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WISH-TV Channel 8 in Indianapolis announced this morning that it has named Patti McGettigan its new news director. McGettigan currently holds the same title at WOOD-TV Channel 8 in Grand Rapids, Mich. Both WISH and WOOD are owned by Providence, R.I.-based LIN TV Corp. She replaces Kevin Finch, who left in June for a position […]

Two people are in the hospital with stab wounds after an attempted robbery this morning at the American Inn, 5630 Crawfordsville Road, in Speedway. The victim and the robbery suspect both suffered non-life-threatening wounds. The suspect fled and was apprehended at Methodist Hospital, seeking treatment.

Starting today, new Indiana drivers under the age of 18 won’t be able to talk or text while driving. The restriction is just one of several state laws that go into effect today. The Silver Alert law, modeled after the Amber Alert, creates a system to help locate missing seniors. In addition, homeowners and lenders […]

As expected, AIT Laboratories CEO Michael A. Evans has transferred ownership of the company to its workers through an employee stock ownership plan, or ESOP, the company announced today. The Indianapolis-based company declined to reveal the price of the sale. Fast-growing AIT Laboratories previously said it would make “a major announcement” today with Indiana Treasurer […]

WISH-TV Channel 8 announced this morning that it has named Patti McGettigan its new news director. McGettigan currently holds the same title at WOOD-TV Channel 8 in Grand Rapids, Mich. Both WISH and WOOD are owned by Providence, R.I.-based LIN TV Corp. She replaces Kevin Finch, who left in June for a position with Calamari […]

Technology interests got half of what they wanted in a state budget passed yesterday by the Indiana General Assembly and signed into law by Gov. Mitch Daniels. The 21st Century Research and Technology Fund, the state’s showcase program for investing in fledgling high-tech firms, said it would receive $35 million in the two-year budget, short […]

As expected, AIT Laboratories CEO Michael A. Evans has transferred ownership of the company to its workers through an employee stock ownership plan, or ESOP, the company announced today. The Indianapolis-based company declined to reveal the price of the sale. Fast-growing AIT Laboratories previously said it would make “a major announcement” today with Indiana Treasurer […]

Police launched a massive, but unnecessary, 12-hour search for a 12-year-old autistic boy on the southwest side of Indianapolis yesterday after miscommunications between police and Child Protective Services. Josh Arnett was safe with CPS during the search, but family members and police were unaware of his whereabouts. An internal investigation is under way. Fox 59 […]

Indianapolis Mayor Greg Ballard will hold a public meeting tonight to offer an update on the city’s financial status. The agenda will include discussions about Animal Care and Control, and the Department of Public Works. The meeting begins at 6 p.m. in the public assembly room of the City-County Council Building.

The wife of a Marion County judge faces forgery charges after police say she signed a phony court document with another judge’s name to avoid a mortgage payment. According to investigators, Kristina Nelson, 43, has admitted to making up a dramatic story in which she and her husband, Judge William Nelson, were victims of an […]

The City-County Council last night approved the city’s first Office of Code Enforcement, making permanent a department created by Indianapolis Mayor Greg Ballard in February. The office, designed to streamline the city’s licensing, permitting, inspection and abatement functions, will become permanent Jan. 1. Historically, the departments of Metropolitan Development, Parks and Recreation, Public Safety and […]

Results released today from an Indiana University study show that the state is one of the nation’s biggest beneficiaries of foreign investment. Firms in which a foreign investor or company had at least a 50-percent stake accounted for 4.6 percent of Indiana’s total private-sector employment in 2006, ranking the state ninth and above the national […]

Tipton County won’t have to repay Getrag Transmission LLC a $5.5 million loan it received from the company for infrastructure improvements relating to its failed transmission plant, a judge has ruled. A U.S. Bankruptcy Court judge from the Eastern District of Michigan signed a motion Friday that lets the county off the hook, according to […]

Tipton County won’t have to repay Getrag Transmission LLC a $5.5 million loan it received from the company for infrastructure improvements relating to its failed transmission plant, a judge has ruled. A U.S. Bankruptcy Court judge from the Eastern District of Michigan signed a motion Friday that lets the county off the hook, according to […]

Police have arrested Marco Artego, 17, in connection with last week’s home break-in at Center Grove’s Golden Grove subdivision, the Johnson County Sheriff’s Department said this morning. Investigators say one of the victims was hit in the face during the armed robbery. Prosecutors plan to charge Artego as an adult. Fox 59 will have more […]

Police officers and traffic officials will implement a variety of changes today as they try to improve safety on a busy highway in Hamilton County. Law enforcement patrols along U.S. 31 between Carmel and Westfield will identify drivers who speed, follow too closely or drive aggressively. Other efforts include lower speed limits in some areas, […]

The former chancellor of Ivy Tech Community College-Northeast will reimburse the college more than $5,000 that he spent without school approval to fix up part of a vacant campus building in Fort Wayne where he lived for nearly six months. Mark Keen resigned from his post June 12, several weeks after Ivy Tech officials learned […]