Weekly View’s Story Archive

First Female African-American Graduate of Tech High School 1916 to be Honored at Ceremony

Tech High School Class of 1970’s 50th reunion project was to raise funds to procure a grave marker for Bessie Anderson Speights who was the first female African-American graduate of Tech High School (June Class of 1916). Bessie (a long time school teacher) has been interred in an unmarked grave … Read More

School Seeks Donations to Renovate Pool

INDIANAPOLIS —HIM By HER Collegiate School for the Arts, located in the former IPS Forest Manor school building at 4501 E. 32nd St., is seeking support to renovate the indoor Olympic-sized pool. The pool closed in the late 1990s just before the school closed its doors. Organizers have set a … Read More

East Pleasant Run Pkwy. to Close Until early September

INDIANAPOLIS — The Indianapolis Department of Public Works (Indy DPW) closed East Pleasant Run Parkway North Drive between Southeastern and South Keystone Avenues to begin work on drainage improvements related to the City’s Community Justice Campus (CJC). East Pleasant Run Parkway North Drive is expected to reopen to traffic in … Read More

Indy-Warren Township Lions Club Holds Charity Golf Outing June 18

INDIANAPOLIS — The Indy-Warren Township Lions will hold is 18th Annual Charity Golf Outing on Friday, June 18 at the Morningstar Golf Club, 271 S. Mitthoeffer Rd. The outing honors the memory of Tom Kennedy Jr. and Joe Billerman. The outing will be held at noon. The Lions Club is … Read More