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Hundreds Gather at Statehouse to Celebrate Retiring Justice Steven David
By Whitney Downard More than 200 people gathered Tuesday to commemorate the retirement of Indiana Supreme Court Justice Steven David, celebrating the justice’s sense of humor and service as the 106th justice on the state’s highest court. The crowd frequently broke out into laughter as judicial leaders recognized his achievements, including when David chimed in…
Read MoreNickel Plate Arts Features Artist Anthony Schillaci in September
Nickel Plate Arts will be featuring Anthony (Tony) Schillaci’s exhibit “Post Impressionism Realist” during the month of September. It will include many of his figure and portrait works. Mr. Schillaci became interested in drawing as a seventh grader with a sister who never stopped encouraging him. In the early 1970’s, as a war veteran he…
Read MoreRokita Defends Indiana Law Requiring Reporting of Abortion Complications
Attorney General Todd Rokita has won the dismissal of a lawsuit challenging an Indiana law requiring physicians, hospitals and abortion clinics to report 25 listed abortion complications to the Indiana Department of Health. “We are making strong and steady progress in protecting women’s health and safeguarding unborn children,” Rokita said. “Day by day, we are…
Read MoreBarry Ray Smith
April 12, 1948 – August 29, 2022 Barry Ray Smith, 74, of Noblesville, passed away on Monday, August 29, 2022 at Community Heart & Vascular Hospital in Indianapolis. He was born on April 12, 1948 to Arthur and Mary (Nance) Smith in Xenia, Ohio. Mr. Smith proudly served his country in the United States Army…
Read MoreDaily Almanac: Aug. 31, 2022
Sunrise/Sunset: RISE: 7:10 a.m. SET: 8:16 p.m. High/Low Temperatures: High: 83 °F Low: 60 °F Today is…: • Eat Outside Day • National Matchmaker Day • National Trail Mix Day What Happened On This Day: • 1864 Union forces led by General Sherman launch assault on Atlanta • 1962 Trinidad and Tobago becomes independent •…
Read MoreGive Back at the Kids Coats Ribfest Fundraiser This Sunday in Carmel
Join Hamilton County Kids Coats this Sunday from 7:30 a.m. to 10 p.m., in raising essential funding for Hamilton County Kids Coats, a 501(c)(3) organization that distributes coats and winter wear to families in need. They are collecting gently used and new collecting winter coats of all sizes, from infant to adult 5XL. The event…
Read MoreIndiana’s Special Legislative Session Cost Taxpayers $240K
By Casey Smith Indiana taxpayers were out close to a quarter of a million dollars for a special legislative session that saw the passage of a near-total ban all abortions in the state, as well as a deal providing wraparound social services and inflation relief. House and Senate officials provided the Indiana Capital Chronicle with…
Read MoreJet Ski Racers From Across the US to Make Splash at First Midwest National
Morse Lake in Noblesville will be the site of the Indiana Insurance Solutions Midwest National event for Jet Ski racing, Sept. 10-11. The event is the first of its kind hosted by Great Lakes Watercross and sanctioned by the International Jet Sports Boating Association. Two Wicked Promotions, Midwest race organizers, will support. As an open…
Read MoreSixth Annual Strut 2 Save Lives Set for Sept. 11 in Noblesville
Jill Nicolich was given a second chance at life in 1997 when she received a kidney donation from an organ donor in Philadelphia. “I was young and scared, just filled with so many emotions,” said Nicolich, a Noblesville resident and retired administrator for F.C. Tucker. “Everything with my transplant went very well. The kidney was…
Read MoreDaily Almanac: Aug. 30, 2022
Sunrise/Sunset: RISE: 7:09 a.m. SET: 8:18 p.m. High/Low Temperatures: High: 85 °F Low: 68 °F Today is…: • Frankenstein Day • National Beach Day • Touch-A-Heart Tuesday What Happened On This Day: • 1963 Telephone hotline between Washington DC and Moscow is established • 1967 Thurgood Marshall becomes the first African-American appointed to U.S. Supreme…
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