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 (Click the photo/tweet above to see full image.) Music lovers and a caring community bid farewell over the weekend to Jazz great David Baker. Baker served as a distinguished professor of music and Jazz Studies Department chair emeritus at Indiana University’s Jacobs School of Music. He died on March 26 at his home in Bloomington at the […]

Good day to you on this President’s Day. Today is the third Monday of February which is reserved for celebrating our presidents, past and present. Federal, county and city offices are closed to honor the President’s Day holiday. Expect no mail delivery. Most banks are closed and while Indianapolis Public Schools have the day off, […]

The Department of Justice has investigated the city of Ferguson, Missouri and their findings lead them to file suit seeking justice and a change from systemic ingrained behaviors against its own citizens. Click the link below to get caught up on the latest moves from U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch and the department she helms: […]

This is a film you’re sure to hear more about. It’s called, “The Birth of a Nation” and it’s the big winner at this year’s Sundance Film Festival. The Nat Turner slave rebellion drama swept the Grand Jury and Audience Award honors Saturday in Utah. It’s the fourth straight year that a film has swept the marquee […]

It’s still really cold here in Central Indiana–bitterly cold temps, in fact, around four degrees at some points–on this Wednesday morning. The cold is causing some area school officials to provide extra time for buses and parents to deliver students to school safely with several delays and a few closures in the outlying areas. Click HERE to […]

The bitter cold continues here in Central Indiana on Tuesday with fresh snow falling on top of the ice that was already present on city streets. These weather conditions combine for a messy, slick and potentially dangerous morning commute. Schools are making adjustments this morning to provide extra time for buses and parents to deliver […]

There are only three days remaining until an educational window closes for your kids for next year’s school year. The Indianapolis Public Schools Magnet/Choice lottery application deadline is this Friday, December 11. The school district offers more than 25 programs in 19 schools. Some of those programs include Montessori, Spanish Immersion Visual and Performing arts, Career Technology and […]

Food related illness can be scary at anytime, but when it happens at a holiday that’s synonymous with eating–like Thanksgiving–it really can throw a wrench into what’s on the planned holiday menu. So here’s an update on the latest E.coli outbreak that may have impacted your ‘Turkey Day’ appetizer tray. The E. coli outbreak linked […]

BMW is settling a federal lawsuit charging the company with racial bias in its use of background checks. The German auto manufacturer agreed Tuesday to pay $1.6 million and offer jobs to dozens of African-American applicants at its U.S. plant in Greer, South Carolina. This federal Equal Employment Opportunity Commission lawsuit alleges that the luxury car maker’s use […]

Indianapolis metro police are asking for your help identifying a suspect in a violent robbery that happened over the Labor Day holiday weekend. On Saturday, a man walked into Obadiah’s Smoke Shop on Georgetown Road on the city’s northwest side and hit the clerk several times in the face. He then, shot her in the leg when […]

Many of America’s school classrooms will be getting a much-needed assist in this new school year from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and website DonorsChoose.org. The Gates Foundation will be matching all donations received today–Friday, August 21–at DonorsChoose.org, up to $1 million.  Charles Best, the chief executive and founder of DonorsChoose, says America’s public schools […]

A fast food pitchman finds himself sandwiched between a criminal rock and an end of marriage hard place after his misdeeds left a string of minors victimized.  Check out this and other stories making news today below. Good day to you on this “Throwback Thursday.” Former Subway pitchman Jared Fogle has pleaded guilty to child […]