East Marion County

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- Marion County
Expo has another reason to celebrate

Police, Expo officials and faith leaders credited for peace in the streets at 41st annual Summer Celebration.
- 12:50 AM, Jul. 18, 2011
- COMMUNITIES /
- Marion County
Mayor vows to help IMPD's Jason Fishburn get a full pension

Ballard plans to have attorneys with city's legal team help disabled officer in his appeal to state panel.
- 12:24 AM, Jul. 17, 2011
- COMMUNITIES /
- Marion County
IPS presents the school of fresh knocks

District finds dropouts at home and offers them a second chance.
- 12:23 AM, Jul. 17, 2011

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- Matthew Tully
Matthew Tully: Young moms will get a home of their own

Some of the women who sat around a kitchen table inside a Northside home Thursday dabbed away tears as they talked about their long journey to turn the once-dilapidated house into one that will soon provide hope and opportunity to some of the city's most vulnerable young people.
- 12:27 AM, Jul. 17, 2011
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- Erika D. Smith
Erika D. Smith: As our appetite for green space grows, we get mostly small bites

Not far from the maze of construction barrels and backed-up traffic along West 10th Street in front of what will become the Sidney and Lois Eskenazi Hospital, there's a gorgeous patch of green that could rival anything you'd see in the hills of Pennsylvania.
- 12:27 AM, Jul. 17, 2011
- COMMUNITIES /
- Marion County
Star Watch: Dozens of Marion Co. jail inmates freed by mistake

28 were improperly released from 2008 to 2010, a Star analysis shows.
- 11:24 AM, Jul. 16, 2011
- COMMUNITIES /
- Marion County
Convention center expansion good fit for Black Expo

This final weekend of Indiana Black Expo's Summer Celebration is expected to be its busiest, like always. But this year almost all of the events are being held in the now-giant Indiana Convention Center, and that departure could make the weekend not just safer but more profitable.
- 10:28 AM, Jul. 16, 2011
- COMMUNITIES /
- Marion County
Just One Minute

Mayor's Family Bike Ride Cycling event to teach safety Local bicyclists are invited to join Mayor Greg Ballard on the Southside today for the "Indy Style Mayor's Family Bike Ride."
- Jul. 16, 2011
- COMMUNITIES /
- Marion County
Road-construction projects to hit metro area this weekend

Construction work is in full swing in the metropolitan area with closures hitting several well-traveled thoroughfares, Indiana Department of Transportation officials said today.
- 7:15 PM, Jul. 15, 2011
- COMMUNITIES /
- Marion County
IMPD's Fishburn, shot in 2008, in dispute with state over pension

The officer who was shot in the line of duty in 2008 is appealing a decision from Indiana retirement fund to set his pension at 69 percent of his salary.
- 12:25 AM, Jul. 15, 2011
- COMMUNITIES /
- East Marion County
Eastside church finds home in wake of building collapse

As an Eastside congregation struggles to recover from the collapse of its church, Marion County health officials are seeking to have the building demolished.
- 12:29 AM, Jul. 15, 2011
- COMMUNITIES /
- East Marion County
2 Lawrence Twp. schools have new leaders

Lawrence Township Schools has two high schools and a new principal for each one. The School Board voted in a special meeting Thursday to approve a search committee's recommendations to hire Brett Crousore as the Lawrence North High School principal and Thomas Oestreich as the Lawrence Central High School principal.
- Jul. 15, 2011
- COMMUNITIES /
- Marion County
Secretary of State Charlie White seeks delay in criminal trial

Secretary of State Charlie White's attorney is asking to delay White's criminal trial, which is scheduled for Aug. 8. Attorney Dennis Zahn told a Hamilton County judge this morning that he will not be done reviewing evidence in time to go to trial in August. He plans to file a formal request for a delay in the next few days.
- 5:26 PM, Jul. 14, 2011
- COMMUNITIES /
- Marion County
PETA complaint about UniverSoul tiger's treatment investigated

The Indianapolis Animal Care and Control is investigating a complaint filed against the UniverSoul Circus by the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, after video surfaced of a tiger, filmed on July 5, that appeared to have its paw caught underneath a cage door in Buffalo, N.Y.
- 5:30 PM, Jul. 14, 2011
- COMMUNITIES /
- East Marion County
Eastside CVS, Chuck E. Cheese to move across from Washington Square

Two retail businesses — a CVS and a Chuck E. Cheese's — are opening stores on the southeast corner of Washington Street and Mitthoefer Road, across the street from Washington Square Mall.
- 9:38 AM, Jul. 14, 2011