INDIANAPOLIS — Free flu shots will be available for the first 500 people who visit the Children’s Museum of Indianapolis during $5 First Thursday Night. The shots will be available from 4 p.m. until 8 p.m. Admission to the museum is just $5. Children under two are free. Medical professionals from Riley Children’s Health will administer […]
MOORESVILLE, Ind. — Morgan County’s first Safe Haven Baby Box will be available to the public beginning Tuesday. The box is located at the Mooresville Fire Station at 415 East State Road 144 in Mooresville. It is the 39th Safe Haven Baby Box installed nationwide. Fundraising efforts for the baby box were led by Mooresville Town […]
INDIANAPOLIS — There were 880 new cases of COVID-19 and six additional deaths reported on Sunday, says the State Department of Health. The new COVID-19 cases are from between Aug. 27 and Aug. 29 while the newly reported deaths are from between Aug. 27 and Aug. 29. In total, there are 93,313 COVID-19 cases and […]
That brings the total to almost 92,500 people known to have the virus in Indiana.
(INDIANAPOLIS) — The agency which oversees Eskenazi Health is defending its performance before a City-Council Committee. Health and Hospital Corporation CEO Matt Gutwein hasn’t given a reason for the resignation he announced on Monday. But he announced his September 30 exit three weeks after the Indianapolis Star revealed a secret settlement with American Senior Communities, […]
(BLOOMINGTON, Ind.) — Six fraternities and two sororities at IU have been ordered into quarantine after what the university calls an “alarming” increase in coronavirus infections. The eight Greek houses have been ordered to suspend all in-person activities except meals and housing for 18 days. IU tested all its students when they arrived on campus, […]
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (WISH) — Indiana University officials have ordered members who live in eight different Greek houses to quarantine after they say there has been an “alarming increase of positive (COVID-19) tests.” In a press release sent to News 8, IU said it’s COVID-19 mitigation testing has found an increase in cases within Greek, Evans […]
(BLOOMINGTON, Ind.) — Indiana University has earmarked a million-dollar emergency fund to help minority students cope with the financial and emotional strain of the coronavirus. Associate vice president Lemuel Watson says the pandemic lockdowns have been stressful for everyone, but the virus has hit minorities especially hard. Adding the racial tension since the death of […]
(INDIANAPOLIS) — Even without an expansion of mail-in voting, Indiana is expecting a record-breaking number of absentee ballots in November. Indiana is one of six states which will not allow all registered voters to vote by mail this year. Universal mail-in balloting is already a standard option in 34 states, and 10 more are adopting […]
BLOOMINGTON, Ind.– Of the nearly 30,000 IU students tested for the coronavirus this month, the administration says about 300 have tested positive. That means approximately 99% of IU students do not have coronavirus. On Tuesday, the administration said it’s tested about 89% of its 40,000 students on the Bloomington, Indianapolis, South Bend, and New Albany […]
