Monthly Archives: January 2019

IMPD raises over $32,000 in the “We Are Tougher Than Cancer” Fall Fundraiser

January 3, 2019 | by Weekly View

INDIANAPOLIS — Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department officers raise $32,120.45 from over 700 donors during the “We Are Tougher Than Cancer” Fall fundraiser. Through the months of October and November IMPD officers who donated to the fundraiser were authorized by Chief Bryan Roach to grow a beard, wear a pink shirt … Read More

What’s Hot for 2019?

January 3, 2019 | by Linda Hamer Kennett

With 2018 filed away and a brand new year ahead of us, I thought it a good time to take a look at what will be trending for the next 12 months. While it will vary on who you ask, the majority of the experts in the field of collecting … Read More

100 Years Ago This Week: Jan. 4-10

January 3, 2019 | by Steven R. Barnett

From The Indianapolis Star, Thursday, January 9: “The city should provide, at a cost which would be within the reach of even the humblest, the best things in music, art, and drama. The [parks] department is coming to feel that there is incumbent upon the city a responsibility for public … Read More

World War I 100 Years Ago: Jan. 4-10

January 3, 2019 | by Steven R. Barnett

From The Indianapolis News, Friday, January 10: Patriotic decorations hung from buildings in downtown Indianapolis today as cheering thousands lined the parade route to welcome the first gallant sons of Indiana to return from France. The 2,780 soldiers of the 137th and 139th field artillery regiments received a tremendous ovation … Read More

A Christmas Card from the Indianapolis Clowns

January 3, 2019 | by Al Hunter

My wife and I have developed a Christmas time tradition of visiting Gatlinburg, Tennessee every December. We’ve been traveling to the area on and off for over 25 years. Back then the region retained an atmosphere where one could imagine Dolly Parton walking down the sidewalk but nowadays, one might … Read More