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Derecho brings damaging winds, EF-1 tornado in Quad Cities
QUAD CITIES, Iowa/Ill. (KWQC) - The US National Weather Service in Davenport confirmed an EF-1 tornado in the Quad Cities metro. The storm Monday which moved across Iowa and Illinois into Indiana and Ohio has also been classified as a derecho by the Storm Prediction Center. A derecho is defined...
First-time Indiana delegate digs into Republican National Convention role
MILWAUKEE – First-time delegate Daniel Elliott of Martinsville, Indiana, wore his Texas Boot Company boots on the floor of the Republican National Convention on Monday as former President Donald Trump received the official nomination for president. “I always wear my cowboy boots,” Elliott, Indiana's state treasurer, told IndyStar. “I doubt very many people...
Jim’s Journal, July 16th, 2024
Congratulations are due to several teams of local high school volleyballers, with their teams earning top honors from the Indiana High School Volleyball Coaches’ Association, for doing exceptionally well in the classroom last school year, ’23-’24. In our part of the state, those outstanding academic squads include Batesville, Jac-Cen-Del, Oldenburg Academy, South Ripley, and Greensburg. Each of those teams reached a cumulative grade-point average of 3.5 or higher.
Indiana Barn Foundation gets selected for $100,000 grant
INDIANA (WTWO/WAWV)— Indiana Landmarks has decided to give their Local Leadership Challenge Grant to the Indiana Barn Foundation for staffing assistance. Indiana Landmarks has been giving this grant out since the late 1990s to help give funding to organizations focused on preservation work. With this money the non-profit will be hiring its first full-time executive […]
Assisting Veterans: Indiana Program Eases Back-to-School Financial Burdens
Indiana veterans who are facing financial hardship and struggling to provide essential school expenses for their dependent children can take advantage of the Military Family Relief Fund Back-to-School Program. Helping Veterans and Their Families. The Military Family Relief Fund Back-to-School Program aims to aid Indiana veterans who are going through...
State employment at record high, restored to pre-pandemic levels
(INDIANA CAPITAL CHRONICLE) — The number of state employees in Indiana has recovered from pandemic lows and superseded pre-pandemic records with over 32,000 Hoosiers employed by state government agencies. There were 32,075 employees working for 80 different state agencies and departments as of July 12, according to the Indiana Transparency Portal. This count is the highest […]
5-year-old dies after being found unresponsive in pool
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – Monroe County Sheriff’s Deputies are investigating after a 5-year-old boy was found unresponsive in a pool Saturday evening. According to authorities, at around 7:15 p.m., deputies were called to the Woodland Springs Pool in the 3100 block of South Leonard Springs Road in Bloomington. When deputies arrived, firefighters and medics were actively […]
Video: Summer highlights of 2025 IU recruiting target Trent Sisley
Class of 2025 Montverde Academy (Fla.) and Indiana Elite forward Trent Sisley is one of Indiana’s top recruiting targets in the rising senior class. The 6-foot-7 Sisley played his first three high school seasons at Heritage Hills before announcing a transfer to Montverde Academy this summer. Earlier in the...
Homestead grad, IU slugger Mathison picked by Phillies
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) – Homestead High School graduate and former Indiana University outfielder Carter Mathison is heading to the Philadelphia Phillies organization, as the slugger was drafted with the 162nd overall pick in the fifth round of the 2024 MLB Draft. Mathison is coming off his junior season for the Hoosiers. A sweet-swinging lefty, […]
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