Let me start this by giving major kudos to the men and women of law enforcement in Marion County. The Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department, Marion County Sheriff’s Department, Indiana State Police and State Capitol Police all did an excellent job Friday night working downtown for the second weekend of Indiana Black Expo. I did my […]
I know you were probably expecting some kind of blog post on Expo today. Don’t worry, I will put one together this weekend. Right now, I want to share with you an experience I had Thursday evening downtown. I was walking back to my car from a meeting (Nicky Blaines) when I heard someone call […]
As hard as I would like to find it to believe but I am already hearing complaints about the number officers who will be working downtown this weekend during Indiana Black Expo. The Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department, along with volunteers from the faith-based community, will be patrolling downtown to keep unsupervised young people from getting […]
We’re experiencing technical glitches at the station this morning and are off the air. While I’m trying to figure out if was Eugene White or Ed Treacy who cut the wires and killed the hamster that runs the generator, check out the column I wrote for today’s Indianapolis Star. I think it makes or an […]
Indianapolis Public Schools remained relatively flat in the latest round of ISTEP testing scores and that could mean some schools are closer to being taken over by the state. The Indiana State Department of Education has released the results this morning. ISTEP is used to measure student performance in English, Math, Social Studies and Science. […]
Tuesday at 10 a.m. the state will release ISTEP test scores for 2011. I have seen them, but they are under embargo. I have Indiana Barrister set to post the results for Indianapolis Public Schools. You might find the results surprising, then again you might not.
A few items of note to report this morning regarding education… ISTEP test scores are scheduled to be released Tuesday at 10 a.m. State officials tell me that they will be taken into account in determining whether the state will intervene and takeover several failing schools. The scores will also help determine whether schools in […]
Here are some numbers for your amusement and entertainment… 1.6 million – Amount raised by Mike Pence for Governor campaign. 900,000 – Amount raised by Dick Lugar for U.S. Senate campaign. 700,000 – Amount raised by John Gregg for Governor campaign. 930,000 – Amount raised by Jim Wallace for Governor campaign. 440,000 -Amount raised by […]
It almost got away from me but it four years ago this week history was made here in Indiana. I know you’re scratching your head right now trying to figure out exactly what it was, let me help. It was four years ago this past Monday that a small group of tax protesters went to […]
As you can tell by the headline, this is going to be one of those blog posts. At 1:30 this morning, Indianapolis Metropolitan Police got a call to the 9400 block of East 44th Street. When they got there, they found 19-year old Dwight Moore shot. He died later. During the 4th of July police […]
