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Park's family center to shut for pool work
Thatcher Park will transfer its programs elsewhere for a month while the indoor pool undergoes renovation. The Family Center has a gymnasium and meeting room that host basketball games, volleyball, home-schooling and other activities, said Paula...
Victim of house fire is revived by rescuers
Firefighters resuscitated a man they rescued from a house fire early Tuesday on the Westside. Michael Sanders, 49, was in critical condition in Wishard Memorial Hospital’s burn unit, Indianapolis Fire Department spokeswoman Capt. Rita Reith...
Marion Co. to offer more H1N1 shots Wednesday, Thursday
The Marion County Health Department has scheduled two H1N1 vaccine clinics this week. They will be from 3 to 7 p.m. Wednesday and 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Thursday at Lafayette Square Mall, 3919 Lafayette Road. The clinics are for those in the at-risk group...
Pike HS to help NASA unveil Milky Way images
The Pike High School Planetarium will be part of a NASA event next week. As part of the International Year of Astronomy, NASA will unveil mural-sized images of the center of the Milky Way Galaxy as seen by the Hubble Space Telescope, the Spitzer...
Ben Davis senior wins U.S. marching band spot
A Ben Davis senior was awarded a spot in a national marching band this morning. Senior Jordon Schell was named to the U.S. Army will march with the U.S. Army All-American Bowl marching band during halftime of the U.S. Army All- American Bowl football...
Homeless man dies in church he helped look after
Homeless volunteer apparently fell from St. Mary’s choir loft “Father, is there somebody asleep back there?” In the darkness of St. Mary Catholic Church, a Downtown sanctuary rimmed in stained glass so rich that light struggles to...
Writing's on the wall as Indianapolis takes on graffiti
Among the faces depicted this month on CrimeStoppers of Central Indiana’s “Most Wanted” poster are the usual suspects — folks wanted for murder, arson, drug dealing and robbery. But one mug shot stands out. Instead of a face,...
Student musicians will play at screening
North Central High School musicians will set the scene for a movie screening at a Northside church. The North Central High School Bass Ensemble will play three songs Friday before Epworth United Methodist Church hosts a showing of the 1989...
Pike students' show to open at art center
Pike High School students are collaborating with the Eiteljorg Museum and the Sullivan Munce Cultural Center in Zionsville for an art exhibition. The students worked with American Indian artists, formed partnerships with local art organizations and...
Milk truck flips on on-ramp, trapping driver
A milk truck driver was injured Monday when his rig overturned on the on-ramp to I-70 on the Near Southside. Farrell Carraco, 51, Anderson, flipped the trailer on the ramp from McCarty Street to eastbound I-70 at 8:22 a.m., according Capt. Rita...
Bus drivers to call voters tonight; election Tuesday
Beech Grove school bus drivers will be taking their concerns directly to the voters this evening in advance of Tuesday’s school district referendum. Faced with the prospect of losing their jobs if a funding referendum by Beech Grove schools...
North Central High musicians to set scene for 'Whalesong' screening
North Central High School musicians will set the scene for a movie screening at a Northside church. The North Central High School Bass Ensemble will play three songs Friday before Epworth United Methodist Church has a showing of the documentary...
Pike High School students work with American Indian artists on exhibit
A grant is helping Pike High School students collaborate with Eiteljorg Museum of American Indians and Western Art and the Sullivan Munce Cultural Center in Zionsville for an exhibit. Pike High received a grant from the Indiana Arts Commission’s Arts...
Austin man charged in 2-year-old's death
AUSTIN, Ind. — An Austin man has been charged with murder in the death of a 2-year-old boy. Jason C. Hensley, 26, was arrested Friday and taken to the Scott County Jail, where he is being held without bond. Hensley’s charges stem from the...
Grant County farmer dies in auger accident
A Fairmount man was killed Thursday in a farm equipment accident in Grant County. Daniel Shock, 58, died when he was trapped in an auger inside a silo at the Ceres-Midland Inc. plant in Fairmount at about 3:15 p.m., according to the Grant County...
Indiana's nonfatal work injury rate hits historic low for 2008
Indiana’s nonfatal occupational injury and illness rate for private industry workers for 2008 reached a historic low, but it remains above the national average. For the first time, the rate dipped below the five cases per 100 full-time workers...
Washington Township School Board OKs 'tax neutral' funding referendum
Washington Township Schools will move forward with a general fund referendum. The Washington Township School Board on Wednesday approved putting a “tax neutral” referendum before voters that will shift money from the capital projects fund...
Beech Grove narrowly OKs $8.5M budget; local police dispatchers funded through 2010
Many of the 200 people attending Wednesday night’s Beech Grove City Council meeting on the budget applauded in favor of keeping public safety dispatch services in the city, rather than transferring them to Speedway-based dispatchers. A few...
Washington Township Schools still waiting for first H1N1 vaccine
Washington Township Schools is ready to start hosting clinics for their students to receive the H1N1 flu vaccine. However, like the rest of the country, the Far-Northside district is waiting for doses to be available. “We’re cooperating...
Cathedral looking to keep pace at cross country state meet
Cathedral High School girls cross country coach Mark Doctor couldn’t tell you who his No. 1 runner is. “Just about everyone of them has been the No. 1 runner,” he said of his lineup of seniors Paige Mason, Katie Cleary and Molly Wallace, sophomore...
Mile of Cold Spring Road to close for months
A Westside road will close to make way for a sewer improvement. About a mile of Cold Spring Road from Lafayette Road to 30th Street will be closed to through traffic sometime in November or December until September. Residents will still have access...
Wanted: fresh ideas for City Market
City is seeking investors to transform Downtown landmark into hub of healthy living, with focus on food, fitness and arts City leaders will take the first step today to make Downtown’s City Market a healthy lifestyle hub that draws more people...
Tanker explosion damages 200 feet of rail line
About 200 feet of railroad track — including 400 feet of rail and 160 ties — along the Nickel Plate Road rail line was damaged by heat during last week’s tanker truck explosion at I-69 and I-465. That’s the rail line that...
Feds' initial probe of bridge crash nearly done
Investigators still are gathering facts; cause won’t be decided for a year The National Transportation Safety Board is wrapping up its preliminary investigation into the propane truck crash and explosion last week on I-69. An investigator...
Main St. face-lift meeting today
The nearly $6 million planned face-lift of Beech Grove’s Main Street from Emerson Avenue to 13th Avenue will include two roundabouts. Also, the design shows a wide pedestrian gathering spot with a pavilion about midway in the route at Sixth...
Speedway group comes long way in short time
Considering what the group has accomplished, a newcomer might think the Old Speedway City Neighborhood Association has been around as long as the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. After all, the more than 100 volunteers have procured a historic...
Learning to grapple with life
Take Down Crime program uses wrestling to build confidence, put kids on right path Takedowns and reversals on the wrestling mat are teaching a group of students discipline and life skills. Coach James Tanniehill and vice president Laura Rader started...
1st Mayor's Night Out for youths is today
Mayor Greg Ballard will reach out to Indianapolis’ younger residents during the first Mayor’s Night Out for youths. The question-and-answer session will address the concerns of youths who live on the Westside, Far Westside and...
Artists, authors to mingle during book fest
One local artist will have a homecoming as part of an annual Northside book festival. Local artist Lois Templeton’s expressionist artwork is hanging in the Arthur M. Glick JCC art gallery and is featured during the 11th annual Ann Katz Festival...
Little altars celebrate loved ones
Indianapolis Art Center adopts Mexican celebration called Day of the Dead Skeletons fill the ARTSPARK at the Indianapolis Art Center, but not as part of a Halloween celebration. The art center will host its 10th annual Day of the Dead Celebration...
