Indianapolis, IN (September 12, 2016) – The JPMorgan Chase Foundation has awarded the Indy Chamber’s Business Ownership Initiative (BOI) a $100,000 grant to bring business coaching, microlending and small business training programs to the new Source River West Entrepreneurship Center on West Michigan Street.  By supporting new business growth, the …

Indianapolis – Sunday at the Indianapolis Colts season opener, Governor Mike Pence and First Lady Karen Pence honored Indiana Olympians who competed in the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. “We are so proud to have watched our Indiana Olympians compete on the world stage at the 2016 …

Indianapolis – Governor Mike Pence today sent a letter to U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Secretary Robert McDonald to request that the VA fully reinstate the GI Bill benefits of any veteran who has used their benefits at ITT Technical Institute during the current calendar year, and has not …

WASHINGTON, DC – Senator Dan Coats (R-Ind.), chairman of the Joint Economic Committee, delivered his 49th Waste of the Week speech and highlighted how the Obama Administration turned the Nonrecurring Expenses Fund (NEF) into a slush fund to pay for Obamacare. The NEF is a Department of Health and Human …

PLAINFIELD, Ind. (Sept. 9, 2016) – Kohl’s (NYSE: KSS) will begin renovations later this year on a new e-commerce distribution center in Indiana, creating up to 300 new full-time jobs by 2018. The company is the latest addition to Indiana’s thriving logistics sector, which today includes approximately 5,700 businesses across …

Residents of Avon and Danville have received calls recently from a Texas marketing firm called New Start Marketing to solicit business and support for local schools. New Start Marketing solicits local businesses to support their local schools through advertising and purchasing of a school sports schedule calendar. However, Tom Downard …

Another year of Youth Leadership Hendricks County (YLHC) is underway. The 34 member class of 2017 recently completed their Opening Retreat at Jameson Camp. The 2017 class will meet monthly through March 2017 to learn leadership skills and about the many facets of life in Hendricks County. Executive Director Susan …

Avon, IN, September 7, 2016– The Executive Director of the Avon Chamber of Commerce and the Chief of the Avon Police Department will go head to head in a friendly competition beginning at 5:00pm on Tuesday, September 13th, to raise funds for new helmets and vest plates for the Avon …

Indianapolis, IN. – The Marion County Traffic Safety Partnership announced today the completion of the national and statewide 2016 Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over enforcement mobilization campaign. During the annual 25-day enforcement period officers working overtime as part of the partnership efforts conducted 5 DUI checkpoints within Marion County, …

INDIANAPOLIS – Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department (IMPD) Homicide detectives are investigating a fatal shooting on the city’s east side. Just after 9p.m. on 09/06/2016, officers with the IMPD were dispatched to the 1100 block of N Kealing Ave on reports of shots fired. Responding officers arrived and located an unresponsive …