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IHSAA volleyball: Central Indiana's top middle hitters and blockers to watch in 2024
While there are a number of up-and-coming pins eager to make a name for themselves in Central Indiana girls volleyball, the middle position is loaded with returning standouts and Division I prospects from all over the Indianapolis area. Here are 15 (or so) to keep an eye on this fall. ...
Global Ag Company Helping Feed Neighbors on Northwest Side of Indy
Last week, employees at the Corteva Agriscience headquarters in Indianapolis celebrated a milestone. “So, back in 2014, there was a group of employees that thought we should be able to do more as an agricultural company to help feed the local community,” Heidi Spahn, Global Community Investment Leader for Corteva, explains, “and could we do that through providing fresh produce? And so, they identified two acres of land on our property here on the northwest side and created a ‘Harvest for Hunger’ garden. It was all about creating produce to get into local food pantries so that they had fresh produce for their clients.”
Learn what happens when out-of-state investors gobble up Indy homes
INDIANAPOLIS (MIRROR INDY) — If you rent a house in Indianapolis, there’s a decent chance you’re paying money every month to an out-of-state investor who owns the home. That’s because about a quarter of the roughly 49,000 rental houses in Marion County are owned by investors from outside Indiana, according to the Fair Housing Center of […]
IMPD finds firearms, narcotics after arresting 2 carjacking suspects on near east side
INDIANAPOLIS — Indianapolis metro police have arrested two men for their alleged roles in an armed carjacking that occurred on the city’s near east side over the weekend. David Sneed, 29, and Kyle Castner, 23, have been preliminarily charged with armed robbery (level 3 felony), possession of cocaine (level 6 felony), resisting law enforcement (level […]
New grant targets mental health disparities
INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — The new Behavioral Health Cultural Equity Grants Program for Haitian and Burmese communities is designed to tackle mental and behavioral health disparities by providing culturally centered training. The Behavioral Health Cultural Equity Grant program aims to enable newly trained health professionals to provide support that resonates with patients’ struggles, language, and cultural […]
USA TODAY named its Bars of the Year. This Indy favorite made the list
Sam's Silver Circle in Fountain Square made USA TODAY’s list of best bars in the country. The USA TODAY Bars of the Year 2024 list, released today, features 27 bars from dives to high-end cocktail joints. ...
Sanaa Chege, 15, Hopes to Bring More Diversity to the World Stage of Diving in with Her Children’s Book, ‘A Diver Like Me’
As the olympics are underway in Paris, 15yr old author and diver extraordinaire, Sanaa Chege, is hoping to bring more diversity to the world of diving, with her new children’s book, A Diver Like Me. In it, she discusses her journey of discovering the sport, how she fell in love with it, and often times feeling out of place among other divers that don’t share the same background. It is her hope, that her sharing her story, she will inspire other young black girls to get involved with diving and experience the joy she’s found in diving!
Health Spotlight | Plastics pose a threat to our health
INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — Plastic isn’t just an issue for the environment. It’s a problem for our health too. Studies show microscopic pieces and chemicals such as bisphenol A and phthalates can end up in our bodies. “So, these chemicals are not bound within the product to something that would make it inert or unable to […]
Christie Sides is Trending After Indiana Fever Release Viral Practice Video
The Indiana Fever are back on the practice court after some much-needed vacation time. The WNBA squad posted a new practice video on social media Monday. And given the lack of Caitlin Clark/Fever content over the past couple weeks, fans were all over this morsel of inside access. Featured ...
Community leaders react to 6th homicide in the Crown Hill neighborhood this year
'Improvement has been made. We don’t want to see that reversed.' There have now been six homicides in the Crown Hill neighborhood in 2024, a neighborhood patrolled by the Ten Point Coalition.
Film set in iconic Indiana ice cream shop wins audience choice award
INDIANAPOLIS — A 33-minute long movie shot inside an Indiana ice cream shop won the Indiana Spotlight Audience Choice Award at the Indy Shorts International Film Festival. "The Ice Cream Man" is set during the Holocaust in Amsterdam. But much of it was shot inside Zaharakos in Columbus, Indiana.
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