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The secretary of the Indiana Family and Social Services Administration said error rates are down and the percentage of new applications for food stamps, Medicaid and other benefits on backlog has fallen by 83 percent in two two regions.
The Indiana Agricultural Statistics Service says farmers harvested 27 percent of their corn by Sunday, compared with none by this time last year and an average of 6 percent over the past five years.
The company said the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services renewed its durable medical equipment administrative contract for a region that covers Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio and Wisconsin.
The number of building permits filed in the nine-county metropolitan area dropped by 18 percent in August from the same time a year ago, falling from 354 to 290. The drop marks the third consecutive month permits have fallen.
Indianapolis Public Schools lost more than 900 students from last school year, putting it within 800 students of falling behind Fort Wayne’s school district as the state’s largest.
Indianapolis police say they have arrested a suspected serial bank robber with the help of the FBI. Agents believe 43-year-old Brinton Yates is responsible for robbing four banks in the last three weeks while he was on parole for a previous bank robbery conviction. He's accused of targeting banks on the north side. A Chase Bank on Michigan Road was hit twice. Police said Yates also held up a Chase Bank on Meridian Street and a Key Bank on Fall Creek Parkway.
A two-car crash caused traffic problems on the city’s north side Tuesday morning. The crash happened before 8 a.m. near 75th Street and College Avenue. Police say three people were taken to the hospital with non-life threatening injuries. Two other passengers were not hurt.
Indianapolis police are investigating the robbery and attempted robbery of two north-side Walgreens stores Tuesday morning. The first incident happened about 1:30 a.m. at the Walgreens at 86th Street and Ditch Road. The store manager told police two black men armed with guns entered the store, but became nervous and ran out 10 seconds later. Then, just after 4 a.m., the Walgreens at 86th Street and Michigan Road was robbed at gunpoint by a black male wearing a white ski mask. The suspect drove off in a blue-green car. Police say the two incidents are likely related. Fox59 will have more at 4 p.m.
A proposal to lease the city’s parking meters for 50 years would require the vendor to bring 200 jobs to Indianapolis for at least seven years. The salaries and benefits would range from $16,000 to $95,000 a year.
Popular race car driver no longer called Elite NASCAR Driver in full-page newspaper ad. And last weekend in Japan, the IndyCar racer lived up to her new moniker.
The initiative will promote the advantages of doing business in Indiana to attract more “measured marketers.” They are companies such as ExactTarget and Aprimo Inc. that provide a platform for marketing via e-mail, social media and other technologies.
The state’s jobless rate in August remained unchanged from the previous month’s figure of 10.2 percent. The loss of seasonal government and manufacturing jobs offset the addition of 3,000 private-sector jobs.
Amazon's warehouse in Boone County will exceed 1 million square feet by next year. Duke Realty began construction on the new leasehold in August, said Mark Hosfeld, vice president of leasing and development. The online retailer came to Duke's Anson development in 2008 with a lease of about 630,000 square feet at 4237 Anson Boulevard.
The lottery will move in January to the Buick, a 60,000-square-foot building at 13th and Meridian streets owned by principals of Shiel Sexton Construction.
Dorothy Henckel, president of the Indianapolis International Film Festival, has accepted a job as director of acquisitions for The Documentary Channel.
Housing starts are up 25 percent from their bottom in April 2009. But they remain 74 percent below their peak in January 2006.
Sisters Liz and Ann Hampton Callaway help launch Pops season.
Ener1 Inc., the parent company of local advanced-battery maker EnerDel, has reorganized its corporate structure and shuffled management ranks.
The Indiana Department of Transportation says the Federal Highway Administration has extended the comment period affecting Section 4 of the project for 30 days until Oct. 28.
France Cordova is one of six university presidents who will take part in Tuesday's gathering to fill Vice President Joe Biden in on research that's being funded by the National Science Foundation and other federal agencies.
