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Home-schoolers learn teamwork, fitness at Monon Center
Rebecca Hubbard’s sons are big fans of the Monon Center’s Home School Gym program. Each Monday, the center in Central Park holds a one-hour class for students who are home-schooled. Hubbard’s sons are sixth-grader Stephen and...
Emotion, pride bonds band
Carmel High School marching band center drum major Chris Wilner’s goal was to win a national title. Carmel’s bid might have felt short, but the performance didn’t, Wilner said. “That performance was a great way for me to end...
Local teams shine in robotics
Zionsville had 13 teams among the 33 participating in the Fall VEX Clean Sweep Robotics competition Saturday at Zionsville High School. Two Zionsville teams — Steel Eagle 1, Steel Eagle 16 — and Triton Central came away champions. Those...
North Marion County sports notes
* Cathedral High School’s Samantha Peszek, a 2008 Olympic silver medal gymnast, has signed to compete at the collegiate level with UCLA. Peszek was a member of the U.S. National team that won gold medals at the World Championships and Pan American...
'Beauty and the Beast' comes together
Cast makes do while waiting for football players in key roles Zionsville High School’s rehearsals for “Beauty and the Beast” got off to a slow start. For more than a month, the cast had to rehearse without its two male leads....
'Annie' is students' production
Middle-schoolers take their cues and then do the rest Having a cast and crew of 56 middle-school students and a dog for a musical production of “Annie Jr.” could be a difficult challenge. However, Zionsville Middle School seventh-grade...
McClelland students paint mural on airport plow
A group of students from McClelland Elementary School will have the satisfaction of knowing that their artwork will not only look good but also will be visible to many visitors to the city. And they have created some of the hardest-working art on...
Jobs are welcome arrivals in Hendricks Co.
New airport has generated employment opportunities in the nearby area Hendricks County is beginning to feel the economic impact of the new Col. H. Weir Cook Terminal building that opened a year ago at Indianapolis International Airport. There are...
Area players sign with college programs
Seven Hamilton Southeastern High School athletes have signed letters of intent to continue their careers at Division I programs next season: Jenna Abraham (Indiana, softball), Aubrey Hertzler (swimming, Arkansas), Carly Mercer (swimming, Arkansas),...
Hickory Elementary program pays tribute to veterans
After Air Force Maj. Myron Stamps attended Hickory Elementary’s Veterans Day celebration last year, the father of two students at the school was so impressed that he wanted to play a larger role. So this year during the Nov. 11 program, Stamps...
Band makes Avon proud
Long day ends well for perennially strong squad The Avon Marching Black and Gold has captured its second consecutive Bands of America Grand National Championship competition. “When we got back Saturday night, it looked like the whole town of...
Carmel board approves Civic move
CARMEL, Ind. — An agreement to make the Regional Performing Arts Center the home of the Indianapolis Civic Theatre for the next 100 years was finalized Wednesday. The Civic, which announced Tuesday it is moving from Marian University in...
8th-graders burned in science experiment
LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Two middle school students are being treated for burns received when a flash fire broke out during a science experiment. Tippecanoe School Corp. Superintendent Scott Hanback says that 16 eighth-graders at Wainwright Middle School...
Carmel tightens parking restrictions near roundabouts, crossings
The Carmel City Council has imposed stricter parking restrictions to better protect drivers and pedestrians. The council voted unanimously Monday to prohibit parking on roundabouts, or within 30 feet of a roundabout entrance or exit. The approved...
More than 186K sign petition to save Sallie Mae jobs
Sallie Mae employees in Indiana have collected more than 81,000 signatures on a petition to help save their jobs. The federal government’s proposed student loan reform is threatening 2,300 Sallie Mae jobs in Indiana, and the company thought the...
Longtime Johnson County Sheriff's deputy dies at 54
Anthony Meziere, a Johnson County Sheriff’s Department deputy for 30 years, died Tuesday after an illness of several months. He was 54. Meziere, a resident of Franklin, also had been a volunteer fire and reserve police officer in New...
Attendance, revenue up at Conner Prairie
Conner Prairie is reporting increases in attendance and revenue. Attendance through Nov. 1 of this year was 90,952, an 11 percent increase over the same period last year, spokeswoman Angela Tuell said. At $366,338, 2009 general admission and...
College jocks outdo others in classroom
INDIANAPOLIS — College athletes are continuing to graduate at a record rate. For the second consecutive year, the NCAA said Wednesday, the graduation rate was 79 percent for student-athletes entering college in 2002-03, meaning they earned their...
Main Street groundbreaking Thursday is 1st step of Speedway's redevelopment
After years of planning and talk, the first physical signs of Speedway’s $500 million redevelopment project will begin with a groundbreaking Thursday. Town and Marion County leaders along with representatives from the Indianapolis Motor...
New fireworks restrictions passed by Carmel City Council
Carmel residents can continue to legally set off fireworks on New Year’s Eve and certain other upcoming holidays — but only during specific times. The Carmel City Council passed an ordinance Monday night to amend the city code regarding...
Woman critical after crash into semi in Noblesville
NOBLESVILLE — An Indianapolis woman remained in critical condition today after a Tuesday crash that closed Ind. 37 for about an hour. About 11 a.m. Tuesday, Megan Rosenbaum, 26, Indianapolis, hit the back of a semi on southbound Ind. 37 just...
Urban farms plant seeds of hope
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Canal conflict
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Indianapolis man shuns family car for bicycle
Rain or shine, rider uses bike to get wherever he needs to go Steve Allen opens his garage door at his Northside Indianapolis house just before sunrise and prepares for one of those rituals of parenthood: taking his 6-year-old daughter, Emma, to...
Friends hold vigil for teen killed on moped
Plainfield High School students paid tribute Tuesday night to a classmate who died after the moped he was riding collided with a pickup truck. Ben Kempf, 15, was fatally injured about 5:22 p.m. Monday when his moped crossed in front of the pickup at...
Former Indiana excise officer sues over his firing
Samuel Carson IV says he was harassed after reporting bad behavior Samuel Carson IV says he was harassed, punished, denied opportunities and eventually fired by the Indiana State Excise Police — all for doing the right thing. Carson was an...
Civic Theatre moving to Carmel arts complex
In $10M deal, company will use center’s 500-seat theater as its permanent residence One of Steven Libman’s first missions as executive director of the Regional Performing Arts Center in Carmel was to persuade the state’s largest...
IPS football decision stands, superintendent says
Despite pleas, jeers from backers, IPS chief says 3 high schools will lose programs Indianapolis Public Schools Superintendent Eugene White said Tuesday there is no chance he will reverse his decision to cancel football at three high schools, despite...
Lottery
Here are the Indiana numbers selected Tuesday: Daily Three-Midday: 7-8-8; Daily Three-Evening: 3-1-2; Daily Four-Midday: 7-0-0-5; Daily Four-Evening: 8-8-7-0; Lucky Five-Midday: 5-7-15-22-26; Lucky Five-Evening: 11-16-25-26-34; Mix&Match:...
Donald G. King
NOBLESVILLE — Donald G. King, 85, Noblesville, died Nov. 16, 2009, at Riverview Hospital, Noblesville. He was born Oct. 20, 1924, in Sheridan, the son of Homer and Anna Parsley King. He is survived by two sons, Donald R. King, Indianapolis, and...
