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The summer of the underdog: why outsiders are the most compelling sights in sport | Natalie Tan

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention late Thursday warned consumers not to eat shredded iceberg lettuce from Taco Bell restaurants in Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio and West Virginia. Read more: www.ipm.org/news/2026-07...

Meet the author of Lost Treasures of Indiana at the Indy Reads Summer Author Expo in Indianapolis's Fountain Square neighborhood Saturday. www.eventbrite.com/e/author-exp...

Fever come back and hang on to escape with a 110-107 win over the Storm. Caitlin Clark finishes with a career-high: 45pts, 11/18 FGs, 6/10 3FGs, 17/19 FTs, and 10asts. Kelsey Mitchell scored 30. Next: Sat. v NY

Every Friday, volunteers at the Heart of the City Bike Ministry gather to rebuild donated bicycles for people in need — a tradition that spans more than a decade. >>> https://www.21alivenews.com/2026/07/17/fort-wayne-bike-ministry-rebuilds-donated-bikes-lives-every-friday/ 

Jelly Roll and his crew played basketball for two hours at the Hammond SportsPlex and patronized several local businesses, including a tattoo shop, a restaurant and a barber shop.

Some columns are more personal than others – like this one about John Wheeler, a young man I met last year. John led Indiana at the 2026 Special Olympics USA Games. How did it go? It’s in the column, one text at a time. So is a picture of our first meeting. It's open www.indystar.com/story/sports...

Super Shot, Inc. to host back-to-school ‘START SMART!’ vaccine events READ: https://www.21alivenews.com/2026/07/16/super-shot-inc-host-back-to-school-start-smart-vaccine-events/

📰 Morning news roundup from around Indiana. This one is from The Statehouse File: UNCERTAIN FUTURE: New Carlisle offers lessons to other communities as data centers arrive indianacitizen.org/uncertain-fu... #hoosiersky #datacenters #development #ai

The Indiana Department of Environmental Management has updated today's Air Quality Action Day forecast to place levels of fine particulate matter in the very unhealthy range across northern Indiana. www.journalgazette.net/local/indian...

The eastern Ohio city of Steubenville accepted a $1.1 million bid to lease 157 acres of its own land for fracking at Tuesday’s city council meeting. This is the first time Save Ohio Parks has heard of an Ohio city seeking bids to frack its own public land. ohiocapitaljournal.com/2026/07/17/s...

Indiana purchases pricey hospitality suite for historic DC race. The Indiana Economic Development Corp. has entered into a contract for a suite with the D.C. Grand Prix, at a maximum cost of $250,000.

Today’s view: #wildfires

Nature vs. nitwits. andonethingmore.blogspot.com/2026/07/blov...

Miami Nation to transform reclaimed land along Fort Wayne’s St. Mary’s River into community trails, park READ: https://www.21alivenews.com/2026/07/16/miami-nation-transform-reclaimed-land-along-fort-waynes-st-marys-river-into-community-trails-park/

Micah Beckwith has a talent for making headlines, engaging in fights on social media and stirring up outrage. When it comes to changing policy? Not so much. Sen. Gary Byrne isn’t always in the news, but he has a talent for... indianacitizen.org/art-of-the-p... #hoosiersky #christiannationalism

True in the 1960s and true today: “The work is divided into two classes of people. Journalists and Fact Suppressors. It's a 24-hour-a-day job of the former to extract information from the latter in what seems to be a never-ending wrestling match." Malcolm W. Browne

“Freedom of the press is not just important to democracy, it is democracy.” Walter Cronkite, who died on this day in 2009

Thousands made their way to the small town of Knox to get a look at Big Boy as it rolled through Indiana on its way west.

Food truck removed from Statehouse Market over slogan; could have free speech implications

Air quality in #Indiana today #HoosierSky www.airnow.gov

Cyclospora Linked to Taylor Farms Lettuce Sent to Taco Bell. Gift link: nyti.ms/4vGiNCl

For those of you into making DIY air purifiers using low-cost and recycled parts, we made a free P-Q tester for PC Fans using @phyphox.org on your phone and a 3D printed box. Learn about it here: github.com/opennukit/Nu... Test it here: filterboxbuilder.com/fangauge/ Great STEM-Ed project also😊

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced July 13 that he and acting Attorney General Todd Blanche have created a joint task force to pursue and prosecute those leaking to the news media.

The New York Times files a motion to quash subpoenas that the Justice Department served on journalists who reported on security concerns involving the new, Qatari-gifted Air Force One, teeing up a significant court fight over press freedom.

The average rate on a 30-year mortgage climbed to 6.55%, the highest level in nearly a year, Freddie Mac says.

All of the Midwest is blanketed in a smoky, dystopian hellscape like it's East Chicago's smokestack-filled Indiana Harbor neighborhood in the 1970s. nwitimes.com/news/local/a...

An Inquirer staffer’s interview notes came into the possession of the New Jersey Attorney General’s Office during an investigation that led to the high-profile, and recently abandoned, racketeering indictment against South Jersey power broker George E. Norcross III.

For several weeks this summer, the Gary Arts Council created a roller rink for the community, sparking nostalgia for many who remember skating’s significance in the city. https://bit.ly/4w3qFyN

Current* conditions near South Haven, MI:

Haze from Canadian fires obscures the view of the skyline looking down Woodward Avenue on July 15, 2026 in Detroit, as well as other parts of southeast Michigan.

Two out-of-state donors give very big to Beshear super PAC From Tom Loftus kentuckylantern.com/2026/07/16/t...

Former GOP Indianapolis Mayor Greg Ballard, now an independent candidate for Indiana secretary of state, led the field in springtime fundraising, but Democrat Beau Bayh has more cash on hand. @indianacapitalchronicle.com Read more: www.ipm.org/news/2026-07...

Parkview Health is taking precautionary measures with its food offerings as cyclosporiasis cases continue to be reported across Indiana, with 200+ cases reported statewide.

Click the link below to see who Purdue and Butler will play in the fifth annual Indy Classic. The games are set for Saturday, December 19. https://tinyurl.com/ykn5mff2 

After Monday's exhibition win, Darian DeVries made it clear how, like his team itself, this summer's trip would look different from a year ago. Insider: www.indystar.com/story/sports... #iubb

L3Harris continues to build momentum in Fort Wayne with $955 million Space Force contract READ: https://www.21alivenews.com/2026/07/15/l3harris-continues-build-momentum-fort-wayne-with-955-million-space-force-contract/

Some lunchtime news for IPS watchers: We now know the names of 6 candidates being considered to lead the new Indianapolis Public Education Corp. (That’s the new group that will oversee buildings and transportation for IPS and charter schools in the future) Here’s a look:

FIRST ALERT DAY ISSUED THURSDAY Air quality in 21Country is forecast to reach very unhealthy levels on Thursday thanks to wildfire smoke. How long will the smoke linger? >> https://www.21alivenews.com/2026/07/16/idem-air-quality-action-day-updated-thursday-issued-friday-northern-indiana/ 

Today in retirement: Attended a presentation by Gen. George Washington. I asked Gen. Washington for his thoughts on today’s historic wave of book banning. His response, “One of the lesser-known benefits of the 1st Amendment freedom of speech is it helps you know who the idiots are.”

As more of you are using the hashtag #HoosierSky, I thought a link to the Hoosier Sky feed by @dianeshanef.bsky.social might be helpful. #Indiana bsky.app/profile/did:...

Photos of the NSA's 1.5 million square foot Utah Data Center ("The Bumblehive") in Bluffdale. "Designed to support the Intelligence Community's efforts to monitor, strengthen and protect the nation", it has a reported capacity of 3–12 exabytes (3–12 billion GB). daviss.org/sets/nsa-uta...

Arizona freelance photographers reject new Wall Street Journal contract, say the contract would make their work vulnerable to use in AI training www.azpm.org/p/headlines/...

Views in every direction from the 86th floor of the Empire State Building as wildfire smoke from Canada invades New York City, Wednesday evening. #newyork #newyorkcity #nyc #smoke #wildfires

Realized I didn't put this out. On the Pacers' Summer League loss on Wednesday in which the whole Jalen Slawson Summer League Experience was on display: www.indystar.com/story/sports...

Snider High School’s football team will no longer have to travel to play its home games this season. >>> https://www.21alivenews.com/2026/07/15/snider-high-school-gearing-up-host-first-home-game-new-stadium/ 

The preliminary reading of 600.1 from Wednesday morning is the highest hourly fine particle concentrations from wildfire smoke measured by monitors in Minnesota since 2014, according to the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency.