Southwest Indiana farmers in I-69’s path upset over land offers
So far, the state has spent $20.3 million to buy 209 parcels. Another $69.7 million is budgeted for purchases through June
30, 2011.
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So far, the state has spent $20.3 million to buy 209 parcels. Another $69.7 million is budgeted for purchases through June
30, 2011.
Indianapolis-based Browning Investments plans to turn the former Executive Inn back over to the city after being unable to
arrange financing for the project.
As preferred shareholders continue holdout, Emmis postpones vote to take company private. Issue will be taken up again Aug.
13.
The IHSAA announced Friday that Bobby Cox would replace Blake Ress as commissioner in February when Ress retires after 10-1/2
years in the position.
About 400 people and nine teams convened at a vacant 96th Street distribution center Thursday for the inaugural Indianapolis
LogistXGames.
An accused bank robber turned himself in Thursday night after his family convinced him to give up. Police said Joshua Scruggs,
25, robbed the Key Bank in Avon on Monday. Scruggs was taken to jail, where he’s being held on a $100,000 bond.
The Fraternal Order of Police has overwhelmingly rejected a new contract with the city of Indianapolis. The Thursday vote
was 748-126 against a new contract, which would have given officers a 1-percent raise during the second year of the contract
and a 3-percent raise after that. The vote came amid anger with a new plan to disband specialty detective units and reorganize
the department.
Investigators say Steven Ashmore, 21, might have been drunk when he was driving east in the westbound lanes of Interstate
70 early Friday morning. Ashmore crashed head-on into Justin Markel, 19, at about 4 a.m. just west of the Rural Keystone interchange.
Both drivers were trapped for about 30 minutes while fire crews worked to get them out of the wreckage. Ashmore is being treated
for life-threatening injuries. Markel is in serious condition with leg and arm injuries. Fox59 will have more at 4 p.m.
The disappointing jobs data magnifies worries that slowing growth could end up leading the country back into recession during
the second half of the year.
ABC station did not renew Todd Wallace's contract after three years, instead recruiting Todd Connor, an ABC News correspondent.
Wallace's co-anchor, Trisha Shepherd, will stay on.
Many say it's too early to tell whether last year's decision to extend the Indiana State Fair schedule by five days
is resulting in stronger sales.
Superintendent Paul Whitesell said Thursday that the lightning-fast communication of the State Police's Facebook page
and its Twitter account give the agency one more way to "reach out to the public."
The Big Ten announced Thursday that the conference and the Indiana Sports Corp. will spend the next 30 days working out details
of the one-year deal. After that, the Big Ten will conduct thorough research to determine future locations.
The city plans to open police-and-fire hubs in two former IPS schools, retrofit
an Eastgate mall department store into an Emergency Operations Center, and build at least two fire stations.
Endangered Species Chocolate, which saw growth spike from 2005 through 2007, lost 20 percent of its revenue in 2009. Sales
dropped from $14 million in 2008 to $11 million last year. New Curt Vander Meer has plans to bring the company back to its
former glory, one chocolate bar at a time.
The first few months of 2009 were not an easy time to be CEO of Simon Property Group Inc. David Simon was feeling pressure
from shareholders, lenders, employees and family members.
To create a disciplined investment strategy, I developed “The Ten Essential Principles of Entrepreneurship You Didn’t
Learn in School.” Over the course of 10 columns, I will feature each of
these essential principles. This is the third installment.
As the owners and innkeepers of Nestle Inn B&B downtown for the past 11 years, we were perplexed by your investigative
report [in the Aug. 2 Focus], “Overshadowed and underappreciated?”
Indianapolis has made strides toward becoming a “greener” city in the last few years. Reusing what we discard makes sense, but not everything should be disposable.
That includes the sports landmarks we’ve made a habit of turning into rubble.