Pence surveys flooding in central Indiana counties
The governor spent Saturday in Kokomo, Elwood and Tipton with U.S. Rep. Susan Brooks, assessing swampy conditions and meeting with displaced residents.
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Indy architectural gems prove genius in details
IBJ surveys 20 of downtown's most distinguished structures and examines the details that set them apart. How many of them can you name on sight?
Man regains job after wrongful suspension
An Indianapolis man was suspended from his job as a school caregiver for four days after being mistakenly identified as a criminal. Richard Brown, 62, returned to work Wednesday at Lawrence Township schools after struggling for a week to convince state officials that he doesn't have a record, just a common last name. The district suspended him after the Indiana Department of Child Services notified school officials that at least three people with the same name had crime records.
Ex-school official sentenced for seduction
A former assistant principal at Washington High School in Indianapolis pleaded guilty Friday morning to one count of child seduction and one count of obstruction of justice, avoiding a lengthy prison sentence for having a sexual relationship with a 16-year-old girl. Corey Greenwood, 41, agreed to serve 30 days in jail, six years on probation and register as a sex offender. Police said Greenwood, who resigned last year, had at least five sexual encounters with the victim, including one in his school office.
Boone County under emergency
Boone County commissioners declared a state of emergency Friday due to rising floodwaters. Shelters were set up at Harney Elementary in Lebanon and Zionsville Christian Church for people who’ve been flooded out of their homes. Zionsville police said 15 houses had been evacuated. Eagle Creek is near historic levels, cresting at about 16 feet. Emergency officials are telling people to stay inside unless absolutely necessary.
Woodhouse Day Spa adding locations in Zionsville, Fishers
Local franchise owners Terri and Dan Smith acquired two Villaggio Day Spas and plan to reopen them under the Woodhouse name following renovations.
Lack of prime-time home games stuns Colts sponsor
Lucas Oil CEO Forrest Lucas can't understand how the Andrew Luck-led Indianapolis Colts got only one prime-time home game on the team's 2013 schedule. All the early games, he said, kills West Coast exposure.
Premium parking rates at airport to rise under new pact
The Indianapolis International Airport will boost revenue with a new deal with its valet-parking provider and lease payments from a second 75-acre solar farm.
Pace of venture capital funding slows in Indiana, Midwest
Seven Indiana companies attracted $16.4 million in venture capital during the first quarter. Nearly all the money was paid out to Carmel-based ChaCha Search Inc., which secured a $14 million investment in January.
Marketing firm’s founder mulls top IndyCar job, company sale
Spire Capital Partners has put its 50-percent stake in Zionsville-based Just Marketing International on the market, as the company's founder, Zak Brown, reportedly mulls accepting an offer to be CEO of the IndyCar racing series.
State sheds jobs; unemployment rate holds steady
The Indiana Department of Workforce Development said Friday morning that the loss of jobs was the first monthly decline for the state in more than a year.
Report: ExactTarget mulling 200-person Atlanta office
The expansion by the Indianapolis-based digital marketer would follow its $95.5 million purchase last year of Atlanta-based marketing automation firm Pardot.
First Internet earnings surge on commercial loan growth
The Indianapolis-based bank’s commercial loan portfolio grew to $109.1 million, a rise of 62 percent compared with the first quarter of 2012. Commercial real estate loans rose 46 percent.
Execs at Chromcraft Revington enter talks to buy firm
Members of the management team are in negotiations to buy the West Lafayette-based furniture maker, which recently moved to delist from the New York Stock Exchange.
Lawmakers draw close on limited voucher-expansion plan
Legislators are hammering out a modest expansion of the state’s school voucher program following a meeting of House and Senate lawmakers.
Bosma weighs changes to disclosure rules for legislators
The Indiana House Speaker said he’s considering changes to rules governing what lawmakers must disclose about their personal and financial ties, after learning about a powerful state rep’s work helping a client of his lobbyist daughter.
FEIGENBAUM: Upbeat forecast paves way for final deals
Prodding by legislative leaders and an epidemic of Hoosier common have led to compromises on contentious issues.
Not-for-profit credited with bringing dream of local pro soccer team to life
The Brickyard Battalion started informally as a support group for an imaginary soccer team. But it was the impetus for starting a real-life North American Soccer League franchise in Indianapolis, scheduled to launch next year.
Advocates for mass transit may need to ante up
The Indianapolis area’s largest employers have spent millions of dollars studying and promoting regional mass transit, but if the idea is going to get past the Legislature, they might have to put money into the $1.3 billion system as well.
Charges flew after IU-Kokomo chancellor’s sudden exit
When Michael Harris resigned abruptly last September as chancellor of Indiana University’s Kokomo campus, he did not go quietly, according to a series of emails he exchanged with IU administrators.