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The Indianapolis Fire Department is investigating a blaze Monday night in a home on the city’s south side that killed an occupant. Crews responded to the fire in the 6700 block of Orinoco Avenue just before 9 p.m. A 53-year-old woman and two daughters, ages 35 and 22, were in the home at the time of the fire. The 35-year-old daughter was killed, and her sister was transported to Eskenazi Hospital in serious condition.
Police have arrested a 47-year-old man on charges of battery, criminal deviate conduct and criminal confinement after a woman allegedly escaped on Monday morning from a home in the 5800 block of East 16th Street. The woman told police that she had been held against her will, sexually assaulted and shocked with a stun gun. Police found Keith Pease—already wanted on an open warrant for failing to register as a sex offender—hiding in a basement crawlspace around 7:45 a.m.
Nine people escaped serious injury Tuesday morning in a fire at a northwest-side apartment complex. Flames broke out around 5 a.m. at the Senate Square Apartments near 30th Street and Lafayette Road. Indianapolis Fire Department crews said nine occupants—three adults and six children—were in the process of escaping when they arrived. Damage from the fire, which is still under investigation, was estimated at $250,000.
Prices for club seats to Saturday's Colts home playoff game are climbing to near $2,000. But the Kansas City Chiefs aren't proving to be near the playoff draw at Lucas Oil Stadium the N.Y. Jets were in 2010.
The typical heating bill last January was $146.30, according to the utility. Next month, assuming normal temperatures, the bill will rise to $156.80.
Census Bureau estimates released Monday show Indiana’s population grew by about 33,000 people from 2012 to 2013, topping out at about 6.57 million residents.
The Marott Center was built in 1906 as one of the first multi-level department stores in Indiana and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
The former engineering students were charged with hacking into their professors’ accounts to boost their grades.
Even though our lives are more wired than ever, power usage is on track to decline for the third year in a row due to more energy-efficient housing, appliances and consumer-friendly devices.
Endocyte Inc. plans to raise as much as $60 million by offering new shares to the public “from time to time,” to help it develop additional drugs.
Magnetation Inc. already has started construction on several large buildings in the town of Reynolds, and intends to start producing iron ore pellets by the second half of 2014.
Indiana had teamed with Ohio to secure one of the highly coveted test sites for unmanned aircraft.
Bioanalytical Systems Inc. posted its second straight profitable quarter, and swung to a full-year profit, according to an announcement released Dec. 26. The West Lafayette-based provider of pharmaceutical testing services and equipment continues to try to turn around after a major restructuring in 2012. It earned $252,000 in its fiscal fourth quarter, which ended Sept. 30, compared with a loss the year before of nearly $2.7 million, much of which was due to restructuring charges. For the full fiscal year, Bioanalytical earned $789,000, compared with a loss of $6.3 million during the previous fiscal year. Revenue for the fiscal year fell nearly 22 percent, after the 2012 closure of testing facilities in Oregon and the United Kingdom. That helped reduce Bioanalytical’s expenses by one-third, boost its gross margin by nearly 50 percent, and turn its cash flow from operations from a negative $200,000 last year to $1.5 million in fiscal 2013.
The McDonald's restaurant inside Riley Hospital for Children will close this week, according to the Associated Press. Officials at Indiana University Health, which operates Riley, said they want to promote healthier foods than burgers, fries and sodas. The Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine issued a report in 2012, naming Riley one of the five worst children's hospitals for its food environment, with the presence of the McDonald’s listed as one of the biggest factors for the ranking. That report came two months after IU Health had joined the Partnership for a Healthier America, a group working to reduce childhood obesity. Since joining the partnership, IU Health has banned sugary drinks at its in-house eateries and will soon ban deep-fat fryers, although the partnership did not require those bans to extend to the independently operated McDonald’s. Next month, Riley will open a cafe in the lobby of the Simon Family Tower that will remain open 20 hours a day and offer many options, including those that appeal to children.
Indianapolis-based Hoosier Oncology Group has received a $1.9 million gift to help conduct clinical trials of new cancer treatments. The group, founded in 1984, said it would use the money in part to expand its capacity to store blood and tissue samples for later study. The gift came from the estate of Margaret M. Weeks, who was a schoolteacher in the Indianapolis Public Schools. She died in February at the age of 94. Since its founding, Hoosier Oncology Group has initiated more than 150 clinical trials involving more than 3,000 patients. The group was spun out from the Indianapolis-based Walther Cancer Institute in 2007.
Dr. Ken Maynard, a family practitioner, has joined the Hendricks Regional Health Medical Group in Brownsburg. He has a bachelor’s from Butler University. He did his medical training at the Chicago College of Osteopathic Medicine.
Dr. Matthew Kuhar has joined Eskenazi Health in the pathology department. He has a bachelor’s in biology from Gannon University in Erie, Pa., and a medical degree from Drexel University in Philadelphia.
Indianapolis fire crews extinguished a blaze Monday morning in a home believed to be rented by Butler University students. The fire started around 7:30 a.m. Monday in the 5100 block of Boulevard Place, according to the Indianapolis Fire Department. No one was inside the home at the time.
Three men involved in a fight outside a south-side strip club were badly injured early Monday morning when they were hit by a car, according to police. The driver, who stopped at the scene on Madison Street and cooperated with investigators, said he didn’t see the men before the collision at about 12:30 a.m. One of the victims was taken to the hospital in critical condition, and the other two were reported to be in serious condition. No criminal charges are expected.
Indianapolis police are investigating a string of burglaries that all occurred along a one-mile stretch of East 10th Street between Saturday and Sunday mornings. The locations were Tin Comet Coffee, 2119 E. 10th St.; Chicago’s Fish & Chicken, 2902 E. 10th St.; Audrey’s Place, 3210 E. 10th St.; East 10th United Methodist Church, 2327 E. 10th St.; and a cell-phone store at 2827 E. 10th St. At the church, burglars stole Christmas presents set aside for needy children.
The Indiana Supreme Court will determine what discipline Judge Kimberly Brown should receive in what is believed to be the most extensive case against a judge in the history of the Indiana Judicial Qualifications Commission.
The windfall comes at a critical moment for health care reform, which becomes “real” for many Americans on Jan. 1 as coverage through the insurance exchanges and key patient protections kick in.
The state plans to select a contractor in March for the 21-mile section between Bloomington and Martinsville.
