A man is behind bars this morning after police say he reported a vacant house fire that he set himself. Firefighters were called to the 1200 block of North Sheffield Avenue about 12:30 a.m. by someone inside the house who said the walls were burning. Crews reported smelling gasoline in the home’s top floor after […]
Police continue to investigate a deadly crash on Interstate 69 yesterday that involved more than 30 vehicles and killed three people. The chain reaction started after a fire truck was hit by a passing car. Investigators say yesterday’s snow was an obvious factor, and some drivers were going too fast for the conditions. Two of […]
A new lawsuit claims African-Americans aren’t treated fairly when it comes to hiring and promotions within the Indianapolis police and fire departments. More than 30 minority officers and firefighters signed on to the suit, which claims current promotions criteria leave black officers stuck in low-ranking jobs longer than white officers. A group of white officers […]
Winter storms that crippled parts of the Midwest recently prompted Emmis Communications Corp. CEO Jeff Smulyan to again call on cell phone manufacturers to install radio receivers in their units. If cell phones had FM receivers, Smulyan argued, radio stations could have served an even wider audience searching for updates on the weather, road conditions […]
Winter storms that crippled parts of the Midwest recently prompted Emmis Communications Corp. CEO Jeff Smulyan to again call on cell phone manufacturers to install radio receivers in their units. If cell phones had FM receivers, Smulyan argued, radio stations could have served an even wider audience searching for updates on the weather, road conditions […]
Business owners along the fabled Gasoline Alley north of Rockville Road think a proposal to close a north-south road linking
them to the front door of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway will have devastating effects.
Obesity and smoking rates are little changed since Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels took office in January 2005.
Saving money may be the bottom-line reason for reforming local government, but that’s only one of the benefits.
A Texas developer of retirement communities has targeted Carmel for a style of assisted living new to the Indianapolis area that offers on-site health care for the unusual arrangement of a fi xed monthly fee.
Saving money may be the bottom-line reason for reforming local government, but that’s only one of the benefits. Indianapolis Mayor Greg Ballard made that point clear Jan. 27 in a speech to the Rotary Club of Indianapolis, outlining a reform plan called Unigov 2.0 that emphasized efficiency, transparency and accountability. Ballard, the latest mayor to […]
Bill Wisniewski, a salesman from Munster, has shed 86 pounds in the past year with help from the “Ready, Set, Walk” campaign run by the INShape Indiana program. The 56-year-old said INShape’s e-mail tips helped him set a routine and work through pain as he ramped up to walking 70 minutes a day. As the […]
Companies searching for a merger or acquisition partner had one heck of a time finding a match last year. Place much of the
blame on the credit crunch that rattled the nation’s economy and sent deal-making into a downward spiral.
An Indiana administrative law judge agreed to permanently revoke the insurance license of Marcus Schrenker, the financier who is also accused of faking his death in a plane crash in Florida. Judge Doug Webber told attorneys from the Indiana Department of Insurance, who brought charges against Schrenker, to draft an order that would revoke the […]
A Republican lawmaker has defied Gov. Mitch Daniels and filed a bill to slow the rollout of Indiana’s new welfare intake system, but the leader of the GOP-controlled state Senate is skeptical the legislation is needed. The bill by Rep. Suzanne Crouch, R-Evansville, would stop the Family and Social Services Administration from automating welfare intake […]
Stepping into history, Barack Hussein Obama grasped the reins of power as America’s first black president today, declaring the nation must choose “hope over fear, unity of purpose over conflict and discord” to overcome the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression. In frigid temperatures, an exuberant crowd of more than a million packed the […]
Radio giant Clear Channel Communications Inc. is expected to implement a massive restructuring plan tomorrow that aims to cut $400 million in company costs. San Antonio-based Clear Channel has about 50 employees in Indianapolis; the company owns local radio stations WFBQ-FM 94.7, WRZX-FM 103.3 and WNDE-AM 1260, and its Clear Channel Outdoor billboard arm also […]
Ice Miller LLP is the latest city law firm to cut payroll by eliminating support staff. The firm late last week laid off 14 people, reducing its total workforce by about 2 percent. No attorneys were affected by the cuts, the firm said. “Over the last few months, we have been engaged in a thorough […]
Radio giant Clear Channel Communications Inc. is expected to implement a massive restructuring plan tomorrow that aims to cut $400 million in company costs. San Antonio-based Clear Channel has about 50 employees in Indianapolis; the company owns local radio stations WFBQ-FM 94.7, WRZX-FM 103.3 and WNDE-AM 1260, and its Clear Channel Outdoor billboard arm also […]
Ice Miller LLP is the latest city law firm to cut payroll by eliminating support staff. The firm late last week laid off 14 people, reducing its total workforce by about 2 percent. No attorneys were affected by the cuts, the firm said. “Over the last few months, we have been engaged in a thorough […]
By nature, coaching is a transient profession, increasingly so in these days of not-soguaranteed contracts (by either the employer or employee) and the mentality of, “What have you done for us?” not lately, but, uh, like today. Or an hour ago. For some, the only thing shorter than attention span is perspective. So, for the […]
