Legendary golf course architect Pete Dye has been working on the Chatham Hills golf course for about five years. Not a single person played the course before the grand opening Thursday to keep it in pristine condition.

The Indiana Arts Commission announced Shari Wagner of Westfield has been selected as the new Indiana Poet Laureate.. She teaches poetry and memoir writing at the Indiana Writers Center and literature for Butler University's religion, spirituality and the arts seminar.

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

Indianapolis is joining Carmel, Westfield and Greenwood in an economic development group that will seek millions of dollars in state grants.