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If the forecast for no rain on Monday holds up, the 45-day rainfall total would match a stretch in August and September 1908 that's the city's driest since the weather service started keeping records in the 1870s.
Home builders filed fewer building permits in the nine-county Indianapolis area last month, but filings are still up through the first six months of 2012.
Indiana University says an accrediting agency has approved its request to begin the accreditation process for the Schools of Public Health proposed for its Bloomington and Indianapolis campuses.
Broadway and TV vet presented a charming combo of Broadway star and Luke Duke in Indy appearance.
A watering ban sparked by Indiana's prolonged drought has prompted operators of several fountains in downtown Indianapolis to take steps to conserve water.
The loss of IndyCar Series Chief Operating Officer Marc Koretzky doesn’t rate up there with Danica Patrick defecting for NASCAR, but it certainly doesn’t appear to be a positive development for the open-wheel series.
The last of 42 alleged gang members indicted by federal authorities is in custody after police said he turned himself in Friday morning. Terrell Lamont Adams, 28, was wanted on racketeering, drug and fraud charges. On Tuesday, investigators raided several locations tied to the Outlaw Motorcycle Club, serving warrants on alleged gang members. U.S. Attorney Joseph Hogsett said the raids were part of the largest organized crime investigation in Indiana history.
Indianapolis police are looking for a driver who was involved in an accident that killed a motorcyclist traveling south on North Meridian Street late Thursday. Officers responded to the crash near 12th Street at about 9:30 p.m. Witnesses said a green Oldsmobile Delta ’88 turned into the unidentified motorcyclist’s path, triggering the accident. The vehicle may have damage on the passenger side, police said.
More than half of Indiana’s counties are considered natural disaster areas because of this summer’s drought, the U.S. Department of Agriculture said Thursday. The designation allows farmers and ranchers in the 55 affected counties, mainly in the northern and southern portions of the state, to apply for low-interest federal emergency loans. The designated counties have been in a severe drought for at least eight weeks during the growing season. About 30 percent of the state is experiencing extreme drought.
Both lawsuits involved former BrightPoint executives hired by Brightstar who had access to the local firm’s innermost workings and strategies. The suits, filed in Marion Superior Court, were dismissed Wednesday.
The gift will enable the accelerator to keep providing consulting services to mid-size Indiana businesses using the experience of consultants, as well as Butler University faculty and students. It launched in 2005 with the help of a $22 million grant from the endowment.
The automaker is asking the Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission to look into its dispute with Duke Energy—and order the utility to return a deposit it required to keep the power on at Chrysler's Kokomo plants.
California-based manufacturer DrillingWorld plans to expand its operations in Shelbyville, adding as many as 30 jobs by 2015.
JPMorgan Chase said Friday that a bad trade had cost the bank $5.8 billion this year, almost triple its original estimate, and raised the prospect that traders had improperly tried to conceal the blunder.
Four principals and about a dozen other staff accountants and support staff at Meridian will join Somerset in August. Somerset is Indianapolis’ seventh-largest accounting firm, based on the number of local full-time employees.
Changes include requiring Indiana utilities to provide at least two notices to owners two weeks before the scheduled trimming.
Indiana officials on Thursday decided against expanding a water shortage warning even though more than 80 percent of the state is in a severe drought.
The Indiana State Fair is raising admission prices and adding a parking charge as it tries to recover from a big hit to its bottom line caused by last year’s tragic stage collapse.
A prototype store launched by athletic shoe and apparel retailer The Finish Line Inc. on May 25 aims to use technology to marry brick-and-mortar to the company’s online operation. But interactive tablets that are a centerpiece of the so-called omnichannel strategy are not yet up and running.
