Other 2013 news of note: From Pacers to panhandling
A look at some of the runner-up top Indianapolis business stories from 2013.
A look at some of the runner-up top Indianapolis business stories from 2013.
Real estate executive Ersal Ozdemir secured a deal to play the first couple of seasons at the track and soccer stadium at IUPUI, but said he hoped to build an 8,000- to 10,000-seat soccer stadium downtown within four years.
WNDY-TV Channel 23 will broadcast the club’s inaugural campaign. One of its challenges will be to field a team of announcers who can provide authoritative play-by-play.
Red kettles appear at holiday time, but Salvation Army makes a difference all year long.
Nicole Pence, a rising star at WTHR-TV Channel 13 and the niece of Gov. Mike Pence, reportedly has been fired from the station.
The Indiana Pacers recently entered a long-term contract with Walt Disney Co.’s Disney Institute, to polish customer service from top to bottom.
An Indianapolis-based pets TV show now seen in six states is galloping off in search of new territory—much like a fearless puppy.
Twenty-fourteen will be a year of love and politics in Indiana.
At least eight central Indiana families are contestants this season for the syndicated television show “Family Feud,” according to WNDY-TV Channel 23, where the show airs locally. But that number belies the real interest in the show.
The debut of popular meteorologist Angela Buchman at WTHR-TV Channel 13 last month coincides with its newscast ratings' soaring like a cumulonimbus cloud on a hot afternoon.
Paul Douglas describes himself as a data-obsessed meteorologist, entrepreneur, author, a Republican, a devout Christian, and a global climate change skeptic-turned-believer. Douglas spent 11 years as a TV weatherman for NBC’s affiliate in Minneapolis, Minn. While there, he launched a company that produced software for 3D weather graphics. The technology caught the attention of Steven […]
WXIN-TV Channel 59 is losing a television anchor, while WRTV-TV Channel 6 is bringing more talent to town to beef up its morning news staff.
Ex-Indianapolis Convention & Visitors Association chief Bill McGowan weighs the pay-off.
Community Health Network hired Wayne Pack as its chief human resources officer, replacing Jill Parris, who is retiring at the end of the year. Pack previously was senior vice president for human resources in the Americas division of Indianapolis-based Brightpoint North America, and before that was vice president of worldwide human resources at Carmel-based Thomson. Pack holds a bachelor’s degree from Tennessee Technological University.
Dr. David Williams has been named president of the west region of Community Health Network. Williams has held numerous leadership positions at Community Westview Hospital, including chief physician executive and chief of staff. He holds a bachelor’s degree from Ohio University in Athens and a doctor of osteopathy degree from Kansas City University of Medicine and Biosciences.
Sarah Knisely-King, a registered nurse, has been named chief operating officer and chief nursing executive for Community Health Network’s south region. She was most recently director of emergency services at Community Hospital South. Knisely-King holds a bachelor’s degree in nursing from Purdue University and a master’s degree in nursing administration from Lewis University.
Hendricks Regional Health Medical Group has hired Dr. Julia Ruckman, an OB/GYN, as part of its Westside Physicians for Women practice in Avon. Ruckman holds a bachelor’s degree from Indiana University and a medical degree from the Indiana University School of Medicine.
Dr. Frances Russell has joined Wishard-Eskenazi Health in emergency medicine. She received her undergraduate degree from Iona College and medical degree from the University of Wisconsin.
Dr. Constantine Albany has joined Wishard-Eskenazi Health in its special medicine oncology clinic. He received his medical degree from Techreen University in Syria.
Dr. Zachary Kahler has joined Wishard-Eskenazi Health in emergency medicine. He received his undergraduate degree from Carnegie Mellon University and medical degree from the University of Arizona.
WXIN-TV responds to the hype over Angela Buchman’s arrival at WTHR-TV with a billboard ad touting the clout of its Angela Ganote.
Horseshoes and their young quarterback will prove the prognosticators wrong once again.
It was a warm, sunny Monday in November when John McCain came to the Indianapolis airport seeking to pull out an Indiana win in the 2008 race for presidency. It was the day before Election Day. Confident Hoosier Republicans were thrilled about the first real campaign rally in this state by that year’s GOP nominee.
This year’s campaign kicks off with a simulcast generously provided by local television stations.
An alliance of businesses and human rights groups is launching an effort to defeat passage of an amendment that would write Indiana's ban on same-sex marriage into the state constitution.