CINCINNATI, OH.–The Indianapolis Colts won their final preseason game over the Cincinnati Bengals Saturday afternoon at Paycor Stadium 41-14. Splitting time at quarterback for the Colts was Notre Dame graduate Riley Leonard and Kansas alum Jason Bean. Leonard completed 15 of 20 passes for 189 yards and a touchdown. That amounts to a quarterback rating […]

INDIANAPOLIS—The Indiana Fever lost to the team with the best record in the WNBA Friday night, the Minnesota Lynx, 95-90. The Lynx are now 29-7 while the Fever fell to 19-17. The Fever were without five key players, one of which was Caitlin Clark. They still managed to shoot 65% from three-point range in the […]

INDIANAPOLIS — Indiana University men’s basketball is set to play an exhibition game with Baylor at Gainbridge Fieldhouse in downtown Indianapolis on Sunday, October 26th. “Adding Baylor to our exhibition schedule was an important piece to our non-conference slate,” IU men’s basketball coach Darian DeVries said in a statement. “Baylor is always a talented, well-coached […]

STATEWIDE–Indiana Democratic State Representative Justin Moed says if Hoosier Republicans aren’t careful, redistricting could backfire them. As someone who has helped redraw maps earlier in his legislative career, Moed says the process is complicated and the demographics can always change. “You just don’t know where that can go. It might work for the first cycle, […]

BLOOMINGTON, Ind.–Indiana University Athletics and Merchants Bank announced a new partnership this week which includes a $50 million commitment over 20 years. As part of the agreement with IU Athletics and Learfield’s IU Sports Properties, Memorial Stadium’s playing surface has been renamed Merchants Bank Field at Memorial Stadium effective immediately. “We put a tremendous value […]

INDIANAPOLIS — Indiana’s Lt. Governor wants there to be a special session called so Indiana lawmakers can look at redistricting the state’s congressional maps. As a guest on WIBC’s Hammer and Nigel on Thursday, Republican Micah Beckwith said he was one of the first leaders in the state to call for a special session. “I […]

44th Annual FIESTA Indianapolis Canceled. Does La Plaza oppose the deportation of illegal immigrants? This seems like posturing, and we shouldn’t be engaged in posturing. Tony Katz:   La Plaza, an organization that I am not familiar with, it’s not going to host its 44th Fiesta Indianapolis celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month that was planned for […]

“Soda,” “pop,” “coke,” whatever you call it this sweet carbonated drink is Americana. And what’s more Americana then the queen of country music, Dolly Parton? Dolly Parton now has her own flavor of Coca-Cola. It’s called 40th Pop Fizz, and it’s to celebrate the 40th anniversary of Dollywood, which turns 40 next year. While you […]

INDIANAPOLIS–A former bail bondsman was convicted of sexually exploiting female inmates in Marion County on Thursday. Marion County Prosecutor Ryan Mears said Anthony Stout would leverage his position as a bail bondsman to exchange sexual acts for bonds. Stout is accused of coercing multiple women to perform sex acts on him in exchange for the […]

STATEWIDE — Temperatures have cooled down, and they’re expected to stay that way. Jason Puma, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Indianapolis, says a shot of cooler air is expected to stick around in Indiana. “On Friday, we’ll be looking for a high around 81,” Puma says. “Then on Saturday, we’ll be looking […]

INDIANAPOLIS–The first ever “Wrestepalooza” will be held at Gainbridge Fieldhouse in downtown Indianapolis September 20.  Wrestlepalooza will be the first premium live event streamed under the WWE’s new partnership with ESPN. It will be streamed on ESPN’s new direct-to-consumer platform. It will also stream internationally on Netflix. John Cena will take part and it will […]

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INDIANAPOLIS— The Metropolitan Development Commission, with an 8-1 vote on Wednesday, approved a rezoning request for a Google data center campus in Franklin Township. The rezoning proposal, backed by Google through Deep Meadow Ventures, aims to transform 486 acres of farmland into a data center campus. This decision now moves to the full City-County Council […]