BROWNSBURG – Brownsburg businesses located in or adjacent to the Town of Brownsburg’s Tax Increment Financing (TIF) districts may now apply for a matching grant program to make façade improvements. In it’s second year, the Facade Improvement Grant program awarded more than $100,000 to 10 established Brownsburg businesses in 2015 for …
Read More »State Sen. Pete Miller Honors Volunteer Firefighter
State Sen. Pete Miller (R-Brownsburg, left) honors John Davies (right) for 50 years of service to the Fillmore Volunteer Fire Department (FVFD) during a special ceremony Sunday, March 13, at the fire department. Davies serves as the Indiana Volunteer Firefighter’s Association District 11-B Secretary, and has also served as a …
Read More »Detectives investigate the suspicious death of a 40-year-old female victim
INDIANAPOLIS – Detectives with the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department are investigating the suspicious death of a 40-year-old female earlier this morning. Just after 3:30 a.m., IMPD was sent to the 5600 block of Dobbs Ferry Drive reference a person shot. When officers arrived, they found an unresponsive female later identified …
Read More »ISP Forensic Scientist Receives Commendation
Bloomington, IN- Indiana State Police Forensic Scientist Virginia Maletic was recently recognized by the City of Bloomington Police Department for her extraordinary work in a burglary and assault incident that occurred to a 74 year old victim. Matetic received the commendation from Bloomington City Police Chief Mike Diekhoff and Deputy …
Read More »ISP Trooper’s Kind Words Keep Lady from Jumping off Bridge
Peru – The caring words of Master Trooper Joe Swisher kept a 21 year-old Kokomo woman from jumping off a bridge into the cold water of the Wabash River. Trooper Swisher was conducting routine patrol on U.S. 124 east of Peru, IN. He was crossing the Wayne Street Bridge when he …
Read More »500 Festival Announces New Hires
INDIANAPOLIS (March 9, 2016) The 500 Festival, a nonprofit organization providing life-enriching events and celebrating the legacy of the Indianapolis 500, today announces the following new hires: Tabitha Bolen has been hired as an administrative assistant. Her duties include providing administrative and office support for all of the 500 Festival …
Read More »A single vehicle hit-and-run crash kills a passenger and injures a second
INDIANAPOLIS – Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department Accident Investigators are investigating a single vehicle hit-and-run crash that has killed one passenger and injured a second. Just before 3:30 a.m., officers were sent to the 1100 blk. of Norton Ave. reference a single vehicle crash with possible injuries. When officers arrived, they …
Read More »IMPD is investigating after a man is shot and killed on the city’s east side
INDIANAPOLIS – Detectives are investigating the shooting death of a 26-year-old man on the city’s east side. Just before 10:00 p.m., officers with the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department (IMPD) were sent to the 3000 block of Bavarian East Drive (Bavarian Village Apartments) reference a person shot. When officers arrived, they …
Read More »Donnelly Statement on United Technologies Executive Confirming Corporation’s Moving Jobs to Mexico to Chase Cheap Wages
Washington, D.C.—U.S. Senator Joe Donnelly released the following statement in response to Robert McDonough, President, UTC Climate Controls & Security confirming the corporation is moving jobs to Mexico to take advantage of low wages. Donnelly said, “United Technologies’ decision to move Hoosier jobs to Mexico was based on chasing cheap …
Read More »Global Software Firm Expanding Carmel HQ, Adding 70 High-Wage Jobs
CARMEL, Ind. (March 10, 2016) – Blue Horseshoe Solutions, a global software firm specializing in supply chain and logistics solutions, announced plans today to expand its operations here, moving into a new corporate headquarters along the U.S. 31 corridor and creating up to 70 new high-wage jobs by 2020. The …
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