Partnership Prioritizes Firefighter Health And Cancer Screening I4n Fishers

Announced yesterday, Fishers Fire and Emergency Services, Community Health Network and GRAIL have united to address the increased risk of cancer in firefighters. The partnership will provide Fishers’ fire men and women access to the Galleri test, an early detection cancer screen. The groundbreaking blood test can detect a signal for over 50 types of…

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Will Democrats Gain Ground on Election Day?

If you were running for election in Hamilton County in the past, you had to run as a Republican if you wanted to get the votes. It used to be that way in Fishers and in Carmel, but no more. The tide is turning. For many years, Hamilton County has leaned conservative and is mostly…

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Daily Almanac: May 02, 2023

Sunrise/Sunset:RISE: 6:41 a.m.SET: 8:40 p.m. High/Low Temperatures:HIGH: 49 °FLOW: 40 °F Today is…:• Baby Day• National Concert Day• World Tuna Day What Happened On This Day:• 2011 Osama bin Laden is killed by a U.S. commando. Bin Laden was the founder of al-Qaeda, a militant group that claimed responsibility for a series of terrorist attacks…

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Tobacco Companies Continue To Pay Indiana Annually

Attorney General Todd Rokita continues Indiana’s battle to help Hoosiers stop smoking and decrease the number of youth smokers throughout the state by holding tobacco manufacturers accountable.  Last week Indiana received more than $136 million from tobacco product manufacturers under the Tobacco Master Settlement Agreement.   “The harmful effects of tobacco take the lives of thousands…

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Big Ten pits conference opener against Friday Night Lights

Once upon a time, Friday nights in the fall were set aside for students and alumni to gather at their high school’s football game. Bonfires, fish frys and post-game dances helped form lifelong memories for teen-agers. Like many good things, money comes along and spoils everything. Case in point, Wednesday’s announcement by the Big Ten…

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Don’t Bury The Hatchet

Recently in this column I admitted that the last thing I wanted to do was to attend Mary Ellen’s 50th college reunion. Now, I have my own reunion coming up. It’s a get-together of the folks who worked on my college newspaper, The Hatchet, in the late ’60s and early ’70s at The George Washington…

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