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IU football: 3 questions for Curt Cignetti ahead of 2024 Big Ten Media Days
BLOOMINGTON — Indiana football coach Curt Cignetti will make his Big Ten Media Days debut this week. Cignetti will take the stage at Lucas Oil Stadium on Thursday alongside linebacker Aiden Fisher, running back Justice Ellison and offensive lineman Mike Katic. It will be the first time the former JMU coach speaks to reporters since an NIL-related event in June.
Indianapolis Monthly debuts new foodie event: Global Eats
Indianapolis Monthly magazine is starting a new food event called Global Eats on July 29 at West Fork Whiskey in Westfield. This exciting event will show off foods from around the world, with many local Indianapolis restaurants taking part, including the well-known Pinoy Garden Café from Bloomington. Chris Manansala of Pinoy Garden Café and Andrea […]
Music2Heal: A night of music and healing returns
Music2Heal is coming back after a successful start in 2023. The event will take place on Saturday, Sept. 28, 2024, at 7 p.m. at the Star Bank Performing Arts Center. Once again, Six Foot Blond, a popular band in Indianapolis, will be the headliner. This year, the event is working with the Zionsville Alliance for […]
Easterseals Crossroads: Empowering people during Disability Pride Month
For nearly 90 years, Easterseals Crossroads, one of 68 Easterseals affiliates, has dedicated itself to improving the lives of individuals with disabilities. Serving Central Indiana, Easterseals Crossroads offers a wide range of services designed to promote greater independence for children, adults, and families. Easterseals Crossroads is not just focused on providing services; it is also […]
2024 Countdown to IUFB Kickoff: 40 Days (Carter Imes)
Welcome, Hoosiers fans to the 2024 Hoosier Huddle Countdown! We countdown from 100 days to the beginning of the 2024 Indiana University football season on August 31st against Florida International University. Every day, we look at players on the current roster and highlight the players' roles in the upcoming season. Today we dive into freshman linebacker from Fishers, Indiana, Carter Imes.
Damien Center hosts art workshops to create mosaic for new building
INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — People can help create a new piece of art for the Damien Center this week. The center is hosting eight workshops starting Monday. Volunteers can help create a 1,700-square-foot ceramic and glass mosaic that will be permanently displayed at the Damien Center’s new headquarters building. The Damien Center is a care center for […]
Mass. Ave. Starbucks workers look forward to bargaining with company after unionizing
INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — Hourly workers at the Starbucks on Massachusetts Avenue voted to unionize on Wednesday, becoming the first store in Indianapolis to do so. The Mass. Ave. location is part of a group of 15 locations across the country that made moves to join Starbucks Workers United in July. According to the union’s website, it represents more than 470 stores across the country and over 10,500 employees.
A little more humid with spotty showers
INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — More humid today and into the rest of the workweek. Spotty shower or thunderstorm possible into the afternoon. TODAY: We had a few spotty showers this morning but the bulk of the rain has moved to the east. Look for some clouds at times today with some sunshine. Later this afternoon we […]
Enjoy 7 days of $7 burgers with Indianapolis Burger Week
INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — Get those tastebuds ready! Indianapolis Burger Week returns Monday with seven days of $7 burger deals at some of the city’s most popular restaurants. You can enjoy a bounty of bodacious $7 burgers at restaurants around Indy through Sunday, July 28. Not a meat eater? No problem! Some participating restaurants will also […]
Police: Muncie man arrested after stealing dance pole from adult novelty store
MUNCIE, Ind. — A Muncie man was arrested on a preliminary robbery charge after he allegedly stole a spinning dance pole from a store selling adult novelties. Charles Stephen Koons, 44, was also preliminarily charged with resisting law enforcement. He was being held in the Delaware County Jail under a bond of $22,500.
Video: Summer highlights of 2025 IU recruiting target Jalen Haralson
Rising senior Jalen Haralson is one of Indiana’s top recruiting targets in the class of 2025. Haralson is scheduled to visit Bloomington campus officially next month and just wrapped up playing in the Peach Jam for Spiece Indy Heat. The No. 9 player nationally, Haralson also won a gold...
Tens of Thousands Join Mile-Long Eucharistic Procession in Downtown Indianapolis at Historic National Congress
In a grand show of faith and tradition, tens of thousands of Catholics filled the streets of downtown Indianapolis in a Eucharistic procession that covered a mile, marking a peak moment of the National Eucharistic Congress, the first of its kind in over eight decades. According to OSV News, Bishop Andrew H. Cozzens, the chairman of the National Eucharistic Congress, Inc., addressed the large assembly and emphasized the need for missionary work despite the impressive turnout, stating that their immense numbers were still 'too small.
Ball State University opens its first-in-state Forensics program
Ball State University says it will become the only university in the state offering what it calls “a comprehensive forensics program.” IPR’s Thomas Ouellette reports on the new degree program. Benjamin Gibbs heads the Department of Criminal Justice and Criminology at Ball State University. He says the...
Chaka Khan to headline Indy Jazz Fest
INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — Indy Jazz Fest, the marquee event of the Indianapolis Jazz Foundation, returns September 17-28 with a lineup of international stars, modern masters, and Indy-based creators. Headliners including the legendary Chaka Khan, bass icon Marcus Miller, and singer-songwriter Michael Franks. Indy Jazz Fest continues its “All Around Town” series of nighttime concerts in […]
Watch for scams related to global computer outage
INDIANAPOLIS — As banks, airlines, and hospitals are still recovering from Friday’s outage, which disrupted business and travel worldwide, government cybersecurity agencies and the CEO of Crowdstrike are warning everyone about new phishing schemes related to the outage. According to the warnings, bad guys are posing as Crowdstrike employees and other IT specialists, offering to […]
The Daily Heller: Being the Bard of Beards …
Today, The Daily Heller answers the quiz from Friday and offers a brief anecdote about beards. The bard—or, more accurately, the historian of at least one famous beard—is Susannah Koerber, chief curator at the Indiana State Museum and Historic Sites, which holds one of the country’s most important collections relating to Abraham Lincoln and his times. She reports that a precocious11-year-old girl from New York State named Grace Bedell had persuaded the future president into growing his iconic facial tuft. Bedell wrote to then-candidate Lincoln on Oct. 15, 1860: “I have got four brothers, and a part of them will vote for you anyway, and if you will let your whiskers grow, I will try and get the rest of them to vote for you. You would look a great deal better, for your face is so thin,” she implored with wisdom older than her years, then added, “All the ladies like whiskers, and they would tease their husbands to vote for you, and then you would be president.”
Carmel middle school girls on wrestling team eager to see sport grow
Ana Penquite figures she will have more company from girls in the wrestling room in the future. “It’s a fun sport, and there are not a lot of girls at my school that do it,” said Penquite, who will be an eighth-grader at Clay Middle School in August. “When they hear about it, they are surprised.”
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