Monthly Archives: April 2025

East Washington & State Ave. to Close Through April 7

April 3, 2025 | by Weekly View

INDIANAPOLIS — On March 31, Citizens Energy Group fully closed the intersection of East Washington St. and State Ave. on the near eastside to prepare the city for future construction associated with the Blue Line, IndyGo’s project. The closure should last through April 7. Detour signs will be posted, guiding … Read More

The Man Who Plays Guitar

April 3, 2025 | by CJ Woods III

There is a man who plays guitar, and I like the way that he plays. I met him when I heard music coming from the Coal Yard Coffee company on Bonna Avenue in the Irvington suburb of Indianapolis Indiana. I wrote about that experience in “I Run Into Music,” (Weekly … Read More

100 Years Ago: April 4-10

April 3, 2025 | by Steven R. Barnett

From The Indianapolis Star, Wednesday, April 8, 1925: Selection of the executive committee of the citizens’ committee of 1,000, under the leadership of chair Charles F. Coffin, former Indianapolis Chamber of Commerce president, has been completed and will lead the campaign for an election of an Indianapolis city manager form … Read More

Robert Todd Lincoln Checks In

April 3, 2025 | by Al Hunter

This column first appeared in February 2011. Anyone who reads my column regularly knows that I have a love of odd, unusual history, relics, ghost stories and collectibles. I spend a lot of time at antique shows, flea markets, libraries and historic buildings and about once a year, I stumble … Read More