IMS Museum selling dozens of vehicles to help upgrade collection
The basement of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Museum is jam-packed with hundreds of vehicles that never go on display. Some of those cars are going on the auction block.
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Failure risks escalate for small businesses as pandemic drags on
Business advisers and advocacy groups say many small businesses that have managed to survive the pandemic so far are heading into a brutal fall.
Handmade leather-goods shop finds its groove
Five-year-old Howl and Hide is preparing to open a second location, a pop-up shop at Clay Terrace in Carmel.
Drug shows promise in first largely minority COVID-19 study
A drug company said Friday that a medicine it sells to tamp down inflammation has helped prevent the need for breathing machines in hospitalized COVID-19 patients.
Indiana reports 1,499 new COVID-19 cases, 17 more deaths
The number is an all-time high for cases in the daily report from the state health department, but it includes the addition of 462 older positive cases resulting from a corrected laboratory reporting error.
WISH-TV hires former Cincinnati anchor to replace departed Barz
WISH-TV Channel 8 has added a new anchor to replace Mike Barz, who recently departed after two years of co-anchoring in several of the station’s news slots.
IU School of Medicine wins $12.3M grant to study opioid withdrawal treatment
The medical school said it is testing the use of tezampanel, an experimental drug for migraines developed by Indianapolis-based drugmaker Eli Lilly and Co., to treat opioid withdrawal syndrome and other addictions and mental illnesses.
Indianapolis Motor Speedway gets OK to have 10,000 fans at Harvest Grand Prix
The determination to allow spectators at the 300,000-seat venue came from the Marion County Public Health Department.
Indiana unemployment rate continues rebound in August
The latest employment numbers from the state also reversed two troubling indicators from July’s report: a significant decrease in the state’s labor force and in its labor-force participation rate.
United States bans WeChat, TikTok, citing national security
The government said its order, previously announced by President Donald Trump in August, will “combat China’s malicious collection of American citizens’ personal data.”
Local education technology firm eyes national growth with higher-ed offering
Standard for Success, a Cloverdale-based educational software company, through 2019 has been growing at a strong double-digit clip and earlier this year launched a new service line company officials are confident will help the firm expand further by signing deals with colleges and universities nationwide.
Study: Indiana ranks sixth in nation in hospital charge disparities
A new study released Friday by the Rand Corp. found that Hoosiers covered by employer health plans paid Indiana hospitals three times what Medicare would have paid for the same procedures, exceeding the national rate of disparity.
Republican council members call for repeal of mask mandate in Marion County
The Republican Caucus of the Indianapolis City-County Council said Thursday that it plans to introduce a resolution calling for the repeal of the county’s pandemic mask requirement. It called the order an “overreaching mandate.”
Indiana scraps plans to buy land for Ohio River port site
Indiana Gov. Eric Holcomb said it would take years to clean up the 725-acre site, making it not financially viable.
Fire damages, destroys about 20 trucks on Indianapolis lot
A fire that damaged or destroyed about 20 big trucks at a south-side Indianapolis business is being investigated as arson. The blaze was reported about 3:30 a.m. Thursday at M&K Truck Center, 1401 Harding Court. The business said it was offering a $30,000 reward “for information leading to the arrest and conviction of those responsible […]
Wall Street slumps as Big Tech once again leads decliners
The selling was widespread, with eight of the 11 sectors that make up the benchmark index ending the day lower. The sectors that include Amazon, Facebook and Apple took the heaviest losses.
New view for design flexibility emerging from pandemic
The pandemic turned the entire nation into homebodies. Now, architects, builders and interior designers are addressing the pain points that emerged when our homes became our offices, schools and entertainment venues.
Report: Much left to do to shield nursing homes from coronavirus
People in long-term-care facilities represent less than 1% of the U.S. population but more than 40% of the coronavirus deaths, according to the COVID Tracking Project, which has tallied 77,000 deaths among residents and staff.
Colts say 7,500 spectators will be allowed at second home game
Pete Ward, chief operating officer for the Colts, confirmed the 200% increase in the maximum-allowed crowd for the Sept. 27 game against the New York Jets.
Infection rates soar in college towns as students return
Health officials fear that surges among college students will spread to more vulnerable people—older ones and those with underlying health problems—and trigger a new wave of cases and hospitalizations.