Monthly Archives: February 2014

EPA Singles Out Harding Street Coal Plant as Major Polluter

February 20, 2014 | by Weekly View

INDIANAPOLIS — Indianapolis Power & Light’s Harding Street coal-fired power plant was responsible for 88 percent of the toxic industrial pollution released in 2012 in Marion County, according to information released by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). According to EPA’s most recent Toxic Release Inventory (TRI) data, the Harding … Read More

Warren Students Get Hands-On Lesson on Safe Driving

February 20, 2014 | by Weekly View

INDIANAPOLIS — Indiana SADD (Students Against Destructive Decisions) recently traveled to Warren Central with teen traffic safety activities focused on discouraging distracted and impaired driving, and encouraging responsible driving habits. The main event of the day was the Texting and Driving Simulator, which allowed students to “get behind the wheel” … Read More

The Civil War: February 1864

February 20, 2014 | by Steven R. Barnett

Note:  2014 continues the 150th anniversary of the greatest conflict in which Americans were ever engaged – the Civil War.  This is the thirty-eight in a series of articles providing a month by month synopsis from the pages of  The Indianapolis Daily Journal of Hoosier reactions to national events. Hoosiers … Read More

Garden Bilder Will Help Fill Gap

February 20, 2014 | by Weekly View

Hope Indiana, a small town southeast of Indy, lost their sole grocer a few years ago. Shortly after, the empty store’s roof collapsed, and eventually the grocery store was torn down. Now an unsightly, slightly enormous hole remains. What can be done to this gap in an otherwise thriving town … Read More

Comedy of Errors at EclecticPond

February 20, 2014 | by Weekly View

IRVINGTON — To say actors play all parts in any theatre production is a given, even redundant to most; but this truth is taken to new heights in EclecticPond Theatre Company’s (ETC) upcoming show Comedy of Errors. Opening February 28, this quirky adaptation of William Shakespeare’s tale features individual actors … Read More