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Hundreds of bikers participate in Bike to Work Day
Hundreds of bikers gathered downtown Friday morning as part of Bike to Work Day. As part of National Bike to Work Month, the bikers gathered at the Indy Bike Hub YMCA at City Market at approximately 6:30 a.m. to kick off the event. There, bikers were...
Tags: Travel, Commuting
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Mayor Greg Ballard endorses Richard Mourdock for U.S. Senate
Indianapolis Mayor Greg Ballard is throwing his support behind rising Republican Richard Mourdock. Ballard officially announced his endorsement of the State Treasurer in the race for U.S. Senate Thursday. Ballard said Mourdock is committed to reducing...
Tags: Richard Lugar, Elections, Joe Donnelly, Richard Mourdock, Politics
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Mayor's Office: Closed gate may have been prank
An update on the recent flooding in Broad Ripple was released Thursday. The Mayor's Office said a prank is one of the possibilities that's being considered in what caused the flooding. Two flood gates that are normally open were closed on May 1, which...
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Public Safety Director Frank Straub to resign in August
Mayor Greg Ballard accepted Public Safety Director Frank Straub’s resignation Friday. Straub will resign from his position effective Aug. 1. In a letter to the mayor, Straub wrote it has been an honor and privilege to serve as the public safety...
Tags: Safety of Citizens, Emmis Communications Corporation, Crime, Law and Justice, Public Finance, Politics
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IMPD deputy chief cleared in Bisard evidence mix-up, back on the job
Deputy Chief Val Cunningham has returned to work at the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department after being cleared of wrongdoing in the mishandling of a vial of blood in the David Bisard case. Cunningham, as the head of professional standards, was...
Tags: FBI, Safety of Citizens, Science and Technology, Standards, Crime, Law and Justice
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Mayor Ballard's chief of staff to step down
Mayor Greg Ballard’s chief of staff is stepping down. Sources told Fox59 News Chris Cotterill is leaving Mayor Ballard’s administration to return to work in the private sector. Cotterill took over as the mayor’s chief of staff,...
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Verbatim: Ballard delivers State of the City
Madam President, Members of the City-County Council, special guests and friends, I am here today to report on the state of the City. And I am here to say that this is our time. The first three months of this year have been a whirlwind. Of course, the...
Tags: Sports, Science and Technology, Conservation, Health, Restaurant and Catering Industry
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Mayor gives State of the City address from business helping entrepreneurs
Just off the Monon Trail, nestled in the Meridian-Kessler neighborhood is a big building full of tiny houses building businesses. If you're scratching your head at the concept, you'll need to go to John Wechsler for the explanation. "We're a venture...
Tags: Facebook, Companies and Corporations, Labor Markets, Economy, Business and Finance, Business
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Eric Wells' aunt calls for Mayor Ballard to "clean house"
Eric Wells' aunt wrote an open letter to Mayor Greg Ballard following Paul Ciesielski's resignation Tuesday. The full text of that letter is as follows: April 17, 2012 Dear Mayor Ballard, I write to you today in regards to the David Bisard case....
Tags: FBI, Public Officials, Politics, Government
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Mayor Ballard downplays IMPD controversies, uncertified police chief
Mayor Greg Ballard dismissed critics complaints and reporters' questions about his acting police chief’s lack of Indiana credentials and claims by his public safety director that he’s struggling to clean up “50 years” of corruption...
Tags: Vehicles, Labor Legislation, Services and Shopping, Career and Workplace, Lawyers
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Indianapolis International's CEO resigns amid spending controversy
The head of Indianapolis International Airport resigned Monday, following a Fox59 investigation which revealed excessive spending.
John Clark resigned following controversy over $67,000 in expenses for international travel and team building exercises....Tags: Travel, Trips and Vacations, John Clark, Hotels and Accommodations, Air Transportation Industry
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Mayor weighs in on teen violence along downtown canal
Mayor Greg Ballard is responding to the teen shooting on the canal in downtown Indianapolis over the holiday weekend.
"When you do that sort of thing, what are you thinking? That really disturbs me," said Mayor Ballard.
Teenage violence downtown is...
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