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They’ve ousted Tony George, now it’s time for the former Indianapolis Motor Speedway CEO’s three sisters and mother to lead
open-wheel racing out of the woods.
A Bartholomew County man is in stable condition after he was shot several times Monday night at his mobile home in Heritage
Heights. Police say 38-year old Alberto Avitia told them that Juvencio Montez, 35, came into his home and shot him in the
back. Police are now searching for Montez. He is considered armed and dangerous.
Muncie police are investigating the deaths of two infants within months of each other at a caregiver’s house. Caregiver
Tina Byrd said when she checked on the infant Tuesday afternoon he wasn’t breathing. In November, a 2-month-old baby died
while at Byrd’s home. Police investigated that case but found nothing suspicious. Now, police are examining both cases.
Police say an Indianapolis officer drove over a man who was lying on a road after being struck by another vehicle in a hit-and-run.
The officer reported that he was driving on the city’s south side on Emerson Avenue near Edgewood Avenue early Wednesday when
he saw the man in the roadway too late to avoid hitting him. Investigators found blood and auto parts not belonging to the
police cruiser where the man apparently had been hit. Mark Nelson, 26, of Indianapolis died a few hours later at Wishard Memorial
Hospital. Fox59 will have more at 4 p.m.
Battery maker EnerDel could land $3 million in federal disaster-recovery money that would help bring 200 more jobs to its
facilities on the north side of Indianapolis and in Noblesville.
Mall retailer The Finish Line Inc. has agreed to forfeit a potentially lucrative tax-abatement deal because it won’t be able
to meet a 2008 promise to create almost 200 jobs and invest $24 million at its Indianapolis headquarters.
Arts organizations fill out their winter/spring lineups.
Knauf Insulation in Shelbyville appoints a company executive to its newly created position of CEO of North American operations.
Kerasotes, the nation’s sixth-largest movie house chain, has four theaters in the Indianapolis area; AMC, the No. 2 player, has two.
Proceeds from the offering will be used for general corporate purposes and to fund the purchase of senior notes.
A former attorney who pleaded guilty to mail fraud has been sentenced to three years probation for submitting inflated bids
on foreclosed homes to the company for which he worked and pocketing the difference.
An Indiana House committee approves legislation that would ban smoking in most public places statewide.
Expect another year of rising vacancies, declining property values and distressed sales in the central Indiana commercial
real estate
market. That’s the message from Colliers Turley Martin Tucker in its annual State of Real Estate report.
Freda Lockhart was the first woman to open dealerships for Cadillac and Saturn automobiles.
Governor acknowledges the economy has been taking a toll on state government and the lives of many Indiana residents.
The court on Tuesday ruled in favor of Emmis in its bid to get a popular radio station it operates in Hungary back on the air.
The Indiana Senate has given final approval to a proposal that would allow voters to decide whether property tax limits belong
in the state constitution.
“Cheech & Chong—Get It Legal,” Jan. 22 at the Murat Theatre. Details
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“Bedknobs and Broomsticks,”
Jan. 22-23 at the Artcraft Theatre. Details
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Winter Nights Films: “Arsenic and Old Lace,” Jan. 22 at
the Indianapolis Museum of Art. Details
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The Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra
and soloist Yuju Wang play Rachmaninoff, Jan. 22-23 at Hilbert Circle Theatre. Details
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Jan. 21
Clowes Hall
The panelists for this open-to-the-public discussion of the positive and
negative impact of hip-hop includes Beyonce’s manager, Mathew Knowles; activist and BET host Jeff Johnson; and Sandy
Denton, the Pepa of the group Salt-N-Pepa. It’s free, but tickets are required. Details here.
Through Feb. 27
Indiana Repertory Theatre
In the IRT’s new staging of the classic, the
language is still Shakespeare’s, but the setting is post-World War II America, the Montagues are white, and the Capulets
are black. Two new-to the-IRT actors, Chicago’s Claire Aubin Fort and Erik Hellman, play the title roles in a cast rounded
out by such familiar IRT faces as David Alan Anderson (“Looking Over the President’s Shoulder”), Ryan Artzberger
(“Rabbit Hole”) and Ben Tebbe (“A Christmas Carol”). Details here.
