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Winning $150,000 Powerball ticket sold in Indiana
INDIANAPOLIS – A Powerball ticket sold in Indiana is worth $150,000. According to the Hoosier Lottery, the ticket matched four numbers and the Powerball for Saturday night’s drawing. The winning numbers for June 8 were 8-38-52-54-64 with a Powerball of 15 and a Power Play of 3X. The purchaser added the Power Play multiplier, tripling […]
Waffle House raises worker pay after strikes and pressure from labor organizers
Waffle House is increasing pay for its U.S. workers after a year-long push from labor advocates. In a video message to employees late last month, Waffle House CEO Joe Rogers III said base pay would rise to at least $3 per hour in June and then gradually rise to at least $5.25 per hour by June 2026. Base pay doesn’t include workers’ tips, and will be higher in some states depending on minimum wage laws, Rogers said. Rogers said wage increases will be paid for by higher menu prices, and that wages will rise more slowly in some rural markets than in urban ones. The company is also adding tenure bonuses and premiums for working later shifts. Waffle House wouldn’t confirm the wage increase Tuesday when it was contacted by The Associated Press. The Union of Southern Service Workers, a labor group affiliated with the Service Employees International Union, provided the AP with a link to the video.
Taste of Indy food festival returns for 2024
INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — Taste of Indy food festival is back for 2024 and organizers hope it will be bigger than ever. Nidhi Parehk-Patel is the festival organizer. She joined the Life.Style.Live! crew along with owner of Iozzo’s Garden of Italy, Katie Harris, to help preview the event. Iozzo’s...
Next wave of free concerts announced for Indiana State Fair
INDIANAPOLIS – The Indiana State Fair announced several additional concerts for the Hoosier Lottery Free Stage. Newly announced acts include Gospel Music Festival headliner Yolanda Adams, Christian band Newsboys, up-and-coming act Blessing Offor and alternative group Sublime with Rome. The “Happy Together Tour” will make its return in 2024, featuring The Turtles, Jay & The […]
Gaming the system: Inside the rise and fall of Indiana's casino king
IndyStar's three-part story, "The Rise and Fall of Indiana's Casino King," follows the career of the former farm boy from rural Indiana who rose from obscurity to become the state's most powerful gaming executive. In doing so, Rod Ratcliff built a Statehouse influence operation virtually unrivaled in modern Indiana history.
'Food in Transit' program to provide free, locally-grown produce in Indianapolis
INDIANAPOLIS — IndyGo and Growing Places Indy will kick-off a seventh year of the "Food in Transit" program. The program makes fresh, healthy, and locally grown produce available free of charge at the Julia M. Carson Transit Center. That is located at 201 E. Washington St. The hours for...
Indy restaurant faces backlash after post asking parents not to bring children under 5 into restaurant
INDIANAPOLIS — A restaurant owner said she's received death threats after making a social media post that said her restaurant would no longer welcome toddlers, newborns or children under the age of 5. The post has since been removed, but the underlying reason, the owner cited, was they were...
After 2-year delay, former Milktooth chefs open Borage, a new café and bakery in Speedway
It took Josh Kline and Zoë Taylor years to open their dream restaurant, but less than a second to come up with the name. One day early in the COVID-19 pandemic, Taylor rolled over in bed and glanced down at the leaves and petals inked into her left forearm. Oh, my god — Borage. ...
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