🌱 Rolls-Royce Facility Upgrade + Walmart Fire Still Burning

Hey, neighbors! Miranda Fraraccio here with your brand-new edition of the Indianapolis Daily.

First, today's weather:

Periods of rain and a t-storm. High: 65 Low: 49.

Here are the top three stories in Indianapolis today:

1. Rolls-Royce will invest $400 million into its Indianapolis and West Lafayette engine test facilities. On Thursday, the company announced plans to upgrade “full engine test capabilities” in Indianapolis. Various engines will be tested at the facility after the upgrade, including the U.S. Air Force’s B-52 bomber fleet. (WISH TV Indianapolis, IN)
2. The massive fire at the Walmart distribution center near Indianapolis was still burning as of Thursday. The fire began at the online order fulfillment distribution center northwest of Indianapolis on Wednesday and was mostly extinguished. However, smoke and flames were still seen around 5 a.m. from a row of semis on Thursday morning. (WHIO)
3. One person was killed and another was injured in a car crash on the east side of Indianapolis on Thursday morning. At around 7:45 a.m., police were called to the scene at the Massachusetts Avenue and East 30th Street intersection, underneath the Emerson Avenue overpass, and found two vehicles involved in a crash. One person died of injuries, and the other was transported to a hospital in unknown condition. (WTHR)

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Today in Indianapolis:

• Meditation, Indianapolis Public Library Online (12:30 PM)

From my notebook:

• Enjoy the warm weekend with these free and fun family-oriented events at Indy Parks! (FOX 59 Indianapolis)
• The downtown canal in Indianapolis was dyed green on Wednesday. (WTHR)
• Indianapolis has announced plans for Norwood to get a historical designation. (IndyStar)

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— Miranda Fraraccio

About me: Miranda Fraraccio is a born and raised Rhode Islander, now living in New York. 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, drinking tea, or photographing her neighborhood as a street photographer.