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This Spirit Halloween costume spoofing ‘SNL’ can’t be found in Indiana, but it’s hilarious

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October 2, 2024

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This Spirit Halloween costume spoofing ‘SNL’ can’t be found in Indiana, but it’s hilarious

The writers of “Saturday Night Live” may have picked a fight with the wrong Halloween-themed retail store.

Last weekend, SNL opened its 50th season featuring Maya Rudolph as Kamala Harris while introducing new cast members — including Emil Wakim, whose comedy career began in Bloomington. Other skits poked fun at the popularity of viral hippo Moo Deng.

But when SNL spoofed Spirit Halloween for its propensity to appear in place of recently closed businesses, the Halloween retailer clapped back soon after the clip was shared online.

The skit comes just in time for this year’s spooky season, which Spirit Halloween is widely known for, opening more than 20 stores around Indiana this year.

Spirit Halloween on ‘SNL’

The NBC show uploaded the clip to social media on Sunday.

“Communities are struggling. Closed stores. Shuttered businesses. Empty parking lots. When hard times hit, it’s easy to feel like no one cares. But help is on the way. Because when others leave, we show up,” says a voiceover opening the skit. “We don’t see a dead-end town, we don’t see an abandoned Kmart, we see a Spirit. A Spirit Halloween.”

“We’re here providing vulnerable communities with the things they need most — wigs that give you a rash, single-use fog machines and costumes of famous characters tweaked just enough to avoid a lawsuit,” jokes the spoof, which goes on to say Spirit stores invest not only in empty buildings, but also people, by creating “six-week jobs for some of America’s hardest-hit perverts.”

Ouch. Maybe SNL shouldn’t have picked a fight with a retailer who knows how to punch back?

Spirit Halloween responds to ‘SNL’ skit

How Spirit Halloween responded to ‘SNL’ commercial

“We’re great at raising things back from the dead @nbcsnl,” Spirit posted on X in response to “SNL.” Attached to the post is a doctored image of a Spirit Halloween costume package titled “Irrelevant 50-year-old TV show” and sporting an image of the “SNL 50 The Anniversary Season” logo.

Below the title is a list of the “costume” components, which include “dated references,” “unknown cast members” and “shrinking ratings.” Oh, and one size fits most adults.

The following is a list of currently announced Spirit Halloween stores in Indiana for 2024. It was retrieved from the retailer’s website on Wednesday, Oct. 2.

Former Rainbow Fashion.
1820 Applewood Center Drive
Anderson, IN 46013

Open now. Visit website for more details.

Value City Furniture
1230 U.S. Highway 31 North, Suite A
Greenwood, IN 46142

Open now. Visit website for store hours.

Former USA Party Supplies
7257 US Highway 31, Suite A
Indianapolis, IN 46227

Open now, visit website for store hours.

Former DSW
4635 East 82nd Street
Indianapolis, IN 46250

Open now. Visit website for store hours.

Next to Dicks Sporting Goods
6010 West 86th Street, 100
Indianapolis, IN 46278

Open now. Visit website for store hours.

Next to Majestic Foot Spa
2240 East Markland Avenue
Kokomo, IN 46901

Open now. Visit website for store hours.

Former Carsons
3501 North Granville Avenue
Muncie, IN 47303

Open now, visit website for store hours.

Next to Goodwill
16680 Mercantile Boulevard
Noblesville, IN 46060

Open now, visit website for store hours.

Former The Room Place
2575 East Main Street
Plainfield, IN 46168

Open now, visit website for store hours.

Former Macys
3401 South US Highway 41, A
Terre Haute, IN 47802

Open now. View website for store hours.

Spirit Halloween stores in Southern Indiana

Former CVS
510 South College Mall Road
Bloomington, IN 47401

Open now. View website for store hours.

Former Gordmans
945 E. Lewis and Clark Parkway
Clarksville, IN 47129

Open now. Visit website for store hours.

Former Tuesday Morning
217 N. Green River Road
Evansville, IN 47715

Open now. Visit website for store hours.

Spirit Halloween Stores in Northern Indiana

Former Pier One
4224 Coldwater Road
Fort Wayne, IN 46805

Open now. Visit website for store hours.

Across from Burlington
4220 West Jefferson Boulevard
Fort Wayne, IN 46804

Open now. Visit website for store hours.

Next to Citi Trends
2577 Maple Point Drive
Lafayette, IN 47905

Open now. Visit website for store hours.

Former Sears
2300 Southlake Mall
Merrillville, IN 46410

Open now. Visit website for store hours.

Former Sears
3901 Franklin Street
Michigan City, IN 46360

Open now, visit their website for store hours.

Former Sears
6501 Grape Road
Mishawaka, IN 46545

Open now, visit their website for store hours.

Former Salvage Furniture
815 Willowbrook Drive
Schererville, IN 46375

Open now, view website for store hours.

Next to Old Navy
1290 E. Ireland Road, C
South Bend, IN 46614

Open now. View website for store hours.

Former Justice
510 Porters Vale Boulevard, 140 and 160
Valparaiso, IN 46383

Open now. View website for store hours.

Find more Spirit Halloween locations and hours

Visit stores.spirithalloween.com to find more locations and check their hours.

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Suspect in custody after Muncie triple shooting leaves 1 woman dead, 2 men injured

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May 11, 2026

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Suspect in custody after Muncie triple shooting leaves 1 woman dead, 2 men injured

MUNCIE, Ind. (WISH) — Police are investigating a triple shooting that took place on Muncie’s south side Sunday evening that left a woman dead and two men injured.

According to police, at approximately 5:27 p.m., Muncie Police Officers were dispatched to the 2700 block of South Walnut Street in reference to reports of several people being shot.

Officers arrived and located three gunshot victims: A 23-year-old female who died from “multiple wounds,” a 39-year-old male who is hospitalized in stable condition, and a 40-year-old male who was airlifted to an Indianapolis hospital in critical condition.

Police say a suspect is in custody, a 21-year-old man.

Police did not provide any additional information.

Anyone with information is encouraged to call the Muncie Police Detective Division at 765-747-4867 or dispatch at 765-747-4838.

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Indiana Pacers exec apologizes to fans after losing first-round pick

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May 10, 2026

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Indiana Pacers exec apologizes to fans after losing first-round pick

The Indiana Pacers lost 63 games this season for a chance at a franchise-changing lottery pick. On Sunday, May 10, they lost that chance, too.

All Pacers president Kevin Pritchard could do was apologize for taking the risk.

Indiana’s pick landed at No. 5 in the 2026 NBA Draft Lottery, one spot outside the top four protections attached to a midseason trade. The selection now belongs to the Los Angeles Clippers .

Shortly after the results were announced, Pritchard took social media and apologized.

“I’m really sorry to all our fans,” Pritchard wrote. “I own taking this risk. Surprised it came up 5th after this year. I thought we were due some luck.”

The Pacers entered the lottery with a 52.1% chance of securing a top-four pick after finishing 19-63, the second-worst record in the NBA. It wasn’t enough.

Indiana sent Bennedict Mathurin, Isaiah Jackson, a 2028 second-round pick and a 2029 first-round pick to Los Angeles in the midseason deal for Ivica Zubac and Kobe Brown, along with the conditional 2026 first-rounder. The pick was theirs to keep only if it landed in the top four.

Zubac appeared in just five games for Indiana after the trade because of a fractured rib.

“This team deserved a starting center to compete with the best teams next year,” Pritchard wrote. “We have always been resillient.”

Pritchard will have to be resilient if he looks at the replies to his statement. About half of the Pacers fans’ comments were not happy, and fans of other teams called him out for “tanking.”

There were also a large number of fans who were supportive of Pritchard taking that risk.

Tyrese Haliburton is expected to return next season after tearing his Achilles in last year’s NBA Finals. The Pacers will have him Pascal Siakam and a roster they think is built to compete. They just won’t have that first-round pick to add to it.

The 2026 NBA Draft begins June 23 in Brooklyn.

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Why Caitlin Clark went back to Indiana Fever locker room in season opener

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May 10, 2026

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Why Caitlin Clark went back to Indiana Fever locker room in season opener

INDIANAPOLIS — Caitlin Clark has some new strategies to help keep her loose throughout games, and one garnered a lot of attention in the Indiana Fever’s season opener against the Dallas Wings.

Saturday was Clark’s first regular season WNBA game since July 2025, when she suffered a right groin injury against the Connecticut Sun. She was limited to just 13 games last season because of various injuries that compounded and lingered throughout the season, including to her left groin, right groin, left quad, and ankle.

Clark, who finished with 20 points, five rebounds and seven assists in 30 minutes, went back to the Fever’s tunnel twice throughout the 107-104 loss, and she said postgame it was just to get her back readjusted. It’s something new for the Fever star after she missed most of last season because of various injuries, but she didn’t report any major issues with her back.

“It gets out of line pretty quickly,” Clark said. “It’s just that, getting my back put back in place a little bit, but other than that, I feel great.”

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Clark also started wearing a heat therapy pad on her back as well when she’s on the bench, but that doesn’t automatically mean an injury, either. Former Fever player Natasha Howard wore one while sitting on the bench the entire 2025 season, and she did not miss a game.

These back issues, Fever coach Stephanie White said, shouldn’t keep her out of the game.

“We wouldn’t have played her 30 minutes if she wasn’t OK,” White said.

Clark’s response postgame came after ABC’s commentators reported in-game that trainers were working on Clark’s hip flexor and groin area — the same that kept her out of most of the 2025 season. When asked about ABC’s in-game report, White said: “That would be the first time I’ve heard that.”

Fever communications staff added that they did not provide an official update to ABC on why Clark left for the tunnel, so everything reported on the broadcast in-game was speculation.

“I think it’s just part of maintaining the body,” White added of the tunnel trips. “… I mean, look, when we’re all really young, we don’t learn proper mechanics, and then it doesn’t get exposed until something happens, and we’re trying to get her body mechanically the way it needs to go. This is gonna be an ongoing thing, and not just her. We’ve had multiple players who have gone back, and we don’t have a blue tent, right, but they’re gonna go back and get it adjusted and make sure that the body’s working.”

Chloe Peterson is the Indiana Fever beat reporter for IndyStar. Reach her at chloe.peterson@indystar.com or follow her on X at @chloepeterson67. Get IndyStar’s Indiana Fever and Caitlin Clark coverage sent directly to your inbox with our Caitlin Clark Fever newsletter. Subscribe to IndyStar TV: Fever for in-depth analysis, behind-the-scenes coverage and more.

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