Visitors flock to Indiana Dunes, now with national park bona fides
The national park designation has revealed itself in various ways—through an upsurge in logged visits, busier trails and the need to order extra custodial supplies.
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British government plans massive airlift to rescue stranded travelers
British travel firm Thomas Cook declared bankruptcy Monday, stranding hundreds of thousands of travelers and prompting the British government to initiate what it is calling the largest peacetime repatriation in the nation’s history.
Vatican temporarily suspends Archbishop’s decision to not recognize Brebeuf as Catholic
The decision means the school can resume holding mass and will be able to celebrate the Mass for the Feast Day of St. Jean de Brebeuf in October.
After 105 years, Brenner Luggage closes last store
In 1914, Charles Brenner started manufacturing his first products—fiber board suitcases and traveling bags—in a factory on the south side of Indianapolis. A sign now posted inside Brenner Luggage’s last retail location says it’s closed permanently.
UPDATE: Prosecutor Terry Curry emotional about decision to step down as he battles cancer
He notified Gov. Eric Holcomb of his resignation Monday morning. Chief trial deputy Ryan Mears will immediately become acting prosecutor and a caucus of Marion County Democratic precinct committeepersons will be called within 30 days to elect an individual to fulfill the remainder of Curry’s term, which ends Dec. 31, 2022.
Pace planning 200-acre life-science business park by airport
The owner of Pace Air Freight, which specializes in truck transport of pharmaceutical products, is in the process of assembling land it doesn’t already own, including parcels owned by Indianapolis International Airport.
Travel plans in chaos, jobs lost as global tour company collapses
About 600,000 people were traveling with the company as of Sunday, though it was unclear how many of them would be left stranded. An estimated 1 million future travelers also found their upcoming holiday bookings canceled.
GM strike enters second week with no clear end in sight
Consumers this week will start to see fewer trucks, SUVs and cars on dealer lots as the two sides haggle about wages and profit sharing, new product for factories that GM wants to close, and use of temporary workers.
IBJ Podcast: This AI whiz chose Indy over Silicon Valley. He explains why.
DemandJump’s Luke Zhang, who came to the U.S. from China as a teenager, talks with podcast host Mason King about what makes the Indy tech community special and how it could market itself better. And he explains why he takes people skills as seriously as he does his math skills.
Newgarden wins IndyCar championship as Herta takes finale
Josef Newgarden won his second IndyCar series championship in three years with a smooth drive Sunday in the season finale, where he played it safe and watched rookie Colton Herta cement a spot as a future star.
Courtney Cole, one half of Hare Chevrolet’s ‘Sisters of Savings,’ dies after cancer battle
Cole and sister Monica Peck took over the business in 2008 from their parents, just as the Great Recession was gathering steam. They more than doubled their sales after the “Sisters of Savings” radio ad campaign began.
Sato extends with Rahal, Herta moves to Andretti as IndyCar drivers jockey for 2020 rides
Surprising series rookie Colton Herta has been pulled inside the Andretti Autosport camp as IndyCar drivers secure their 2020 plans.
Indianapolis firms run away with honors at statewide design awards
The top two awards were taken by Indianapolis firms KRM Architecture and Haus-Architecture For Modern Lifestyles. CSO Architects won to wards, including honors for its interior design of the new IBJ Media headquarters on Monument Circle.
Walmart to stop selling electronic cigarettes
The nation’s largest retailer said Friday that it will complete its exit from e-cigarettes after selling through current inventory.
Brownsburg’s newly built downtown starting to fill up
Through a series of developer partnerships that included $53 million in private funding, more than $90 million worth of new buildings and infrastructure improvements have been added along or near North Green Street.
Is Westfield growing too fast?
As Westfield’s housing stock and population balloons—following the rapid growth Carmel and Fishers have experienced for more than a decade—some residents are concerned too much development is coming too fast. And they’re pushing back.
Workers feel sting from shift to high-deductible health coverage
Nearly half of Americans with private insurance—47%—are covered by high-deductible plans, up from 25% in 2010. That’s driven up out-of-pocket health spending among people with employer coverage—from $493 in 2007 to $792 in 2017.
IndyGo to harness data to pitch partnerships with employers
The transit system is in the early stages of a plan to gather data on the employers and schools along its bus lines and develop specific pitches to persuade their employees or students to ride—and maybe cajole the employers to subsidize the cost.
Payouts from insurance policies may fuel ransomware attacks
Some cybersecurity professionals are concerned that insurance policies designed to limit the damage of ransomware attacks might be encouraging hackers.
Indiana’s unemployment rate drops to 3.3 percent
Private sector employment in Indiana slipped by 2,100 in August over the previous month but is up more than 23,000 over the year, the state said.