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Sides square off over big rate hike-WEB ONLY

Customer groups say an 18-percent rate hike sought by the Indianapolis Department of Waterworks is excessive even for a utility drowning in variable-rate bond debt that’s swelled since financial markets collapsed. The Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission is weighing the department’s request filed in February to tap customers for an additional $22 million in the wake […]

EDITORIAL: Embracing risk key to revival-WEB ONLY

Risk has a bad name these days, for understandable reasons. In recent years, many corporate executives managed as if the boom times never would end, along the way ratcheting up debt to unfathomable levels. Many bankers, meanwhile, doled out loans to the lowliest of borrowers, and traded complex securities few truly understood. Yet a strong […]

WTHR’s reign faces new test-WEB ONLY

Early ratings from the all-important May sweeps suggest WTHR-TV Channel 13’s 15-year reign as king of local television news is secure for now. But the big test will come this fall when NBC’s weakening prime-time lineup is expected to put the ratings crown in play. The threat to the local affiliate will worsen in September […]

Andretti, Patrick, Fisher revved up

With the Indianapolis 500 fast approaching, speed is the name of the game. It appears Indy Racing League drivers—some of them anyway—are gaining speed with corporate America.

If you haven’t seen Marco Andretti’s Gillette…

Sports talk radio war rages

The battle for sports talk radio supremacy in central Indiana rages on—and is delivering some unlikely results. The biggest winner in 2009’s first quarter radio ratings is basketball coach turned on-air personality Dan…

Zippy “Zoomerville” launched

It’s always a challenge staging an unknown show.

It’s even more challenging to stage an untested show.

It is far more challenging to stage an untested musical.

That’s probably why you won’t find many brand new musicals being staged here in Indianapolis. Just…

Police say manager set fire to hide bank theft-WEB ONLY

Indianapolis police say an assistant bank manager bungled an attempt to cover up his theft by locking his keys inside the vault after setting a fire there. Police arrested 31-year-old Dwayne Roberts on arson and theft charges. Police Sgt. Matthew Mount said Roberts had apparently been stealing money from a Fifth Third Bank branch on […]

Adam’s Mark acquired, may be rebranded-WEB ONLY

Normal 0 false false false MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 One of the city’s largest hotels has been acquired and could be in for a major brand change.   The Adam’s Mark Hotel Indianapolis, the area’s sixth-largest hotel, was purchased in April by Scranton, Pa.-based Nexus Hospitality Management, hotel officials announced yesterday.   San Francisco-based Chartres Lodging Group LLC […]

New cases of H1N1 virus confirmed in Indiana-WEB ONLY

Health officials have confirmed that an Anderson University student has the first case of the H1N1 virus in Madison County. It was one of 13 new flu cases confirmed in the state yesterday, bringing the total to 28. Fourteen of those case have been in Marion County. The virus has also appeared in Lake, St. […]

Children find body of murdered Lawrence mother-WEB ONLY

Police are investigating the murder of a Lawrence woman in the 4300 block of Clinton Street. The victim has been identified as Amenda Yang, 43. Yang’s children discovered her body yesterday afternoon when they arrived home from school. Police say she died of blunt force trauma to the head. They also say they’ve interviewed and […]

GM posts $6B loss, spends $10.2B in cash-WEB ONLY

General Motors Corp. today posted a $6 billion first quarter loss and said it spent $10.2 billion more cash than it took in during the first three months of the year as revenue plummeted by $20 billion. Chief Financial Officer Ray Young said talk of the company going into Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection appeared to […]

NCAA warns IU about poor academic scores-WEB ONLY

The Indiana University men’s basketball team could face more penalties from the NCAA due to poor Academic Progress Rate scores. IU’s score ranked 325 out of 341 Division I men’s basketball programs. The program could lose practice time and scholarships if it falls below a minimum score in the next three years. This is just […]

Adam’s Mark acquired, may be rebranded-WEB ONLY

One of the city’s largest hotels has been acquired and could be in for a major brand change. The Adam’s Mark Hotel Indianapolis, the area’s sixth-largest hotel, was purchased in April by Scranton, Pa.-based Nexus Hospitality Management, hotel officials announced yesterday. San Francisco-based Chartres Lodging Group LLC sold the 407-room hotel, located near the airport […]

Simon Property aims for $1B with offering-WEB ONLY

Shopping mall giant Simon Property Group Inc. plans to sell another 20 million shares of common stock to raise money for “general corporate purposes” in a new attempt to shore up its balance sheet. The company had announced it was selling 14 million shares yesterday, but increased the number this morning. The Indianapolis-based real estate […]

Officer injured in northwest-side crash-WEB ONLY

A police officer was injured on the northwest side early this morning while trying to assist in a chase that started at 38th Street and Gemco Lane. But an SUV T-boned the police cruiser at 38th Street and Lafayette Road, causing the SUV to flip upside down. Its driver was treated and released from a […]

Dealer closes Saab locations, adds VW, Subaru-WEB ONLY

Central Indiana’s only Saab new-car franchise has closed its stores in Fishers and Indianapolis. Saab dealer Bob Falcone, however, has acquired the former Duke Gold Speedway Volkswagen Subaru dealership at 1930 W. 16th St. in Indianapolis, which will also service Saab cars. The VW-Subaru dealership closed abruptly last November after Gold’s death. Falcone closed Indy […]

Looking for a waterfront condo?

An auction has been set to sell nine remaining waterfront condos in a bank-owned development on Morse Lake in Cicero. The project, One Waterfront Plaza,…