Gregg Montgomery

Noblesville

Senior Digital Journalist at WISH-TV (Indianapolis, IN)

Senior Digital Journalist at WNDY-TV (Indianapolis, IN)

Native Hoosier. Noblesville homeowner. Family farm in Alexandria 150+ years. Purdue.

Articles

Proposal would revert Michigan Street, New York Street back to two-way traffic

1 week ago | wishtv.com | Gregg Montgomery

INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — Indianapolis-Marion County City-County Council on Monday night introduced a proposal to remove one-way street designations on Michigan and New York streets. Sponsored by Councilor Jesse Brown and initiated by the Department of Public Works, the proposal targets the sections designating New York Street and Michigan Street as one-way streets, affecting the area from College Avenue to Emerson Avenue.
School bus driver faces OWI charge after field trip goes awry

1 week ago | wishtv.com | Gregg Montgomery

WASHINGTON, Ind. (WISH) — A 55-year-old school bus driver was in jail Monday after police found he had a blood-alcohol content nearly three times beyond Indiana’s threshold for driving drunk. The Daviess County Sheriff’s Office received a call just after 9 a.m. Monday that a school bus carrying 38 children and four adults was stuck in mud at the intersection of U.S. 50 and County Road 300W. That’s about a mile west of the Indiana city of Washington.
Carmel council forms committee to investigate Christkindlmarkt operations

1 week ago | wishtv.com | Gregg Montgomery

CARMEL, Ind. (WISH) — The Carmel City Council on Monday night voted to establish an investigation committee to look into the operations of the annual Christkindlmarkt. The vote was 8 to 0. This comes as the former CEO of the market, Maria Adele Rosenfeld, resigned from her role. She says that the board that oversees the market was excluding her from important decisions. Then, a member of the board, Susan McDermott, filed a lawsuit against the city’s mayor.
Lilly to break ground on $4.5 billion medicine foundry in Lebanon

1 week ago | wishtv.com | Gregg Montgomery

LEBANON, Ind. (WISH) — Indianapolis-based pharmaceutical giant Eli Lilly and Co. on Tuesday afternoon will to break ground on its $4.5 billion Lilly Medicine Foundry. Lilly Chair and CEO Dave Ricks and Gov. Mike Braun will be part of the groundbreaking in the Boone County city northwest of Indianapolis.
Mobile recording studio visits IPS visual and performing arts elementary

1 week ago | wishtv.com | Gregg Montgomery

INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — The John Lennon Educational Tour Bus on Monday visited James Whitcomb Riley School in Indianapolis and provided students with a chance to explore music and video production. The visit included access to a mobile recording studio and a $10,000 grant to support Indianapolis Public Schools’ only visual and performing arts elementary school music program and enhance the creative experience for its students.
2 lawmakers push for regional hydrogen hub in northwest Indiana

1 week ago | wishtv.com | Gregg Montgomery

WASHINGTON (WISH) — Two members of Congress from Indiana on Monday asked the Trump administration to prioritize the northwest part of the state as a regional hydrogen hub. In a letter sent Monday to Energy Secretary Chris Wright, Sen. Jim Banks, a Republican, and Rep. Frank Mrvan, a Democrat, emphasized the region’s manufacturing capabilities and existing energy infrastructure as ideal for blue hydrogen production using natural gas and carbon capture.
Overnight closures on I-65 in Indianapolis for road improvements

1 week ago | wishtv.com | Gregg Montgomery

INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — Overnight lane and ramp closures on I-65 in Indianapolis are scheduled this week due to shoulder strengthening work near the I-465 interchange and Keystone Avenue on the south side of Indianapolis, the Indiana Department of Transportation said in a news release issued Monday. The closures will occur from 9 p.m.-5 a.m. Monday through Thursday. The work involves milling and repaving the outside shoulders to maintain traffic flow during construction.
Israel strikes Houthi targets in Yemen following Tel Aviv airport attack

1 week ago | wishtv.com | Gregg Montgomery

(CNN) — Israel struck Houthi targets in Yemen on Monday night, an Israeli security source said, one day after a ballistic missile struck Tel Aviv’s international airport. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had vowed to retaliate at a time and place of Israel’s choosing and promised Sunday that a powerful response would be coming. These attacks mark the first Israeli strikes in Yemen in months.
Netanyahu plans to relocate Gaza's population as part of expanded war plan

1 week ago | wishtv.com | Gregg Montgomery

JERUSALEM (CNN) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the population of Gaza will be displaced to the south after his security cabinet approved an expanded military operation in the enclave that a minister described as a plan to “conquer” the territory. The vote on Sunday came hours after the military said it would mobilize tens of thousands of reservists, strengthening its capacity to operate in the besieged Palestinian territory.
Ruth Buzzi, star of 'Laugh-In' and Emmy nominee, dies at 88

1 week ago | wishtv.com | Gregg Montgomery

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Ruth Buzzi, who rose to fame as the frumpy and bitter Gladys Ormphby on the groundbreaking sketch comedy series “Rowan & Martin’s Laugh-In” and made over 200 television appearances during a 45-year career, died Thursday. She was 88. Buzzi died at her home in Texas, her agent Mike Eisenstadt said. She had been diagnosed with Alzheimer’s and was in hospice care.