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2 local educators are top 25 finalists for Indiana ‘Teacher of the Year’
INDIANAPOLIS – The Indiana Department of Education (IDOE) presents the Indiana Teacher of the Year (INTOY) program each year. It works to inspire, rejuvenate, and celebrate the teaching profession by recognizing outstanding teachers from across the state. On Friday, Indiana’s top 25 Teacher of the Year award finalists were...
Who is Luke Whitlock? Olympic swimming schedule for Indiana teenager
Luke Whitlock, a Noblesville 18-year-old, finished second in the 800-meter freestyle in the U.S. Olympic Trials at Lucas Oil Stadium. He has made a meteoric rise in the event. As a 15-year-old freshman at Noblesville High School, Whitlock finished 15th in the 500-yard freestyle in the IHSAA state meet. Given that's the longest...
Focus on Food: Chef makes wraps with local goods
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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...
Indiana’s top 10 fashion trends, retail study finds
INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — New research from fast-fashion company Boohoo reveals Indiana’s favorite fashion trends for 2024. Boohoo analyzed average monthly Google searches for various fashion items to determine the most popular trends in the state. Top Fashion Trends in Indiana: “We love discovering which fashion trends people are embracing each season. TikTok and Instagram are […]
Cellphones, reading, state testing: See what’s new as Indiana students head back to school
This story was originally published by Chalkbeat. Sign up for their newsletters at ckbe.at/newsletters INDIANAPOLIS (CHALKBEAT) — Across the state, students are heading back to school soon. Students in Beech Grove and Warren Township start classes this week, followed by the rest of Marion County’s districts next week. With a new school year comes new rules about cellphones in […]
Local Food Week starts Friday
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WPTA) - Local Food Week began Friday for the fifth year in a row. Local farm tours and food events will be hosted throughout northeast Indiana until Aug. 4. This year’s events include more than 110 tours, workshops, hayrides, tastings, dinners and celebrations hosted by 40 different farms, markets, restaurants, artisan food producers, and organizations across 7 Northeast Indiana counties.
Indiana Family Star Party Invites You to View the Stars August 2nd and 3rd
On August 2nd and 3rd you can take in the 21st Indiana Family Star Party! You will be a part of the largest astronomy gathering in the state and one of the largest astronomy events in the midwest. Come to Camp Cullom (near Frankfort) to enjoy the dark rural skies...
Pesticides as big a cancer risk as smoking, study finds
(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 […]
Hoosiers in the Olympics: Matt King wins gold with Team USA 4x100 freestyle relay
Incoming Indiana swimming and diving transfer Matt King helped take home 2024 Paris Olympics gold on Saturday with a Team USA win in the men’s 4x100 freestyle relay. King originally committed to the Hoosiers out of high school before changing course and heading to Alabama. He’s competed for the Crimson Tide and Virginia Cavaliers before announcing his transfer this offseason.
Bloomington Common Council will meet July 31; agenda released
BLOOMINGTON—The Bloomington Common Council will meet on July 31 at 6:30 p.m. in the Council Chambers (#115) of the Showers Building, 401 N. Morton Street. The meeting may also be accessed at the following link:. The agenda for the meeting is as follows:. ROLL CALL. AGENDA SUMMATION. APPROVAL OF...
Cignetti Likely Won’t Announce Starting Quarterback Decision, But His Comments are Revealing
Heading into his first fall camp as Indiana’s head football coach, Curt Cignetti hasn’t officially named a starting quarterback. But between Kurtis Rourke and Tayven Jackson, his comments lean more favorably in one direction.
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