Monday, May 20 2013 12:58 PM EDT2013-05-20 16:58:03 GMT
Helio Castroneves hopes a new generation of fans gets to see a four-time winner of the Indianapolis 500. It's been 22 years since the last driver won his fourth Indy 500 title. Now Castroneves and DarioMore >>
It's been 22 years since the last driver won his fourth Indy 500 title. Now Helio Castroneves and Dario Franchitti are trying to join the exclusive club at Sunday's race.More >>
Monday, May 20 2013 12:49 PM EDT2013-05-20 16:49:03 GMT
Tuesday is the next deadline to sign up for Indiana's Do Not Call registry. Since January, the state attorney general's office says it has received more than 5,000 complaints about telemarketing callsMore >>
Tuesday is the next deadline to sign up for Indiana's Do Not Call registry.More >>
Monday, May 20 2013 12:48 PM EDT2013-05-20 16:48:22 GMT
A Lafayette food program is so strapped for space that it's being forced to turn away food donations at least once a week. The Journal & Courier reports that the Food Finders Food Bank can distributeMore >>
A Lafayette food program is so strapped for space that it's being forced to turn away food donations at least once a week.More >>
Monday, May 20 2013 12:43 PM EDT2013-05-20 16:43:30 GMT
A former Indianapolis City-County Council member was sentenced to 27 months in prison with three years on supervised release after pleading guilty to fraud charges.More >>
A former Indianapolis City-County Council member was sentenced to 27 months in prison with three years on supervised release after pleading guilty to fraud charges.
Monday, May 20 2013 12:40 PM EDT2013-05-20 16:40:57 GMT
One of several tornadoes spawned by a powerful storm system rumbling through the Plains and Midwest has leveled several mobile homes in an area southeast of Oklahoma City. Reports of injuries in theMore >>
Oklahoma's state medical examiner's office says a second person was killed by a tornado that leveled a central Oklahoma mobile home park.More >>
Monday, May 20 2013 11:54 AM EDT2013-05-20 15:54:10 GMT
The IPL 500 Festival Parade kicks off Saturday, May 25 at noon in downtown Indianapolis. In addition to previously announced WNBA Champion Indiana Fever as Parade Grand Marshal and The X-Factor winnerMore >>
Along with the Indiana Fever as Grand Marshal, this year's parade features Olympian gymnasts Shawn Johnson and Jordyn Weiber, Foreigner, Eddie Money, actors Michael Pena and Windell Middlebrooks, Colts punter Pat McAfee, Florence Henderson and Jim Nabors.More >>
Monday, May 20 2013 11:00 AM EDT2013-05-20 15:00:42 GMT
Some key Indiana legislators say it's unlikely that the state will any time soon go along with a federal safety board's recommendation that the threshold for drunken driving be cut nearly in half. TheMore >>
Some key Indiana legislators say it's unlikely that the state will any time soon go along with a federal safety board's recommendation that the threshold for drunken driving be cut nearly in half.More >>
Monday, May 20 2013 9:01 AM EDT2013-05-20 13:01:12 GMT
Construction has stopped on a pharmaceutical facility being built with a $6 million loan from Greenwood. The city attorney says the city could foreclose on the Elona Biotechnologies facility.More >>
Construction has stopped on a pharmaceutical facility being built with a $6 million loan from a suburban Indianapolis city. Greenwood city attorney Krista Taggart says the city could foreclose on the Elona Biotechnologies facility within the next few weeks unless new investors take over the company. More >>
Monday, May 20 2013 7:27 AM EDT2013-05-20 11:27:10 GMT
If you're accustomed to free parking in Speedway during the Indianapolis 500, you may have to rethink your plans. New restrictions for some residential streets around the track are in place.. And if youMore >>
If you're accustomed to free parking in Speedway during the Indianapolis 500, you may have to rethink your plans. New restrictions for some residential streets around the track are in place.. And if you violate them, it could cost you.More >>
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Despite high unemployment, trucking companies continue to have a tough time hiring young drivers willing to hit the road for long hauls. An expert on distribution of goods says U.S. is speeding toward a critical shortage of truck drivers in the next few years. That's as the economy recovers and demand for goods increases.
Georgia Center of Innovation for Logistics Executive Director Page Siplon says U.S. companies are expected to create more than 115,000 truck driver jobs per year through 2016, but the number of Americans getting trained to fill those jobs each year is barely 10 percent of the total demand.
The U.S. Department of Labor says the median yearly wage for tractor-trailer drivers is $37,770, with some drivers earning more than $57,000. Some drivers can clear $100,000 a year.
Older drivers are said to be feeling pressured to retire by federal safety regulations enacted in 2010 that keep a closer watch on drivers' work hours, drug testing any tickets and traffic citations they get on the job. And the job can be hard to sell to younger workers who don't think it's worth the money to spend days and weeks on the road.
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Monday, May 20 2013 6:45 AM EDT2013-05-20 10:45:09 GMT
The Indiana Pacers return to practice on Monday, getting ready for game one of the Eastern Conference Finals and the Miami Heat. The Pacers are coming off an electrifying win Saturday night at BankersMore >>
The Indiana Pacers return to practice on Monday, getting ready for game one of the Eastern Conference Finals and the Miami Heat. The Pacers are coming off an electrifying win Saturday night at BankersMore >>
Monday, May 20 2013 7:27 AM EDT2013-05-20 11:27:10 GMT
If you're accustomed to free parking in Speedway during the Indianapolis 500, you may have to rethink your plans. New restrictions for some residential streets around the track are in place.. And if youMore >>
If you're accustomed to free parking in Speedway during the Indianapolis 500, you may have to rethink your plans. New restrictions for some residential streets around the track are in place.. And if you violate them, it could cost you.More >>
Monday, May 20 2013 8:53 AM EDT2013-05-20 12:53:06 GMT
There could be bumping at Indianapolis this weekend. Schmidt Peterson Motorsports said Saturday afternoon that it has hired British driver Katherine Legge to drive the No. 81 car. That gives IndianapolisMore >>
British driver Katherine Legge has become the 33rd driver to qualify for next week's Indianapolis 500, assuring race organizers of a full field.More >>
Monday, May 20 2013 5:35 AM EDT2013-05-20 09:35:08 GMT
Safety for an international event like the Indy 500 is planned well in advance. However, those plans are constantly changed and updated, depending on what's happening the day of the race. For the firstMore >>
Safety for an international event like the Indy 500 is planned well in advance. However, those plans are constantly changed and updated, depending on what's happening the day of the race.More >>
Monday, May 20 2013 9:01 AM EDT2013-05-20 13:01:12 GMT
Construction has stopped on a pharmaceutical facility being built with a $6 million loan from Greenwood. The city attorney says the city could foreclose on the Elona Biotechnologies facility.More >>
Construction has stopped on a pharmaceutical facility being built with a $6 million loan from a suburban Indianapolis city. Greenwood city attorney Krista Taggart says the city could foreclose on the Elona Biotechnologies facility within the next few weeks unless new investors take over the company. More >>
Sunday, May 19 2013 3:25 PM EDT2013-05-19 19:25:56 GMT
Conservation officers recovered the body of a woman from the Empire Quarry in southern Indiana early Sunday morning. Officers were called to the quarry after a report of a body floating in the water.More >>
Conservation officers recovered the body of a woman from the Empire Quarry in southern Indiana early Sunday morning.More >>
Monday, May 20 2013 12:40 PM EDT2013-05-20 16:40:57 GMT
One of several tornadoes spawned by a powerful storm system rumbling through the Plains and Midwest has leveled several mobile homes in an area southeast of Oklahoma City. Reports of injuries in theMore >>
Oklahoma's state medical examiner's office says a second person was killed by a tornado that leveled a central Oklahoma mobile home park.More >>
Sunday, May 19 2013 1:10 PM EDT2013-05-19 17:10:17 GMT
A crash involving three vehicles near Muncie has sent as many as seven people - including five children - to a hospital. Officers on scene tell The Star Press that all of the injuries are non-life-threatening. TheMore >>
A crash involving three vehicles near Muncie has sent as many as seven people - including five children - to a hospital.More >>
Monday, May 20 2013 3:38 AM EDT2013-05-20 07:38:58 GMT
The Indianapolis 500 does not start without Jim Nabors and the Pacers don't advance in the NBA Playoffs without hearing at least one "boom baby" from Slick Leonard. Some traditions you just don't messMore >>
The last time the Pacers played on race day was 2004. It will happen again Sunday, opening the possibilities for fans to see both. They might even get tickets to both for $100 total.More >>
Experts say the officer who killed a Long Island college student and a home invasion suspect on Friday was confronted with a split-second choice.More >>
The high school alma mater of the Hofstra University student accidentally killed by a police officer is discussing the shooting with its graduating seniors.More >>
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