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How did the leader of one of Indy's top neighborhood development groups help save part of the City Market? How did he help spark the Super Bowl legacy project? Any advice for home rehabs? Bill Taft has answers.
Indianapolis-based Fortune Industries Inc.’s profit ticked up slightly in its fiscal first quarter but revenue fell due to the loss of two large clients, the company announced Wednesday.
The commercial transmission maker's existing contracts, which were set to expire at 11:59 p.m. Wednesday, will remain in force until noon Nov. 21.
The grant announced Wednesday by the Indiana Department of Natural Resources brings to $30 million the amount of funding for the initiative to acquire more wilderness land to mark the state's 200th birthday in 2016.
Indiana Gov.-elect Mike Pence has ruled out building a state-run health insurance exchange but appears to be leaving open the option of running a joint venture with the federal government as a critical decision deadline draws near.
The maker of Wonder bread and Twinkies said it doesn’t have the financial resources to survive the ongoing strike by the bakers’ union.
Western Governors University allows students to complete courses as fast as they want and take as many courses as they want a semester, all for the same per-semester fee. But universities in Indiana believe the style isn’t for everyone.
“Jolly Days Winter Wonderland” opens at The Children’s Museum of Indianapolis, running—or, rather, sliding—Nov. 23-Jan. 6. Details here.
Carrie Underwood brings her “Blown Away” tour to Bankers Life Fieldhouse Nov. 24. Details here.
Chris Isaak headlines at the Murat Theatre Nov. 25. Details here.
Theatre on the Square offers its take on the holiday season with “Don We Now Our Gay Apparel: Christmas in Your Face 3D” Nov. 23-Dec. 22. Details here.
Nov. 23-Dec. 24
Indiana Repertory Theatre
Audience members may be able to recite the text—and possibly even cue the snow—but that doesn’t take away any of the pleasure of the IRT’s annual holiday retelling of the classic Charles Dickens story. Ryan Artzberger returns as Scrooge and local favorites David Alan Anderson, Mark Goetzinger, Robert Neal, Ben Tebbe and Jennifer Johansen help round out the cast in multiple roles each. Details here.
Nov. 28
Butler University Reilly Room
The founder of the Favorite Poem Project and a former poet laureate of the United States pays a visit as part of the Vivian S. Delbrook Visiting Writers Series. Details here.
Nov. 23-June 2
Indiana State Museum
The fact that James Dean made only three movies makes it even more remarkable that he has achieved American icon status alongside Marilyn Monroe and Elvis Presley. This show celebrates perhaps the most famous Hoosier in the world with a little help from CMG Worldwide, which licenses his image. Details here.
The rate of premature births in Indiana has fallen, reflecting a nationwide decline. The March of Dimes says Indiana lowered its preterm birth rate to 11.6 percent, down nearly two percentage points from the 13.2 rate reported in 2006. The organization gave the state a C on its annual report card.
A Lawrence mother was arrested after she admitted leaving her 1-year-old child in a cold car so that she could shop. Tamika Moore-Robinson, 27, faces neglect charges after the incident at Wal-Mart on Pendleton Pike on Monday. The child was left in the car for more than 30 minutes while the temperature outside was 34 degrees. Moore-Robinson told police she had planned to be in the store for only five minutes to buy diapers.
A funeral for the two people who died in the massive explosion in the Richmond Hill subdivision is set for Monday, Nov. 19, at 10 a.m. Services for Jennifer and Dion Longworth will take place at the St. Barnabus Catholic Church in Greenwood. A calling for friends and family will be Sunday from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the Wilson-St. Pierre Funeral home in Greenwood. The Longworths were killed and seven other residents were injured after their neighbors’ home exploded Saturday night.
Administrative costs on college campuses are soaring, crowding out instruction at a time of skyrocketing tuition and $1 trillion in outstanding student loans. At Purdue, bureaucratic growth is pitting professors against administrators.
The campaign, Indy Connect Now, will urge state legislators to allow voters to decide whether to fund an expanded mass-transit system in the area.
