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You-review-it Monday

So did you get to “A Christmas Carol Unscripted” at ComedySportz? Check out “Australia” at the multiplex? Hear Sam Harris and the Indianapolis Children’s Choir at Pike Performing Arts Center? Or just veg out in front of the TV and…

Parks department gets $1.2M for IPS program

Indianapolis Parks & Recreation has received a four-year commitment of $1.2 million in grants to support after-school learning programs at eight Indianapolis Public Schools locations. The grant will offer $350,000 in each of the first two years, then $280,000 the third year and $245,000 in the final year. The federal 21st Century Community Learning Center […]

Death causes longtime car dealership to close

Duke Gold’s Speedway International Inc., a longtime Volkswagen and Subaru car dealership on the northwest outskirts of downtown, went out of business Friday after its owner, Larry “Duke” Gold, died of a self-inflicted gunshot. The cause of the Nov. 19 death was ruled a suicide by the Marion County Coroner’s Office. Gold, 49, was found […]

Local firm brokers huge F1 deal

When I first met Zak Brown in 2001, it was to interview him for a story about his mostly unheard of company, Just Marketing. At the time, I was writing a “Small Business…

Clarian merger talks in Bedford fall through

Merger talks appear to have ended between the two hospitals in Bedford, one of which is owned by Indianapolis-based Clarian Health. The board of governors of Dunn Memorial Hospital issued a statement to the Times-Mail of Bedford that says the hospital “no longer wishes to continue affiliation discussions” with Clarian, which operates Bedford Regional Medical […]

St. Vincent eyeing hospital in Salem

St. Vincent Health is in discussions with leaders of a 25-bed hospital in Salem, which is halfway between Bedford and Louisville, according to Business First Louisville. Directors of Washington County Memorial Hospital are talking with St. Vincent officials about becoming an affiliate of the Indianapolis-based hospital system. Business First reported that both hospitals have signed […]

Young & Laramore making ‘significant’ staff cuts

Young & Laramore is making what it says are “significant” staff cuts in the wake of losing the Steak n Shake account. Though Y&L CEO Paul Knapp declined to say how many of the firm’s 66 employees have been or would be terminated, industry sources pegged the number at about 20. After 18 years with […]

Animal-welfare activist joins Humane Society

The Humane Society of Indianapolis has appointed Christine Jeschke, an animal-welfare activist and a former opponent of the organization, as director of operations. Jeschke has served on the board of Move to Act, which fought the Humane Society in court over its 2003 plan to use the Mary Powell Crume Trust as collateral against a […]

First Republic snaps up GMAC refugees

Fourteen former employees of GMAC Mortgage Corp. have found jobs at First Republic Mortgage Corp., a mortgage banker headquartered on the northeast side near Fort Benjamin Harrison. The GMAC workers migrated to First Republic Mortgage after the mortgage arm of General Motors Corp. closed down in September. The additions bring total employment to 53. As […]

NCAA sends IU final message

The system works, proclaimed Indiana University coach Tom Crean yesterday after the NCAA handed down its ruling for transgressions in the Hoosiers’ basketball program last year.

It certainly does. But most people have little…

Lou’s arts thank-you list

A few things I’m thankful for:

–I’m thankful that there’s plenty of material to write about in this blog. And that it has found a loyal readership (between 350 and 900 hits a day).

–I’m thankful for the smart, insightful, fun responses…

Coal gasification project ended for now

Plans to build a $1.5 billion plant in southwestern Indiana to turn coal into natural gas have been put on ice. The developer, Indiana Gasification LLC, yesterday pulled its application to the Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission, according to The Times of Munster and the Evansville Courier & Press. The project, which was to be built […]

Hot Box coming to Carmel

The Hot Box pizza chain has reached a deal with a pair of veteran local restaurateurs to open two new locations in Carmel. The first, scheduled to open in January, will…

UPDATE: Old National calls acquisition a bargain

Old National Bancorp has agreed to buy 65 Charter One bank branches, including 51 in Indianapolis, for about $16 million. The price was compelling in part because the bank normally would pay about $3 million each for new branches in Indianapolis, said Bob Jones, CEO of the Evansville-based bank, the largest headquartered in Indiana. Most […]

OneAmerica extends Mini-Marathon sponsorship

OneAmerica Financial Partners has extended its title sponsorship of the 500 Festival Mini-Marathon for a second round of five years, beginning in 2010. The price wasn’t disclosed in a release today from 500 Festival Inc., which puts on the race. In 2006, the latest year for which 500 Festival contributions were made public, the festival […]

Old National buys Charter One branches

Evansville-based Old National Bancorp has signed an agreement to buy the 65 Indiana branch offices of Charter One, according to a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Charter One is owned by Citizens Financial Group of Providence, R.I.; Citizens is owned by Royal Bank of Scotland Group Plc. The deal includes $397 million of […]

Pacers attendance better, not great

The Indiana Pacers are in the bottom five in the National Basketball Association in attendance, but it’s still a solid leap up from last year. And it’s early, so there’s lots of time…