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Not-for-profit Keep Indianapolis Beautiful has been given a $10,000 dollar grant from the Alliance for Community Trees and
the Home Depot Foundation to help with its “2,012 by 2012” tree-planting initiative. The money will help the organization
plant 2,012 trees on the near east side in time for the 2012 Super Bowl at Lucas Oil stadium. The plan is part of a bigger
goal in which the group hopes to plant 100,000 trees in the next seven years.
 

Police say a fight inside a pub in northwest Indianapolis sparked a deadly shooting early Friday morning. The fight spilled
into the parking lot at Kelly’s Pub at 56th Street and Georgetown Road just after 3 a.m. Friday before the shooting
occurred. Police say the victim, 25-year-old Leon Pepper, had a criminal history involving drugs. Police are looking for someone
named Mike who they believe may be a witness to the shooting.
 

A 22-year-old man was killed Friday morning in Indianapolis when his car was struck by a school bus. Police say Keon Wills
was driving erratically on southbound Keystone Avenue when his Ford Focus crossed the median. He collided with a bus carrying
19 Broad Ripple High School students near 36th Street. The bus careened into a yard and came to a stop just feet from a home.
One student was taken to the hospital with minor injuries and five others suffered bruises.