A big Labor Day weekend gets bigger at Klipsch Music Center, where a newly announced Bob Seger show joins a John Mayer performance on the calendar. Seger will play the Noblesville amphitheater on Saturday, Sept. 2, one night before Mayer’s appearance. Grand Funk Railroad will serve as opening act for Seger and his Silver Bullet Band. Tickets go on sale Friday, June 16.
Gretzky’s tenure in Indianapolis was very a small blip on the radar screen of his illustrious career. He arrived as a 17-year-old with much hype. He left just 53 days after training camp began, sold to the Edmonton Oilers for very little. Within weeks, the Racers would also become a part of hockey history.The Indy Fuel home rink will be hosting the ECHL 2018 Allstar game on January 15, 2018. For more information about tickets for this event (HERE) or advance tickets for the Indy Fuel regular season, (Here).At the time, the WHA was in its final season and was trying to hang on against the older, more established National Hockey League. The older league refused to draft sign players under the age of 20, and the WHA, looking for an edge, began doing so. The league began signing a number of teenagers who jump-started their pro careers in the rebel circuit – and eventually, the NHL lowered its draft age to 18. The Racers were one of seven teams competing in the WHA in 1978-79, and while they didn’t sign too many underagers, other teams – most notably the Birmingham Bulls – did.
Richmond's only family-owned toy store is set to go out of business this summer, ending the 79-year run of the downtown retail fixture. Citing declining sales and revenue, Veach's Toy Station announced Monday that it plans to close in August. Veach's has been at 715 E. Main St. since 1949 and has operated in the downtown Richmond area since opening in August 1938. The business is in its third generation of family ownership, under Shari Veach and her husband John Veach, whose grandparents started the store.
Indiana's two largest police departments want drones to help monitor large gatherings or monitor traffic at large events, but state law restricts drone usage. The Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department and Indiana State Police are both looking into acquiring drones, The Indianapolis Star reported (http://indy.st/2qPpogN ). At least 10 Indiana police agencies own drones. Indiana law specifies that police departments are allowed to use drones for search-and-rescue efforts, to record crash scenes and to help in emergencies, but otherwise a warrant is required in order to use a drone. That means police likely won't be able to fly them near large gatherings unless a terrorist attack or crime is feared.
Summer fun is just around the corner in Indiana, and if you’re looking for an awesome list of summer activities to try out, you’ve come to the right place. Check out these 12 incredible activities you must try underneath the summer sun.
The small Pratt & Whitney turbine power plant might have otherwise found itself in a helicopter or a corporate jet. Instead it sat side by side with driver Parnelli Jones. It produced more than 550 horsepower delivered through an innovative all-wheel-drive system. “People forget how well it handled,” Jones says now, but what people talked about and fought over was the smooth, linear power it made. Indianapolis Motor Speedway historian Donald Davidson remembers standing on the veranda of the old Pagoda (the multitiered front-stretch scoring stand) watching the first lap. “Jones was so far in front,” Davidson recalls, “just a huge lead, and the car was painted Day-Glo red or fluorescent orange or whatever you want to call it. That paint! It actually hurt the eyeballs to look at it. As Parnelli came by, you heard the whoosh and he lifted his right hand off the steering wheel and did a finger and thumb OK sign. Just a finger and thumb up in the air, probably to say ‘Hey it’s beautiful.’”
Indianapolis' population last year grew by an estimated 2,869 residents to 855,164, as the city fell from the 14th-largest in the U.S. to No. 15. The city's recent population growth has slowed to an average of 3,200 residents per year over the past two years, down from 6,775 between 2010 and 2014. Meanwhile, 13 of the 15 fastest-growing cities in Indiana last year were suburbs of Indianapolis. Among cities with at least 5,000 residents, Whitestown led the state with a growth rate of 9.2 percent, followed by McCordsville at 7.2 percent, Bargersville at 4.2 percent, Westfield at 3.6 percent and Carmel at 3.4 percent.
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