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Key questions, answers: Who pulled trigger, how it worked and what's next?
Those in charge of today’s RCA Dome implosion were huddled in a command center set up outside Union Station, across Illinois Street. A single person pressed the that triggered the explosive charges and 1,000 pounds of high-velocity dynamite to...
RCA Dome: 24 years, 25 seconds
You can see the video of the implosion at...
Indianapolis service commemorates 38 who died homeless
Young and old, well-dressed and not, Hoosiers packed the pews of Christ Church Cathedral on Friday to remember 38 homeless people from Indianapolis who died this year.“Homelessness is not what defined these people,” Mayor Greg Ballard...
Planned Parenthood of Indiana orders retraining after video surfaces
Planned Parenthood of Indiana leaders pledged Friday to reinforce their commitment to protecting minors after recently released videos showed employees at two Indiana clinics disregarding claims of child abuse.Health center employees at Planned...
Four killed in southern Indiana crash
Indiana State police say four members of an extended family died when their car pulled into the path of a semitrailer at a southern Indiana highway intersection.State police say the car driven by 82-year-old Donald Lieb of Lawrenceville, Ill., was...
For Lilly CEO John Lechleiter, risky deals are part of the job
John Lechleiter doesn’t flinch when people call his latest move a “risky bet” and “high-stakes gamble.”He says it’s part of his job as chief executive of Eli Lilly and Co. to take risks every time he decides which...
School: Board's vote on plan unexpected
Center Grove school officials are picking up the pieces in the wake of a contentious board meeting that put a halt to high school renovation plans.In a surprise move Monday night, School Board President Matt Shepherd presented a motion to stop the...
Conference on black men opens Thursday
The 14th annual conference of the Commission on the Social Status of the Black Male opens Thursday at the newly renovated Central Library in Downtown Indianapolis.The keynote address will be delivered by actor Louis Gossett Jr. at 9:45 a.m. IUPUI...
Ballard: City will paint bike lanes immediately
Contractors will begin painting dedicated bike lanes on New York and Michigan streets immediately in the first phase of a broad effort to make the city more bike-friendly.Mayor Greg Ballard said the Indy Bike Ways plan eventually will create 200...
IMA gets $2.6M grant for preservation
Art and science will merge at a new conservation laboratory at the Indianapolis Museum of Art, thanks to a $2.6 million grant from the Lilly Endowment.The money will be used to hire two scientists and buy equipment to help the IMA research its...
IU president to slow administrative hiring
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — Indiana University President Michael McRobbie has decided to slow hiring for administrative positions at the school and take other cost-saving measures because of the national economic downturn.IU was not hit as hard as some...
Plymouth wants part of US 31 for airport strip
PLYMOUTH, Ind. — Plymouth officials are proposing a land swap with the construction of a rerouted U.S. 31 in northern Indiana that would result in planes using the old highway as a runway.Plymouth aviation board President Tom Flynn says the city...
GOP group wants tougher teacher checks
A coalition of Republicans has proposed overhauling Indiana’s laws to require nationwide background checks for teachers and require more teacher misconduct be reported to the state Department of Education.GOP candidate for state superintendent of...
Metzger named publisher of 2nd Indiana newspaper
RICHMOND, Ind. — Juli Metzger, president and publisher of The Star Press in Muncie, is taking on additional duties as chief executive at the Palladium-Item with the retirement of Bob Robbins.Robbins will retire as president and publisher effective...
GOP, union to push for more checks on teachers
A coalition of Republicans is proposing a state law that would require nationwide background checks for Indiana teachers and force schools to alert the state when they believe teachers have committed misconduct.State Superintendent of Public...
Butler endowment fund gets $3M
A Butler University endowment fund has received a $3 million gift from a 1946 alumnus of the school.The money came from W. Thomas Smith, a stockbroker from Arlington, Ind., who died in 2007, according to a statement from university spokeswoman...
Carmel pilot, 3 others die in helicopter crash
AURORA, Ill. — A Carmel man was piloting a medical helicopter that crashed as it was ferrying a 1-year-old girl to a Chicago hospital, killing all four people aboard.John Brannen with the National Transportation Safety Board said the helicopter...
Marion Co. tax sale draws 200 seeking property deals
John Fougere sat on a bench outside the City-County Council hearing room today, waiting for his home to come up in the bidding at the Marion County tax sale.He’d never been to the annual sale before, but when he heard the Lawrence duplex where he...
Bush adds 4 Ind. counties to disaster list
INDIANAPOLIS — President Bush today added four southern Indiana counties to a federal disaster declaration following severe weather from the remnants of Hurricane Ike.Approval means residents and businesses in Floyd, Perry, Scott and Washington...
Victims of the medical helicopter crash
A look at those who died in a fiery medical helicopter crash in Aurora:The pilot of the medical helicopter, 69-year-old Waugh of Carmel, Ind., was a decorated Vietnam veteran, awarded a Purple Heart at one point after his helicopter was shot down,...
State to get nearly $13 million more for heat aid
INDIANAPOLIS -- Indiana will receive $12.8 million in federal funds to help low-income families with their heating bills this winter in addition to $103.7 million already allocated for the state.Health and Human Services Secretary Mike Leavitt...
Police order evacuation near copter crash site
AURORA, Ill. (AP) -- Police have ordered about 1,000 people who live near the site of a fatal medical helicopter crash to evacuate their homes, citing structural problems with a radio tower involved in the crash.Aurora Police Sgt. Chris Whitfield...
Daddy's on DVD
Sidney Fox is teaching his 9-year-old to respect elders. Damon Burnett is teaching his 10-year-old about the consequences of fighting.The men are trying to raise their sons to be good citizens. And they are doing so from behind prison bars.Fox and...
Carmel pilot, 3 others die in helicopter crash
AURORA, Ill. — A Carmel man was piloting a medical helicopter that crashed as it was ferrying a 1-year-old girl to a Chicago hospital, killing all four people aboard.John Brannen with the National Transportation Safety Board said the helicopter...
12-hour barn fire closes U.S. 20
Angola Firefighters spent about 12 hours extinguishing a stubborn barn fire in Angola.The fire broke out early Wednesday in a hay-filled barn along U.S. 20, forcing authorities to close the highway about 40 miles north of Fort Wayne.Angola Fire...
Avon, Brownsburg girls' soccer to meet again
For the 14th straight year, either Avon or Brownsburg will advance to the girls' soccer regionals after both won last night to reach the final of the Brownsburg sectional.The No. 17 Bulldogs, who beat Tri-West 4-0 on Thursday, won last year's...
Ballard touts first green roof project
Mayor Greg Ballard today announced the first project to build an environmentally friendly green roof on a city building.The green-roof installation is scheduled to begin in November 2009 on a Northside sewer facility as part of an $8.5 million...
Indiana’s economy still losing ground
After five years of concerted effort by government and business leaders, Indiana’s economy is still falling behind.About 40,000 high-paying industrial jobs have vanished since 2003, and efforts to replace them with a high-wage tech economy have...
Where the candidates for governor stand
Gov. Mitch Daniels, Republican» Would provide automatic tax credits for taxpayers when the state surplus reaches a certain level.» Favors tax cap amendment that holds residential property taxes to 1 percent of a home's assessed valueJill Long...
Indy area is flourishing while rest of state falters
Lifted by a strong service economy, metropolitan Indianapolis is adding jobs even as most of the rest of the state loses ground.It’s quickly dividing Indiana into a land of haves and have nots, holding back many areas beyond the capital...
