Martindale Brightwood has been named as the second neighborhood to benefit from the Lift Indy program this year.

An estimated 100 animals were killed when a fire broke ouit at Uncle Bills Pet Center on West 38th Street.

According to Indianapolis Office of Minority and Women Business Development, the number of business consultations it offered to aspiring entrepreneurs more than doubled in the past year, despite the pandemic. An increased interest in entrepreneurship among communities of color is especially significant in a state like Indiana, which has historically lagged in that category.

Bills advancing in the Legislature would take steps such as block the citys regulations on rental properties, demand changes to the city bus system, shift control of the Indianapolis police department to a governor-appointed board and strip much of the authority from a citywide zoning board.

The city will host the NCAA men's basketball tournament and officials have been working to make sure everything is ready for the teams and national spotlight.

The men's tournament will be played March 10-14 at Lucas Oil Stadium, just a few blocks away from Bankers Life Fieldhouse where the women's tourney will take place the same week.

A proposal to ban Indianapolis and more than 100 other Indiana cities from ever changing their names has been approved by the state Senate.

Food deserts exist across Indiana -- from large swaths of Gary to parts of Posey, Greene and Crawford counties farther south. And a new study from SAVI at IUPUI shows that more than a quarter of Black Hoosiers live in food deserts -- low-income areas without easy access to a supermarket.

The Indianapolis City-County Council held a full meeting Monday night.