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Athletes from Kentucky and Indiana going for gold at 2024 Olympic Games
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — The opening ceremonies for the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris kick off on Friday with the entire world gathering for the next two weeks to watch the best athletes compete. University of Louisville fans will recognize Hailey Van Lith who is competing in the 3x3 basketball...
Food stamps: Eight states sending out SNAP benefits worth up to $1,751 this week
With July quickly coming to a close, SNAP beneficiaries in eight states should expect to see their July payments hit their accounts by Sunday. The funds, worth up to $1,751 for a household of eight, will be uploaded to an Electronic Benefit Transfer card, which functions as a debit card and can be used at […]
Congressman Mrvan announces $963,000 in funding for Challenger Learning Center of Northwest Indiana
HAMMOND, Ind. (WNDU) - A beacon of educational excellence and innovation for the last 25 years in Hammond is getting nearly $1 million in funding. Indiana 1st District Congressman Frank Mrvan and board members of the Challenger Learning Center of Northwest Indiana announced that the center will receive $963,000 in community project funding during a news conference on Friday morning.
Opioid settlement fund fuels anti-addiction battle in Indiana
Indiana is stepping up its fight against addiction with a boost from an opioid settlement fund. The money comes from a $54 billion 2021 Opioid Settlement Fund created by manufacturers, distributors and retailers to address their role in the nation's opioid epidemic. Indiana will receive $508 million from the fund over the next several years.
Incumbent Frank Mrvan (D), Randell Niemeyer (R), and four other candidates are running in the general election in Indiana’s 1st Congressional District
Incumbent Frank Mrvan (D), Randell Niemeyer (R), and four other candidates are running in the general election in Indiana’s 1st Congressional District on Nov. 5, 2024. Democrats have won every election for this district since 1930. A Daily Kos analysis of the round of redistricting following the 2020 census concluded that the 1st district had shifted towards Republicans. Joe Biden (D) received 53.4% of the 2020 presidential vote under the new district lines and 53.6% under the old district lines.
Bridge work planned on US 50 east of Seymour
JACKSON CO. — Indiana Department of Transportation contractor RAM Construction Services plans to begin work on US 50 over Mutton Creek Ditch and Storm Creek Ditch on or after Thursday, July 25, to complete two thin deck overlay projects in Jackson County. Work will take place on US 50...
Monroe County property transfers: July 23
Property transfers filed at the Monroe County Assessor’s Office. Information includes property address, seller, buyer, sale price and date of sale. Names may reflect representatives of buyers and sellers. June 11 4583 E. Compton Blvd., Bloomington; Runwei Li and Jun Lyu of Las Cruces, New Mexico, sold to Lin Wang of Bloomington; $380,000; June...
Rajon Rondo expected to plead guilty months after traffic stop in southern Indiana
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Louisville native and former NBA star Rajon Rondo is expected to change his plea following gun and drug charges stemming from a traffic stop in southern Indiana. Court records show a change of plea hearing set for Sept. 3. Indiana State Police arrested Rondo in Jackson...
Indy mom told son not to return to 'god-forsaken' city. 5 months later he was dead.
INDIANAPOLIS — Michelle Taylor told her son not to return to Indianapolis. It's the city where she grew up and raised him. But she did not call it home. In 2021, Taylor moved her family out of Indianapolis more than 500 miles to Kennesaw, Georgia, after her son, then-17-year-old Edgerrin James Michael Hoover,...
'It was like 'The Fast and the Furious,' six children and two adults involved in crash
Update: The Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department arrested a 27-year-old man for operating a vehicle while intoxicated and for his involvement in Tuesday evening's crash on the east side of the city. INDIANAPOLIS — Jehan Hardin was with his family at the tire shop that sits on the corner of North State Avenue and East New York Street when he saw what he knew was about to be a "bad crash." ...
Greenwood’s Aspen Creek Grill to open in late fall
GREENWOOD, Ind. – One of Greenwood’s newest restaurants plans to open in the fall. Officials with Aspen Creek Grill held a groundbreaking ceremony Monday at 1287 N. Emerson Ave. near Walmart. Once finished, the restaurant will seat up to 275 people, according to managing partner Mike Bennett. Unlike the Aspen Creek Grill in Noblesville, the […]
Food and Beverage tax notebook: Advisory group OKs $350K more for 2024 capital board’s budget
On Monday afternoon, the expansion project for the Monroe Convention center took a procedural step forward. At its Monday meeting, the county’s FABTAC (food and beverage tax advisory commission) approved a requested additional expenditure from food and beverage tax revenues, to support the revised 2024 budget for the Monroe County capital improvement board (CIB).
Beyond the Call of Duty honors Sgt. Heather Glenn
TELL CITY Ind. (WEHT) – Citizens gathered at City Hall to meet the nonprofit organization, Beyond the Call of Duty. Many reflected on Tell City’s own Sgt. Heather Glenn who made the ultimate sacrifice in 2023. Chief of Police, Derrick Lawalin says, “I’m sure there’s probably some that feel like it’s it’s kind of a constant […]
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