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Indiana Businesses Exposed — investigations
62 source-cited investigations across consumer protection and Indiana local-business profiles — including 15 IBE Deep Reviews of top Indiana businesses. Search by title or keyword below.
IBE Deep Reviews — Top Indiana Businesses
Plain-language, source-cited reviews of 15 of Indiana’s largest and most-discussed companies. Every claim traces to a public record (SEC filings, FDA recalls, NHTSA, IURC orders, CFPB, EPA, DOJ press releases, BBB, court records). Honest — both good and bad.
Eli Lilly and Company — deep review
Score 6/10. Indianapolis-based Lilly is one of the world’s largest pharmaceutical companies; its insulin franchise has been the subject of more than two decades of consumer-pricing complaints, congressional scrutiny, and class actions.
Read the deep review →Cummins Inc. — deep review
Score 6/10. Columbus-headquartered Cummins is a Fortune 500 engine maker (~73,000 employees, $34.1B revenue in 2024) and one of Indiana’s largest manufacturing employers.
Read the deep review →Elevance Health (formerly Anthem) — deep review
Score 4/10. Indianapolis-headquartered Elevance Health (NYSE: ELV; rebranded from Anthem in 2022) is the largest BlueCross BlueShield licensee in the U.S. and one of Indiana’s largest employers.
Read the deep review →Indiana University Health (IU Health) — deep review
Score 5/10. IU Health is Indiana’s largest hospital system — 16 hospitals, 36,000+ employees, ~$8.3 billion in 2023 revenue per its tax filings — and an academic-medical-center partner of the IU School of Medicine.
Read the deep review →Duke Energy Indiana — deep review
Score 4/10. Duke Energy Indiana serves about 870,000 customers across 69 of Indiana’s 92 counties, headquartered in Plainfield.
Read the deep review →NIPSCO — deep review
Score 4/10. NIPSCO — a NiSource Inc. subsidiary headquartered in Merrillville — serves about 821,000 natural-gas and 472,000 electric customers across northern Indiana.
Read the deep review →AES Indiana (Indianapolis Power & Light) — deep review
Score 5/10. AES Indiana — the operating brand for Indianapolis Power & Light, owned by AES Corporation — serves about 510,000 customers across Marion County and parts of seven surrounding counties.
Read the deep review →Old National Bank — deep review
Score 7/10. Old National Bank (NASDAQ: ONB) is the largest Indiana-headquartered bank, with ~$53 billion in assets following the 2022 merger with First Midwest Bancorp.
Read the deep review →Subaru of Indiana Automotive (SIA) — deep review
Score 7/10. Subaru of Indiana Automotive in Lafayette is the only Subaru manufacturing plant in North America and one of the largest auto plants in the Midwest, employing approximately 6,500 associates as of 2024.
Read the deep review →Forest River, Inc. — deep review
Score 4/10. Forest River, headquartered in Elkhart, is one of the largest RV manufacturers in North America and a Berkshire Hathaway subsidiary (acquired 2005).
Read the deep review →Berry Global Group, Inc. — deep review
Score 5/10. Berry Global (NYSE: BERY) is an Evansville-headquartered plastic-packaging giant with ~$12 billion in 2024 revenue and ~44,000 employees across more than 250 facilities globally.
Read the deep review →Zimmer Biomet Holdings — deep review
Score 4/10. Zimmer Biomet (NYSE: ZBH), headquartered in Warsaw, is one of the world’s largest orthopedic-implant manufacturers and a Fortune 500 company with ~$7.7B in 2024 revenue.
Read the deep review →Salesforce Indianapolis — deep review
Score 7/10. Salesforce’s Indianapolis presence (housed in Salesforce Tower, the tallest building in Indiana) traces back to the 2013 acquisition of ExactTarget.
Read the deep review →Franciscan Health — deep review
Score 5/10. Mishawaka-headquartered Catholic non-profit hospital system operating 12 hospitals across Indiana and Illinois.
Read the deep review →CenterPoint Energy Indiana (formerly Vectren) — deep review
Score 4/10. CenterPoint Energy Indiana is the operating brand for the former Vectren electric and gas utility, serving roughly 145,000 electric customers in southwest Indiana and ~590,000 gas customers.
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Operational Instability at KFC, 1127 E. Tipton St., Seymour
2026-04-28 update: first-hand visit returned cold food + undercooked chicken — matching the documented pattern of mid-afternoon service degradation, adversarial conflict-resolution culture, and refusal to engage in service-recovery.
Read the investigation →IBE 5-Star Audit — American Rental, Seymour (Sara, Tyler & Johnathan)
Five-Star Excellence. Highly Recommended · IBE Verified. The Seymour team redefines the rental-industry standard. Backed by BBB A+ accreditation since 2004.
Read the 5-star audit →Southern Indiana Justice Stats — new dashboard
Side-by-side comparison of incarceration, arrest, IDOC release, overdose, 911, and homelessness data for Jackson and surrounding southern Indiana counties (2020–2025), against the reentry/rehab/outreach programs on the ground — plus 2026–2030 projection formulas.
Open the dashboard →IBE Verified Review — Taco Bell, Scottsburg, IN (GM Caleb)
A positive IBE evaluation: service consistency, mobile-app integration, active customer-feedback engagement, and visible-manager presence.
Read the verified review →Power, Money, and Politics in Southern Indiana, 2026
A documents-first investigation into how power, money, and influence actually move in Seymour, Scottsburg, Madison, Salem, Crothersville, and Austin in 2026 — donor lists, contracts, zoning votes, the conspiracy-vs-evidence line, and a step-by-step reader’s checklist for sourcing it yourself.
Read the full investigation →Reentry in Southern Indiana — the catch-22 of coming home
11-section investigation across Seymour, Scottsburg, Austin, Crothersville, Madison, and Salem: what state-funded programs exist (IRACS, HIRE, Goodwill New Beginnings), why no-ID/no-job/no-home is a self-locking trap, the 8 ID-process pitfalls that derail returning citizens, and a checklist for getting through the first 30 days.
Read the full investigation →Seymour Bottom 10 — local businesses investigated
A 10-part investigative series on the worst-rated Seymour businesses (food, lodging, repair, contracting). Local-news-style breakdowns with practical takeaways — named where evidence supports it, redacted where verification is pending.
Read the full series →Jackson County Top-10 Manufacturers Audit
Deep-dive on the 10 largest manufacturing employers in Jackson County, IN — Aisin USA, Valeo, Cummins Seymour, Aisin Drivetrain, Nippon Steel, Lannett, Cerrowire, Silgan, RR Donnelley, Royal Group. Employee-rating aggregates, common complaints, and what county leadership can actually do.
Read the full audit →Master overview
Original IBE coverage
Businesses of Indiana Exposed — shining a light on who really earns your business
Consolidated master narrative by Gary D. Amick covering the full IBE lineup.
Read article →Lumos Fiber — Floyd County stop-work order & company deep-dive
Stop-work order, gas-line strikes, and the company deep-dive.
Read article →Don's Auto Sales — Franklin, Indiana
Levi's $1,500 cash car and the as-is trap in Franklin.
Read article →Credit Acceptance Corporation — subprime auto-finance in Indiana
How subprime auto-finance traps Indiana borrowers.
Read article →How Superior Auto & SAC Finance left one Indiana buyer stranded
Personal case — a 2017 Ford Escape, SAC Finance, and Robin's name.
Read article →NTN East (CVJ East) — Columbus plant closure & worker impact
Columbus plant closure and worker impact (CVJ East).
Read article →Mapping civil actions & legal patterns — Don's Auto Sales case study
Civil-action patterns and legal exposure mapping (Don's case study).
Read article →Indiana HEA 1593 — what it changes for businesses
Indiana HEA 1593 — virtual addresses, fraud-fighting tools.
Read article →Indiana IC 24-4.9 — how data-breach notification fits Blackbaud-style incidents
Indiana IC 24-4.9 — data-breach notification & Blackbaud.
Read article →Top 20 Columbus-area startups & small businesses for IBE coverage
Top 20 Columbus-area small businesses for future IBE coverage.
Read article →Self-investigation profile — Gary Dawayne Amick
Gary Dawayne Amick — self-investigation profile.
Read article →How Indiana Businesses Exposed builds investigative articles
How IBE articles are built — the editorial framework.
Read article →Seymour businesses
Local profiles of small businesses
Moxie Coffee Company — Seymour’s downtown third place
Seymour's downtown third place — quiet, consistent, regulars-first.
Read article →Darlage Greenhouse — the underground yard architect
5 miles outside town — the greenhouse shaping every Seymour yard.
Read article →Jubilee Flowers & Gift Baskets — Seymour’s emotional backchannel
The phone call no one wants to make — funerals, hospitals, gift baskets.
Read article →Summit Cleaners — 70 years of laundry, not just dry cleaning
70 years of laundry — workplace uniforms and household linens.
Read article →Seymour Decorating Center — the silent partner to every home reno
Paint, palettes, and the silent partner to every home reno.
Read article →Artistic Impressions — Seymour’s humble frame shop
Tiny custom-frame shop — diplomas, school photos, local art.
Read article →Crave Nutrition — Seymour’s wellness café incognito
The wellness café that doesn't lord its health focus over you.
Read article →Sexton Advertising — Seymour’s low-key brand machine
Custom apparel + signage — branding for everyone who isn't a chain.
Read article →Bite the Bullet, LLC — Seymour’s low-profile FFL
Low-profile FFL — hunters, collectors, transfers.
Read article →JCBank — the 100-year-old bank that still acts like a neighbor
100-year-old independent bank — local credit decisions.
Read article →Seymour as microcosm
How national dynamics land on a small town
Seymour’s power structure — who actually runs the city?
Who actually runs Seymour? Mayor-council on paper, relationships in practice.
Read article →ICE raids in Seymour — federal enforcement on Main Street
Federal enforcement on Main Street — 11 arrests, the chill that follows.
Read article →Flock cameras & ALPR surveillance in Seymour’s quiet streets
ALPR surveillance — every plate, every street, every day.
Read article →Seymour schools under pressure — safety, surveillance, and immigration anxiety
5,000 students caught between safety, surveillance, and immigration anxiety.
Read article →Emergency services — rescue, response, or enforcement frontline?
Rescue, response, or enforcement frontline? The blurring 911 line.
Read article →The hidden cost of Seymour’s homelessness
Couch-surfing, motels, cars — the invisible Seymour homelessness story.
Read article →Local business caught in the crossfire
Small business absorbing the shocks of raids, crime, and surveillance politics.
Read article →Drug problems on Seymour’s quiet backroads
Seymour as a corridor — overdoses, low-level dealing, and what gets ignored.
Read article →The Jackson County Jail — holding tank or solution?
Jackson County Jail — pressure valve for everything the system can't fix.
Read article →Seymour, Indiana — a microcosm of America’s clash over power and people
Why Seymour matters — a small city showing the country to itself.
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