Monthly Archives: December 2025

Wawa Clears Hurdle to Build at Shortridge and E. Waashington St.

December 11, 2025 | by Weekly View

INDIANAPOLIS — Officials with the Metropolitan Development Commission recently approved the zoning changes for a proposed Wawa gas station and convenience store on the corner of Shortridge Rd. and E. Washington St. The property has been mostly vacant for the past two decades, except for temporary produce and a Christmas … Read More

“Vision Zero” Announces Action Plan to Reduce Traffic Deaths

December 11, 2025 | by Weekly View

INDIANAPOLIS – A task force has formally adopted an action plan aimed at ending traffic deaths in Indianapolis. “Vision Zero” has been in the works since 2024, when the task force was first established. Members worked with consultants to develop a plan that was first revealed to the public in … Read More

Traveling with Paula: Day 6, Leaving and Highlights

December 11, 2025 | by Paula Nicewanger

Continuation of my June in Paris story, celebrating my 75th birthday with my daughter and granddaughter. On our last day we slept in a little. My daughter and I did our usual breakfast buffet in the hotel basement. That last morning my daughter grabbed a baguette as we got into … Read More

The Ice Not Taken

December 11, 2025 | by CJ Woods III

Mother Nature chuckled as we in the Midwest gloried in the mild temperatures of our fall and early winter. We strode the streets and sidewalks of our neighborhoods, and in my North Irvington neighborhood, dogs pulled their humans behind them. And then, with a great cackle and flourish, Mother Nature … Read More

100 Years Ago: Dec. 12-18

December 11, 2025 | by Steven R. Barnett

From The Indianapolis News, Saturday, December 12, 1925: D. C. Stephenson, former Ku Klux Klan Grand Dragon now serving a life sentence in Indiana State Prison for the murder of Madge Oberholtzer, appeared in circuit court at Noblesville today where his attorneys filed motions asking his conviction of second-degree murder … Read More