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Butler University will need an at-large bid to enter the NCAA men’s basketball tournament. Unranked Cleveland State University captured its first Horizon League title last night by downing the 16th-ranked Bulldogs 57-54 at Hinkle Fieldhouse to win an automatic bid to the tourney.
Heavy rain overnight has forced several evacuations in Whitley County in northern Indiana. At least two families have evacuated their homes in the Tri-Lakes area after Shriner Lake overflowed its banks. Dozens of roads are closed because of high water. Meanwhile, flood warnings continue for the Little River and Wabash River in Huntington and Wabash […]
Indiana Business magazine, one of the nation’s oldest statewide business magazines, has ceased operations after 52 years. February marked its last monthly edition. Publisher Eric Servaas notified advertisers and other supporters in a letter dated March 9 that the magazine has folded. Servaas did not return phone calls. “On the day that Warren Buffett said […]
Indianapolis police are looking for three people after a double shooting last night in the 6400 block of Townsend Way, near Michigan Road. The 34-year-old homeowner and a 29-year-old woman suffered gunshot wounds about 9:30 p.m. during an apparent home invasion and were hospitalized. Fox 59 will have more at 10 p.m.
United Way of Central Indiana fell short of its $40 million yearly fund-raising goal, but CEO Ellen Annala said she was thankful for the $38.8 million in pledges announced today at the not-for-profit’s annual meeting. The last time the organization fell short of its annual goal was in 2001. In the wake of 9/11, the […]
United Way of Central Indiana fell short of its $40 million yearly fund-raising goal, but CEO Ellen Annala said she was thankful for the $38.8 million in pledges announced today at the not-for-profit’s annual meeting. The last time the organization didn’t meet its annual goal was in 2001. In the wake of 9/11, the campaign […]
Indianapolis has entered into a partnership with Holladay Properties in which the developer will construct nine distribution-type buildings at its AmeriPlex Business Park on the city’s west side in exchange for tax incentives. Mayor Greg Ballard made the announcement this morning at a Greater Indianapolis Progress Committee board meeting at WellPoint Inc.’s downtown headquarters. The […]
Indianapolis Mayor Greg Ballard announced this morning that he and city officials will travel to Brazil in May to explore renewable-energy production, in hopes of making the city a leader in the technology. The United States and Brazil are the world’s top two ethanol producers. American ethanol is made from corn and Brazilian ethanol is […]
I’m not a sky-is-falling kind of guy by nature. But I think there’s a seismic shift underway in the NBA. The Indiana Pacers’ financial distress is just the tip of the iceberg.
I’m not…
There’s something comforting about 30-somethings who have enough hope in the future to try something audacious. As IBJ reporter Peter Schnitzler wrote this week, 15 people in their 30s are raising a $1 million venture fund in Indianapolis.
This…
There’s a lively–to say the least–discussion going on over at www.indianaauditions.com (primarily frequented by those in the local theater community). And I thought I’d drag the topic over here, where most of our readers aren’t in the business, for…
Now that Medicare is calling for all doctors it deals with to use electronic medical records by 2015, it could hasten the trend of physicians merging with hospitals or larger groups. But it could also speed up the retirement of aging physicians at a time when they are in short supply. That’s according to John-David […]
President Obama’s budget chief isn’t sugarcoating his message to health insurance executives: the party is over. White House Budget Director Peter Orszag said yesterday in Washington, D.C., that the government will no longer overpay companies that offer Medicare Advantage plans, the privately run portion of the government health program for seniors. Orszag spoke at the […]
Indiana ranks last among states in getting federal funds to prevent disease and injuries, according to a report from two not-for-profit groups released yesterday. Indiana collected just $12.74 per person last year from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for programs to inhibit disease and prevention programs, the Trust for America’s Health and […]
The Anderson school board yesterday decided to keep the historic Wigwam gymnasium open, but to close four schools in an effort to trim its budget. The 9,000-seat Wigwam was built in 1962 on Anderson High School’s campus. It is the second largest high school basketball venue in the world, ranked behind the Fieldhouse in New […]
A federal review of the nation’s coal ash storage sites includes 14 Indiana power plants where the byproduct of the state’s reliance on coal for power is stored in a series of ever-growing ponds and landfills. Several utilities that own or co-own those 14 coal-burning plants must provide the Environmental Protection Agency with detailed descriptions […]
After some bumbling and rumbling, a Democratic-controlled Indiana House committee dealt a blow yesterday to efforts to reorganize local government – a top legislative priority of Republican Gov. Mitch Daniels. The Government and Regulatory Reform Committee voted to combine five local government bills into one, and then one Republican joined six Democrats in defeating the […]
Wall Street got some good news from Citigroup Inc. today and responded with a huge rally. Led by financial companies, the market made its first big move upward in weeks after Citigroup said it had operated at a profit during the first two months of the year. The major indexes soared more than 5 percent, […]
Chip Ganassi Racing and Sam Schmidt Motorsports will partner to field a car for Alex Lloyd in the 93rd Running of the Indianapolis 500. Lloyd, the 2007 Firestone Indy Lights champion, is a…
An Indiana House committee has dealt a serious blow to local government reorganization efforts. The Democrat-controlled Government and Regulatory Reform committee voted today to fold several local government provisions proposed by Gov. Mitch Daniels into a single bill. The panel then voted to reject the bill, with one Republican joining six Democrats in voting against […]
