Tweets of the Week: Colts Comeback, Wacky Weather
@TheJennaBee: "All I hear is cannons. I can't tell if the Colts won or if the revolution has started." @CrayonWayans: "It means tributes have been killed in the Indy Hunger Games."
IM Takes Home Nine SPJ Awards
At its annual banquet on Friday, the state chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists presented IM with nine 2015 Best in Indiana Journalism awards, including six firsts.
Public Schools—Hancock County
Eastern Hancock County CSC, 10370 E. 250 N, Charlottesville, 317-467-0064. Enrollment: 1,146. ISTEP+ percent passing E/LA and math: 75.3.
Speed Read: Combine Forces
For the 38th consecutive year, the football world descends upon Indianapolis for the NFL Scouting Combine, a four-day showcase of rising stars. Tex Schramm, legendary general manager of the Dallas Cowboys, planted its seed in 1980 when he suggested teams centralize prospecting. Even he couldn’t have foreseen that his concept would explode into the premier mega-event it’s become.
Our Top 12 Stories of 2012
We're already well into this droll, sporty, and yet downright painful 2013—St. Elmo and soccer and Lance, oh my—and so here, without further ado and based on pageviews, are the top 12 stories of 2012 at IndianapolisMonthly.com as determined by you, our readers:
Indiana Humanities And Library Funding Affected By Recent DOGE Cuts
The slicing of federal funding by DOGE has had repercussions on some of Indiana's most revered museums.
Sticky Wicket: Will Indy Get On Board with Cricket?
Tickets just went on sale for the U.S. Cricket National Championships in August. But wondering (aloud) what we might have paid for instead has already made for compelling sport.
Speed Read: Indianapolis Motor Speedway Museum
The Indianapolis Motor Speedway Museum has reopened after an 18-month closure transformed it into an immersive, interactive draw for all ages. It cost $60.5 million to reimagine the aging complex, whose vast and quirky collection of automotive memorabilia includes everything from a fleet of 500-winning cars, to LeRoy Neiman paintings, to a gigantic snail sculpture created for the Indy-centric racing cartoon Turbo.





