Country star Morgan Wallen adds Indy date to stadium tour
Riding high on the back of his No. 1 country single “Last Night” and a couple of rising hits, Wallen has extended his current “One Night at a Time” tour to include 10 dates in 2024.
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Greenwood planning 16-court pickleball facility in Freedom Park
The Greenwood Parks & Recreation Department plans to add an additional 120 parking spots at Freedom Park to accommodate pickleball and aquatic center visitors.
Carrier opens multimillion-dollar HVAC training facility in Indy
The facility is designed to help address the what the industry expects to be a national shortage of 400,000 HVAC technicians by 2033 that would significantly hamper the installation and maintenance of HVAC units across the country.
Central Indiana existing-home sales fall for 19th straight month
Existing homes in the 16-county area are spending much more time on the market than a year ago, from an average of 22 days in August 2022 to 31 days last month.
Indiana AG Rokita facing multiple disciplinary charges
The Indiana Supreme Court Disciplinary Commission filed three charges against Todd Rokita on Monday, all related to breaches of confidentiality.
Israeli pharmaceutical company to build $20M facility in Westfield
Isotopia USA, the newly formed U.S. subsidiary of Isotopia Molecular Imaging, announced Monday that it will hire 50 people to produce a radioactive medical isotope used in pharmaceuticals for targeted cancer treatment.
WTHR-TV adding afternoon hour of live news programming
Felicia Lawrence and Dustin Grove will co-anchor the extra news hour at 4 p.m. weekdays, prior to the existing 5 p.m. and 6 p.m. newscasts.
Rally roundup: Photo gallery, pitch contest winners and Manning says he’s a ‘big deal in Omaha, Nebraska’
Indianapolis was the rallying point for a new, multimillion-dollar conference that brought together entrepreneurs, executives, investors and others in Indiana’s strongest industries. Here’s a look at this week’s three-day event, which began Tuesday and wrapped up Thursday.
Solar energy company plans $35M plant, 240 new jobs in Indianapolis
The Singapore-based company on Tuesday announced intentions to renovate and equip an existing 150,000-square-foot space just south of downtown Indianapolis to serve as its U.S. headquarters.
Area homebuilders see first increase in permit filings since 2021
Six of the area’s nine counties had rising single-family building permit numbers last month, with big increases seen in Hendricks, Madison and Morgan counties.
Indiana State Fair attendance up slightly from a year ago
Attendance at the Indiana State Fair ticked up in its third year under a “post-pandemic” format that added an 18th day to the schedule.
Fast-growing Mom Water looks within for new CEO and COO
The Indiana beverage company has new executive leadership, but is keeping things in the family.
Former Post Office manager sentenced to 3-plus years for stealing business checks
James Lancaster of Indianapolis stole more than 270 pieces of mail with checks from more than 50 different businesses between May 2020 and June 2021, the U.S. Justice Department said.
Round of closures claims two suburban O’Charley’s locations
Nation’s Restaurant News reported Tuesday that Nashville-based O’Charley’s decided this month to close 18 underperforming restaurants. Among them were two in the Indianapolis area.
Indiana Republican Party Chairman Kyle Hupfer stepping down
Hupfer has led the Indiana Republican Party since February 2017, a span that covered four election cycles. The party credited his leadership for raising the GOP’s dominance in Indiana to new heights.
Central Indiana existing-home sales fall for 18th straight month
The amount of time homes are spending on the market in the Indianapolis area has almost doubled compared with a year ago, but median sales prices are still on the rise.
Studio Movie Grill abruptly closes after 10-year run on north side of Indy
The 57,000-square-foot venue opened in October 2013 and featured 13 auditorium theaters with dine-in service and a full bar.
Former Secretary of Commerce Brad Chambers enters race for governor
Chambers has been considered a possible candidate for the office since mid-July, when he announced he would be stepping down as head of the Indiana Economic Development Corp. effective Aug. 6.
Zagzebski latest exec to take helm at utility AES Indiana
Ken Zagzebski, a senior vice president at AES Corp., will be making a return engagement to the top spot at the Indianapolis utility formerly known as Indianapolis Power & Light.
Logistics firm to close operations in Plainfield, idling nearly 250 workers
Based in Texas, Alan Ritchey Inc. describes itself as a family-owned company that provides services to the government, as well as industrial, agriculture, energy and transportation sectors.