2012 WOMAN OF INFLUENCE: Pauline Moffat
Moffat took a startup performing arts festival and grew it into a fixture on the local arts scene. It’s now a vehicle for turning locals into playwrights and transforming the city’s culture.
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2012 WOMAN OF INFLUENCE: Charlotte Lucas
She’s half of the husband-and-wife team that runs Lucas Oil, a high-profile car products company with far flung business interests and important investments in local professional sports.
2012 WOMAN OF INFLUENCE: Maggie Lewis
As an elected member and president of the city’s legislative body, Lewis plays a key role in local government.
2012 WOMAN OF INFLUENCE: Christie Kelly
After a long career at GE, Kelly is the executive responsible for the financial performance of one of the city’s biggest commercial real estate firms.
2012 WOMAN OF INFLUENCE: Cynthia Hubert
A former banker on the East Coast, Hubert has spent a dozen years working for local not-for-profits and now heads one of the area’s largest hunger-relief organizations.
2012 WOMAN OF INFLUENCE: Cheri Dick
Dick is steward of one of the area’s oldest performing arts organizations and has overseen its transition to a new home in Carmel.
U.S. sues Bank of America for $1B-plus in mortgage fraud
The top federal prosecutor in Manhattan sued Bank of America for more than $1 billion on Wednesday for mortgage fraud against Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac during the years around the financial crisis.
2012 WOMAN OF INFLUENCE: Angela Dabney
As head of fundraising for the local United Way, Dabney and her team are responsible for landing the donations that fuel many of the city’s human services providers.
City selects developers for Mass Ave project
City officials have picked the apartment specialist J.C. Hart Co., retail developer Paul Kite Co. and architecture firm Schmidt Associates to redevelop a prime Mass Ave parcel currently occupied by the Indianapolis Fire Department.
2012 WOMAN OF INFLUENCE: Karen Crotchfelt
The newspaper industry veteran is responsible for steering the state’s largest daily through a tumultuous time for media properties.
Democrats seize on Mourdock’s rape comment
Democrats are attacking Indiana Republican Senate candidate Richard Mourdock for saying that when a pregnancy occurs during a rape, the resulting life is “something that God intended.”
FFA convention arrives in Indy
The blue jackets have arrived. Nearly 55,000 delegates to the 85th National FFA Convention & Expo, mostly teenagers, are expected in the Circle City from Wednesday through Saturday. Indianapolis has played host to the event for the past seven years. Convention officials estimate the guests will spend $38 million during their stay.
Man dies in west-side home invasion
Detectives are investigating a fatal home invasion on the west side of Indianapolis. A 59-year-old man was shot early Wednesday morning in the 1800 block of Holmes Avenue. Police say the victim, possibly a resident of the home, was inside with a female guest when the suspect kicked in the front door and fired multiple shots.
Speedway man arrested in fatal stabbing
Brian Murphy, 30, of Speedway, was arrested after he called police late Tuesday night to tell them he had fatally stabbed his 37-year-old girlfriend. Officers dispatched to the 1300 block of Norfolk Circle at about 11 p.m. found the victim alive in a back room of the residence, but she later was pronounced dead at a hospital. The victim’s identity was not immediately released.
2012 WOMAN OF INFLUENCE: Mary Boelke
Boelke is the first woman to run Deloitte’s Indianapolis office, which is one of the city’s biggest accounting firms.
2012 WOMAN OF INFLUENCE: Julie Bielawski
Bielawski started and runs the city’s fastest-growing woman-owned business, which sells services to the state, city and large corporate clients.
What’s New: Medley Portraits
Meet Cassandra Medley, who launched Medley Portraits in August and specializes in taking photos of special-needs children.
2012 WOMAN OF INFLUENCE: Marcia Barnes
In her role as the top executive at a fast-growing local company, Barnes preaches leadership and public service.
Also this week
Jazz singer Jane Monheit and violinist Aaron Weinstein team up with the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra for pops concerts Oct. 26-27. Details here.
The Day of the Dead is celebrated Oct. 27 at the Eiteljorg Museum of American Indians and Western Art and at the Indiana State Museum with a combo ticket available. Details here.
The Phoenix Theatre stages the recent Broadway comedy “Seminar,” Oct. 25-Nov. 25. Details here.
Comedy Central regular and “Insomniac” star Dave Attell returns to Morty’s Comedy Joint Oct. 26-27. Details here.
The Indianapolis Baroque Orchestra and a quartet of guest singers celebrate Bachtoberfest Oct. 27-29 at St. Bartholomew Roman Catholic Church, St. Paul’s Episcopal Church and the University of Indianapolis. Details here.
The touring company of Chicago’s famed Second City comedy troupe performs its “Laughing Matters” revue Oct. 25 at the Warren Performing Arts Center. Details here.
Clowes Hall hosts Todd Rundgren and the string quartet Ethel Oct. 26. Details here.
2012 WOMAN OF INFLUENCE: Keira Amstutz
Amstutz leads a statewide organization whose goal is to deepen the connection between Hoosiers and their communities.