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Indianapolis firefighters spent more than four hours overnight battling a four-alarm fire that destroyed an abandoned warehouse on East Raymond Street near South Keystone Avenue before getting the blaze under control after 1 a.m. Monday. Holcomb & Hoke Manufacturing Co. Inc. operated in the two-story, 159,000-square-foot brick building for more than 100 years before closing in 2009. Police closed roads in an eight-block radius and evacuated 15 nearby houses as a precaution. One firefighter suffered minor injuries.
 

Two men fell about 20 feet when a railing gave way following Sunday’s Indianapolis Colts game at Lucas Oil Stadium. The men were leaning on the barrier when it collapsed above the tunnel leading to the Oakland Raiders’ locker room. One of the men was evaluated by medical personnel at the site and released. The other was taken to the hospital for further evaluation. Officials said none of the injuries were serious.
 

Several roads were closed on the east side Monday morning after an SUV drove into a sinkhole that opened on English Avenue near Interstate 465. The hole, which is 3 feet to 5 feet wide and 4 feet deep, developed just after 8 a.m. when a water main broke and flooded the roadway. The SUV driver, a man in his 20s, was taken to the hospital with back and neck pain.
 

Organizers of the Madison Regatta expect the annual hydroplane races to return next year following their first-ever cancellation due to flooding along the event's Ohio River course. Madison Regatta Inc. officials are still assessing where the organizing group stands financially after the Governor's Cup race was cancelled in July for the first time in its 63-year history after high waters filled the course with floating debris, creating unsafe racing conditions.
 

A Greenwood woman who was riding on a motorcycle died Thursday in Brown County after she was thrown from the bike and hit by a truck. Jennifer Garrison, 27, was a passenger on the motorcycle driven by 33-year-old William Lambert. Investigators say Lambert was passing cars in a no-passing zone on State Road 135 near the Morgan County line when he lost control of the bike. A pickup truck swerved to avoid the motorcycle and struck Garrison before hitting a tree. She was killed instantly.
 

A woman accused of killing a taxi driver while under the influence pleaded guilty Thursday. Whitney Gettys admitted to drunk driving in connection with a January crash downtown that killed 32-year-old Semere Issac. Gettys ran a red light at Delaware and Washington streets in her Jeep Cherokee, slamming into the man’s cab. Gettys, 23, told police she’d had one shot of alcohol while working at a bar, but a test showed her blood alcohol content was more than three times the legal limit. Sentencing is set for this month.