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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 […]
2 women killed, another critically injured in East Garfield Park hit-and-run crash: Chicago police
A 32-year-old woman in critical condition is being treated at Stroger Hospital on Sunday afternoon.She is the only survivor from the vehicle she was traveling in when a hit-and-run driver crashed into her and her two companions on the city's West Side early Sunday morning. Both are now dead.ABC7 Chicago is now streaming 24/7. Click here to watchDebris from the two-vehicle crash remained all over the intersection at Kedzie and Walnut Sunday morning.Police said a white dodge SUV blew a stop sign and crashed into a green Buick sedan with Minnesota plates, which was carrying the three women, around 4:30 a.m.Police said the driver of the SUV left the vehicle behind and fled on foot, heading northbound on Kedzie. Investigators at CPD's Major Accidents unit are reviewing pod camera from the intersection and other evidence collected from the scene to try to identify the driver.The medical examiner has not yet identified the two women, 34 and 47 years old, who lost their lives.INTERACTIVE SAFETY TRACKER Track crime and safety in your neighborhood
Chicago Police Seek Help in Search for Missing Woman Cheryll Jackson
The Chicago community has been urged to help in the search for Cheryll Jackson, a 35-year-old woman reported missing since June 9, 2024. The Chicago Police Area One SVU released a bulletin describing Jackson as a Black female, 5 feet 10 inches tall, weighing 160 pounds, with brown eyes and brown hair. The police also provided details of her medium brown complexion and specified that her last known contact was on the date of her disappearance.
3-month-old baby among 2 injured in West Side shooting; prayer vigil Sunday evening
CHICAGO — A man and a three-month-old baby were critically injured after two people opened fire on their vehicle Saturday afternoon on the city’s West Side. According to Chicago police, the shooting unfolded just after 4:30 p.m. in the 3100 block of West 26th Street, in Little Village. Officers say the two victims, a 21-year-old […]
'Gen Z feels the Kamalove': Youth-led progressive groups hope Harris will energize young voters
CHICAGO (AP) — “ Brats for Harris.” “ We need a Kamalanomenon. ” “ Gen Z feels the Kamalove.” In the days since President Joe Biden exited the presidential race and endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris, Gen Z voters jumped to social media to share coconut tree and “brat summer” memes — reflecting a stark shift in tone for a generation that’s voiced feeling left behind by the Democratic Party. Youth-led progressive organizations have warned for months that Biden had a problem with young voters, pleading with the president to work more closely with them to refocus on the issues most important to younger generations or risk losing their votes. With Biden out of the race, many of these young leaders are now hoping Harris can overcome his faltering support among Gen Z and harness a new explosion of energy among young voters. Since last Sunday, statements have poured out from youth-led organizations across the country, including in Arizona, Wisconsin, Michigan, California, Minnesota, North Carolina and Pennsylvania, as leaders thanked Biden for stepping aside and celebrated the opportunity to organize around a new candidate. On Friday, a coalition of 17 youth-led groups endorsed Harris.
Review: Chicago Shakespeare’s Lord of the Rings, a Musical Tale—an Epic Fail
HicagoIt took J.R.R. Tolkien three books, 62 chapters and more than a half-million words to tell his legendary story of Frodo Baggins and the quest to save Middle Earth. Adapted for film, Peter Jackson told the same tale in just over nine and a quarter hours—not counting the DVD extras. Now it's a musical, currently playing at the Chicago Shakespeare Theatre, and despite the added singing and dancing, the saga comes in at just under three hours—a run time that I am sorry to say is simultaneously too long and too short.
Athletes compete at Girls Flag Football Jamboree ahead of 1st IHSA-sanctioned season for sport
Pure athleticism was on full display Saturday at Morgan Park High School.The excitement was palpable, not just for the fourth-annual Girls Flag Football Jamboree, but there was also a lot of anticipation for a big change this year for the sport.ABC7 Chicago is now streaming 24/7. Click here to watchThis fall will be the first state-sanctioned high school girls flag football season in Illinois."The biggest difference is you can't tackle, but it's still just as physical as football," Whitney Young High School coach Valerie Spann said. "You still have to run your routes. You have to play aggressive defense. This...
Chicago shootings: At least 13 shot, 2 fatally, in weekend gun violence across city, police say
At least 13 people shot have been shot, two fatally, in shootings across Chicago so far this weekend, police said.ABC7 Chicago is now streaming 24/7. Click here to watchA 14 year-old boy was critically wounded in a shooting Friday night in the city's Woodlawn neighborhood on the South Side, Chicago police said.Investigators said the shooting happened Friday night around 10:45 p.m. near 65th Street and Cottage Grove.The teen was walking through an alley when someone in a black Jeep fired shots, police said. The boy was hit in the abdomen and transported to Comers Children's Hospital in critical condition.No one...
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