Johnson County woman guilty of securities fraud
Wanda Robertson was sentenced to eight years in prison, with four years suspended, after pleading guilty Wednesday.
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Wanda Robertson was sentenced to eight years in prison, with four years suspended, after pleading guilty Wednesday.
The long-term outlook for health care reform is uncertain, but many analysts are expecting big health insurers like Indianapolis-based
WellPoint to benefit in 2010.
John J. Greisch was most recently president of international operations at Baxter International Inc.
MedTech, whose flagship campus is located on the city’s northeast side, provides degrees in biotechnology and nursing, as
well as in other health-care related programs.
Programs similar to the Woodrow Wilson Indiana Teaching Fellowship will begin this year in Ohio and Michigan and up to two
other states.
The House could also advance a bill Thursday that would tighten lobbying and ethics rules in the General Assembly.
Indiana University must cut $58.9 million from its budget over the remainder of the state’s two-year budget cycle.
The only merged city-county government in the state is in Indianapolis, which underwent its consolidation in the early 1970s.
Attorney General Greg Zoeller says he’ll look at the constitutionality of parts of the federal health care bill, including
the so-called Nebraska compromise.
A state senator said his committee will consider legislation that would allow riverboat casinos on Lake Michigan and the Ohio
River to move inland in hopes of staving off new competition from neighboring states.
AthenaPowerLink selects Carmel firm Mitsch Design as the first woman-owned business it will assist locally.
Employing relatives or pals can be a godsend or a nightmare for small firms. And anecdotal evidence suggests it could be even
rougher on women business owners than it is on men.
The zoo says it drew 1.05
million visitors during 2009, down from 1.1 million in 2008.
Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra presents Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto with guest soloist Vadim
Gluzman, Jan. 7-9 at Hilbert Circle Theatre. Details here.
Through Feb. 7 Beef & Boards Dinner Theatre It’s January, and that means the
musicians at Beef & Boards Dinner Theatre get to take a break while the stage is turned over to a song-less comedy. This
time, it’s Larry Shue’s oft-staged “The Foreigner,” a 1983 hit about a shy man whose pal tells others
that he doesn’t speak English. Jeff Stockberger, no stranger to door-slamming silliness after appearing in B&B’s
“Don’t Dress for Dinner” and “Run for Your Wife,” leads a cast that includes Sarah Hund of “Smoke
on the Mountain” and Indy’s favorite Santa, Ty Stover. Details here.
Jan. 9
Jan. 7-10
Indiana Repertory Theatre
The weather outside may be frightful, but
inside it should be carnival hot. Dance Kaleidoscope offers “Play Mas,” celebrating the carnivals of Trinidad
and Brazil, and “Food of Love,” featuring music from such far-ranging places as Argentina, Pakistan and Africa.
Prior to the Friday through Sunday programs, you can show up to the theater a half-hour early for “Dance Talk with David,”
featuring DK artistic director and choreographer David Hochoy. Details here.
The stateâ??s top agency for Latinos no longer has an executive director. Pat Sanchez was let go earlier this week from his
job heading up the Indiana Commission on Hispanic and Latino Affairs. The group reviews programs, conducts research and follows
legislation that affects the stateâ??s Latino population. It’s not clear why the former Indianapolis Public Schools teacher
was fired. Sanchez was the agency’s third executive director since 2003.
A fire on the east side of Indianapolis kept crews busy late into the night Tuesday. Fire engulfed three businesses in the
4800 block of East Michigan Streetâ??an insurance company, a music studio and a sporting goods store. Getting it under control
was a challenge for firefighters, who had to contend with frozen hydrants for the second time this week. A fire early Monday
that burned down the Texas Roadhouse near 16th Street and Shadeland Avenue quickly spread because firefighters spent 15 minutes
looking for a non-frozen hydrant.