Search results for

The Adams County Election Board voted 2-1 along party lines Tuesday to disqualify Daniel Rickord as the Democratic nominee for mayor of Decatur. The decision leaves Republican Mayor Kenneth Meyer unopposed.

Renewable Energy Systems dropped its proposal for the Harvest Wind Energy project, which called for between 150 and 225 wind turbines in Cass and Miami counties.

The research says nearly 500,000 Hoosiers already take leave each year, paid or unpaid. And it says that would only increase about 10 percent if the state created a program to guarantee paid leave.

The park would be on the east side of Columbus, where June 2008 flooding destroyed 48 homes. The city bought those homes through a federally funded program to clear the site for parkland.

The proposed solar farm in northern Madison County would generate 120 megawatts of electricity, but officials with developer Invenergy say that not obtaining the tax abatement could make the project financially impossible.

The monument will be dedicated in Marion on Sept. 30 to commemorate the 60th anniversary of Dean's death. The actor died Sept. 30, 1955, in a California car crash at age 24 after appearing in only three movies: "Giant," ''East of Eden" and "Rebel Without a Cause."

The Ohio River Bridges Project said Monday it expects major congestion and delays beginning Sept. 2 while it reduces three lanes in both directions to two for nearly 1½ miles from the Kennedy Bridge northward.

Transportation officials say contractors are pulling back construction barrels and barricades as much as possible but some road restrictions will remain in place. They say drivers should expect heavy traffic on Interstates 65, 69 and 74 and U.S. 31.

The Fort Wayne plant will be closed the weeks of April 4 and 11. It has been running on three shifts per day making Chevrolet Silverados and GMC Sierra light duty pickups.

The Pittsburgh-based company announced this past week it would sell the Warrick Operations rolling mill to Kaiser Aluminum Corp. in a $670 million deal.