INDIANAPOLIS–Indianapolis Public Schools (IPS) released their COVID-19 safety plan for the 2021-2022 school year on Tuesday night. Unvaccinated students will be required to wear face masks. IPS is also recommending students and staff wear masks while indoors, but vaccinated students and staff can opt-out of wearing a mask by voluntarily providing proof of their vaccination. […]
TOKYO — The Tokyo Olympics opening ceremony is set for Friday and we now know who will serve as flag bearers for the U.S. delegation. Veteran women’s basketball star Sue Bird of the Seattle Storm and Major League Baseball infielder Eddy Alvarez are set to carry the flag for the United States. Both are familiar with […]
INDIANAPOLIS — Indiana Donor Network is celebrating a milestone. In the first six months of this year, more than 500 people have received an organ transplant from a Hoosier. “That’s all transplants that we have facilitated from Indiana organ donors,” says Indiana Donor Network President/CEO Kellie Tremain. “500 people have gotten a transplant from Hoosier […]
(CNN) — Jeff Bezos, the world’s richest man, went to space and back Tuesday morning on an 11-minute, supersonic joy ride aboard the rocket and capsule system developed by his space company, Blue Origin. Riding alongside the multibillionaire were Bezos’ brother, Mark Bezos; Wally Funk, an 82-year-old pilot and one of the “Mercury 13” women who trained to […]
OTTAWA —Â Fully vaccinated Americans will be allowed to visit Canada in just a few weeks. The Canadian government says Americans who have gotten their coronavirus vaccine can skip the two-week quarantine and enter the country beginning Monday, August 9. The quarantine exemption applies to U.S. citizens and permanent residents who have received their shots. The […]
STATEWIDE–Indiana State Police are putting an emphasis on making sure drivers obey Indiana’s Move Over / Slow Down law this week. This is what police are calling a “Six-State Trooper Project.” It is comprised of state police agencies from Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia. This project runs until Saturday, July 24. Back […]
INDIANAPOLIS— Dr. Jerome Adams, former U.S. surgeon general and WISH-TV’s medical expert, started a national conversation this weekend when he said he and Dr. Anthony Fauci had been wrong last year when they initially advised against masks and that he worries federal health leaders could be making the wrong move now, too, as cases grow […]
INDIANAPOLISÂ — Families of children who attend Indianapolis Public Schools are invited to Monday’s IPS Back to School Festival. The festival will be held at the Children’s Museum Polar Bear Parking Lot, located on Illinois St. just north of 32nd St. The event will run from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. and from 4 p.m. to […]
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INDIANAPOLISÂ — The Indiana Department of Health will offer free health screenings and free COVID shots during the 35th Indiana Black & Minority Health Fair at the Indiana Convention Center. The health fair will run from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Friday and Saturday and from noon to 6 p.m. Sunday in Halls I, J, and […]
