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With one hand, Rob Koharchik refills his tall coffee cup with liquid energy. With the other, he cradles rolled-up floor plans like a football. He quickly climbs several flights of dark concrete steps to reach a small stage, where a worker on a lift is filling a jury-rigged bucket with fake flower petals. In less […]
If-and, trust me, this is pure fantasy-I took Lou Grant and Ulysses S. Grant to Noah Grant’s Grill House & Raw Bar (65 S. First St., Zionsville), I believe the two would lean heavily on the grill side of the lunch menu, digging into perhaps the Steak Sandwich ($8.95), although they’d have to contend with […]
A 10-story downtown building that’s been vacant more than five years and labeled one of the state’s most endangered historic structures soon may see new life. Local developer Halakar Properties Inc. has put the Illinois Building under contract, and has been meeting with city officials about a tax abatement that could help return retail space […]
The jokesters in the Indiana General Assembly once again have shown their incredible ability to play the fools. True, it only takes a committee to commit laughable acts beyond the dreams of circus clowns. The entire Legislature need not be involved. This time, a selection of our representatives rejected efforts to rid the state of […]
Since I first started writing about arts in Indianapolis in the mid-90s, I’ve been baffled as to why the American Cabaret Theatre offered so little traditional cabaret.
The format of cabaret is fairly simple: A singer and an accompanist (sometimes a…
Indiana reported the biggest increase among states in new jobless claims for the week ending March 7, with a jump of more than 5,500, which it attributed to layoffs in the auto and manufacturing industries. Nationally, new jobless claims fell more than expected last week, but continuing claims set a record for the eighth straight […]
Hamilton County businessman Brose McVey has announced he will challenge incumbent Rep. Dan Burton for the Republican nomination for Indiana’s 5th District Congressional seat in next year’s election. McVey, a former aide to Dan Quayle and Dan Coats when they were senators, was the 7th District GOP nominee in 2002, when he lost to the […]
The Indianapolis-based parent of Today’s Bedroom One, The Mattress Gallery and Today’s Kids has been placed in receivership by a Marion County Superior Court judge after failing to meet financial obligations to primary creditor Huntington National Bank. The company, TBO LLC, was founded in 1978 and operates 16 retail locations in central Indiana. The stores […]
HealthNet Inc. will receive $2.5 million from Indianapolis-based Richard M. Fairbanks Foundation Inc. to install electronic medical record systems as well as billing and scheduling software at its eight community health centers. The grant comes at a time that HealthNet’s patient population, drawn from some of Indianapolis’ poorest neighborhoods, is growing and now totals 47,000. […]
HealthNet Inc. will receive $2.5 million from Indianapolis-based Richard M. Fairbanks Foundation Inc. to install electronic medical record systems as well as billing and scheduling software at its eight community health centers. The grant comes at a time that HealthNet’s patient population, drawn from some of Indianapolis’ poorest neighborhoods, is growing and now totals 47,000. […]
A Hamilton County woman accused of swindling investors in a clean coal energy startup agreed yesterday to an injunction that freezes her assets, including artwork by Pablo Picasso, jewelry and a luxury waterfront home. The agreement in Marion Superior Court makes permanent a temporary restraining order issued last week by Judge Patrick McCarty following a […]
Crews had to cut parts of a pickup truck from underneath a semi-truck after an overnight crash on Interstate 465 near the I-74 overpass. A black Ford F150 slammed into the back of the semi around 3 a.m. The driver of the pickup, who was trapped inside after the crash, was taken to Wishard Hospital […]
An Indianapolis neighborhood was put on lockdown this morning after a carjacking and police pursuit. Police say two black males between the ages of 18 and 25 carjacked a man at gunpoint about 1 a.m. in the 2700 block of Paris Avenue. The men ditched the car near 31st Street and Boulevard Place after leading […]
The Indianapolis-based parent of Today’s Bedroom One, The Mattress Gallery and Today’s Kids has been placed in receivership by a Marion County Superior Court judge after failing to meet financial obligations to primary creditor Huntington National Bank. The company, TBO LLC, was founded in 1978 and operates 16 retail locations in central Indiana. The stores […]
Even the strong are cutting jobs. OneAmerica Financial Partners Inc., one of few life insurance companies not crippled by investment losses, has laid off 114 workers, the Indianapolis-based company announced today. Of the people cut, 101 worked in Indianapolis. OneAmerica now employs more than 1,200 in Indianapolis and nearly 300 more around the country. All […]
