The program, called Pilot Promise, will be available to first-time and transfer students living on campus starting in fall 2024. Determined by the Free Application for Federal Student Aid, students who receive both the full Federal Pell Grant and full Indiana State Grant will be eligible for free tuition.... Read More
The South Bend Regional Chamber plans to introduce about 600 local high school students to career opportunities Friday in its inaugural Building Trades Day @ Notre Dame. The event will feature more than 50 employers and training partners.... Read More
ZS Systems LLC, dba ZS Instruments, will use the Phase II SBIR National Science Foundation funds to work on a novel method to produce high-accuracy optical encoders, which will measure position and convert it into an electronic signal. It is a business working on this research with the Purdue College of Engineering researchers.... Read More
NIPSCO says customers can expect to pay less for natural gas this winter so long as weather stays normal for the winter season.... Read More
The Drainage Task Force is seeking to improve how landowners are notified and involved in mapping changes.... Read More
Evansville-based Atlas World Group is marking a milestone this year. The transportation, moving, and storage services company recently celebrated its 75th year in business, and leaders say the company is poised for a steady future.... Read More
Nearly two years since ground was broken, a new grocery store designed to eliminate a food desert on the near northeast side of Indianapolis is open. The Indy Fresh Market was developed by Bloomington-based Cook Medical Inc., which also built...... Read More
Measures of U.S. inflation barely declined in September, evidence that consumer price increases are grinding lower at a gradual pace. Consumer prices rose 0.4% from August to September, below the previous month's 0.6% pace.... Read More
Aerovy, which is Purdue University-connected, is creating an infrastructure for airports and airlines to prepare for and manage electric aviation. It is building cloud-based software for the advanced air mobility sector.... Read More
The Purdue team will study how to apply and automate 3D printing in the manufacture of wind turbines. ... Read More
Indiana University researchers have found childhood obesity in central Indiana has risen about 36% since 2014, affecting about one in five children between the ages of 2 and 19. The study notes half of that increase occurred during the pandemic.... Read More
In a surprise move Wednesday night, 8,700 United Auto Worker union members left their jobs at Ford’s Kentucky truck plant in Louisville. And Thursday morning, union President Shawn Fain hinted at further action against Stellantis.... Read More
Smaller class sizes. School buses. Low-cost preschool. These are some of the things that eleven Indiana districts are hoping to fund via property tax increases that voters will consider in the November election.... Read More
"Excited is probably an understatement" is what Kokomo Mayor Tyler Moore said when asked about Wednesday's announcement that Stellantis is investing $3.2 billion in a second electric vehicle battery plant in the city that will create 1,400 additional jobs.... Read More
Bristol-based steel manufacturing startup Brinco Manufacturing Inc. is temporarily laying off 101 employees. In a notice to the state, the company said the move is due to a recent reduction in demand for its products from an unnamed customer.... Read More
Though financially viable, the Mendoza program will be discontinued at the end of the school year, university officials say, to focus on two-year programs.... Read More
Vincennes University will announce a new partnership Thursday afternoon meant to expand aviation education and career opportunities and support growth at the Indianapolis International Airport. ... Read More
Jet Access plans to move its headquarters from Greenfield to Fishers by the end of the year. Jet Access intends to relocate 63 corporate employees from offices in the Indianapolis area as part of the move and hire 20 more employees in Fishers by 2025.... Read More
Parkview Noble Hospital in Kendallville is ranked as a top 10 small community hospital in Fortune/PINC AI's list of the nation's top 100 hospitals. It's the hospital's second year on the list and fifth time in six years. ... Read More
Two Indiana Department of Child Services case workers and a former department director in LaPorte County are facing a lawsuit over a 4-year-old who was tortured and killed by his parents, the most recent development in the legal fallout from the child’s death.... Read More
