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Indiana State Police beefing up patrol for Thanksgiving travel
INDIANAPOLIS — The aim of the Indiana State Police this vacation season is to stop heartbreak for Indiana households as a result of reckless and intoxicated driving.
“The very last thing we need to do, particularly through the vacation interval, is knock on a household’s door relaying unhealthy data,” Sgt. Matt Ames mentioned.
State police are able to ramp up patrols to maintain the roads secure for Thanksgiving. Particularly from drunk drivers.
“That’s my trauma proper there, getting that decision in the midst of the evening,” mentioned Yolanda Coriano, the mom of Julian Tinoco.
Yolanda obtained that unnerving telephone name on December 10 that her son had died in a crash.
“Simply waking up feeling like you’re in a nightmare. Simply getting that, confusion of that, and realizing that that is actual,” Coriano mentioned.
Her son, Julian, was hit by a drunk driver only a mile from his dwelling.
“This is not meant to be this fashion. This was a 20-year-old youngster,” Coriano mentioned. “Had a complete life to stay. In school, doing the best factor. He was on his method dwelling. Driving previous that’s how I get to my dwelling a number of occasions a day.”
The ache she feels continues to be buried inside her day-after-day with out her son.
“Reflecting on Thanksgiving. As a result of main from Thanksgiving into understanding that this present day is coming. One other anniversary, one other yr that he is gone. One thing adjustments in a yr, and your coronary heart,” Coriano mentioned.
That is why Coriano mentioned efforts made by ISP to assist forestall reckless and impaired driving are so essential this time of yr.
“It is saying we all know that that is what’s on the market on the roads and that persons are doing,” Coriano mentioned.
“This enables our officers to be on the market patrolling, searching for intoxicated drivers, individuals driving aggressively, individuals that aren’t sporting seat belts and driving whereas distracted,” Ames mentioned.
Protected household journey operations start earlier than thanksgiving annually and run via New Yr’s Day.
This further enforcement is funded with grants from the Nationwide Freeway Visitors Security Administration (NHTSA) via the Indiana Felony Justice Institute (ICJI).
“ISP needs everybody to have Thanksgiving vacation interval, however we need to just be sure you are on the market doing it safely. Please assist us make the roadways secure for everybody,” Ames mentioned.
In Indiana, 932 individuals misplaced their lives on the highway final yr, a 4% improve from 2020. State police say of these fatalities, 12 occurred through the Thanksgiving vacation season.
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Caitlin Clark Sets Indiana Fever Franchise Record in Half a Season
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Caitlin Clark broke an Indiana Fever rookie record with half of the WNBA season still to go.
The No. 1 overall pick in the WNBA draft notched her 129th assist in a game against the Phoenix Mercury on Sunday, June 30. The helping hand came on a well-run pick-and-roll with center Aliyah Boston.
After Boston set a screen for a rapidly advancing Clark, the rising star found Boston as she peeled away and ran toward the basket. The end result was an easy layup for Boston and Clark’s new record.
Clark’s record is only within the Fever organization, and specifically for rookies, but she’s playing well enough to avoid needing any qualifiers. Her average of 6.6 assists per game is good for 4th-best in the entire league. She’s on pace to blow past the Fever’s all-time single-season assists record – 201, set just last year by Erica Wheeler – before the season is out.
Clark brought newfound attention to the WNBA after setting the NCAA record for points scored in basketball, men or women’s. She led her Iowa Hawkeyes to two straight NCAA championship games in 2023 and 2024, which they lost to the LSU Tigers and South Carolina Gamecocks, respectively.
At the first of those two championships, a seeming rivalry was born between Clark and her superstar counterpart on the Tigers: Angel Reese. While the pair have long denied that there’s any rivalry between them, games where Clark’s Fever play Reese’s Chicago Sky set ticket price and TV viewership records. Reese denied the rivalry in an interview in March.
“I don’t think people realize it’s not personal,” Reese said. “Once we get out between those lines, if I see you walking down the street, it’s like, ‘Hey, girl, what’s up? Let’s hang out.’ I think people just take it like we hate each other. Me and Caitlin Clark don’t hate each other. I want everybody to understand that.”
Clark agreed earlier this month, speaking during a post-game press conference.
“I’m pretty sure the only people that view this as a rivalry is all of you,” she said. “Like, to us it’s just a game of basketball.”
Reese set a rookie record on June 23 in a game against Clark when she recorded her eighth-straight double-double. She broke the single-season WNBA record for consecutive double-doubles on June 30 when she managed a 10th straight double-double. Prior to her 10-point, 16-rebound performance, she was tied with two-time WNBA MVP Candace Parker.
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Apparent fireworks malfunction leaves 7 injured, several homes damaged in Griffith, Indiana: police
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GRIFFITH, Ind. (WLS) — A fireworks incident left seven people injured and several houses and vehicles damaged in Northwest Indiana on Saturday night, police said.
Griffith police said officers were dispatched to the 900-block of North Arbogast Street at about 9:30 p.m.
It appears that a private fireworks show at home there had an accidental malfunction, injuring seven people and damaging four houses and 10 vehicles, police said.
Information about the ages and conditions of those injured was not immediately available.
Police are investigating the incident and asked anyone with information to contact them at 219-924-7503. Anonymous tips can be left by calling 219-922-3085.
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Pleasant air moves in
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INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — Many locations in central Indiana picked up beneficial rain with yesterday’s storms. Pleasant air will now move in following this system.
TODAY: Mostly sunny skies. Dew points will drop into the comfortable category by the afternoon. Winds will be sustained out of the north at 10 to 15 mph with gusts to 25 mph. High temperatures in the mid-70s.
TONIGHT: We will have our coolest morning since June 11. Mostly clear skies remain. Low temperatures in the low to mid-50s.
TOMORROW: Another refreshing day. The first day of July will feature plenty of sunshine with high temperatures in the mid to upper 70s.
8-DAY FORECAST: Our pleasant air is only temporary. Temperatures will build after Monday as a warm front crosses Indiana. This will also drive up our rain chances Wednesday to Friday with the frontal boundary stalling out in the Midwest. Unfortunately, the 4th of July will be included in these rain chances, but we should know more about the timing of rain as we get closer.
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