Monthly Archives: May 2020

Post Office Teams Up with Scholastic to Promote Letter Writing to Kids

May 14, 2020 | by Weekly View

INDIANAPOLIS — The U. S. Postal Service and educational publisher Scholastic have teamed up to rekindle that interest, and promote letter writing as a critical English language skill for U.S. schoolchildren. This is not their first collaboration to encourage children to communicate through the written word, but it is the … Read More

Hot-Cold-Hot-Cold

May 14, 2020 | by Ethel Winslow

Did your Virus Victory Garden get frostbitten on May 9? Freezing temperatures overnight in Central Indiana set a new record for lows, and many people who got plant fever during the warm days of early May are now trudging back to the stores to buy replacement flowers and vegetables. If … Read More

Feds Award over $10 Mil. to Expand COVID-19 Testing in Indiana

May 14, 2020 | by Weekly View

INDIANAPOLIS — The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), through the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), awarded $10,980,583 to 28 health centers in Indiana to expand COVID-19 testing. HRSA-funded health centers will use this funding to expand the range of testing and testing-related activities to best address … Read More

Colts 2020 Schedule

May 14, 2020 | by Steve Nicewanger

The Colts announced the 2020 schedule last week. The team will open their season at TIBB Stadium in Jacksonville against the Jaguars on Sept. 13 at 1 p.m. On Sept. 20 they are home at Lucas Oil against the Minnesota Vikings at 1 p.m. On the 27th they host the … Read More

100 Years Ago: May 15-21

May 14, 2020 | by Steven R. Barnett

From The Indianapolis News, Tuesday, May 11, 1920: Ten thousand children in forty-eight Indianapolis public schools are now receiving a mid-morning lunch of a half-pint of milk and two Graham crackers through the work of Indianapolis School Lunch Association. For children who can afford to pay, the lunch costs 4 … Read More