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Tipton County voters can hear from their Sheriff candidates
Submitted Tipton County voters will soon get to hear directly from sheriff candidates Matt Tebbe and Craig Henderson. The public is invited to attend at 6 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 30,...

Inclusive Trunk-or-Treat for special needs kids to take place in Fishers
Ascension St. Vincent Fishers and Peyton Manning Pediatric Therapies will hold a free Community Trunk-or-Treat for kids with special needs and their families on Saturday, Oct. 10, starting at noon...

Hamilton Heights alumni pack Arcadia for annual luncheon
Approximately 225 people attended the Hamilton Heights Alumni Association’s All-Schools Reunion luncheon on Saturday, Sept. 19. The silent auction brought in $1,155 during the luncheon, which goes toward the Alumni...

Carmel Christkindlmarkt investigation report released
Carmel Mayor Sue Finkam acted within her authority in replacing a majority of the Carmel Christkindlmarkt Inc. board in late 2024 but made inaccurate public statements when explaining why, according to a report by law firm Dentons Bingham Greenebaum. Finkam, however, claimed in a…

Spartz answers Ford: ‘I will clarify the facts’
U.S. Rep. Victoria Spartz has fired back at Democratic challenger J.D. Ford, telling him his allegations about her stock trades and campaign spending stem from an “inability to understand financial disclosure statements.” The Republican congresswoman’s letter, dated Sept. 22,…

Hamilton County marks interchange completion, awards contract for 146th Street and Hazel Dell Parkway interchange
Hamilton County officials are celebrating the completion of one infrastructure project while preparing for the next. County officials cut a ribbon Sept. 14 on the new 146th Street and Allisonville Road interchange, marking the completion of one of the county’s largest recent…

Indianapolis Children’s Choir involves audience in Zionsville performance
For 41 years, the Indianapolis Children’s Choir has performed for audiences and received applause in return. At the choir’s Sept. 27 show, that dynamic is going to change. “So many times when you do go to a performance, when you do go to a concert, you just sit there and you…

Fundraiser to support Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library program
Libraries across Hamilton County will celebrate American singer-songwriter Dolly Parton’s legacy by participating in the first-ever Give Like Dolly Day Sept. 25. The Dollywood Foundation created the worldwide effort to support Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library programs. In…

Indiana settles lawsuit with Anderson apartment owners for abandoning renters
The Indiana Attorney General’s Office has settled a 2024 lawsuit with the owners of two Anderson apartment complexes for abandoning tenants. IPR’s Thomas Ouellette reports. Bingham Square and Madison Square apartments fell into dangerous levels of disrepair after management left…

Podcast: HSE School Board candidate Anthony Wren makes school security his top priority
Anthony Wren, a Libertarian Party candidate for the Hamilton Southeastern School Board of Trustees in District 1, says school safety is the main reason he is running. He talks about it in the latest LarryInFishers.com podcast. Wren said news reports about guns in schools,…

Opinion: Principle of opinions
English is a tricky language. Words like “set” can be used in as many as eight different ways. We can set a coffee on the television set as we watch the US Open tennis set. When the vocabulary musters up distinct spellings, they often mimic each other in sound. We might say that…

Opinion: Performing under pressure
I get a lot of medical advice from readers — not great medical advice, just a great deal of it. Thanks, but no thanks. I have a good physician and a superior AI program. Marriage advice? Financial advice? Writing advice? Send it all my way, but, please, no medical advice. That…