Lawrence News

Closing Craig Middle School would save Lawrence Township Schools $5 million in renovation costs and cut about $3.6 million a year in operating expenses, school officials said Monday.

It may not be in the immediate forecast, but snow is on the way. City planners say they're ready.

On Thursday, Cafe Heidelberg will have outlasted six years of construction along Pendleton Pike.

A Lawrence Township trustee is proposing to merge the township's fire department with the Indianapolis Fire Department, in an attempt to further reduce its operating deficit.

Indianapolis Public Schools is making plans to unveil a series of new schools over the next few years as part of an effort to keep families in the district.

More than 20 local artists will show work at the inaugural Artique Winter Fair on Saturday in Lawrence.

Lawrence Township high-school students are collecting canned food to help all family members, including the family pet.

A prominent Indianapolis-area auto dealer took his own life early Tuesday after indicating he was wrestling with financial problems, police said.

School children in Lawrence Township Schools will be able to get the H1N1 vaccine at two Saturday clinics in November and December.

The owner of Burd Ford in Lawrence was found dead in his office Tuesday morning, apparently by suicide.

Principal Matthew Shockley of Center Grove High School is the 2009 High School Principal of the Year for the south-central Indiana district, according to the Indiana Association of School Principals.

Marion County schoolchildren soon will have a chance to be vaccinated against H1N1.

AudioA©2009 WTLC/Radio One, Inc. The day after Indianapolis/Marion County voters overwhelmingly approved the building of a new Wishard Hospital, Health and Hospital Corporation CEO Matt Gutwein came to Afternoons with Amos to thank the community for their support.

When the Lawrence Township Board meets on Tuesday to consider spending by the township trustee, they will be asked to approve a plan to reduce a budget deficit that will cut firefighters' pay, but will preserve all of the fire department's jobs The changes, if made, would help solve a funding shortfall caused by a drop in tax revenue, the township ...

Linda Cantwell is convinced a can of hairspray saved her life. The 67-year-old Fishers resident got into her car Thursday morning to go swim at Benjamin Harrison YMCA near Lawrence.

A tanker truck exploded in an earth-shaking ball of fire on I-69 and I-465 this morning, forcing the closure of the latter, likely for weeks, authorities said.

A tanker truck exploded in a earth-shaking ball of fire on I-69 and I-465 this morning, forcing the closure of both highways in all directions, likely for weeks, authorities said.

The flu outbreak is forcing another school to close down. Cornerstone Baptist Academy is shutting down as a precaution Thursday and Friday.

A budget shortfall in the Lawrence Township Fire Department will probably lead to cuts in pay and benefits.

Mike Hanley said his son got interested in flying when they attended the Indianapolis Air Show at Mount Comfort Airport over the summer.