Bradley Inc. sells handbags, accessories, paper-and-gift items and travel items through 3,300 specialty stores and 45 Vera Bradley stores nationwide.
Bird’s unpredictability likely to be on display during draft
Larry Bird is either a mad scientist/genius or a lunatic when it comes to running a basketball team. For Larry Legend, there’s really no middle ground.
Ballard criticized for NAACP comment
Members of the Baptist Ministers Alliance lashed out at Indianapolis Mayor Greg Ballard on the issues of race relations Wednesday in the wake of a comment he made last week on Amos Brown’s radio show. Brown asked Ballard if he had ever met with the president of the Indianapolis chapter of the NAACP. Ballard said he had attended a breakfast with “him” but had never had a one-on-one meeting. The problem: The local NAACP president is a woman.
Two teens die in Delaware County crash
Two teenagers died and a third had to be air-lifted to an Indianapolis hospital following a single-vehicle accident Wednesday night in Delaware County. Police say the car was traveling at a high rate of speed at about 6 p.m. near the intersection of Eaton-Albany Pike and County Road 500 East when it lost control, left the road and hit several trees. All three teens were ejected from the car.
Suspects on loose after home invasion
An Indianapolis woman was sexually assaulted and robbed in a home invasion Thursday morning in the Crooked Creek Villages subdivision near 62nd Street and Michigan Road on the northwest side. Police say three men forced their way into her home and took ATM cards and valuables after she was sexually assaulted. They also took her car and attempted to use one of the ATM cards at a nearby bank. A police officer responding to the incident got in a car accident on the way and was taken to the hospital with back pain.
Earth, Wind & Fire joining up with Symphony
Also, ballet at the multiplex, B’way’s original Javert with the ISO, and more.
Unemployment applications jump by most in a month
The number of people who applied for unemployment benefits last week rose by the most in a month, signaling growing weakness in the job market.
Home builders close after alleged embezzlement scheme
Two prominent area home builders have ceased operations after owner J. Greg Allen filed suit against two longtime executives, alleging they've been stealing from the companies for years.
Lilly CEO: Immigration, tax laws slow innovation
The U.S. government needs to open its borders to attract and retain talented scientists for drugmakers to employ, Eli Lilly & Co. CEO John Lechleiter plans to tell a technology conference Thursday.
State to drug test those in job training programs
Indiana Workforce Development Commissioner Mark Everson said Wednesday that it's "irresponsible" to train job applicants who would later be barred from getting a job because of illegal drug use.
Bayh, Card to tour U.S. in Chamber campaign against regulations
Former Senator Evan Bayh and former White House Chief of Staff Andrew Card will tour the U.S. in a campaign by the Chamber of Commerce urging small businesses to fight regulations they say are stunting job growth.