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Indianapolis VA hospital says patient surgeries resuming to normal after sterilization problems fixed
INDIANAPOLIS — Surgeries at the Roudebush VA Medical Center in Indianapolis are starting to return to normal after sterilization problems forced the hospital to delay or cancel hundreds of veterans’ operations. The problems, first reported by 13News in May, involve surgical instruments that were supposed to be used...
United States Cold Storage Announces Facility Expansion To Welcome Gorton’s Seafood Into Lebanon
United States Cold Storage, Inc. announced the expected completion of a 107,200 square-foot addition to its Lebanon public refrigerated warehouse by spring 2025 to continue its operations in the Indiana markets with a new seafood partner. The business will partner with Gorton’s Seafood to construct its own attached seafood processing...
Indiana lawmakers lower age to sell and serve alcohol
INDIANAPOLIS — Indiana lawmakers passed a bill that now gives 18-year-olds the opportunity to sell or serve alcohol. Senate Bill 146 lowered the age from 19 to 18 during the 2024 legislative session. According to the law, restaurants and hotels in Indiana can now hire servers who are 18...
Interview: Mike Braun Discusses Plans For Property Tax Reform
Indiana Senator and Republican nominee for governor, Mike Braun, stopped by the WIBC studio today to talk to Kendall & Casey about his plans for Indiana if he wins the gubernatorial election. Braun showed up with a “blueprint” that outlined his plans to return property tax bills to 2021 levels for Hoosier homeowners. Braun also […] The post Interview: Mike Braun Discusses Plans For Property Tax Reform appeared first on WIBC 93.1 FM.
Pesticides as big a cancer risk as smoking; study identifies risk in PA counties
(The Hill) – Pesticides may cause cancer on a level equivalent to smoking cigarettes, a new study has found. The widespread use of pesticides may lead to hundreds of thousands of additional cancer cases in major corn-producing states like Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Missouri and Ohio — even for Americans who don’t work on farms, according to findings published Thursday in […]
Indiana Secretary of State receives National Voter Outreach Video Award
INDIANAPOLIS—Secretary of State Diego Morales is pleased to announce that his office was the winner of the National Association of Secretaries of State (NASS) voter outreach video competition. The #TrustedInfo2024 contest encouraged state election officials to creatively highlight their offices as trusted sources for election information. During a workshop,...
Austintown 12U softball advances to Little League World Series
WHITESTOWN, Indiana (WKBN) – Austintown 12U topped Missouri 3-2 in the 12U Central Region Championship on Friday afternoon in Whitestown, Indiana. With the win, Austintown advances to the Little League World Series for the second consecutive year. Mila Hamley piled up 19 strikeouts on the day in the victory.
O’Neill School’s Limnology Lab vital to monitoring health of state’s lakes, preparing students
Photo by Jessica Corry, O'Neill School of Public and Environmental Affairs. The important job of monitoring the health of Indiana’s public lakes has been entrusted by a state agency to Indiana University’s Paul H. O’Neill School of Public and Environmental Affairs for 35 years. In the process, many student interns have participated in this task, collected vital data and subsequently applied the knowledge and skills they gained to professional roles across the country.
Indiana Arts Commission awards over $3.5 million to arts organizations
The Indiana Arts Commission gave more than $3.5 million to over 300 arts organizations throughout the state. The IAC provides organizational support and project funding to creative and artistic organizations that engage within their communities. Eighteen organizations in Monroe County were awarded funds as either organizational support grants or project...
Meet the Indiana swimmers competing in the 2024 Paris Olympics
Indiana's influence on international swimming keeps growing. Fresh off the U.S. Olympic Trials in Lucas Oil Stadium, the state has several representatives competing in the 2024 Paris Olympics: ∎ 7 Indiana University swimmers competing for Team USA. ...
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