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Alysa Guffey

Indianapolis

Business Reporter at IndyStar

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  • 3 weeks ago | indystar.com | Alysa Guffey

    As cars revved at the track in May, small business owners around Indianapolis put the final touches on their brick-and-mortar stores just in time for summer. Now that the sun is peeking its head out from behind the clouds, you can explore new spots such as an inclusive flag store, a golf simulator experience and a new community gym downtown. Meanwhile, Indy said farewell to a popular chocolate brand and a furniture retailer that had heart.

  • 1 month ago | indystar.com | Alysa Guffey

    J.M. Smucker has announced plans to shutter the longstanding Hostess plant on the east side of Indianapolis by early 2026, a move that is expected to put hundreds of local workers out of a job. Since 1957, workers at the east side plant have baked beloved products, beginning with Wonder Bread and later expanding to other Hostess baked goods, like the iconic Twinkies cakes and Donettes mini donuts.

  • 1 month ago | yahoo.com | Domenica Bongiovanni |Alexandria Burris |Tony Cook |Alysa Guffey |Bradley Hohulin |Shari Rudavsky

    Welcome to our annual Indy 500 fun report — basically, coverage of everything but the actual cars running on the track. If race updates are what you're looking for, you can find all that and more at IndyStar Sports. Good morning race fans! That 6 a.m. cannon has sounded and the fireworks have boomed, waking up the town of Speedway as people filter in to the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. If you're feeling groggy this morning, the crisp temperatures should help you perk up and prepare to party.

  • 1 month ago | usatoday.com | Alysa Guffey

    Looking for a new ride to the Indy 500? Next year, you could take as short as a six-minute flight to the track and land right in the middle of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Sweet Helicopters will transport nearly 500 people by helicopter to the track on May 25 in an annual offering for those who want to beat the ground traffic to the 109th running of the Indianapolis 500.

  • 1 month ago | indystar.com | Alysa Guffey

    Start your engines... and bring your jacket? As Indianapolis looks ahead to the 2025 race weekend, the weather forecast looks more like early spring than summer. If current weather forecasts prove correct, temperatures Sunday might only reach 64 degrees, which would make 2025 the fifth coldest in history. How common are cold Sundays for the Indy 500? Coldest Indy 500 temperaturesNeed a break? Play the USA TODAY Daily Crossword Puzzle.

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