Articles tagged as: Indianapolis
February 9, 2016
Indianapolis Officials Pass Ordinance To Help Homeless
The City-County Council passed the ordinance 23-2 Monday that would require the city offer help to homeless people it displaces from camps.
Read MoreJanuary 31, 2016
Educating Hoosier Kids About Deadly Heroin
South Vermillion Principal Don Harman believes the work of Overdose Lifeline is vital. "I would encourage every high school principal to contact them and have them speak to your student body."
Read MoreJanuary 30, 2016
Visual History Book 'Indianapolis Then And Now' Gets An Update
History buffs won't want to miss the new updated version of the visual history book "Indianapolis Then and Now". Authors Nelson Price and Joan Hostetler stopped by the 90.1 studios to tell WFYI's Jill Ditmire about the latest edition.
Read MoreJanuary 19, 2016
IMPD Gets Proactive Toward Crime With New Data Center
The Indianapolis police department is starting to use big data to respond to crime quicker, even predicting where it will happen.
Read MoreJanuary 14, 2016
EmployIndy Gets $500K Grant To Help Inmates Find Jobs
The U.S. Labor Department announced Wednesday that the Indianapolis agency is receiving the grant as startup capital to provide services to inmates before their release and then ongoing support in their communities once their incarceration ends.
Read MoreJanuary 12, 2016
Cosby, The IPS Board's Main Dissenter, Says She Won't Run Again
Gayle Cosby, often the lone of critic on the Indianapolis Public School Board of the district's ambitious reform plans, today announced that she will not seek re-election.
Read MoreJanuary 5, 2016
IndyGo Now Has One Of Nation's Largest Electric Transit Fleets
In December IndyGo received the final shipment of its 21 fully electric buses and flipped the switch on a 1 Megawatt solar array.
Read MoreJanuary 2, 2016
On Mayor's First Day, Activist Says "Remember the Children"
As new Indy Mayor Joe Hogsett held his first "public safety" summit Saturday, Richard Propes was rolling with his own message for Hogsett at Monument Circle - 122 trips around the circle, once for every child killed during the eight years under Hogsett's predecessor, Greg Ballard.
Read MoreDecember 29, 2015
Several New Faces Coming to City Council, Well-Known Ones Leaving
There are several municipal lawmakers leaving the ranks of the Indianapolis City-County Council at the end of this year. There are, naturally, also new names to be added.
Read MoreDecember 21, 2015
IMPD Gives Back During Ho Ho 5-0
An anonymous donor supplied $20,000 in gift cards to be given away by a team of Indianapolis police officers.
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