A dozen swimmers with ties to Indiana competed in events Sunday night at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis, with several semifinal competitors advancing to finals.
Aaron Shackell became the first American to qualify for the Paris Games by winning his race with a time of 3 minutes, 45.46 seconds on Saturday—just minutes after his sister qualified for Sunday night’s women’s 100 butterfly final.
While ticket sales have lagged behind expectations over the past few weeks, the president of the Indiana Sports Corp said he expects the record, and the wall-to-wall primetime television coverage on NBC, will be “the best commercial” to drive those sales higher as the week goes on.
Today, Telamon operates in 13 states, India, Mexico and Macedonia and designs, builds and installs networks that support telecommunication networks, appliances and industrial processes.
The award doesn’t convey the status it did in the era when winners were told with tongue only slightly planted in cheek that they were now more famous than the governor, because high school basketball doesn’t have the same hold on the public’s attention.
The Westfield City Council heard plans for the proposed 36-acre Courtyards of Cielo Ranch and also approved plans for a 13-acre, age-restricted community called Vita of Westfield.
Plans call for up to 100,000 square feet of Class A office space, as well as a new standalone building, a small plaza, and new restaurant and entertainment offerings.
The phrase “All Great Racers Come to Indy” originated in motorsports. For a century, that has applied to swimming, too, whether the pool is at Broad Ripple Park, on a college campus or inside a football stadium.
That represents $125 million in road improvements, $31 million in new roundabouts, $16.7 million in trail projects and $12.5 million in park projects. Half the projects have fundings allocated; the city is studying how to fund the other half.
Longtime business partners Robert Laikin and Larry Paulson, who made their fortunes in the cellphone industry, are turning their sights to manufacturing high-density batteries for industrial uses.
The Indy Chamber hosted 10 mayors from the area Wednesday to discuss economic development at its State of the Region event at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
Former NFL quarterback Drew Brees and a pair of Indianapolis financial advisers are working to build a 57,000-square-foot indoor pickleball facility on the south side of Noblesville.
The Westfield City Council this week unanimously approved a plan to renovate and convert the 32,000-square-foot former library at 333 W. Hoover St. into the $15 million Westfield Washington Schools Event Center.
The singers and bands who replicate performances of chart-topping artists encounter cheers or sneers as a polarizing segment of the music industry, but they’re having no problem finding work.
