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I feel it’s necessary to question the fair and balanced
reporting on the part of Cory Schouten in his article, “Brizzi’s lease deals benefited friend, donor,” published
March 15.
The message to neighborhoods couldn’t be clearer: It’s absolutely essential to attract and retain middle-class
homeowners with the resources to invest in—and maintain—their own homes, as well as support surrounding businesses.
The dimmer wits in the Indiana General Assembly want to compensate colleges and universities according to their graduation
rates. This is another example of shallow reasoning by our elected representatives reflecting erroneous thought that has permeated
our society.
Vonnegut Memorial Library Inc. will move into 1,100 square feet at 340 N. Senate Ave. The Arts Council of Indianapolis will
occupy 5,400 square feet at 922 N. Pennsylvania St.
An Indianapolis mother is expected to return home from the hospital Thursday after her 11-year-old son likely saved her life
during a violent domestic dispute Tuesday night. The boy’s mother and her boyfriend, Shean Gilkey, began arguing over
money, and Gilkey proceeded to hit her and slam her against a group of bikes. Her son, fifth-grader Austin Mundy, called 911
to alert police and then joined the fray, trying to pry the man’s hands from his mother’s throat. Minutes later,
police arrived at the eastside apartment and arrested Gilkey.
A Delaware County man is being hailed as a hero after running into a burning home to rescue a man with a broken hip. The fire
started around 5 a.m. Thursday at a home near Selma. Five people were in the home at the time, and four escaped with only
minor injuries. The man rescued by his neighbor was airlifted to Wishard Hospital’s burn unit in Indianapolis.
Watching the transformation of Bob Knight from a take-no-guff head basketball coach to the type of glad-handing media type
he would have detested in his previous life has been truly shocking, and a little sad, to behold.
Conseco Inc. CEO Jim Prieur says it’s time to change the company’s 27-year-old name partly because it’s become better associated
with a sports facility than with the insurer’s products.
Patrick Trainor's family is thanking police and volunteers for their help trying to find their son, a Purdue University
freshman who disappeared last weekend. The 19-year-old's body was found Wednesday inside his car, submerged in a Fisher's
retention pond. The pond is in a private housing development where Trainor had been hanging out with friends Saturday night.
Police say it looks like Trainor missed a curve in the road and drove into the water. FOX59 will have more at 4 p.m.
With one of the nation’s largest tanning-bed manufacturers and dozens of salons in central Indiana, a 10-percent tax on tanning
could cost the region jobs.
New claims for unemployment benefits fell more than anticipated last week—partially due to changes in the calculations—as
layoffs ease and hiring slowly recovers.
Bernie Ecclestone appears to be interested in widening the racing series' reach in the U.S., with recent negotiations
to return to Indianapolis and now wishing aloud for a New York-based grand prix.
United Way of Central Indiana's 2009 fund-raising campaign raised $38.8 million, slightly short of its $39 million goal,
but almost equal to the previous year's effort, the organization announced Thursday.
Butler Automotive Group is proposing a $19 million development along Indiana 37 that could include five auto dealerships and
create about 230 jobs.
Eli Lilly is interested in assets that may be offered for sale as a result of Sanofi-Aventis SA and Merck & Co.’s plan to
combine their veterinary units.
Carmel-based insurer Conseco Inc. will ask shareholders to approve changing the company’s name to CNO Financial Group,
the company said Thursday morning.
J. Smoke Wallin launches Pelican Brands LLP to help booze companies market and distribute their products after his attempts
to acquire underperforming brands fizzled due to the credit crunch.
Judge William J. Hughes ruled Deborah Simon failed to make her claim with “sufficient specificity.”
Daniels told members of the Economic Club of Indianapolis that it’s ridiculous for anyone to suggest the nearly $1 trillion
health care overhaul signed into law Tuesday by President Barack Obama won’t add to the nation’s debt.
