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Man held in Eastside shooting of girl, 16
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Bus driver formally charged; hearing Friday
A Franklin Township school bus driver accused of driving drunk with more than 100 students aboard has been formally charged, the Marion County prosecutor’s office said today. Phillip K. Leslie, 47, was arrested Tuesday at the Franklin Township...
WHMB to televise 6 boys games
Several local high school boys basketball sectional games will be featured on WHMB-TV 40 this week, beginning at 11 tonight with a taped broadcast of Guerin Catholic-Taylor in the Tipton Sectional. Wednesday, Eastern-Sheridan will be shown at 8 p.m....
Sullivan's Steakhouse evacuated after fire
A small electrical fire has temporarily closed Sullivan’s Steakhouse at Keystone at the Crossing. Indianapolis firefighters were called to the restaurant, 3316 E. 86th St., about 2 p.m. today. The restaurant was not open to customers at the...
Taking the polar plunge for a good cause
Hundreds of brave souls decided to take a plunge for a good cause in the frigid Eagle Creek Reservoir waters this morning. Going in groups of 20, participants from around the area stripped down to their bathing suits in 25-degree weather to take a...
Indianapolis Museum of Art cuts total of 21 jobs
Despite shrinking endowment, museum plans no program changes The Indianapolis Museum of Art will eliminate 15 full-time and six part-time positions, officials said Friday. The reductions follow $1.7 million worth of cuts announced in January. The...
Indianapolis Museum of Art cuts total of 21 jobs
Despite shrinking endowment, museum plans no program changes The Indianapolis Museum of Art will eliminate 15 full-time and six part-time positions, officials said Friday. The reductions follow $1.7 million worth of cuts announced in January. The...
High-profile IPS principal reassigned
Indianapolis Public Schools has removed Marshall Community High School Principal Jeffery C. White and reassigned him as an elementary school assistant principal, the district office said today. White, whose first year as principal at Marshall was...
Girl Scout cookie sales crumble
I haven’t seen one Girl Scout out selling...
Lawrence fails to OK modified school schedules
A tied vote failed to pass a plan to alter the schedule for Lawrence Township students. Monday, the School Board voted 2-2 with one abstention and failed to pass a plan called Modified Mondays that would have delayed the start of school by one hour...
Ballard delivers 2nd 'State of the City' address
In his second State of the City speech this morning, Mayor Greg Ballard warned that Indianapolis faces “a potential fiscal and infrastructure crisis” of historic proportions.’’ Ballard, who took office in January 2008,...
Memorial panel wants to honor Hoosier heroes
He may have crushed Hitler’s armies, but Gen. George S. Patton was not from Indiana. So maybe he shouldn’t have a room named for him in the Indiana War Memorial. Ditto for Gen. Douglas MacArthur and Adm. Chester Nimitz. Instead, officials...
Indianapolis animal shelters report more pets being abandoned in recession
More owners giving up animals they can’t afford Max, a 1-year-old Chiweenie, needed a home. A tag on his cage said it all: “Moving” — the reason given by his previous owners for turning over the Chihuahua-Dachshund mix to the...
Bill Garrett: A career of milestones in basketball
Bill Garrett broke one barrier after the next as a basketball player. In 1947, he was on the first Indiana high school basketball team to win a state championship with three black starters. At Indiana University, he was the first African-American to...
Pawnshop shelves go upscale in downturn
More-affluent clientele turning to Indy pawnshops to weather hard times Rolexes, diamond engagement rings, even fully loaded SUVs — pawnshops are seeing a flood of luxury items roll in, thanks to mounting job losses and the credit crunch. These...
Pickup truck crashes into school bus, car
Fifteen students were taken to a hospital Wednesday after a three-vehicle crash involving a Lawrence Township Schools bus. The students and their driver were taken to Community Hospital North after the 3 p.m. incident on Fall Creek Road near Sargent...
Celebrating black history: Michael Jackson
Michael Jackson has produced dozens of hit singles, garnered a Presidential Award from Ronald Reagan and won the title “King of Pop” in a musical career that has spanned almost four decades. His road to success began in Gary, where he...
I-465 neighbors will need earplugs a while longer
The roar of heavy equipment and grinding concrete shook the walls of Amanda Phelps’ home at about 3:30 a.m. Tuesday. That sound, Indiana Department of Transportation officials say, is the unfortunate byproduct of the $550 million project to...
Word from World War sparks a war of words
VA says headline slur offended, but removal of paper offends vets Tom Mattice said he was trying to promote a “healing environment” when he removed the old, yellowing wall decoration from a hallway at the VA hospital. But in doing so, the...
Officer charged with strangulation, battery
Prosecutors charged an Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department patrolman Tuesday with strangulation and two counts of battery in an incident last week involving his 11-year-old daughter. IMPD suspended Andrew M. Dodds, 35, without pay pending...
GOP councilman goes Libertarian
City-County Councilman Ed Coleman is leaving the Republican Party to become a Libertarian. Coleman will make his official announcement today during a speech at the Columbia Club, where he will be flanked by members of the Libertarian Party of...
Police want to add DNA from more people to database
Critics say samples, via mouth swabs, violate rights State lawmakers are considering legislation that would require collecting DNA samples from people when they are arrested, in the hopes of linking suspects to unsolved cases more quickly. The...
15 left homeless after Near Northside fire
Fifteen people were displaced after a fire damaged a Near Northside apartment building Monday. The Indianapolis fire Department was called to the blaze in the 1900 block of North Park Avenue at about 8:30 p.m., IFD Capt. Rita Reith said. They arrived...
Learn about charter schools at Artsgarden
Mayor Greg Ballard will host the first-ever Charter School Community Fair from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. today at the Indianapolis Artsgarden at Circle Centre Mall. The event will give parents and students the opportunity to learn more about...
Fateful choices
‘Little things’ save man’s life, put two other men in the middle of a deadly pileup What decisions did you make today? To read the paper versus . . . what else? Most of the time, such small choices have little consequence. But on...
Owners must give fingerprints to get guns back from IMPD
An Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department rule that makes it harder to reclaim a seized gun than to buy one is drawing criticism from gun-rights advocates and has spawned at least one lawsuit. The rule, adopted decades ago, requires gun owners...
Couples line up to wed at county clerk's office
A large conference room inside the Marion County Clerk’s office became a wedding chapel today as 39 couples streamed in and out during five-minute marriage ceremonies. In some cases, grooms wore tuxedos or suits, while many of the brides donned...
Spellers gear up for Marion County bee
Two of three Indianapolis district contests have been completed, as the best spellers from across Indianapolis prepare for the contest that will chose just one to go to the Scripps National Spelling Bee in May. This week Shayla Cabalan, a...
IMPD: Officer shot man driving SUV at him
A police officer shot a man who tried to run him over with a sport utility vehicle Friday, Indianapolis police reported. The man, who was the subject of a police investigation, was wounded in the leg, said Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department...
No bans on breeds, shelter says
Indianapolis’ animal shelter opposes a city ban on pit bulls or any specific breed, according to a statement released Friday. “While a dog’s breed is one factor that may contribute to a dog’s temperament, breed alone cannot...
