Warehouse drones scan codes to help track inventory
Greenfield-based Progressive Logistics and Indianapolis-based Langham Logistics are both working with Pittsburgh-based Gather AI Inc. to use drones to scan and track items in their facilities.
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New Whitestown leaders prepare for next phase of town growth
With less than a month to go before they take office Jan. 1, the five members of Whitestown’s next town council—three new councilors and two who will start their first full terms—are preparing to get to work in Indiana’s fastest-growing community.
Paramount Theatre rallies once more in downtown Anderson
Following an era of diminished star power , notable names are showing up on the theater’s marquee: Buddy Guy, Melissa Etheridge and Kenny Wayne Shepherd among them.
Proposed pipeline stirs questions about who controls Indiana’s water
Consideration of a pipeline to pump massive amounts of water from Lafayette to the LEAP Innovation and Research District in Lebanon is revealing major gaps in Indiana’s water-rights laws, some stakeholders say.
Carmel filmmaker Ashton Gleckman chronicles JFK for new audience
On Nov. 18-20, the History Channel will broadcast the 23-year-old’s eight-episode documentary series that chronicles the life of President John F. Kennedy.
Fishers plans infrastructure upgrades along 96th Street corridor
The city’s plans include additional streetlights, and median and landscape construction. Fishers will also offer facade improvement grants for qualified commercial properties.
As Zionsville’s next mayor, John Stehr aims to ‘lower the temperature’
Running unopposed in the Nov. 7 election, the former TV anchor is eager to move past Town Hall conflicts.
Stellantis, Samsung SDI to spend $3.2B on second EV battery plant in Indiana, hire 1,400
The Indiana Economic Development Corp. is committing a state-record incentive package to the joint venture for the second plant, topping the previous record-setting package pledged for the first plant last year.
Mayoral candidates look to continue Brainard’s lead in Carmel
Republican Sue Finkam and Democrat Miles Nelson are running to replace Brainard, a Republican who has served since 1996. Write-in candidate Darin Johnson is also running, but his name will not appear on election ballots.
Democrats see opportunity for election gains in Carmel
Throughout the country, suburban areas are the new election battleground, with large cities reliably going Democrat and rural areas largely voting Republican.
Corteva to occupy new $30M distribution center in Anderson
The 300,000-square-foot facility is being developed by local industrial real estate firm Scannell Properties LLC.
Full eclipse in 2024 is expected to drive a million visitors to Indiana cities and towns
Indiana’s tourism industry, plus public safety officials and others, already are laser-focused on April 8, 2024. On that day a sizable swath of the state, including Indianapolis, will be in the path of totality for a solar eclipse whose path will arc across the U.S. from Texas to Maine.
Developer planning 230 townhouse, apartment units near LEAP district in Lebanon
Paddock Place would bring the number of housing units planned to more than 700 near the future Eli Lilly and Co. manufacturing campus.
Utility expansion in HamCo’s tiny Bakers Corner could start development surge
Last year, Hamilton County announced a $45 million plan to extend sewer and water utilities to Bakers Corner. An additional $20 million from the state will allow the county to create a regional utility district.
Meijer eyes Bargersville property for new grocery store concept
Smaller than the company’s traditional supercenter format, Meijer Grocery stores debuted earlier this year in two Detroit suburbs.
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.
Hard Truth, Mellencamp Whiskey call partnership a ‘no-brainer’
Brown County’s Hard Truth Distilling Co., in partnership with the recently founded Mellencamp Whiskey Co., is releasing a new whiskey collection specifically celebrating and supporting Hoosier farmers.
Trucking giant opens second facility in Whitestown business park
The 605,000-square-foot redistribution center at 4337 AllPoints Drive will replenish the company’s 10 parts distribution centers across the United States and Canada.
Boone County is ‘favored site’ of companies looking at Indiana, IEDC says
The IEDC has acquired thousands of acres of land in Boone County for the LEAP District, a planned advanced manufacturing and high-tech district in the Lebanon area.
Merchants Bank planning 111,000-square-foot HQ expansion in Carmel
The building, according to designs by Carmel-based Studio M Architecture and Planning LLC, will have a brick and glass facade and include a walkway constructed above 3rd Avenue SW that will connect with the existing bank headquarters.