City tears down vacant convenience store The city has demolished a vacant convenience store and gas station on Second Street. Redevelopment director Heather Pope said that the city purchased the property, located at 867 Second St., from Ricker’s Holdings LLC in March for $340,000. Prior to demolition, the city had to remove 10 underground storage tanks — ranging from 6,000 to 20,000 gallons — from the site. This was done using funds provided by the Petroleum Orphan Sites Initiative. Pope said that the Petroleum Orphan Sites Initiative, which was established by the Indiana Brownfields Pr...