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With the Miller House open, Columbus becomes even more of a design draw.
A Lawrence mom was arrested Wednesday, accused of neglect of a dependent and public intoxication. According to police, 24-year-old Vashney Bushrod fell asleep in her car with her two sons, ages 5 and 1, for about seven hours. Officers found empty vodka bottles in the vehicle. They also said Bushrod ran into a fence when she tried to park at the Pinnacle Square Apartments while under the influence of alcohol.
A man told police voices in his head made him commit a robbery Wednesday night. Aaron D. Williams, 31, was arrested for robbing the Village Pantry on North Meridian Street in Greenwood. He told police he has a mental disorder and is on medication for it. According to police, Williams used a large kitchen knife to hold up the store. Police pulled him over a short time later based on a description of his car and found a bag of money, cigarettes and the knife. Williams was taken to the Johnson County Jail and also was charged with two other robberies in the Greenwood area: a Red Roof Inn in January and another Village Pantry in April.
Beginning July 1, it will be illegal for drivers in Indiana to text while behind the wheel. Gov. Mitch Daniels on Wednesday signed legislation prohibiting the use of any hand-held telecommunications device to type, transmit, or read text messages or e-mail while operating a moving motor vehicle. Offenders could face fines up to $500. "Drivers who use hand-held devices are four times more likely to be involved in a collision serious enough to cause injury," said Ryan Klitzsch, Indiana Criminal Justice Institute Traffic Safety Division Director.
SerVaas Laboratories Inc. has moved its headquarters to a 65,000-square-foot building on the northwest side after nearly 40 years in its old location.
Three Indiana school districts, including Hamilton Southeastern and Franklin Township, are dropping a lawsuit against the state that claimed the method for distributing school funding treated growing districts unfairly.
Property along the White River is set to be rezoned to provide for a cross-country track, while a not-for-profit is eying a parcel farther north as one of three potential sites for a tennis center.
The owners of a new microbrewery in Fountain Square, slated to open by mid-August, plan to differentiate the business by focusing on the "convergence of art and science" in brewing.
Local NBA team nets 35 percent ratings increase in games on Fox Sports, with almost 70,000 households tuning in to Pacers-Bulls playoff game.
The operator of the building at 8424 Naab Road near St. Vincent Hospital is accused of owing an Illinois investment firm $4 million.
Sony officials plan to spend $72 million on new and upgraded equipment at its western Indiana factory, with most of that going toward Blu-ray disc manufacturing.
A team led by an Indiana University scientist has won a $2.4 million NASA grant for research that could help the space agency search for life elsewhere in the solar system.
Some health care system are finally allowing online scheduling.
The problem is, too many people make unhealthy choices and the consequences of these choices become everyone’s problem.
Industry cluster in northern Indiana has adapted to every other change in health care, and will absorb tissue regeneration, too.
Health reform could accelerate trend toward two tiers of care, with concierge services like Dr. Matt Priddy offers at the top and long waits and minimal attention at the bottom.
Toyota Motor Corp. says North American production will rise to 70 percent of normal in June as the company begins to recover from parts shortages caused by the earthquake in Japan.
The Center for the Performing Arts in Carmel has extended CEO Steven Libman’s contract through 2016, the board of directors announced Wednesday.
Local police investigators have arrested 24-year-old Geoffrey Collins in connection with a hit-and-run accident that killed one man and injured another late Sunday night. Collins was tracked down Tuesday after police received a tip. He admitted to driving the Ford Ranger truck that hit and killed David Smith and critically injured Jason Pedigo, who were pushing a shopping cart on West Morris Street about 11:45 p.m. on their way to get beer. Collins faces several felony charges.