Sugarland stage collapse

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - The Indiana Attorney General's Office said most victims of a deadly stage collapse at the Indiana State Fair have agreed to accept shares of a $13.2 million settlement offer from the state and two private companies. The office said Thursday so far 51 of the 62 eligible claimants have accepted the settlement offer...

INDIANAPOLIS - Amusement rides, games and concession stands will come to a halt at the Indiana State Fair for a moment of silence on the one-year anniversary of the deadly stage collapse, a top fair official said Thursday. Executive Director Cindy Hoye told the Indiana State Fair Commission that the fair, which runs from Aug...

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - An engineering review released Thursday found that the stage rigging that collapsed and killed seven people during last summer's Indiana State Fair wasn't built strong enough to meet state building codes. Scott Nacheman, a vice president of engineering firm Thornton Tomasetti, told the state fair commission that the metal rigging structure didn't meet requirements that it withs

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Fans who were killed and injured when stage rigging and sound equipment collapsed onto them as they awaited a Sugarland concert at the Indiana State Fair failed to take steps to ensure their own safety and are at least in part to blame for their injuries, the country duo's attorneys said...

Sugarland will return to Indiana for a free concert at the Conseco Fieldhouse in Indianapolis on October 28. The show will serve as the final stop on the duo's Incredible Machine tour. But perhaps more importantly, it is also intended to honor previous ticketholders for the August 13 Indiana State Fair date which Jennifer Nettles and Kristian Bush could not perform due to the tragic stage collapse