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Patrick Bauer, the leader of Indiana’s House Democrats, hinted Wednesday that party lawmakers may walk out for the second year in a row to oppose the same Republican-led right-to-work bill thwarted last year by their five-week boycott.
The Marion County prosecutor’s office said Wednesday that a local Kroger employee who fatally shot a robbery suspect will not be charged. Jeremy Atkinson, 26, was shot to death Dec. 26 while trying to rob the Kroger near 71st Street and Georgetown Road. According to witnesses and surveillance video, Atkinson placed an object into the back of a female employee and forced her into an office area where another employee, Levi Elliott, shot him in the face. The prosecutor’s office said it “believes that the shooting was justified to prevent the commission of a forcible felony and based upon Indiana law pertaining to self-defense and defense of others.
Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels has rescinded new Statehouse security rules that put a 3,000-person limit on the number of people allowed in the building at any one time.
Colts license plates were up in August over the same month a year before. But once Peyton Manning went down, sales took a dive.
American Le Mans Series race director Beaux Barfield on Wednesday took the hot seat as the IndyCar Series' new chief race official.
The company that produces both the Indianapolis Home Show and the Indianapolis Home & Flower Show said a Super Bowl-related scheduling conflict led it to combine the shows this year.
A judge has ruled that Charlie White can remain as Indiana's secretary of state until a higher court has reviewed the ruling that ousted him from office.
One of the first bills that General Assembly committees will take up will be a right-to-work proposal that will draw union protests.
State officials vigorously defended a new 3,000-person Statehouse capacity limit on Tuesday, saying it was driven by public safety concerns and not by political motives as labor unions and other opponents maintain.
“A Brown Bear, A Moon, and a Caterpillar” brings Eric Carle’s popular picture books to the Clowes Hall stage Jan. 10-11. Details here.
Lee Blessing’s play “Two Rooms,” about a political hostage and his loved ones back home, is staged by Acting Up Productions Jan. 6-22 at Theatre on the Square. Details here.
Aaron Lewis plays the Egyptian Room Jan. 8. Details here.
The Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra is back on its new-show-every-week track with a Brahms and Sibelius program Jan. 5-6. Details here.
Jan. 6
Various locations
Much of the downtown art attention this month will be focused on the IDADA Art Pavilion in the former Indianapolis City Hall/Indiana State Museum on Alabama Street. But that doesn’t open until Jan. 13. In the meantime, there’s a full slate of First Friday gallery open houses, including the Harrison Center’s “East Side Story,” featuring the work of over 20 east-side artists. Details here.
Jan. 6
IndianapolisMuseumof Art
Up for adventure? Douglas Fairbanks swashes and buckles as a buccaneer rescuing a damsel in distress in the 1926 silent film, presented here with pianist Roger Lippincott improvising a soundtrack live. Prefer a thriller? King Kong’s belle, Fay Wray, is terrorized by a crazed sculptor in 1933’s “Mystery of the Wax Museum.” The double bill will be introduced by Anthony L’Abbate, preservation officer for George Eastman House. Details here.
Jan. 10-29
Indiana Repertory Theatre
I hesitate to tell you that “Radio Golf” is the 10th in August Wilson’s cycle of plays, each set in a different decade of the 20th century. Yes, it’s an impressive achievement, but saying that might make it seem like you’re missing something if you didn’t see the other nine.
Truth is, each of Wilson’s plays is self-contained, although many revolve around similar themes of how we balance the present and the past. In this case, the story concerns a Pittsburgh real estate developer—and potential mayoral candidate—whose plans for a shopping and apartment complex are complicated by a homeowner who refuses to sell. David Alan Anderson stars. Details here.
The NFL will announce its annual league awards, including Most Valuable Player, in a two-hour prime-time special, "NFL Honors," to air on NBC on Super Bowl eve, Feb. 4.
The Children’s Museum of Indianapolis set an attendance record in 2011 with 1.27 million visitors, topping the high mark it set the previous year by 9.4 percent.
Indiana's Republican House leader said Tuesday that lawmakers will almost immediately take up right-to-work legislation that's likely to dominate much of the state's 2012 session.
NBC has sold all the commercial airtime for the Feb. 5 game in Indianapolis and even has a waiting list of advertisers. The average cost for a 30-second spot this year was $3.5 million.
State Sen. Luke Kenley is floating the idea of using an online sales tax to help replace revenue that wouldn't be collected if a proposal to eliminate the state's inheritance tax becomes law.
A driver heading south on Interstate 65 near Lebanon died Monday night after crossing into northbound traffic and being struck by a semi. Carrine Scott Jr., 55, died at the scene between exits 133 and 138. Investigators aren’t sure what caused Scott to lose control of his vehicle. The semi driver was uninjured.
An Indianapolis family was displaced Tuesday morning after two fires broke out in the family’s north side home in less than 12 hours. Firefighters initially responded to the fire in the 8400 block of North Pennsylvania Street about 10:19 p.m. Monday. Crews found the fire in the attic behind the fireplace chimney and believed they had extinguished the blaze after working on it for more than an hour. However, the fire returned Tuesday morning and burned through the roof. No injuries were reported. Damage to the home is estimated at $100,000.
