Two years after Indianapolis Public Schools closed School 37, a multimillion-dollar redevelopment project is set to breath new life into a building that had served the Martindale-Brightwood community for 81 years. Central Indiana Community Foundation is spearheading the plan to transform the 52,000-square-foot former school into a community center. Construction is scheduled to begin in […]
A plane crash in Alaska that killed former U.S. Sen. Ted Stevens (R-Alaska) also claimed the life of the father of Indiana
University football player Paul Phillips, a freshman tight end from Damestown, Md. Bill Phillips Sr., who played football
for the University of Evansville from 1972-1976, was aboard the plane that went down late Monday. Paul’s brother Wally
Phillips and former NASA administrator Sean O'Keefe survived the crash.
Indianapolis police officer David Bisard had a blood-alcohol level of 0.19—twice the legal limit—on the morning
he slammed his patrol car into a trio of motorcyclists, killing one and injuring two. The Aug. 7 accident occurred at 11:21
a.m. at 56th Street and Brendon Way Drive South as Bisard responded to a request for assistance in serving a felony warrant.
Bisard's vehicle struck and killed Eric Wells, 30, who was at a stoplight waiting for the officer to pass. "We are
currently working with the prosecutor's office after learning the results of the blood draw for alcohol have tested positive,"
Police Chief Paul Ciesielski said in a prepared statement.
Park officials say attendance at Holiday World & Splashin' Safari is nearing 1 million for the fifth straight year
and the park will likely break previous attendance records.
The Eiteljorg Museum of American Indians and Western Art is trying to raise $4.5 million to fund a new strategy aimed at boosting
attendance.
Knicks President Donnie Walsh wanted to hire Chris Mullins as general manager. Instead his boss stuck him with a man who has
been a disaster on numerous levels of professional basketball management.
Superintendent Paul Whitesell said Thursday that the lightning-fast communication of the State Police's Facebook page
and its Twitter account give the agency one more way to "reach out to the public."
After years of easy borrowing that helped boost economic growth, governments around the globe are dealing with evil twinsâ??high levels of debt and shrinking revenue to repay.
Customers intervened to keep inventor of bicycle reflectors, dryer vents from going out of business.
Two years after Indianapolis Public Schools closed School 37, a multimillion-dollar redevelopment project is set to breath
new life into a building that served the Martindale-Brightwood community for 81 years.
Personal spending was unchanged in June, the Commerce Department reported Tuesday. It was the third straight month of lackluster
consumer demand. Incomes were also flat, the weakest showing in nine months.
WellPoint Inc., UnitedHealth Group Inc. and three other health insurers, criticized by Democrats during the health care reform
debate, are seeking to influence how the new law will be implemented, and possibly change it, by campaigning for supportive
congressional candidates.
In most productions of the raucous musical comedy “A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum,” the lead
character, Pseudolus, is a just-this-side-of desperate middle-age guy with an overactive libido who could break out in a major
sweat at any moment.
The Obama administration released a proposal that would tighten for-profit colleges’ access to federal student aid,
threatening an industry that received $26.5 billion in U.S. funds last year. Carmel-based ITT Educational Services
is among those potentially affected.
The public, to no surprise, is skeptical that the new regulations will succeed. A Bloomberg poll shows nearly four out of five Americans have little confidence the measures will prevent a crisis.
Rep. Mike Pence of Indiana, a member of the House GOP leadership, on Wednesday joined House Minority Leader John Boehner of
Ohio in calling for the law’s repeal.
Moniker reflects ownership change years earlier, better description of company's focus.
An agreement with the International Motorsports Industry Show will keep it in the city indefinitely. Attendance for the three-day
December convention is expected to top 20,000.
Baseball doc and drama from Finland among strongest offerings.
