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A budget crunch is forcing Anderson’s school board to make a tough decision. Board members have two options. They can close
one high school and merge all the students into a single building, or they can keep both high schools open and combine them
with middle schools. The school board meets at 6 p.m. Tuesday and will take comments from the public â?? the only time the
board is scheduled to hear public opinion on the issue.

An area man has been charged with arson in the fire that blew up his Alexandria home. September’s blaze left 20-year-old Derek
Noland severely burned. Noland admitted he burned the house down because of “too many bad memories,” according to investigators.
At least five nearby homes were damaged by the fire.

The Department of Public Works is planning to send out more trucks in advance of the next round of messy winter weather, expected
on Wednesday, after Monday’s snow caused some major delays and dozens of accidents during the morning commute. Indianapolis
Mayor Greg Ballard attributed Monday’s traffic tie-ups in part to bad timing. The city used a few trucks to spread salt early
in the morning, but the snow kept coming and the roads re-froze. Fox59 will have more at 4 p.m.

A weekend fire forced firefighters to dodge bullets, after the blaze ignited ammunition left behind from a shooting. The fire
broke out about 11 p.m. Saturday in a home in the 3500 block of North Leland Avenue on Indianapolisâ?? east side. Fire crews
say that when they arrived, the ammunition, believed to be from a shooting earlier in the day, began to explode. No firefighters
were hurt. A male shooting victim was taken to the hospital in serious condition. An investigation is under way to see if
the two incidents are connected.