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Here's what to know about traffic, detours and more as INDOT crews work during the big North Split closure.

North Split closure begins Saturday. Here's what to know about detours, traffic, more. Rashika Jaipuriar, Indianapolis Star Replay Video The long-anticipated, $320 million project began mid-January, aiming to rebuild old roads and bridges and improve the interchange's “abrupt curve” design. It's also dangerous, according to Indiana Department of Transportation numbers that show crash rates more than twice as high as the state's other urban interstates. © Stephen J. Beard and Joe Tamborello / IndyStar drone The North Split connects I-70 and I-65 in downtown Indianapolis...

The long-anticipated, $320 million project began mid-January, aiming to rebuild old roads and bridges and improve the interchange's “abrupt curve” design. It's also dangerous, according to Indiana Department of Transportation numbers that show crash rates more than twice as high as the state's other urban interstates. Which parts of the interchange will close? Though Indianapolis traffic has already been impacted by closures related to the project, this upcoming closure is the big one, impacting as many as 200,000 vehicles each day. During this closure, expected to last until June 2022...

“You need things that are completely unique and different, that you can’t replicate online,” he said. It’s a strategy that seems to be working. Taylor, 38, opened his first Trust Hardware in 2012 along Pendleton Pike in Lawrence. His second store, at East 71st Street and Binford Boulevard, opened in October. His newest store opened this month at 911 Massachusetts Ave., right across from the new Bottleworks District development. In 2019, Trust Hardware brought in $350,000 in revenue. Last year, that figure ballooned to nearly $1 million. Part of the growth came from the pandemic-fueled...

With pups and personal service, Trust Hardware invests in brick and mortar FREE NEWSLETTERS Nine-year-old yellow Labrador Roscoe accompanies Trust Hardware owner Adam Taylor as he visits his stores. (IBJ photo/Eric Learned) In a year in which the pandemic has shifted more and more retail activity online, Indianapolis-based Trust Hardware has found success by embracing a brick-and-mortar approach. The company’s three stores are open 24/7. Each has a resident dog. You can also pick up everything from power tools to local honey to live bait. What you can...