The plan to convert the highway into a free-flowing parkway is cause for concern for some.

Initial estimates show that Marion County would receive $49 million, the second largest amount out of the 92 counties. Hamilton County is estimated to receive the largest amount, $56.4 million.

The $350 million project included upgrading 13 miles of the highway to interstate standards from the Interstate 465 loop around Indianapolis to Indiana 38 north of Westfield.

The cities of Carmel and Westfield saved tens of thousands in tax payer dollars by not holding General Elections on Tuesday.

The Liberty Fund plans to build a 63,000-square-foot building on an 8.5-acre site along U.S. 31 in Carmel.

Former Indiana Secretary of State Charlie White has started serving a one-year sentence of home detention more than 3½ years after being convicted of perjury and other charges that forced him from office.

Indiana's judicial branch took its first step toward modernizing its filing system as Hamilton County begins the initial e-filing pilot program.