Gayle Cook died Sunday morning.

The historic restoration of the Coca-Cola Bottling Company in downtown Indianapolis won a top statewide award – the 2023 Cook Cup for Outstanding Restoration.

St. Rita Catholic Church is one of the first 35 houses of worship that will receive financial grants totaling $4 million from a trust fund established to preserve historic Black churches in the United States.

A new program highlights Black heritage sites in Indiana in hopes these places can qualify for listing in the National Register of Historic Places.

A historic barn that once housed elephants and tigers from well-known circuses and now is home to the International Circus Hall of Fame museum is in need of emergency repairs.

Lyles Station, the last remaining historic African-American settlement in Indiana, is working to live up to its mission of creating and maintaining a community for future generations.

The Indiana Landmarks historic preservation group is working with the 200-person town about 10 miles northwest of Bloomington and suggests the buildings could become an events venue.

For years, the Flanner House Homes Historic District on the city’s near westside has been threatened by developers.

A rotted roof on an original corn crib has to be replaced before it will be converted into a storage barn for circus wagons and other items. An old office building also will be rehabilitated with heating and air-conditioning to store and archive artifacts and documents.

The Indiana Department of Transportation recently began delivering demolition equipment to the former site of the Terrell Jacobs Circus Winter Quarters.