Hamilton County News

Mayor James Brainard has declared now through June 23 Amateur Radio Week as federally licensed "hams" prepare to join thousands of others during a 24-hour field exercise to test their disaster wireless capabilities June 22 and 23. "In Hamilton County there are more than 700 licensed radio operators - many working with Emergency Management, Homeland ... (more)

Meals on Wheels of Hamilton County announces the addition of four new board member to each serve three year terms.

Here's how some Hamilton County fourth-graders are helping their peers get excited about Indiana's history.

A former Indiana business partner of hardware kingpin John Menard contends in a lawsuit that the Wisconsin billionaire pressured her to have sex with him and his wife and retaliated by firing her husband as a financial adviser and filing lawsuits against them and some of their friends.

It is not unusual for a city or county to build statues to important people or events commemorating its past, but Hamilton County may be on the verge of a first.

Welcome to North of 96th, your source for business news from Carmel, Fishers, Noblesville, Westfield and Zionsville.

A few years ago, a friend, whose child attends a school for kids with learning disabilities, tried to start a book club for parents at the school.

By simple observation and by being caught in more than a few spontaneous showers, one can start to easily grasp that when the sky darkens, rain is on a sure path.

Two years after losing his family business when the housing boom went bust, once prominent Hamilton County homebuilder Paul Estridge Jr. has emerged from bankruptcy and is back to leading his own business.

3 to 7 p.m., Phoenix Theatre, 749 N. Park Ave., $30, designated driver $10, call 635-7529, or visit www.phoenixtheatre.org.

When Justin Moffett was a kid, he spent long days riding his bike through streets and alleys north of Main Street and along the unpaved Monon Railroad bed.

A worker guides a crane in Watford City, North Dakota. Oil production has tripled in five years, leading to rapid growth in some of the state's counties.

The Hamilton County Traffic Safety Partnership is a consortium of law enforcement agencies in Hamilton County working to increase the usage of seatbelts, to combat aggressive driving, and to decrease impaired driving with the overall goal of creating a safer Hamilton County.

What's on tap for craft beer fans? The city's growing taste for local brews means there are plenty of sampling opportunities available.

The watch goes until 2 a.m. Thursday. Severe storms were already forming in eastern Illinois and northwest Indiana earlier in the evening.

Shapiro's Deli plans to close its Carmel location after falling behind on payments to the city's Redevelopment Commission.

These kittens and their mother were abandoned recently outside the Humane Society for Hamilton County in Noblesville.

A 21-year-old man has been arrested in a string of break-ins, where police said he would sometimes pose as a cop in order to see if anyone was home.

Single-family building permits rose 23 percent in the nine-county Indianapolis area in May, the 11th straight month of year-over-year increases, the Builders Association of Greater Indianapolis announced Tuesday.

Parts of Hamilton and Tipton counties experienced minor flooding in the early morning hours today, officials said, but waters receded quickly after rain stopped.