Acid spill contained at local chemical company
Fire department officials say up to 1,000 gallons of sulfuric acid leaked from a storage tank at a chemical business near downtown Indianapolis.
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Fire department officials say up to 1,000 gallons of sulfuric acid leaked from a storage tank at a chemical business near downtown Indianapolis.
Indiana has spent the past year and a half planning for its own health insurance exchange in case the U.S. Supreme Court upholds President Barack Obama's health care law, but the state still could end up being forced into the federal exchange.
Mike Pence said that if elected governor, he’ll issue an executive order against new regulations and ask his budget office to review existing rules to ensure they use the least-costly approach and aren’t burdensome to job-creation efforts.
The New Jersey-based pharmaceutical research company is seeking state and local incentives as part of the expansion, which would include a new laboratory, set to be finished in 2016. Covance already employs 565 workers at the site.
A total of 15 people were displaced when eight units of an Indianapolis apartment complex were damaged by fire just before 7 p.m. Monday. Eight other units may have been spared thanks to a firewall at Emerson Village Apartments on the city’s south side. A resident thinks the fire may have started on his deck.
An Indianapolis man was struck and killed by a hit-and-run driver on eastbound Interstate 70 in downtown Indianapolis just after 6 p.m. Monday. Investigators believe Andy Richmond, 29, ran out of gas and was refueling his truck when he was sideswiped by another vehicle. The other vehicle did not stop. Police are seeking witnesses.
More than two dozen people were safely evacuated from a near-north-side Indianapolis apartment building Tuesday morning as fire damaged one of the units. The fire occurred at the Magnolia Apartments in the 3300 block of North Meridian Street just after 6 a.m. About 25 residents were evacuated as firefighters worked to contain a blaze that started in an apartment’s bedroom. Firefighters said 25 units were affected by the blaze, with one damaged by fire and the remainder units sustaining smoke damage.
Anderson officials said they are excited that companies have been showing interest in some of the industrial or commercial properties left by General Motors that need or are undergoing environmental cleanups.
Bank of Montreal’s 2011 acquisition of Marshall & Ilsley Corp. is finally helping it make in-roads in the U.S. Midwest. It has identified five U.S. markets, including Indianapolis, where it aims to add new branches or make acquisitions.
If it's true that Larry Bird is leaving the Indiana Pacers, it's easier to figure out why he might be exiting than the way he's slamming the door on his bosses.
The interactive virtual tour gives customers a glimpse of the layout and decor of a business without setting foot inside the location. For St. Elmo Steak House, where the service was introduced locally, it was an easy sell.
Despite a recent endorsement from his bosses, Larry Bird is set to step down as Indiana Pacers president of basketball operations, a newspaper is reporting.
Kroger Co. will add a gas station to its store at West 86th Street and Township Line Road after successfully lobbying an Indianapolis City-County Council member who'd threatened to stand in its way.
Kokomo-based Haynes International Inc. plans a $23.5 million project to increase production at a central Indiana factory where it makes specialty metal plates and sheets for the aerospace and other industries.