More than 32,000 firefighters will be in Indianapolis this week for the annual Fire Department Instructors Conference, which begins today. The city has hosted the event, billed as the largest firefighting convention in the world, since 1993. Attendees are expected to spend about $31 million. Fox 59 will have more at 10 p.m.
State lawmakers could conduct more negotiations today on legislation to help the Capital Improvement Board fill its $47 million budget deficit. Key elements of the proposal include higher hotel, liquor, car-rental and ticket taxes in Indianapolis. In order to be enacted, the plan needs to be approved by the Legislature by April 29. It must […]
People across the country are marking a tragic anniversary today. Ten years ago, 13 students and one teacher were killed in a shooting at Columbine High School in Littleton, Colo. The school is closed today, and school officials plan a private memorial service tonight.
Friends and family will say goodbye today to a group of Hoosier engineers heading to Afghanistan. The 170 National Guard soldiers are based in LaPorte. The carpenters, electricians, heavy-equipment operators and others will work to improve living conditions and quality of life for U.S. troops stationed in Afghanistan. The departure ceremony will be held at […]
The recession is hitting some northern Indiana counties so hard, even the Amish are making exceptions to their strict religious beliefs. In LaGrange and Elkhart counties, where much of the state’s Amish population is concentrated, the Amish church is allowing members to collect unemployment checks, the Chicago Tribune reported today. Amish shun most of life’s […]
Cinram Inc., a Toronto-based manufacturer and packager of CDs and CD-ROMs, plans to close its Indiana plant, costing 330 workers their jobs, according to the Richmond Palladium-Item. Company officials told workers and Richmond city officials that the plant would close this summer in phases, with the first phase on June 16, the second on June […]
Joy’s House has created a registry at www.spreadingjoy.org. Donors can choose an item as expensive as a new sofa, or as
modest as a cookie sheet with the assurance that their money will be used specifically to buy that item.
A report due out later this month will show that Indiana is the state growing wind power at the fastest rate in the nation.
Casting the CIB’s deficit as an Indianapolis problem is simplistic and inaccurate because it overlooks the millions of dollars in state tax revenue generated by those venues and an endless list of vendors that do business with them.
Another rundown building near the northwest corner of Washington and Pennsylvania streets is getting some attention after years of neglect.
When it comes to health care reform, Eli Lilly and Co. has its derriere exposed more than its drugmaker peers.
4:59 Barber Lounge, a high-end men’s hair salon and spa across from Keystone at the Crossing, is back in business.
The Indiana chapter of the Arthritis Foundation works to improve lives through leadership in the prevention, control and cure
of arthritis and related diseases.
Optimedia Indianapolis recently signed a deal to handle 11 new Dairy Queen media markets in addition to the 23 currently held.
State senators will review a bill today that would put new restrictions and requirements on teenage drivers. Under a bill passed yesterday by the Indiana House, a Hoosier teen could receive his or her learner’s permit six months after their 15th birthday and a full license a year later. The bill also requires teens to […]
