Monthly Archives: October 2026

Salvage Corps

October 22, 2026 | by Steven R. Barnett

October is Fire Prevention Month in commemoration of the Great Chicago Fire that began on October 8, 1871, when Mrs. O’Leary’s cow, according to legend, kicked over a lantern that started a fire in the straw strewn about the barn that quickly consumed the structure. The blaze spread to other … Read More

Heartland Film Festival Announces Awards

October 22, 2026 | by Weekly View

INDIANAPOLIS The Awards Brunch for the 35th Heartland Film Festival was held on Sunday, Oct. 18. The festival awarded $80,000 in cash prizes to filmmakers, including $20,000 for the Narrative and Documentary Grand Prize-winning films. Since 1992, Heartland Film has presented $4 million in cash prizes – the largest total … Read More

The Villages of Indiana Receives $500,000 to Expand Youth Mental Health Services

October 22, 2026 | by Weekly View

INDIANAPOLIS – Indiana Youth Institute (IYI) has awarded The Villages of Indiana a grant totaling $500,000. The funding will help The Villages of Indiana strengthen programs serving young people in Indiana and build the organizational capacity needed to deepen its impact over the next several years. IYI made the grants … Read More

The Indianapolis Airport Ramada Inn Disaster

October 22, 2026 | by Al Hunter

I found an old 1960s Era brochure from the Indianapolis Airport Hotel. As I looked at the sparsely populated landscape that used to surround the old Indianapolis Municipal Airport and flipped through the folded pages containing great old interior views of the “modern” hotel, my mind automatically went back to … Read More

Fashion Fails

October 22, 2026 | by CJ Woods III

As I dressed for my singing date with the Harmony Collected community choir, I hesitated, briefly, as I buckled a black belt on my tan pants. I have been a fan of a “black and tan” beer — the layering of a stout beer over a pale ale — but … Read More