seeing a lot of "higher gas prices won't affect me because I don't drive very much" and unfortunately it is my sad duty to inform you that your food does not teleport to the grocery store
Here’s Jake Budler with Tomorrow Bookstore in Indianapolis talking about today’s book crawl. 📚
#IIBC
I am out at the Indy Indie Book Crawl and my gosh, THE CROWDS! I haven’t been to a single place that didn’t have a long line. Forget book worms. Book dragons are out in force today!
#TomorrowBookstore
#IndyIndieBookCrawl
#IIBC
"We started this war due to pressure from Israel," NCTC Director Joe Kent said in his resignation letter to President Donald Trump.
That was some crazy hail that hit my area near Indianapolis with tonight’s storm. This photo doesn’t do it justice but it felt like someone was throwing frozen peas against my roof and windows.
It remains unknown how effective age verification will help in preventing online grooming, which might have taken place in the recent death of an Indiana teenager who met the man accused with her disappearance, court documents state, on Discord. Read more on IndyStar.
Dwayne Clemons remains at large and authorities are using "all available resources in the ongoing investigation to take Clemons into custody," they said in a Facebook post.
UPDATE: At 9:52 a.m. Feb. 6, 2026, the Indiana State Police said the Amber alert in this case was canceled. The Starke County Sheriff's Office said the boy was found and is safe.
Please share. Police believe 2-year-old Saxon Clemons from North Judson, Indiana, is in "extreme danger."
Sir Ian McKellen performing a monologue from Shakespeare’s Sir Thomas More on the Stephen Colbert show. Never have I heard this monologue performed with such a keen sense of prescience. Nor have I ever been in this exact historical moment.TY Sir Ian, for reaching us once again.
#Pinks #ProudBlue
A screenshot of a story you can find on IndyStar.com with the headline, "Hogsett hasn't delivered a 'Disclose Indy' ethics portal. So we built one."
This is beautiful journalism. The mayor of Indianapolis failed on his promise to deliver a "one-stop shop" for public records such as ethics filings, campaign finance reports and city contracts. So journalists with IndyStar and @mirrorindy.org built their own.
A link is in comments. Just wow.
BREAKING: Another shooting involving federal law enforcement occurred Saturday, Jan. 24, in Minneapolis, Gov. Tim Walz said.
"Things could move on an express basis, skip the local stops and go direct to the main station. That's where President Trump wants to move it − at high speed," the president's Arctic commissioner said.
Our reporter got a front row seat to Roblox's newest safety features meant to enforce that only users within a similar age group can communicate with one another. But how accurate is the technology?
The Justice Department claims the release includes "untrue and sensationalist claims" against President Trump. Read the story at IndyStar here:
"Dear L. N.," a letter reportedly from Jeffrey Epstein began. "As you know by now, I have taken the 'short route' home. Good luck! We shared one thing … our love & caring for young ladies at the hope they'd reach their full potential. Our president shares our love of young, nubile girls. When a young beauty walked by he loved to 'grab snatch,' whereas we ended up snatching grub in the mess halls of the system. Life is unfair. Yours J. Epstein."
"As you know by now, I have taken the 'short route' home," a letter written by Jeffrey Epstein to disgraced USA Gymnastics doctor Larry Nassar begins. It continues later with, "Our president shares our love of young, nubile girls."
Read more on this story at IndyStar.com. A link is in the comments.
Indiana politics has been covered beautifully by IndyStar's political team. Trump's threats to state senators, the redistricting battle and its potential fallout, all of it examined in detail by the journalists found here in this starter pack. Want more? Check out IndyStar.com.
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My fave tip on this list - you can swim laps at the Olympic-standard pool at IU Indianapolis for just $3. Bring your own towel!
More resources here -
mirrorindy.org/indianapolis...
It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen, Charlie Brown.
For those who missed it last night, Indiana has another shot at seeing the northern lights.
Read more from IndyStar with a story linked in the comments.
It could take weeks for SNAP benefits to return as Indiana braces for cold weather. Thousands of Hoosiers might face a difficult decision: having groceries in their home, or heat.
Indiana's Energy Assistance Program can help cover part of their utilities.
Free story from IndyStar in the comments.
Detroit elects its first new mayor since 2013, when we were under both bankruptcy and emergency management.
via @freep.com :
www.freep.com/story/news/p...
Polls don't close until 9 p.m., but here's a gift link to the results page for the NYC mayoral election to bookmark to watch once they do. (No needle for this one.)
A photo shows officers patrolling the ground of Miami Correctional Facility, dubbed the "Speedway Slammer" in Indiana, which has become the latest ICE holding location.
A lot of taxpayer money is funding this facility in Indiana. A LOT. Here's what an IndyStar investigation uncovered. Story by Kristine Phillips, @bykristinep.bsky.social.
