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Countdown to Kickoff 2024: Snider football ready to repeat last season
The Snider football team believe they have all the pieces needed to bring home some more championship hardware. Countdown to Kickoff 2024: Snider football ready to repeat last season. The Snider football team believe they have all the pieces needed to bring home some more championship hardware.
SCAN Duck Race drops 14 thousand plastic ducks in fundraising campaign
The 36th Annual Weigand Construction Duck Race packed Promenade Park, as participants helped raise more than $210,000 for the local group SCAN. SCAN Duck Race drops 14 thousand plastic ducks in fundraising campaign. The 36th Annual Weigand Construction Duck Race packed Promenade Park, as participants helped raise more than $210,000...
Summit City Aquatics to discontinue program following announcement of new Fort Wayne Swim Team site
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WPTA) - Summit City Aquatics shared recently that it is discontinuing its program after Southwest Allen County Schools announced last week that the Fort Wayne Swim Team will open a new site at Summit Middle School. Last Wednesday, Southwest Allen County Schools (SACS) announced that the Fort...
Governor DeWine signed new law requiring AEDs in every Ohio school
Worthington, Ohio – On a significant day for student safety, Ohio Governor Mike DeWine signed House Bill 47 into law at a ceremony held at Worthington Kilbourne High School. This new legislation mandates that every public and chartered nonpublic school in Ohio must be equipped with automated external defibrillators (AEDs). Governor DeWine emphasized the critical role of these devices in saving lives, stating, “The evidence is clear: AEDs save lives.” He highlighted that sudden cardiac arrest is the leading cause of death among student-athletes in the U.S. and noted that immediate use of an AED can make a life-saving difference.
Kokomo man jogging the entire perimeter of the US | Inspiring Indiana
INDIANAPOLIS — Anyone who has run long distance knows the final stretch can be the toughest, but Kokomo's Cameron Balser, a modern day Forrest Gump, has everybody beat. He's in the final miles of a run across America. Check that — not across, but around. Balser is jogging the...
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
INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) – WISH-TV is committed to focusing on family and the community, including helping to assure every family gets to enjoy healthy meals. Every single day, hundreds of thousands of people across central Indiana go hungry. Friday morning on News 8 “Daybreak,” viewers were treated to a mouthwatering segment with Pam Goodman, the gourmet […]
Deadly Listeria Outbreak Hits Midwest States
Dozens sick and 2 dead as a new listeria outbreak from deli meat spreads through the Midwest to the East Coast. The CDC is currently investigating the source of this most recent listeria outbreak and has so far connected this issue to meat sliced at delis,. Many people in this...
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.
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