Indiana
Indiana air quality at ‘unhealthy’ levels
INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — Experts across multiple fields have warned it might be months before wildfire smoke is no longer in the air, as the presence of smoke from Canada potentially affected some people’s health Thursday.
News 8 Chief Meteorologist Ashley Brown says Hoosiers can expect to be living with poor air quality for months.
“We’re going to deal with this this summer and off. We’ve dealt with this for most of June,” Brown said. “We’ve been in a drought, so the air is mainly dry for the most part and in dry air things just stick around for a little bit longer.”
Brown says the wind patterns and the high-pressure system are forcing the smokey air south.
“Today, we had winds at 25 mph. You had the Canadian wildfires bringing in exactly that air mass for us, so in areas to the north, South Bend, Fort Wayne, the air quality there is hazardous,” Brown said. “And the lower that you go you get down to Indianapolis you have an ‘unhealthy’ air quality.”
The National Lung Association says there are studies underway to determine the long-term effects of poor air quality, but experts do know air ranked as ‘unhealthy’ and shown in red on the map is dangerous for anyone to breathe.
“This problem we’re having with the wildfires affects the young, the elderly, and even healthy people,” said Angela Tin, the American Lung Association’s national senior director. “There’s a lot of particulates in the air from the fire, and in addition, there’s a lot of carcinogens and chemicals in the air.”
The Indianapolis Office of Sustainability issued a ‘Knozone Action Day’ for Tuesday and Wednesday, because of the poor air quality. The office urges Hoosiers to reduce contributions to ground-level ozone.
“Avoid using cars, or avoid mowing lawns,” said Lindsay Trameri, the Indianapolis Office of Sustainability Community engagement manager. “All of those activities can increase pollution and then also on days like this avoid campfires.”
Experts say, even inside, Hoosiers can take action to protect themselves: keep windows, doors, and vents closed, recirculate air, and use an air filter.
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Man killed in police-involved shooting identified in Northwest Indiana, officials say
ST. JOHN, Ind. (WLS) — A man who was killed in a police-involved shooting on Wednesday has been identified.
The shooting happened around 11:30 a.m. in the 14000 block of West 93rd Place in St. John, Indiana, the Lake County, Indiana Sheriff’s Department said.
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A St. John police officer had responded to a home at the location for a call of a domestic disturbance, the sheriff said.
After a physical altercation, shots were fired and a 40-year-old man was wounded, the sheriff said. The man, who neighbors say was barefoot and wearing pajamas, was taken to a hospital.
The Lake County coroner’s officer later identified the man as Brandon Perkins.
“Just intense. I mean, caught everybody off guard,” St. John resident George Jaksich said. “The neighbors were all freaked out.”
Residents in the Bramblewood subdivision who heard the gunfire said they watched as officers performed CPR on the man after the shooting.
“I looked out, and I see a guy falling backwards,” Jaksich said. “I see some cops on the west side of him… and yeah, then right away they kicked something away. It turns out those were dumbbells when I walked over there, but they were giving him CPR.”
Video from the scene showed a couple of hand weights sitting in the street, but it’s unclear if the man who was shot had those in his possession.
No further information about the shooting was immediately available.
The Lake County Sheriff’s Department Detective Bureau continues to investigate.
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Indiana basketball vs. Ohio State expert prediction, start time, TV channel for 1/17/25
‘Probably one of the ugliest games I’ve ever covered at Assembly Hall’
IndyStar IU Insider Zach Osterman tries to make sense of the Hoosiers’ blowout loss to Illinois at home.
Indiana basketball visits Ohio State on Friday, Jan. 17, 2025. This matchup offers the question: Is it better to keep losing by 2 points, or by 25?
The Hoosiers (13-5, 4-3 Big Ten) have been blown out two games in a row, prompting a rebellion among fans. Coach Mike Woodson and players are preaching patience, but IU is decidedly on the outside looking in for an NCAA Tournament bid. The Hoosiers could desperately use Malik Reneau (14.1 points, 5.9 rebounds, 1.3 steals), who has missed almost all of the last five games with a knee injury.
The Buckeyes (10-7, 2-4) have come painfully close to winning their last two games, falling by a basket to Oregon and Wisconsin. They beat Minnesota in double overtime before that. Bruce Thronton has been OSU’s driving force, averaging 16.7 points in conference play. Meechie Johnson, who started the first 10 games, has been on personal leave.
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Indiana basketball prediction, pick
Zach Osterman, IndyStar: Ohio State 79-69
Things have taken an ugly turn in the last week for the Hoosiers, who now need a good road result to rebound from consecutive thumpings at Iowa and against Illinois. Ohio State is a strange team, talented and well-rated by metrics but losers of a lot of close games. So much of this game feels like it will be defined by how Indiana manages Buckeyes point guard Bruce Thornton.
When does Indiana basketball play today?
8 p.m. ET Friday, Jan. 17, 2025, at the Schottenstein Center in Columbus, Ohio.
What channel is the IU basketball game on?
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Is Indiana basketball favored vs. Ohio State
ESPN’s matchup predictor gives Ohio State a 77.9% chance of winning.
Indiana basketball rankings vs. Illinois
Through Jan. 14
Indiana projected starting lineup
(with 2024-25 season averages)
Illinois projected starting lineup
- Bruce Thornton (17.4 points, 43.3% 3-pointers, 4.4 assists)
- Devin Royal (13.8 points, 7.4 rebounds)
- John Mobley Jr. (11.9 points, 43.0% 3-pointers)
- Micah Parrish (10.0 points, 4.5 rebounds)
- Sean Stewart (6.2 points, 6.3 rebounds)
Indiana basketball schedule
Jan. 11: Iowa 85, Indiana 60
Jan. 14: Illinois 94, Indiana 69
Fri., Jan. 17: at Ohio State, 8 p.m., Fox
Wed., Jan 22: at Northwestern, 7 p.m., BTN
Sun., Jan. 26: vs. Maryland, noon, CBS
Ohio State basketball schedule
Jan. 9: Oregon 73, Ohio State 71
Jan. 14: Wisconsin 70, Ohio State 68
Fri., Jan. 17: vs. Indiana, 8 p.m., Fox
Tues., Jan. 21: at Purdue, 7:30 p.m., Peacock
Mon., Jan. 27: vs. Iowa, 8 p.m, FS1
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Former Indiana basketball players say team doctor sexually abused them with unnecessary prostate exams
Three former members of the Indiana men’s basketball team have accused former team doctor Bradford Bomba Sr., 88, of sexually abusing them during their playing days.
Haris Mujezinovic and Charlie Miller originally filed a lawsuit against Bomba in October, and John Flowers joined the suit this week.
Flowers, who played for the Hoosiers in 1981 and 1982, said he was subject to at least two unnecessary prostate exams.
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Longtime trainer Tim Garl is now listed as a defendant, as Flowers said Garl was aware of Bomba’s “invasive, harassing, and demeaning digital rectal examinations.”
“After his first physical, Flowers’s teammates told him he had ‘passed’ Dr. Bomba, Sr.’s ‘test,’ and that he would not have to undergo a digital rectal examination again,” the lawsuit states, via CBS Sports. “Garl laughed at Flowers and his freshman teammates and made jokes at their expense regarding the digital rectal examinations they endured.”
The university officially declined comment but sent a statement from September that said the school was conducting its own independent review on the matter.
The players’ attorney, Kathleen Delaney, said Bomba may have sexually abused at least 100 male athletes during his time at the school. Neither Garl nor Bomba’s attorney responded to a request for comment.
Bomba pleaded the fifth during a deposition last month.
Mujezinovic and Miller, who played under coach Bobby Knight in the 1990s, also alleged that Bomba conducted prostate exams that were not necessary.
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“Dr. Bomba, Sr.’s routine sexual assaults were openly discussed by the Hoosier men’s basketball players in the locker room in the presence of IU employees, including assistant coaches, athletic trainers, and other Hoosier men’s basketball staff,” the lawsuit said, via NBC News.
“I’m standing up for all student-athletes who have suffered abuse,” Mujezinovic said in a statement. “I hope that more of our former teammates will speak out and share their stories publicly.”
“I will never understand why IU leadership did nothing to protect us from what I now understand was sexual abuse,” Miller said.
Added Flowers, “I am proud to stand up on behalf of my former teammates and other IU basketball players to seek justice for the sexual abuse we endured as members of the Hoosiers.”
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Bomba was employed by the university from 1962 to 1970, and again from 1979 until the late ’90s.
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