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Arrest made in rape, robbery

Indianapolis police arrested a 23-year-old man Wednesday in connection with a sexual assault and home invasion Tuesday morning on the north side. Alexander Dupree was preliminarily charged with rape, criminal confinement, criminal deviate conduct and robbery. Police say Dupree and three or four other armed men broke into the home on East 79th Street near College Avenue, forced a woman in her 50s to drive them to an ATM, shot her in the leg, sexually assaulted both her and her daughter, and stole three vehicles.
 

GE, union talks save jobs at Bloomington plant

About 130 workers at the GE Appliances factory will no longer have jobs effective Friday, although that number is down from about 160 jobs the company announced in early September.

Donnelly bill seeks employer role in worker training

Indiana Sen. Joe Donnelly told reporters in a conference call Wednesday that his Skills Gap Strategy Act seeks to ensure the Department of Labor has a concerted strategy to address skills-gap issues.

Home loan banks drop objection to $8.5B settlement

Lawyers for the Federal Home Loan Banks of Boston, Chicago and Indianapolis on Wednesday told a New York Supreme Court judge they are withdrawing from the case against Bank of America Corp.

HHGregg shares slump as profit, sales weaken

HHGregg Inc.’s revenue fell in its latest quarter as the Indianapolis-based electronics and appliance retailer saw a decline in sales of televisions and computers.

IDEM chief: Fed rules essentially ban new coal plants

The commissioner of the Indiana Department of Environmental Management, Thomas Easterly, told lawmakers that the pending federal regulations will essentially rule out coal-fired power plants that currently generate much of the state’s electricity.

Greenwood to put barriers around ponds

Greenwood hopes to make 13 retention ponds safer by putting guardrails or barriers around them. The city plans to leverage federal funding to pay for about 90 percent of the $226,000 project. Bids will go out in January and construction is expected to begin next spring.

Four hurt in Plainfield fires

Four firefighters suffered minor injuries while battling two fires in Plainfield early Wednesday. The first blaze, which was reported about 12:30, destroyed three apartment units and heavily damaged three others at the Stafford Pointe Apartments. The fire took almost three hours to completely extinguish. The second fire was reported about 1:15 at a home in the 500 block of Summit Drive. The lone resident escaped unharmed. Officials said only one of the injured firefighters required hospitalization.