Former deputy prosecutor escapes jail time in sentencing
David Wyser pleaded guilty in July to charges of accepting a $2,500 bribe in 2009 from a prisoner's father to reduce her 70-year sentence on murder charges.
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Carmel station robbed again
A gas station on the edge of Carmel was robbed for the second time in a month early Monday. Police say a masked man wielding a butcher knife held up the Circle K at 106th Street and College Avenue about 1:30 a.m. He fled on foot with money from the cash register. The same station was robbed Oct. 25 by a masked gunman.
Two die in likely murder-suicide
Indianapolis police say a man and a woman who were found shot to death Sunday in a west-side residence likely died in a murder-suicide. The shootings took place about 9 p.m. in the 1000 block of Waldemere Avenue, near West Washington Street and Interstate 465. Names of the victims were withheld.
Why insurers want to limit your choice of doctor
In spite of President Obama’s promises that if you like your doctor, you can keep your doctor, the president’s health reform law is spurring health insurers to make him a liar on that point too.
Wheaton Van Lines acquires high-end Boston mover
Indianapolis-based Wheaton is making a strong move into the high-end corporate relocation business with its purchase of Boston-based firm Clark & Reid Co. Inc.
Man dies in Franklin fire
One man died and another was hospitalized Monday in a Johnson County house fire. The blaze broke out about 4 a.m. in the 100 block of Herriott Street in Franklin. Firefighters found one resident outside the home in serious condition, but the man’s brother-in-law failed to escape the house on his own and was pronounced dead at Johnson Memorial Hospital.
Fares up, flights down at Indianapolis airport
Indianapolis International Airport has lost a third of its passenger flights since early 2005 while inflation-adjusted airfares here have risen 23 percent.
Pro hockey returning to coliseum in 2014
The Indiana State Fair Commission announced Monday that it signed a deal with Indiana Hockey Club LLC, an ECHL expansion franchise that will become an anchor tenant for the fairgrounds’ newly renovated coliseum.
Americans reluctant to spend on holidays without big deals
Since the recession began in late 2007, stores have had to offer financially-strapped Americans ever bigger price cuts just to get them into stores. But those discounts eat away at profit.
You-review-it Monday: ‘Ice Age Giants,’ a high school musical, and more
Pike’s first-in-Indiana high school production of ‘The Color Purple’ highlights an arts-filled weekend. What did you get out to see?
State appeals panel to hear IBM lawsuit
Judges on the state Court of Appeals are deciding whether a lower court was right in awarding $52 million to IBM over a failed welfare privatization project.
ITT, Corinthian face consumer bureau probe over lending
The U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is investigating at least two for-profit colleges, including ITT Educational Services Inc., over potentially abusive practices in marketing and originating student loans.
Economic concerns top lawmakers’ next session
Indiana lawmakers will be dealing with two broad categories of issues when they reconvene next year: Battles they would gladly take on and those they would rather avoid.
Court sides with state on auto-dial law but orders review
A federal appeals court has ruled that an Indiana law banning most political calls that use automated dialers and recorded messages doesn’t violate federal consumer-protection rules.
LOU’S VIEWS: Life after ‘Wicked’: What to do once you’ve seen the blockbuster musical
The national tour of “Wicked” continues to draw crowds to the Murat Theatre, where it runs through Dec. 1. If you’ve already seen it this time around, you might be wondering what to do now to maintain your Elphaba fix until the show flies back into town in a few years.
Driver dies after pickup hits pole
A man died Thursday after crashing his pickup into a utility pole on the city’s near-southwest side about 9 p.m. Witnesses said the truck was going west on Minnesota Street before spinning several times and sliding into the pole. Emergency workers took about 15 minutes to free the man from the crushed vehicle. He was taken to Wishard Hospital in critical condition but did not survive.
Woman survives crash into building
A woman walked away from an accident Friday after she drove her car through the brick wall of a house that had been converted into a beauty salon in the 6100 block of North Michigan Road about 6 a.m. Police say the woman was driving southbound, when she crossed over to the northbound lanes before driving over the lawn of the salon. Emergency workers say the woman was saved by the car’s airbag.
Officer seriously hurt in collision
An Indianapolis police officer was in serious but stable condition Friday after his squad car was struck by a semi towing a large boat on East Washington Street. Officer Michael Hegg, a 17-year member of the force, was turning left at a light into Cherry Tree Plaza about 7:15 a.m. when the oncoming truck ran through a red light and hit the front passenger side of his car. The truck driver, from Michigan, was not injured.
Indianapolis mounting push to privatize parks
IndyParks is looking for private operators interested in opening new attractions on city-owned land, improving existing offerings, and taking over daily operations of parks facilities. New offerings could get rolling in 2014.
Book captures Madison County’s automotive history
When America was making the transition from horse and buggies to the horseless carriage at the start of the 20th century, the city of Anderson was a part of the innovation that changed how the nation would travel forever.