INDOT to close I-70 in Indianapolis to take advantage of pandemic traffic slowdown
The Indiana Department of Transportation said it was accelerating planned construction on the interstate while traffic is down about 40%.
The Indiana Department of Transportation said it was accelerating planned construction on the interstate while traffic is down about 40%.
State unemployment specialist Josh Richardson talks with host Mason King about who is now eligible for benefits under an expansion approved by Congress as well as how soon they’ll begin receiving benefits and how the agency is adjusting to a flood of applicants.
A Fishers-based operator of nursing homes plans to relocate residents from one of its facilities to other sites and designate the vacated 140-bed facility for COVID-19 patients only—a move that is meeting resistance from some public officials and family members.
Indiana is seeing a trend being seen around the nation: More women are testing positive for COVID-19, but more men are dying of it.
Marion County reported 1,760 cases—up from 1,570 cases on Saturday—with 37 deaths, according to figures released by the state on Sunday.
One year after the most memorable weekend of his basketball career, former Indiana Mr. Basketball and University of Virginia star Kyle Guy is dealing with a family tragedy.
At the same time, President Trump expressed growing impatience with social distancing guidelines and said he’s eager to get the country reopened and its stalled economy back on track.
Even as hospitals scrounge for professionals from the industry to treat the burgeoning numbers of people with COVID-19, others are on the sidelines as elective procedures, diagnostics and appointments are canceled or postponed.
Assessing probability is futile, but public health leaders indicate that fans and leagues should prepare for sports to remain absent not just for the coming months but into next year.
The Indiana State Department of Health reported Saturday that 19,800 people have been tested so far, up from 17,835 in Friday’s report. The Indiana death to has reached 116.
The recommendation reverses earlier guidance on the subject as the COVID-19 epidemic continues to balloon across the United States.
Gov. Eric Holcomb acknowledged the state is facing a potential mental-health crisis, and said he is committed to offering services to Hoosiers who are feeling troubled.
Indiana Gov. Eric Holcomb said Friday he would extend his stay-at-home order for two more weeks as part of the state’s ongoing effort to limit the spread of the COVID-19 virus. The current stay-at-home order had been set to expire April 7.
The league was scheduled to open training camps April 26 and the regular season was set to begin May 15. The WNBA will still hold a “virtual” draft April 17.
The Indiana State Department of Health reported that 17,835 people have been tested so far, up from 16,285 in Thursday’s report.
Purdue President Mitch Daniels told trustees Thursday that he’s also limiting repairs and purchases and putting a freeze on new hires.
Last month’s actual job loss was likely even larger because the government surveyed employers before the heaviest layoffs hit in the past two weeks. The unemployment rate jumped from a 50-year low of 3.5%.
The construction industry is exempt from Gov. Eric Holcomb’s orders that non-essential businesses close and Hoosiers stay home.
Millions of small businesses are expected to apply for a desperately needed rescue loan Friday, a stern test for a banking industry that has had less than a week to prepare.
Indianapolis Contemporary—known as the Indianapolis Museum of Contemporary Art up until 11 months ago—announced Thursday that it was calling it quits after an internal review “determined it was not economically feasible to continue operations.”