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If 2025 seemed like a lot, IndyStar has receipts to prove yes, it was
2025 in Motion: Relive Hoosiers’ top moments of 2025 seconds at a time
From welcoming a new governor to cheering the Pacers’ near title run, 2025 delivered unforgettable moments and IndyStar was there.
What a year.
Who could have imagined at this time last year the Pacers going to the NBA finals or Indiana Republicans defying President Donald Trump?
Roundups of the year’s top stories are a longstanding tradition in newspapers — one created, no doubt, to fill print editions during a stretch when news tends to slow down.
But IndyStar’s review of the top stories of the year, written by city reporter Jordan Smith, tells you more than what you already know. Looking back at 12 months of news teases out patterns and themes that may not have been obvious in the moment.
The role of injuries in both the Pacers’ and Fever’s seasons.
The issues IndyStar and Mirror Indy have unearthed in Mayor Joe Hogsett’s administration.
The sweeping impact of Trump’s policies across communities: immigrants, poor people, federal employees, farmers, small businesses, educators.
The stories behind IndyStar’s 2025 coverage
When I read Jordan’s story, I also see the story behind the stories: IndyStar journalists’ hustle to bring you, our audience, the news you want and need to know.
The Statehouse team, anticipating a quiet fall without statewide elections, planned a weekly listening tour across Indiana before redistricting became both a national and state issue. Whoops. The on-again, off-again — but not special! — fall legislative session kept our politics team pirouetting more than a ballet troupe. They more than met Hoosiers’ moment in the national spotlight, though, with unprecedented live and near-live coverage via both written words and video.
The sports team makes it look easy to cover high school, college and professional sports year-round, but the Indy 500 and a Pacers playoff game at home on the same day? C’mon!
And the aggressive pivot on immigration by both Trump’s and Gov. Mike Braun’s administrations prompted the creation of a cross-newsroom team that covered the issue from Seymour to the “Speedway Slammer,” from farm fields to federal courts.
As Jordan mentions, IndyStar hired a reporter this year specifically to cover First Amendment issues, thanks to a grant from the Freedom Forum and Journalism Funding Partners. Freedom of speech and the press have a special place in journalists’ hearts, and it has been a joy to find that so many readers are also interested in reporter Cate Charron’s coverage.
What stories most resonated with you in 2025? Email me.
Hopefully, we’ll all have a few moments to catch our collective breath and reflect before we dive into 2026.
Cindi Andrews is senior news director at IndyStar. She can be reached at cindi.andrews@indystar.com.
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Elizabeth Gabriel, Mirror Indy
(MIRROR INDY) — The Garfield Park Conservatory will host multiple family-friendly events throughout June. The events include plant shows, kid’s story time and Dollar Menu Night, which allows residents to harvest and eat veggies from a community garden.
Events at the Garfield Park Conservatory, 2505 Conservatory Drive, range in price and some require advance registration.
The Indianapolis Bonsai Club will have displays and answer questions about a variety of bonsai. Vendors will have items for purchase.
🗓️ 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. June 6, 1-5 p.m. June 7
🎟️ $7 per person, $15 per family (maximum of two adults per family)
Preschoolers ages 2-5 can participate in nature-themed storytime and crafts.
🗓️ 10-11 a.m. June 9
🎟️ $6 per child
Residents of all ages can harvest and eat veggies from Blakes’ Garden. Advance registration is preferred.
🗓️ 6-7 p.m. June 10
🎟️ $1 per person
Focused on ages 2-8, participants will listen to a nature-themed story and explore Blakes’ Garden. Attendees will relocate to a classroom if there’s inclement weather.
🗓️ 10 a.m. June 12
🎟️ Free
Up to 15 neighbors ages 10 and up will learn to ferment kimchi. Registration is required.
🗓️ 1-2 p.m. June 13
🎟️ $15 per person
Kids ages 2-5 can plant and harvest crops in the Children’s Garden. Registration is required.
🗓️ 11 a.m. to noon June 24
🎟️ $6 per child
The Indiana Insectivores will display tropical and native Indiana predator plants. Plants will also be available for purchase. Those who attend the plant show will also have free entry to the Predatory Plants Presentation 1-2 p.m. June 27.
🗓️ 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. June 27, 1-5 p.m. June 28
🎟️ $7 per person, $15 per family (maximum of two adults per family)
Mirror Indy, a nonprofit newsroom, is funded through grants and donations from individuals, foundations and organizations.
Mirror Indy reporter Elizabeth Gabriel covers the south side of Marion County. Contact her at elizabeth.gabriel@mirrorindy.org. Follow her on X at @_elizabethgabs.
INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — The Community Love Fest 2026, an initiative happening over four days, will start on Wednesday at an Indianapolis church.
The STR8UP Mentoring Foundation, touted as an Indianapolis-based nonprofit to help at-risk urban youths, aims for the event to be a safe and productive start to summer for Indianapolis youth and families.
The kickoff rally will start at 7 p.m. Wednesday at Emmanuel Missionary Baptist Church, 4958 Ribble Road. That’s off East 30th Street west of its intersections with Massachusetts Avenue and Emerson Avenue.
A community cleanup day will begin at 5 p.m. Thursday at 3036 N. Sherman Drive, just north of East 30th Street.
A basketball tournament and a health and resource fair will begin at 10 a.m. Saturday and Sunday at Washington Park, 3130 E. 30th St.
STR8UP programs include educational partnerships that support students from kindergarten through young adulthood, and intramural sports to encourage teamwork and healthy competition.
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