The state's first community mausoleum is still standing, but the National Register-listed structure built in 1908 faces an uphill battle with each passing season. The Oxford Community Mausoleum in Benton County was named to ... Read More
Indianapolis-based 1205 Distillery has announced plans for its third central Indiana location. The distillery says it will open a new tasting room and production site in downtown Lebanon.... Read More
The University of Evansville has awarded substantial scholarships to several Indiana high school students as part of UE’s High School Changemaker Challenge... Read More
The Indianapolis Colts and the NFL Foundation Grassroots Program are providing $100,000 to help an Indianapolis school build a new athletic field. The organizations will help install a new natural grass field for The Sean Cowdrey Health & Wellness Complex Athletic Field, which is home to Phalen Leadership Academies.... Read More
Jeffersonville-based First Savings Financial Group Inc. (Nasdaq: FSFG) is reporting fiscal first quarter net income of $4.3 million, compared to $9.9 million during the same period in 2020. Chief Executive Officer Larry Myers says the bank had a strong quarter of loan growth, and continued to stabilize the financial performance of the mortgage banking segment.... Read More
Evansville-based fiber optic network provider MetroNet says it has merged with Vexus Fiber, a Texas-based fiber optic network. ... Read More
Merrillville-based NiSource Inc. (NYSE: NI) appears to be in the market for a new headquarters. ... Read More
Evansville-based Berry Global Group Inc. (NYSE: BERY) and TotalEnergies (NYSE: TTE) in France are collaborating to offer circular packaging and divert waste from landfills. Berry says Certified Circular Polymers supplied by TotalEnergies will help the company use more recycled plastic in its food and beverage packaging and healthcare products.... Read More
The president and chief executive officer of the Indiana Restaurant & Lodging Association says the hotel industry will continue towards recovery this year, but full recovery is still several years away. ... Read More
Indiana lawmakers are moving forward with a series of contentious Republican-backed bills that they say would increase transparency of K-12 school curricula and restrict students from accessing “harmful materials” at libraries.... Read More
Center Grove Community School Corp. in Greenwood will Thursday cut the ribbon on the new Center Grove Emergency Operations Center. The district says the center facilitates collaboration to increase public safety for its schools and the surrounding community.... Read More
Last month, Indianapolis-based Sun King Brewing Co. announced plans to open a new tap room at The Mill at Ironworks Plaza in Mishawaka. Flaherty & Collins Properties, which operates the mixed-use project, says Sun King will now have a larger footprint on the property.... Read More
Michigan City-based Horizon Bancorp Inc. (Nasdaq: HNBC) is reporting full-year net income of $87.1 million in 2021, up from $68.5 million the previous year. The parent of Horizon Bank also announced Wednesday that President Jim Neff plans to retire at the end of March.... Read More
Organizers of the West Lafayette Smart City Challenge have awarded a total of $15,000 to three finalists, including two from Purdue University. According to Purdue, the winning teams proposed IoT solutions or software applications to improve safety for road users who navigate high-traffic corridors and intersections during major seasonal events.... Read More
A federal appeals court is letting Indiana University keep its COVID-19 vaccination requirement for students in place, dealing another legal blow to a lawsuit challenging it.... Read More
Purdue University Northwest alumnus David Roberts and wife Susan Roberts have donated $3 million for a planned Impact Lab. The university says the Roberts Impact Lab at PNW will be a workspace for entrepreneurship, innovation and education collaboration.... Read More
The city of New Albany is planning to begin the next phase of its Main Street Revitalization Project this summer. The city says the $3 million project will replace deteriorated pavements and sidewalks, improve walkability, and increase multi-model accessibility of the Main Street corridor.... Read More
A coworking space in Bloomington is preparing for the second cohort of its remote worker attraction program. The Mill says Bloomington Remote, which launched last June, has brought people from all over North America to the Monroe County city and there are no plans to slow down. ... Read More
Indianapolis-based Hopebridge Autism Therapy Centers says it plans to hire 4,000 new employees nationally as the company prepares to open 40 new centers. ... Read More
A project by students at Manchester Junior-Senior High School has been selected for a trip into space as part of NASA’s “TechRise Student Challenge.... Read More
