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Medco to expand
Medco Health Solutions will expand its AllPoints at Anson facility, investing another $17.5 million in and adding 162 jobs to the mail-order pharmacy.
A Therapeutic Resource Center, due to open in October, will specialize in treating oncology patients, the company said in a press release Tuesday, June 23. Whitestown’s TRC is the first of several Medco plans to open throughout the country.
The TRC’s specialty pharmacists will work with physicians to customize treatment for more than one million Medco members with cancer, said Kenneth O. Klepper, Medco’s president and CEO.
Jason Tribby, Whitestown Town Council president, said Medco’s decision was a “strong vote of confidence for central Indiana.” He was “thrilled” by the expansion and the additional job opportunities, Tribby said in a press release.
Gov. Mitch Daniels said the expansion, which will “add tens of millions more dollars” to Indiana’s economy, is “fabulous news.”
Indiana ranked second nationally in an Indiana Business Research Center study of pharmaceutical manufacturing jobs, and third overall in productivity per worker.
A typical life science job paid an average salary of $82,000 as of 2007, the IBRC study found.
Medco is building a 452,000 square feet automated pharmacy at AllPoints.
When it reaches peak capacity in 2012, Medco will employ more than 1,400 researchers, pharmacy technicians, engineering technologists and others at the Whitestown facility.
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Battery reported by woman
A woman reported that her estranged husband had hit her over the head with his hand, which had a ring on it, in the morning of Tuesday, Aug. 31.
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United Way sets new records
The United Way of Central Indiana in Boone County is raising the bar this year with several record highs.
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Shine on
The event raised more than $10,000 for the Alzheimer’s Association. To donate, visit http://memorywalk10.kintera.org/indianapolis/lacyslightsamy, go to Akard True Value Hardware,
75 Boone Village Shopping Center or mail to Alzheimer's Association Greater Indiana Chapter,
50 E. 91st St. Indianapolis , IN 46240. Put “Lacy's Lights” or Z’Sparkle Party and Drag Race” for the donation to count towards the event.
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PAC says yes to referendum
A group of local residents have joined forces to create a political action committee to help pass Zionsville Community Schools’ operating budget referendum.
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Logo trickles into Zionsville
Zionsville’s rebranding effort is on the move. The logo, which is now complete, is starting to pop up around town.
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Budget hammered out as public hearing nears
As the Zionsville Town Council’s budget public hearing, set for Tuesday, Sept. 7 nears, members tried to get budget questions answered and issues resolved at its agenda setting meeting Monday, Aug. 30.
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Zville man found guilty of selling cocaine
Frank Bearquiver, 32, may have exchanged $80 for decades in prison.
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Group in infancy stages of aiding Main Street
An informal group is now starting to discuss aiding Zionsville’s Main Street businesses.
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New station allows quick arrival to working fire
Fire crews were on the scene of a rural mobile home fire within four minutes of the alarm.
Zionsville fire Chief Jamie VanGorder said the firefighter’s response time was a critical factor in saving a significant portion of the home.
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