VP Speculation Rises as Obama Visits Bayh
Thursday July 17, 2008
Indiana Senator Evan Bayh decided not to run for president back in 2006, but Hoosiers may still get a chance to vote for him in November.
As Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama visited Indiana yet again yesterday, he was joined by the very popular Senator Evan Bayh, and it has even the big Washington media folks take notice, as evidenced by this CNN story, with video.
Obama was in Indiana to give a big foreign policy speech regarding the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, which he hopes with soften the ground for his planned trip to Iraq and beyond later this summer. His opponent, Republican John McCain, gave a rival speech from New Mexico.
Peyton Manning Out Six Weeks With Knee Injury
Tuesday July 15, 2008
Colts nation was rocked late last night when news broke that Peyton Manning was undergoing knee surgery to remove an infected bursa sac from his knee.
The notoriously resilient quarterback, who is roundly considered one of the best, if not the best, active quarterback in the entire NFL (and who is loved much more than that by locals), will miss the entire Indianapolis Colts training camp and most of their preseason games.
While Manning rarely plays more than a series or two in each of the four preseason games, his ability to start the first game of the season is also uncertain. That is a huge deal for Manning, who leads currently playing quarterbacks for the most consecutive games played, and trails only Brett Favre, who is currently in retirement limbo, for the all-time record.
The Indianapolis Star will have updates throughout the day on this late breaking news.
Monday July 14, 2008
The Indiana Black Expo is hosting a whole slew of business-centric events over the next couple of days, dabbled with a healthy dose of fun and entertainment. It's all part of the 2008 Summer Celebration.
The career fair takes place on Thursday, with plenty of concerts, art shows, and parties still lined up for the weekend.
Visit the Summer Celebration page or the July Events Calender to see what events are coming up.
Jesse Jackson Kicks off the Indiana Black Expo's Summer Celebration
Friday July 11, 2008
This week is the week where the Indiana Black Expo takes over Indianapolis, and sends us on a week long celebration of African American culture, accomplishment, networking and education. It's called the Summer Celebration, and this will be the 38th year it descends on our fair city.
For the next week, the IBE will be holding job fairs, educational work shops, health seminars, concerts and panel discussions about anything and everything that relates to the African American community, and the larger Indianapolis and national communities that surround it.
Jesse Jackson, famous civil rights leader and chairman of the Rainbow/PUSH coalition, was a key speaker at the Summer Celebration's first night. His name is just one of many star-studded names the Indiana Black Expo has seen over the years, including B.B. King, Muhhamad Ali, and many more.
Jackson made national headlines this week when he was caught saying very disparaging things about Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama, and those headlines followed him here, to Indianapolis, where he was still asked repeatedly about his comments, still fresh in people's minds. The Indianapolis Star has the story.
Check July's calendar of Indianapolis events to see when the biggest moments will be occurring this week.