The Indianapolis Colts have signed former Green Bay Packers offensive tackle Luke Tenuta to a reserve/future contract.

Tenuta spent some time with the Colts’ active roster in 2022 (Weeks 1-5), as well as with the Packers for three games. In 2024, he spent the campaign with the practice squad of the Arizona Cardinals. The 6’8″ tackle will look to make an impact on Indy’s depth chart.

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While Bernhard Raimann is a secure name for the left tackle spot, Braden Smith’s future on the right is up in the air. Indianapolis has Blake Freeland and Matt Goncalves backing up both starters at the tackle positions, but depth never hurts.

Whether or not Tanuka will make an impact is to be decided, but it’s good to see the Colts are taking depth on the offensive line seriously. During the 2024 campaign, Goncalves saw 230 snaps at left and 333 at right tackle, so this is a key signing despite not looking that way on paper given injuries are a 100% rate in the NFL.

Indianapolis’ roster needs far more ahead of a 2025 offseason that sees the franchise at a crossroads in year nine of general manager Chris Ballard. Indy has to have the goal of ‘playoffs or bust’ for 2025, and it starts by adding talent to a roster that might look different once the regular season begins.

We’ll see what happens as Indianapolis continues to work toward a better result than 2024’s mediocre 8-9 finish.

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As a taxpaying citizen of Indiana, I am outraged to read in IndyStar that House Roads and Transportation Chair Jim Pressel wants Marion County to address our potholes and maintain the county’s nearly 8,500 lane miles of roads by allowing us to raise taxes to meet funding needs.

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Pressel and his fellow rural Republican legislators support a lane-mile funding formula that gives as much money to a one-lane county road as to six lanes for a street such as Keystone Avenue. Our county receives about half the lane-mile funding as most other counties. We also get 11 cents per every dollar our taxpayers generate for the state’s Community Crossings program, while other counties receive $1. Pressel says, “I’m trying to help them help themselves.” He rounds out his subterfuge by saying, “They know they have a problem.”

Yes, we know we have a problem: It’s the Republican-dominated state government with its anti-Indianapolis bias. Don’t they notice the discrepancy when they are in town spending their $196 per-diem staying at our hotels or eating at our restaurants courtesy of corporate lobbyists? Why wouldn’t they want their state’s capital city to thrive and serve as a magnet to attract businesses and new residents to Indiana? Instead, they spend their time trying to dismantle our public school system, put roadblocks in the way of efficient public transportation, prevent us from banning right turns on red, and take our money to prop up their backwoods towns.

When the legislative session is over and Pressel is driving back to Rolling Prairie, let’s hope his mega truck doesn’t hit a pothole, bend a rim and destroy a tire when he hits a pothole within our city limits.

Michael Nolan lives in Indianapolis.

 INDIANAPOLIS — WRTV’s StormTeam is forecasting frigid temperatures that hit rock bottom Wednesday morning.

“Once we get to the single digit marks and certainly below freezing, there is a danger to folks who are exposed to the elements for a long period of time,” Indianapolis EMS Chief Dan O’Donnell said.

Health officials are urging people to take precautions if they must be outside this week.

“I usually recommend layering, trying to wear multiple layers as much as I can,” Dr. Zachary Lundy, from Franciscan Physician Network CityWay Family Medicine, said.

Officials with IEMS say it already has responded to more than 110 cold weather-related emergencies this winter. There were seven on Sunday, and seven more on Monday.

“It’s really a matter of minimizing your time outside as best as you can,” Chief O’Donnell said.

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The National Weather Service has these tips to protect yourself:

First, stay indoors during the worst part of the extreme cold.

Keep a winter survival kit in your vehicle, including non-perishable food, water, a cellphone with a charger, blankets, and jumper cables.

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The NWS also says to layer your clothing and make sure to wear a coat, a hat covering your ears, and gloves.

It adds learning how to shut off your water supply in case of potential pipe bursts, check on the elderly, and bring pets inside.

For more information on winter weather safety, view the links below: