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Fair starts amid heat wave

Indiana State Fair organizers hope the extreme heat won't keep people away this week. As temperatures continue to rise
into the 90s once again, water and shade will be in high demand, but organizers also said they’ll try to help Hoosiers
beat the heat while they enjoy the fair. They're going to have misting stations and lemonade stands about every 20 feet
for people walking along the grounds. Police, medics and the Red Cross will also be on patrol for anyone having trouble.

 

Police: Local homeowner shoots attacker

Indianapolis police say a homeowner shot a man who attacked him with a pipe wrench during an apparent robbery attempt. Emergency
workers called to the city's south side Sunday evening found a man with gunshot wounds to his abdomen and arm. Police
officers followed a blood trail about a half-block to a house where they found the 59-year-old homeowner with head injuries.
The homeowner told officers that the other man had helped him with home renovations. The homeowner said the man suddenly attacked
him with the wrench. He  was able to fight off the attacker and get a handgun, then fired two shots, he told police.

 

Two houses torched in two days

Two cases of arson happened less than two miles apart in Noblesville over the weekend, and both were set just after 2 a.m.
Both homes were vacant and up for sale, so no injuries occurred. The first fire happened at about 2:30 a.m. Saturday in the
7000 block of East 160th Street. The second took place just after 2 a.m. Sunday near the intersection of 146th Street and
Cherry Tree Road. Fox59 will have more at 4 p.m.
 

Hyundai hole in Indiana

The rising Korean industrial giant is building another plant in the U.S., but not in Indiana.

Counties brace for big tax losses next year

Indiana counties will receive $1.3 billion in income tax revenue in 2011, nearly 16 percent less than they did this year.
Marion and Hamilton counties will suffer major reductions in distributions.

You-review-it Monday

Shakespeare in the Park, gamers at the Convention Center, and more.

Daniels: Stimulus should focus on companies, not states

Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels said he opposes more stimulus such as aid to states to keep teachers hired and to expand credit
to small business, while favoring incentives to revive private hiring and investment.

Emmis delays vote on buyout again

As preferred shareholders continue holdout, Emmis postpones vote to take company private. Issue will be taken up again Aug.
13.

Logistics teams compete on public stage

About 400 people and nine teams convened at a vacant 96th Street distribution center Thursday for the inaugural Indianapolis
LogistXGames.

Family convinces robbery suspect to give up

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.

Police union slaps down proposed contract

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.