The Indianapolis Star announced its “newsroom of the future”, which involves 15% fewer journalists than the newsroom of the present.
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IHS to exhibit “Hoosiers Win the Pennant”
Guests of the Indiana Historical Society can get caught up in the fever of the Major League Baseball playoffs with Hoosiers Win the Pennant: Indiana Roots of American Baseball. The exhibition will be on display Sept. 9 through Nov. 15, 2014, at the Eugene and Marilyn Glick Indiana History Center.
2014 Indiana State Fair Day #14 Schedule
Today’s Highlights: Harness Racing, Family Day Midway Special, Kachunga & the Alligator, Red Gold Salsa Recipe Contest and The Temptations Review featuring Dennis Edwards on the Free Stage.
2014 Statehouse Market Week 13
The forecast calls for sun at Thursday’s Statehouse Market. This week Wildflower Ridge Honey debuts its’ first honeycomb chunk honey of the season and Tulip Tree Creamery returns to the market with two new cheeses. If you missed it last week, Van Antwerp Farm Market debuted their juicy cantaloupes, Wilson Farms brought Asian pears and Blitz Greenhouses premiered two more varieties of apples.
Program helps sites, districts attain landmarks status
Indiana Landmarks announces recent awards from its Partners in Preservation National Register Program (PIP) that will support nominating five Hoosier sites the National Register of Historic Places.
Public Meeting Regarding Construction on I-465 & I-65 South Side August 14
The Indiana Department of Transportation (INDOT) will hold a public information meeting regarding the interchange modification and reconstruction project at I-65 and I-465 on the southeast side of Indianapolis, Marion County on Thursday, August 14, 2014 at 5 p.m.
Negro League Baseball History event August 22nd
Baseball historian and famous author Phil S. Dixon of Belton, Missouri will highlight an event titled “The Kansas City Monarchs in our home town” Friday, August 22, 2014 at Martin University’s Gathertorium. The event, which starts at 10:00 am and is free and open to the public, will provide an intriguing look back at local Negro League Baseball in Indianapolis.
2014 Indiana State Fair Day #13 Schedule
Today’s Highlights
Old-fashioned Pancake Breakfast pres. by Indiana Farm Bureau for Indiana FFA ($3) — Main Street 7:30 a.m. to 9:30 a.m.
Farmers’ Day Parade — Hoosier Lottery Grandstand at 10 a.m.
Celebrity Milking Contest — Livestock Nursery at 11:30 a.m.
Family Day Midway Special with unlimited rides for $30 — Midway from Noon to 10 p.m.
Harness Racing — Hoosier Lottery Grandstand at 6p.m.
2014 Indiana State Fair Day #12 Schedule
Today’s Highlights
$2 Tuesday — $2 admission, food items, and midway rides
Giant Pumpkin Exhibit — Ag/Hort Bldg 9 a.m. to 9 p.m.
Ohio Percheron Breeders Stallion Futurity Show — Coliseum at 9:30 a.m.
Percheron Youth Decorating & Showmanship— Youth Arena at 11 a.m.
Happy Together Tour 2014 — Free Stage 7 to 9 p.m.
CBS in Indy moves to WTTV (Channel 4) in 2015
CBS Corporation and Tribune Broadcasting today announced a comprehensive, long-term agreement that renews their existing affiliation agreements and gives the nation’s #1 network a new home in the Indianapolis market on Tribune Broadcasting’s WTTV.
Under terms of the agreement, the CBS affiliate in the Indianapolis area will move from LIN Media’s WISH-TV (Channel 8) and begin broadcasting on WTTV (Channel 4) on Jan. 1, 2015.