Indiana
Indiana Fever clinch 2024 playoff spot
INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — The Indiana Fever are heading to the WNBA playoffs for the first time since 2016.
The Fever clinched their spot Tuesday night without even playing a game because the Atlanta Dream and Chicago Sky both lost.
The 2024 postseason will be the franchise’s 14th playoff appearance. The Fever reached the playoffs 12 consecutive times from 2005-2016 and made its first postseason appearance in 2002.
The Fever can now finish the regular season no worse than tied for the eighth and last playoff position, and the Fever hold the tiebreaker over both the Dream and the Sky.
The team posted on X “WE’RE IN. we have officially clinched a spot in the 2024 @WNBA playoffs.”
The WNBA postseason will begin on Sunday, September 22.
The league says the top eight teams regardless of conference will qualify for the playoffs and be seeded based on their record. The first playoff round follows a best-of-three format where the teams are seeded based on their regular-season record.
The Fever return home on Wednesday night to face the Los Angeles Sparks at 7 p.m. at Gainbridge Fieldhouse.
Caitlin Clark has another reason to celebrate. The Fever guard is the WNBA’s Eastern Conference Player of the Week for the second week in a row. Clark averaged 24 points, 9 assists, and five rebounds a game as the Fever went 4 and 0 last week.
For more information on the Indiana Fever and the 2024 WNBA Playoffs, the team says fans can go to FeverBasketball.com or text ‘Fever’ to 42576 for the latest updates.
KOSCIUSKO COUNTY, Ind. (WSBT) — It’s fair season and a new law uncorks adult beverage sales!
The new Indiana law will go into effect July 1st, making it legal to sell alcohol at county fairs.
The Kosciusko County Fair is set to kick off in just a few weeks and Indiana is officially allowing alcohol to be sold.
The law is bringing back something that’s not necessarily new to this fair.
Here’s what you need to know
The new law will go into effect on July 1st. It officially allows county fairs to apply for fee-free permits to sell alcohol.
Officials with the Kosciusko County Fair say they are participating this year. They are implementing the same guidelines they used when they sold alcohol just at grandstand events.
The difference now is, you can walk around the grounds with your drink. But strict guidelines will be in place for purchasing a drink.
“Actually, we’ve never had any issues. Because we card everybody, so we take that seriously. We also got the ID guides so we can identify the different types of IDs,” said Sheal Dirck, Treasurer of Kosciusko County Fair.
The Kosciusko County Fair already have guidelines in place, so this was an easy transition for the fair.
They will be the only vendors selling alcohol, which will make it easier to control distribution.
The sales will also bring in more revenue.
“Hopefully it allows to keep our ticket prices where they are because right now, insurance, utilities and everything else is going sky high and it’s hard to make ends meet,” said Dirck.
However, some fairs cannot participate because of the July 1st start date, like the Pulaski County Fair, which is going on right now. Pulaski County officials said it is on the agenda for next year. Whereas other fairs are choosing to sit this year out.
“We wanted not spend some time to, to see what that really means for us. It was not a decision we wanted to rush into. But we are happy for the option of it,” said Shelly Steury, GM of Elkhart County 4H Fairgrounds.
Leaders at the St. Joseph County and Elkhart County Fairs said neither of them are selling alcohol.
The Kosciusko County Fair is the only fair that will sell alcohol in our area this year.
Indiana
‘Foul play’ suspected in death investigation on Indiana-Ohio state line, Wayne County officials say
WAYNE COUNTY, Ind. (WISH) — Police are investigating the death of a person who died in the emergency department of Reid Health in Richmond.
Wayne County Coroner Brent Meadows was notified of the death Wednesday evening, according to a media release. Evidence has reportedly indicated that foul play is involved.
Officials believe the incident may have occurred in the area of the Petro Travel Center in New Paris, Ohio, just across the Indiana-Ohio state line.
The coroner’s office said the deceased person has been transported to the Miami Valley Regional Crime Laboratory in Dayton, Ohio, for a forensic autopsy and identification.
The office is still working the locate and identify the victim’s family.
This remains an active investigation.
News 8’s Michaela Springer contributed to this report.
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