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Fox59 adding weekend-morning and 5 p.m. weekday newscasts to its coverage.
Three towns in Indiana will not have fireworks this year for July 4 celebrations. Greenfield, Spencer and Fortville do not
have money in their budgets to pay for fireworks like they have in the past.
A semi driver is recovering after his truck, loaded with beer, crashed and caught fire on Interstate 70 just west of downtown
Indianapolis about 2:30 a.m. Thursday. The driver, Carlos Torres, barely escaped the burning truck before it exploded. All
three westbound lanes were closed for more than six hours while emergency crews worked to clear the scene. The driver was
hauling 1,800 cases of Natural Light beer from Columbus, Ohio, to Terre Haute.
Indianapolis police officer Jerry Piland has been fired after an investigation into allegations of excessive force, Chief
Paul Ciesielski announced this morning. The investigation showed Piland unnecessarily kneed 15-year-old Brandon Johnson while
he was on the ground being handcuffed during a disorderly conduct arrest on May 16. Other officers involved in the arrest,
David Carney, Oliver Clouthier, Stacy Letinga and Joshua Shaughnessy, will return to street duty, but Letinga will receive
a letter of reprimand and Shaughnessy might receive a letter of caution. Fox59 will have more at 4 p.m.
IU is tracking "far ahead" of last year's football season ticket sales as it prepares to unleash its summer
marketing campaign.But Purdue is still the gold standard.
Jamal Smith of Indianapolis joined the governor’s staff two years ago and served as senior adviser on minority affairs.
Pittsburgh-based bank starts converting former National City operations in central Indiana to its brand this weekend. But
any snags could create
opportunities for competitors to pounce on customers.
The state is building a massive data system with a tough-love intent of rewarding good educators and schools and hammering
poor performers.
Hat World, a subsidiary of Nashville, Tenn.-based Genesco Inc., said it plans to invest up to $22 million to lease and prepare
additional space locally as it consolidates manufacturing and warehouse operations from Wisconsin.
Lugar’s bill may be able to muster the 60 votes needed for Senate passage because it wouldn’t cap emissions or expand offshore
drilling, two controversial issues in the Senate.
An annual report by Purdue University shows that 20 Indiana residents died last year in farm-related accidents, down
from 28 in 2008 and 24 in 2007.
The leader of Indiana’s largest teachers union says if Congress approves up to $300 million for Indiana schools, it could
save as many as 7,200 public school employee jobs, including those of Indiana teachers, teaching assistants and bus drivers.
Pending home sales fell 31.5 percent last month, following expiration of the federal home-buyer tax credit.
Indiana Department of Transportation Commissioner Mike Reed is resigning to become president of Duke Energy's Indiana
operations. Michael B. Cline, INDOT's deputy commissioner of operations, will replace him.
Veterinarian Robert Maier has been fired from the VCA Shadeland Animal Hospital in Indianapolis after a dog owner called
police to report the vet was drunk on the job and about to perform surgery on a dog. Police say Maier exceeded the legal limit
on a portable breath test. Maier cooperated when they ordered him off the property, police say. He has worked at the clinic
for two years.
Police are still looking for a suspect after an early-morning chase in Beech Grove. It started after two vehicles were stolen
about 6 a.m. near Five Points Road. Both stolen trucks crashed and then at least two suspects ran away from the scene. Justin
McDonough, 18, was captured by a K-9 officer. Police believe at least one more suspect is still on the loose. The two trucks
are owned by Van Sickle’s Landscaping and Trucking.
Indianapolis police are investigating a reported theft of about $1 million in jewelry. David Artinian, a jewelry distributor,
told police he went into a jewelry store on West 86th Street for 10 minutes Tuesday evening to sell merchandise when someone
broke into his car’s trunk and stole a 30-inch-long box of jewelry. Artinian said his insurance won’t cover the
theft because he wasn’t carrying the jewelry. Fox59 will have more at 4 p.m.