No more 🥍 but it's 🎡 week!

Good morning! ☺

Hope everyone is ready for some fair fun this week, because that's my good news feature today down below!

Your Monday Richmond weather forecast: A high of 89, low of 69. Sunny! 🌞

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🥍 Earlham College discontinues women's lacrosse

After a 15-year absence, women's lacrosse made a return to Earlham College in 2018.

However, in the six years since returning to campus, the program has only played a full season three times.

That's because after the 2022 season, the program was placed on a pause due to low participation numbers, and it was due to resume this past spring.

That didn't happen, and a new coach was hired after the previous one left two months ago with a plan to bring it back in 2026.

Now it seems that's not happening either.

For the full story, read here.

📰 What else you should know today:

🚔 Local Crime: Last week, an Ohio man was charged in Wayne County for possession of a machine gun, while in a separate case, a Richmond couple were charged with 20 counts of animal cruelty after 20 dogs were seized from their house.

🏫 Purdue tops state rankings: Purdue has officially been named the top college in Indiana based on five different categories. Ball State missed out on the top 10 😥.

🔵⚖ McCormick names running mate: Jennifer McCormick, the Indiana Democratic gubernatorial nominee for this fall's election, has named Terry Goodin as her running mate.

🚓 Indiana teen rescued: A 14-year-old Logansport girl was found after five undocumented immigrants kidnapped her and took her to Missouri, with the belief they were headed to California.

🚰 PFAS toxins in your water?: Here's how to find out if your drinking water meets the EPA's new standards.

😊 Good News Monday! 😊

I wanted to share this story again from last Friday in case you might have glanced over it (I know not everybody reads my features! 😉)

Perhaps the biggest event going on this week...who am I kidding? THE biggest event this week, the Wayne County 4-H Fair will have plenty going on and I'm excited to say this will be my first time attending this county's!

From music to 4-H shows and food to rides, I guarantee that there is something for everyone going on each day.

So if you're like me and haven't been before, I would recommend giving it a shot, and if you're worried about the heat, I spoke to Fair President Sandy House who said there will be plenty of options to keep cool.

For a full schedule of events throughout the week, read my story here!

Thank you for taking the time to read through today's newsletter. I always appreciate story tips, so send those ideas, questions and observations my way. Email me at eweaver@gannett.com and you can follow me on X (@evan_weaver7).

See you tomorrow!