Safety tips for Fourth of July
The Fourth of July can be a fun holiday to celebrate with friends and family. Here are some tips to help you stay safe this week.
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The Fourth of July can be a fun holiday to celebrate with friends and family. Here are some tips to help you stay safe this week.
We set out for Terre Haute early in the morning. I had been up deep into the night writing, but I wasn’t tired — I was eager to visit the old comrade’s house. We stopped for a milkshake breakfast — I’ve been prescribed an ice cream diet after getting my wisdom-teeth removed — and then began the long drive south from Portage.
The City of Bloomington Utilities released its annual drinking water quality report June 28, detecting 13 contaminants during the year at levels within the Environmental Protection Agency’s standards. 70 contaminants were not detected throughout Bloomington’s drinking water.
The NTT IndyCar Series heads to the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course this weekend for the Honda Indy 200 at Mid-Ohio. Chip Ganassi Racing’s Alex Palou was victorious at Road America on June 18 before the Series went on break last weekend.
Trackhouse Racing’s Ross Chastain was victorious twice last season but had been winless so far this season entering the Ally 400 at Nashville Superspeedway Sunday. Chastain’s last victory was at Talladega Superspeedway on April 24, 2022. His first career win came on March 27, 2022.
Workers at the Bloomington Eastside Starbucks, located at Third Street and 46 Bypass, have filed a petition with the National Labor Relations Board to unionize with Starbucks Workers United, a collective of more than 315 U.S. Starbucks Partners across the country. Workers sent a letter to Starbucks CEO Laxman Narasimhan announcing their unionization Monday.
Bloomington City Council approved two ordinances with amendments Wednesday night that reach a compromise between the Bloomington Fire Department union and city administration. The council postponed a vote on the ordinances during their meeting last week to allow both parties to meet and come to an agreement on the proposed changes.
For the third time in the past four races, Chip Ganassi Racing’s Alex Palou was victorious, this time in the Sonsio Grand Prix at Road America on Sunday. The Spaniard returned to victory lane for the second consecutive race, albeit not in dominating fashion compared to Palou’s other wins.
Pixar’s latest film “Elemental” is a romantic comedy set in a city where all residents are either air, water, earth or fire. There are many scenes that left me, and a couple other families, confounded at our Friday morning showing at the movie theater. While the premise of the movie seems simple enough — and almost sounds like an attempt at self-parody for the animation studio that has built their legacy on tearjerkers about inanimate objects with feelings — it is dressed in an extended metaphor about xenophobia and interracial dating.
After not having a race last weekend, the NTT IndyCar Series returns to action on Father’s Day weekend at Road America. A busy Month of May was followed by the Chevrolet Grand Prix of Detroit on the new circuit in downtown Detroit, which Chip Ganassi Racing’s Alex Palou dominated to extend his lead in the championship standings.
On May 1, the Writers Guild of America (WGA) voted to enact a strike, which came into effect the next day. This vote followed weeks of failed attempts to negotiate a new film and scripted television contract with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP), including big name studios Netflix, Amazon, Apple, Disney, Discovery-Warner, NBC Universal, Paramount and Sony.
Bloomington city council met Wednesday to discuss two ordinances that would create new positions in several city departments and change compensation for some roles, specifically within the Bloomington Fire Department. The council voted to postpone decisions on Ordinances 23-12 and 23-13 following hours of contentious comments from Fire Chief Jason Moore and union president and representative for the Bloomington Metropolitan Professional Firefighters Local 586 Jordan Canada.
In 2022’s Toyota Save Mart 350 at Sonoma Raceway, Joe Gibbs Racing’s Martin Truex Jr. struggled mightily, finishing in 26th position at a track that he had won at three times previously in 2013, 2018 and 2019.
Brownsville in Violence Out is a group of civilians who stand over a two block stretch of the Brooklyn town several times a year for five days. All 911 calls from the area are channeled from the police to the civilians, who take the matter into their own hands.
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The Flaming Lips were joined by 81355 (BLESS) and MICHELLE June 10 on the Kirkwood Avenue mainstage for the final performance of 2023’s Granfalloon festival. Kirkwood was closed between Washington Street and Indiana Avenue for the festivities.
Coupling the weeks of preparation for the Indianapolis 500 alongside back-to-back race weekends, the NTT IndyCar Series is off this weekend, allowing teams and drivers to recoup prior to the Sonsio Grand Prix at Road America next Sunday, June 18.
Indiana baseball players Devin Taylor, Brayden Risedorph and Craig Yoho were named Freshman All-Americans by Collegiate Baseball Newspaper Wednesday. Now, in back-to-back seasons, the publication has awarded three Hoosiers with Freshman All-America honors. Brock Tibbitts, Carter Mathison and Josh Pyne were named last year.
Everything came together for Indiana women’s basketball in the 2021 NCAA Tournament.
The Indiana softball coaching staff was named ATEC/NFCA Midwest Regional Staff of the Year by the National Fastpitch Coaches Association on Thursday afternoon.