The NBA announced winners for the Team Partnership Awards for the 2023-24 season last week, and the Indiana Pacers took home the NBA Changemaker of the Year Award.

The honor is designed to reward the team that had a “partnership that drives innovation and advancesteam business priorities through non-traditional platforms, technology, and/or community

initiatives.” The Pacers were the winners thanks to their new partnership with Spokenote.

The franchise put QR codes on their uniforms in a first-of-its kind jersey patch. Indiana was the first major sports team to do something like that.

“The Pacers were recognized for their first-of-its-kind collaboration with Spokenote to enhance

the fan experience through new technology. Leveraging Spokenote’s platform, the Pacers

transformed the jersey patch into a fan engagement tool – fans that scan the patch receive access

to exclusive, never-before-seen Pacers content throughout the season,” a press release about the honor reads.

“We work hard to create unforgettable experiences and engage with our fans in meaningful ways, and Spokenote’s unique technology offered us a fresh opportunity to do exactly that. Earning the2024 NBA Changemaker of the Year Award for this partnership is a great validation of our fan-centric approach, and we’re proud to share it with one of the state’s most visionary tech companies,” said
Pacers Sports & Entertainment President and Chief Commercial Officer Todd Taylor.

More on the Pacers partnership with Spokenote can be found here.

FISHERS, Ind. (WISH) — An infant was surrendered at a Safe Haven Baby Box in Fishers, according to a Facebook post made Monday.

The infant was surrendered at Station 397, located at 15109 E. 136th St.

Under Indiana’s Safe Surrender Law, caregivers can anonymously surrender an infant 30 days old or younger without facing prosecution.

Infants can be surrendered at fire departments, hospitals, emergency services stations or inside of Indiana’s 130 Safe Haven Baby Boxes.

Upon receiving the infant, firefighters provided necessary medical care. The infant is now under the care of Indiana Children and Family Services, according to the Fishers Fire Department.

For more information, visit Indiana Department of Child Services.

Facebook post including details of infant surrendered at Station 397. (provided by Fishers Fire Department)

INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — Feels like temperatures will flirt with 100° this afternoon.

This morning:

Severe weather has moved out of the area. We’re keeping an eye out for a few isolated storms here early this morning, as well as some patchy, dense fog in some spots. Any fog issues should dissipate by midmorning.

Tuesday:

The daytime hours look to be dry, hot, and humid, with partly cloudy skies and highs around 90°. High humidity will send our heat indices around 100°. Southwestern portions of the state could have an isolated storm after 3 or 4:00 this afternoon.

Tuesday night:

Another line of storms will roll in late tonight into the overnight hours. The zone for the strongest storms appears to be southwest of Indianapolis, where there is a slight risk of severe weather. All modes of severe weather are in play southwest of Indianapolis for the overnight hours.

Overnight lows will fall to the lower 70s.

Wednesday:

We’ll see another round of scattered showers and thunderstorms during the daytime hours on Wednesday. There is a low-end threat for some strong to severe storms, with damaging winds being the primary concern.

Meanwhile, heat indices will likely flirt with 100° again during the afternoon.

Thursday:

Thursday will be another hot and humid day, with highs into the lower 90s and heat indices between 100 and 105°. There will also be some scattered thunderstorm chances throughout the day.

7 day forecast:

We’ll start to cool things down at the end of the week and into the weekend. Scattered rain chances look to continue for Friday, especially into the afternoon and evening. Severe weather is not likely, at least in central Indiana, as that threat will shift eastward for Friday. High temperatures will top out into the middle 80s. Just a slight chance for a few showers on Saturday morning; otherwise, much of the weekend should be dry and less humid, with highs into the mid-80s.