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Commission has oversight of both secondary and postsecondary career and technical education. As part of House Enrolled Act 1002, Indiana’s authority for both secondary and postsecondary Career and Technical Education (CTE) has joined the Indiana Commission for Higher Education as of July 1, 2023. CTE connects industry, workforce development and education through the development and…

In this new book, Indiana Cryptids: Mysterious Monsters in the Hoosier State, co-authors Les O’Dell and Mark A. Randall shine a light on twenty hidden creatures that are said to call Indiana home. Over the decades, there have been stories of strange lake and river monsters. Large, hairy creatures have been spotted roaming around farms,…

Mayor Chris Jensen, and his wife Noblesville Schools educator Julie Jensen, presented a check to Lucrezia Cornaro Piscopia elementary school in Cittadella, Italy this week on behalf of Hazel Dell Elementary’s student government. Hazel Dell students, staff and families raised $735 for the Italian school and the Jensens are visiting Cittadella as part of Noblesville’s…

The Times photo by Betsy Reason Hamilton County 4-H’ers joined in a Bicentennial Groundbreaking at the Hamilton County 4-H Fairgrounds in Noblesville Thursday morning with Hamilton County Commissioners Mark Heirbrandt, Christine Altman and Steve Dillinger, Hamilton County Council liaison Sue Maki, County Extension Director Susan L. Peterson and Hamilton County Extension Board president Jane Sipe.…

What makes Gary Reynolds smile? “Life. God is good. Everything is good,” said the 80-year-old Noblesville resident, who was recognized Thursday morning at the Bicentennial Groundbreaking of a new event center, The Silos at 37, to be constructed at the Hamilton County 4-H Fairgrounds, which will be renovated, expanded and modernized, the initial phase to…

On July 12, Evelyn Keever and her family rolled into Washington DC on their bikes after completing a 10-day, 335-mile ride from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The ride consisted of 150 miles on the Great Allegheny Passage rail trail that runs between Pittsburgh and Cumberland, Maryland, crossing the Eastern Continental Divide, and then 185 miles on the…

Ridhi Dondeti, Carmel, is one of 94 high school seniors selected to attend American Legion Auxiliary (ALA) Girls Nation July 22-29 in Washington, D.C. The weeklong program, founded in 1947, has provided exceptional civic education to thousands of students, teaching them about how the federal government works. Dondeti is one of two participants who will…

Sunrise/Sunset RISE: 6:34 a.m.SET: 9:13 p.m. High/Low Temperatures: HIGH: 80 °FLOW: 63 °F Today is… • Legal Drinking Age Day• National Junk Food Day• National Be Someone Day What Happened On This Day: • 2011 STS-135 lands. This space shuttle was the 135th and the last space shuttle flight of American Space Shuttle program.• 1983…

The Biden-Harris Administration has approved 804,000 borrowers for $39 billion in federal student loans for automatic discharge this summer. Eligible borrowers will not have to take any action to receive this income-driven repayment (IDR) forgiveness. In Indiana, 19,470 borrowers will receive $932.80 million in IDR forgiveness in the coming weeks. Below is a statement President…

U.S. Senators Todd Young (R-Ind.), Jacky Rosen (D-Nev.), Ted Budd (R-N.C.), and Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.) introduced bipartisan legislation to help small business owners integrate digital tools into their businesses. The Small Business Technological Advancement Act would clarify that small businesses can utilize the Small Business Administration’s (SBA) 7(a) loan program to finance technology that supports…