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The president of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway announced today that he will step down after this weekend’s Allstate 400 at the Brickyard, the second top administrator to depart the speedway in a month. Joie Chitwood, a longtime Speedway official, became president and chief operating officer of IMS in December 2004. He said he is resigning […]
Could Eli Lilly be getting some revenge in the diabetes market? The Indianapolis drugmaker released clinical trial data today showing that its long-acting version of Byetta helped patients reduce their blood sugar and weight better than the long-acting insulin Lantus. Lantus, made by France-based Sanofi-Aventis SA, is a drug that stole significant insulin market share […]
A lawsuit accuses Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban of wrongfully diverting millions of dollars from the NBA franchise’s home arena to make up for shortfalls incurred by the team. Hillwood Center Partners filed the lawsuit last week in state district court in Dallas. The company is controlled by the team’s former owner, Ross Perot Jr. […]
An effort to put all the state’s courts on the same computerized case-management system and make court records available free online has reached only nine counties after seven years. Supporters say the task is overwhelming and progress has been made despite a five-year false start. But at least one key lawmaker believes it’s time to […]
Two chemistry professors at IUPUI are laboring to create the McDonald’s of research laboratories—low-cost and all over the world.
City officials are considering several proposals to modernize and even privatize the city's roughly 4,000 parking
meters to squeeze out more revenue.
One of the city’s golf course operators, Bob Thompson, has donated his earnings from two facilities to a single charitable
cause the past 15 years.
Tom Watson’s near British Open Victory yesterday has sent ticket sales skyward for the U.S. Senior Open hosted by Crooked Stick Golf Club in Carmel July 27-Aug. 2.
Watson will be one of the headliners of…
Indiana is getting more than $9.5 million in federal grants to help revitalize communities and create jobs. The funds from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development are from the federal stimulus package. Indiana Sen. Evan Bayh said many Indiana communities that were already struggling before the recession face significant challenges to recovery. He […]
A construction contract to widen a heavily traveled two-lane bypass around two sides of Indiana University’s main campus in Bloomington will be awarded next month. Indiana Department of Transportation spokesman Marvin Jenkins said work on the Indiana 45/46 Bypass project should begin within two months after the contract is awarded Aug. 12. The approximately $44 […]
Indiana is getting more than $4 million in federal stimulus funds to help the state clean up some of its leaking underground gasoline storage tanks. The money is part of $197 million in stimulus funds appropriated nationwide for shovel-ready sites tainted by petroleum products leaking from underground storage tanks. Fuel can ooze from tiny holes […]
I’ve been out of town this week, so I’ve missed, well, everything.
But I plan on catching up in a big way this week. In the meantime, tell me about your weekend arts experiences. Did you get to the latest “Smoke…
Nine local companies have joined together to offer $80,000 worth of marketing services, computer reconfiguration and office furniture as the prize the “Indy Business Makeover Competition” for small businesses.
Sister eateries Café Nora and Ruth’s Keystone Cafe have closed, owner Jim Nethercott said.
Humane Society of Indianapolis has been running adoption specials that have people lining up outside the Michigan Road shelter on weekends.
After 3-1/2 years, Russ Dodge has exited as general manager of WSYW-AM 810 and WEDJ-FM 107.1. Both stations, which are
owned by California-based Continental Broadcast Group LLC, air Hispanic music and programming.
The fact that Indiana is shedding manufacturing jobs is well-known, but you can thank a neighbor to the north for keeping track of every last one. The Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel reported recently that Wisconsin had taken the top spot, ahead of Indiana, in terms of the portion of employment in manufacturing—15.6 percent, versus Hoosiers’ 15.4 percent.
In its 20-year master strategy unveiled in December, IUPUI planned to tear down its track-and-field stadium along New York Street to make room for a mixed-use housing and retail development. Now IUPUI Chancellor Charles Bantz says those plans have been reconsidered.
