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Indianapolis Mayor Greg Ballard today granted seven-year renewals to two charter schools and issued a conditional extension to a third. Christel House Academy and Flanner House Elementary School received full renewals. The mayor issued Fall Creek Academy a two-year extension tied to specific performance parameters that the school must meet before it can reapply for […]
A rough economy hasn’t calmed the grudge match between drugstore giants Walgreen Co. and CVS. Both stores are planning new locations at the busy intersection…
Days after the no-show of announced A-list celebrities Justin Timberlake and Jessica Biel to the grand opening of Indiana Live Casino, questions remain as to whether organizers truly expected the star couple to attend the highly publicized event. Mark Hammerle, general manager for the Shelbyville casino, insisted this morning that he believed the stars […]
The struggling economy clearly affected attendance at this year’s Big Ten men’s basketball tournament, as ticket sales declined 15 percent from last year, according to figures released today by the Indiana Sports Corp. Tickets sold for the four-day tournament at Conseco Fieldhouse in downtown Indianapolis totaled 68,098, down from 80,012 in 2008. Even Purdue University’s […]
Marion County prosecutors expect to file formal charges tomorrow against a north-side Indianapolis man accused of beating a 14-month-old girl last week for more than an hour before she died. Tayaun Chism, 18, also is accused of attacking the girl’s mother when she tried to intervene. Doctors at St. Vincent Hospital took the victim, Lilianna […]
Days after the no-show of announced A-list celebrities Justin Timberlake and Jessica Biel to the grand opening of Indiana Live Casino, questions remain as to whether organizers truly expected the star couple to attend the highly publicized event. Mark Hammerle, general manager for the Shelbyville casino, insisted this morning that he believed the stars actually […]
The struggling economy clearly affected attendance at this year’s Big Ten men’s basketball tournament, as ticket sales declined 15 percent from last year, according to figures released today by the Indiana Sports Corp. Tickets sold for the four-day tournament at Conseco Fieldhouse in downtown Indianapolis totaled 68,098, down from 80,012 in 2008. Even Purdue University’s […]
Police have two people in custody after a shooting near West Washington and West Ohio streets at about 3 a.m. The unidentified male victim was taken to Wishard Hospital in critical condition with gunshot wounds to his stomach and arm. Officers said they found a pistol and assault rifle in the victim’s house.
Two teams will represent Indiana in this year’s NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament. Purdue University grabbed an automatic bid and fifth seed by beating Ohio State in the Big Ten tournament final yesterday. The Boilermakers take on 12 seed Northern Iowa at 2:30 p.m. Thursday. Butler University, in the tournament with an at-large bid, is seeded […]
A forensic anthropologist will work on identifying charred remains found in a Morgan County woods over the weekend. Police think they belong to Walter Sartory, 73, who was last seen Feb. 15 in Hebron, Ky. On Saturday, police arrested Willa Blanc, 47, of Union, Ky., and her son, Louis Wilkinson, 27, at a Cincinnati-area motel. […]
The Estridge Cos., a well-known Carmel-based residential construction firm, is teaming with popular TV show “Extreme Makeover: Home Edition” to build a home for an Indianapolis-area family. Representatives from Estridge and Indianapolis Mayor Greg Ballard discussed the partnership this morning at a press conference at the City-County Building. The Indianapolis episode of “Extreme Makeover: Home […]
Former Nuvo editor and columnist Harrison Ullman has been dead nearly nine years, but his axiom that no worse legislature exists than the one on Capitol Avenue seems particularly apt during this term.
One reason is the extraordinary resistance…
The expected closure of two area automotive supply plants in May will result in the loss of more than 200 jobs. Sumco Inc. notified the state Friday that it would close its metal-plating operation in Indianapolis on Girls School Road on May 12, if a buyer for the plant cannot be found. The closure would […]
Butler University is raising its tuition by 3.5 percent in what school officials say is the smallest increase since 1975. The Indianapolis school is also raising room-and-board rates by 3.5 percent. Those increases will make the private school’s tuition $28,460 for next school year, with an average room-and-board rate of $9,250. Butler President Bobby Fong […]
The Estridge Cos., a well-known Carmel-based residential construction firm, is teaming with popular TV show “Extreme Makeover: Home Edition” to build a home for an Indianapolis-area family. Representatives from Estridge and Indianapolis Mayor Greg Ballard were scheduled to discuss the partnership this morning at a press conference at the City-County Building. The Indianapolis episode of […]
Seeking to counter a chorus of unhappy Republicans and nervous Wall Street investors, President Barack Obama and his economic team are taking a cheerier tone while making billions in federal loans available to the nation’s struggling small businesses. Obama and Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner today plan to announce a broad package that includes reduced small-business […]
There’s a saying at the Indiana Statehouse that nothing is dead until lawmakers gavel out and go home. There’s some truth to that, but it would probably take extreme political mastery to revive legislation this year to overhaul the local government system in Indiana. It’s on its death bed, and the buzzards are circling above. […]
A new report scores Indiana’s state budget process as the second worst in the nation largely because the governor doesn’t have a line-item veto and there’s no requirement for a balanced budget. Indiana scored just 45 points out of a possible 100 and ranked ahead of only New Hampshire in the 2009 Index of State […]
Indiana leaders need to focus on the increasing gap between the average wage in Indiana and in the nation.
