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Last weekend’s A&E events included trips back to the 1970s at the IMA and the 1940s at the Phoenix Theatre.
Fortune Industries Inc., an Indianapolis-based professional employer organization, has appointed Tena Mayberry as its CEO.
Mayberry, who also will continue to serve as president, succeeds John Fisbeck.
The Indiana State Board of Education is sending a checklist to school districts across the state that outlines options communities
should consider, including using fees to pay the costs of sports and other extracurricular activities.
A survey released Monday by the Chronicle of Higher Education showed compensation packages of
chief executives at public universities leveling off in 2008-2009, rising a relatively modest 2.3 percent. How did Indiana
college presidents fare?
The Indiana Department of Correction plans to shed the jobs of 118 teachers for GED, literacy and vocational classes at prisons
by turning those programs over to Ivy Tech Community College.
Lucas Oil Stadium may be too soft to provide much of a home field advantage for Colts during playoffs. But rowdy fans can
give LOS a harder edge for visiting Ravens.
An Ohio congressman is upset the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Indianapolis isn’t seeking to freeze the assets of
Fair Finance Co. owners Tim Durham and Jim Cochran.
Indianapolis-based Kiwanis International on Friday named longtime staff member Stan Soderstrom its executive director. Soderstrom
has been the interim executive director since October, when Rob Parker left the organization of service clubs.
St. Francis and Westview hospitals are open to hosting the osteopathic-medicine school proposed by the Indianapolis Catholic
institution.
The city of Indianapolis is seeking to consolidate management of its parking operations into a single, long-term lease that
could net it tens of millions of dollars to make street and sidewalk repairs. City leaders are expected to release a request
for proposals “soon.”
The Indiana Osteopathic Association passed over a virtually certain $75 million in startup funding from Indiana Wesleyan University
to choose Marian University for its new osteopathic college.
Indianapolis Colts wide receiver Pierre Garcon says he finally has made contact with some family members in Haiti. Garcon
says his mother received word Thursday night that some of his relatives survived Tuesday’s earthquake. But many other
family members are still unaccounted for. Garcon is using his Facebook and Twitter pages to update fans on the situation and
to raise money for disaster relief.
Friends and family gathered Thursday night to mourn the loss of Travon Neely, 15, who was killed Thursday when several people
opened fire in front of his house near 22nd Street and Graham Road. Police said a bullet went through the walls of the home
and hit Neely in the head. Several others were home at the time but weren’t hurt. Neely was a sophomore at John Marshall High
School.
Indianapolis police say they are looking for two men who ambushed a woman on the near-northwest side Friday morning, killing
her husband in the process. Investigators say Sonny Stingley’s wife went out to warm up the car in the driveway of their
house on Hart Drive about 6:45 a.m. When she was returning, two masked men grabbed her and forced her inside at gunpoint.
A struggle ensued and her husband was shot. The men fled. Police are asking anyone with information to call Crime Stoppers,
262-TIPS. Fox59 will have more at 4 p.m.
Lilly Endowment Inc. is continuing to support the state’s advanced-manufacturing initiative, giving Conexus Indiana a grant to help connect potential workers with the necessary training.
A new English-style pub and restaurant is planned for Fountain Square, a new bakery is coming to Fishers and Firehouse Subs plans to open its second Indianapolis-area location near 86th Street and Michigan Road.
Colts fans threatening boycott after Howl at the Moon manager invites Ravens fans to come party in Indianapolis. Blue Crew
thinks invite was laced with insults to Indy.
Beleaguered Elkhart took another hit this week when Illinois-based Gunite Corp. announced plans to move 110 manufacturing
jobs to Rockford, Ill., and Brillion, Wis.
An Indiana liquor store trade group wants a court to freeze state alcohol permits until a judge can clarify quota laws on
the number of permits allowed.