Indianapolis News

Facing a legislative vote that would make Indiana a right-to-work state, alarmed union members are thinking about making their case on perhaps the nation’s biggest stage — the Super Bowl. More >

Just because Gov. Mitch Daniels reached a sales tax agreement with online retail giant Amazon.com doesn’t mean there isn’t more work for legislators to do.

The House Ways and Means Committee on Wednesday considered a bill by Rep. Jeff Espich, R-Uniondale, that targets all e-commerce sales. The bill also focuses on Hoosiers’ responsibility to pay sales and use taxes for Internet purchases.

“There is growing concern that we are losing money that we’d like to be spending on something important,” he said.

The city of Indianapolis is preparing for it’s big day in the sun, when in early February, it hosts the Super Bowl. Jeff Neumeyer traveled to Indy Thursday for more on the challenge of making sure the city doesn’t drop the ball in its big moment.

Colts fans are painfully aware their team won’t be in the big game, but the NFL’s two best teams this season will be doing battle inside Lucas Oil Stadium Sunday, February 5th.

Police say two people have died after being hit by an SUV while crossing a street at night in a busy Indianapolis shopping area.

City police say 19-year-old Sydney Campbell and 21-year-old Jason Uhrin died Wednesday, the day after they were injured. They were crossing 82nd Street about a mile west of the Castleton Square Mall on the city’s northeast side when they were hit about 9:20 p.m. Tuesday.

An employee who shot and killed a man during an attempted robbery at an Indianapolis Kroger store Monday was from Crawfordsville. The shooter has been identified as Elijah Elliott, 24. Police say Elliott fired the shots that killed Jeremy Atkinson, 26. More >

A boy removed from his mother’s custody over health concerns when his weight ballooned to more than 200 pounds will be taken from foster care and placed in the custody of an uncle, a judge ruled Wednesday.

Judge John Hoffman also said the boy, who celebrated his 9th birthday Wednesday but didn’t appear in court, would be allowed a weeklong visit with his mother for Christmas. His name was withheld by Cuyahoga County Juvenile Court.

The mother left court without commenting, but the placement with her brother living in the Columbus area had been accepted by all sides before it was announced during a brief court hearing.

IndyCar executive Brian Barnhart wonders every day whether he could have done something to save Dan Wheldon’s life.

Anything, really.

Two months after calling his final race in the control tower, a 49-page report released Thursday absolved Barnhart and series officials of any blame in the crash that killed the two-time Indianapolis 500 winner Oct. 16 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. It determined several factors contributed to what became a “perfect storm.”

The Indianapolis Zoo plans to construct a massive new exhibit featuring eight orangutans with a focus on saving the endangered primates from extinction. More >

Retired banker and attorney Robert H. McKinney is donating $24 million to the Indiana University School of Law in Indianapolis.

University officials announced the gift Thursday afternoon and said the law school would be renamed the Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law in his honor.

The gift is the largest ever received by the law school. Combined with matching funds from an IUPUI fundraising campaign, the total value rises to $31.5 million.

Indianapolis Mayor Greg Ballard’s office says a simultaneous redraw of council districts and voting precincts is motivated by money, not politics. Democrats have accused Ballard and city-county council Republicans of shutting them out while they prepared precinct and district maps together.

Ballard spokesman Marc Lotter says doing both maps at the same time saved the county about a half-million dollars. He disputes charges that state election officials wanted Ballard to take more time.