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Students head back to school with new cellphone rules
INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) – Across Indiana, students are returning to classrooms as the new school year begins. Most school districts and charter schools have already started classes, ushering in a set of updated regulations concerning cellphones. The new rules reflect a growing trend across the United States. In Indiana, recent changes to policies are part of […]
Search is on for owner of stuffed bunny after being left at Indiana State Fair
INDIANAPOLIS — The search is on for the owner of a stuffed bunny after the fluffy friend was left behind at the Indiana State Fair. The Indiana Dairy Association posted on social media around noon Friday that a stuffed animal bunny had been left near the Dairy Bar at the Indiana State Fairgrounds. Hey “@IndyStateFair […]
50 Indiana Places Ranked as the Worst Public Schools in the State
Does your child's school district rank as one of the worst in Indiana?. It's back-to-school time now in Indiana. So that means that you will see and hear a lot about schools across the state. When it comes to where you send your children to school, it's important that you have your kids in a really good school system. Now, we have a lot of those scattered all throughout the state. I feel like my kids are in one of those now and they both are thriving making straight A's...which is something that I never did.
Madison Man Among Winners of Indiana Agriculture Photo Contest
INDIANAPOLIS – Lt. Governor Suzanne Crouch and Indiana State Department of Agriculture have announced the winners of the 2024 Indiana Agriculture Photo Contest. The winning photographs will be displayed in the lieutenant governor’s Family of Business offices in Indianapolis throughout the next year. Among the winners was Andrew...
The feasibility of coal-to-nuclear conversion
The Petersburg coal plant in Indiana was identified as the most feasible large U.S. plant to convert to nuclear power. Source: AES Indiana. Coal-fired power systems delivered 20% of energy generation in the U.S. in 2002 but did so at an environmental cost: These power stations were responsible for 55% of power sector carbon dioxide emissions during that year. Nuclear power can provide an equivalent power output while assuring zero carbon emissions. The feasibility of repowering coal plant sites with advanced nuclear power technologies, such as small modular reactors, was explored by University of Michigan researchers as a means of cleaning up this sector and simultaneously maintaining reliable electricity supplies.
Guns N’ Roses’ Axl Rose Photographed With Fans at Restaurant in Indiana
Guns N' Roses' Axl Rose was recently photographed with fans at a restaurant in his home state of Indiana. As seen in a photo shared on Facebook by a woman named Courtney Prilaman, the rocker paid a visit to the River View Restaurant Bar and Grill in the town of Logansport, which is less than an hour away from his hometown of Lafayette.
Keanu Reeves' Dogstar plays straightforward (read: unremarkable) set at Indiana State Fair
In the eight years I've lived in Indianapolis, only one artist has lured me to the Hoosier Lottery Free Stage at the Indiana State Fair: Keanu Reeves. Dogstar, the band for which Reeves is the bassist, kicked off their Summer Vacation Tour in Indianapolis Thursday night with an hour-and-a-half-long chock full of...
Indiana Attorney General files to dismiss challenge to state’s ‘intellectual diversity’ law
(INDIANA CAPITAL CHRONICLE) — The Office of the Indiana Attorney General this week argued a federal judge should dismiss a lawsuit led by university professors and the American Civil Liberties Union of Indiana challenging a state law requiring “intellectual diversity” in the classroom. The plaintiffs assert that Senate Enrolled Act 202 violates the First and Fourteenth Amendments […]
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