🌱 Indy Man Sentenced For Bakery Robbery + Jon McLaughlin Shows

Hey, people of Indianapolis! It's me again, Miranda Fraraccio, your host of the Indianapolis Daily.

First, today's weather:

Cloudy and cold. High: 33 Low: 20.

Here are the top three stories today in Indianapolis:

1. Unpaid utility bills by the property management of Berkley Commons and Capital Place apartments for water and gas exceeded $1.3 million, according to The City of Indianapolis. Taxpayer dollars were used last week to pay for over half the bills, in order to restore water services to the southside complexes after the management company that owns the properties failed to pay. Utilities were to be paid with residents' rent, according to documents, and now State Representative Justin Moed (D-Indianapolis) is fighting for Congress to get involved. (WRTV)
2. An Indianapolis man was sentenced to 14 years in prison for the armed robbery of a bakery on the city’s south side. 34-year-old Ryan Hickey pleaded guilty to the Jan. 30, 2021 robbery at Boyden’s Southside Bakery on south Meridian Street. During the incident, Hickey had reportedly fired his gun between employees, got into a fight with a customer who tried to stop him, and pointed his handgun to a person’s head, threatening to kill them. (Fox59)
3. This weekend, Indiana native Jon McLaughlin will be performing in Indianapolis. McLaughlin will be holding a three-day residency at HI-FI where he will headline six shows. McLaughlin has previously performed at the Academy Awards, has played with Billy Joel, Kelly Clarkson, and Adele, and on Wednesday, made his debut appearance on “All Indiana.” (WISHTV.com)

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Today in Indianapolis:

• Reparations Awareness Day Partnered With N’COBRA, At Center For Black Literature And Culture (6:30 PM)

From my notebook:

• Check out this throwback photo! Students from Rhoades Elementary in 1973 loaded bags and boxes of newspapers collected for a paper drive that was a regular fundraiser for many schools and clubs. (Twitter)
• Educators from the Indianapolis Fire Department - Fire & Life Safety Division, in partnership with Red Cross of Indiana, are providing one on one fire safety skills to 300 kids at Nora Elementary over the next two days. Many of them live at Lakeside Point at Nora Apartments and have recently experienced safety challenges. (Twitter)

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— Miranda Fraraccio

About me: Miranda Fraraccio is a born and raised Rhode Islander. She works as a staff writer for content creation agency Lightning Media Partners, and is a graduate of The University of Rhode Island, where she earned a degree in Writing & Rhetoric and Communication Studies. In her free time, you can find her traveling, hiking, or photographing her neighborhood as a street photographer.