Ray Steele And The News

While state Superintendent Glenda Ritz and the State Board of Education continue their bickering, and while ISTEP scores continue to get delayed, Wayne Township Superintendent Jeff Butts says his district's schools are moving on. They are focusing on this year and the coming ISTEP rather than potentially outdated A-F grades from last school year.

Terry is breaking into houses to tell people to get the shingles vaccine. Only problem is that it costs so dang much, you may not be able to afford it.

My wrestling friend Ricky Ruckus wants to make movies, too. Actually he and friends Charles Ray and Josh Hopkins have already shot a few things via their Ruckus-Ray Productions in their hometown of Columbus...with the cooperation (sometimes) of Columbus authorities. Watch their Facebook page if you want to someday die on screen.

It warms your heart when you find out that one of the finest musicians alive is a genuinely nice person. Bela Fleck has done virtually every type of music with the banjo (though I am peeved that I didn't know about his and Abigail Washburn's cover of Europe's "The Final Countdown until AFTER our interview :)), and he and Abigail bring their husband and wife duets to Carmel's Palladium Friday, October 23rd, 8pm.

Sure, I will take autopilot in my Tesla. But only if it's inflatable Auto, doggone it!

Hamilton County is consistently ranked as one of the best places in Indiana to live, if not the entire country. It also ranks 9th in the state out of 92 counties when it comes to heroin overdoses. Wow.

We wanted to do the story about the endorsement of Bernie by Alyssa Milano. Instead, I decided to try to imitate Mr. Sanders talking to Alyssa. Bad idea. Bad, bad idea. I am so sorry!

No, I am not the Greatest Rock and Roll Disc Jockey of all time, but in the midst of our 10 At 10 story about a doofus idea from the Memphis Zoo, all I could think of was Uncle Lar and Lil' Tommy. Man, I miss Superjock. Look him up - Mr. Lujack, who died of cancer in 2013, was one of a kind.

They created their own new hashtag..well, I kind of helped with a bay bayyyy - which became bae bae in Westfield world. The Shamrock Pride are an excellent band with great, great fans. Good luck at regionals tomorrow!

Oliver is a former member of the State Board of Education, and he essentially agrees with the board's actions yesterday delaying a vote on cut scores for ISTEP, saying it appears that State Superintendent Glenda Ritz's office did not provide key info to board members until the night before Wednesday's meeting.

Probably not the finest moment of the Rand Paul for President campaign, as he attempted to answer one of the most Googled questions about him in a live stream.

Governor Pence is calling for a half-billion-dollar shot of new spending on road and bridge maintenance next year, with another half-billion over the three years after that. Democrats say it is too little too late, but where was their road funding plan last session?

Mike Wilson the Cubs fan is happy. Ray the Braves fan/Cubs rooter is happy. We blister the stupid "MakeBaseballExciting" Twitter hashtag, and Ray makes a bold prediction about the fate of the Taylor Swift curse. Baseball is glorious.

He did it! Oran Sands drove around the same roundabout in Carmel for more than three-and-a-half hours on Tuesday, and Producer Eye Candy Colin W. got to ride with him for a bit!

Our update to the postseason includes giddiness from a devout Cubs fan (Mike), and my debunking (yet again) of the Taylor Swift Curse, which Colin and Mike still believe in. You're killin' me, Smalls!

An update to this story - the World Record of driving around the same roundabout for three hours has been set! And surpassed. Our producer, Eye Candy Colin Watkins was part of it, too, so we will update this on Wednesday's 10 At 10 on 93 WIBC (93.1 FM and wibc.com).

And not just any Little League, one that works with kids in low-income neighborhoods. Hopefully they catch the (censored). And Cardinals' fans, we're just kidding. Well, Mike may not be.

In what could be a bad sign for Marlin Stutzman's campaign for the U.S. Senate, three staffers - including his campaign manager - have left the campaign within the past week. The NE Indiana Congressman was considered the tea party's preferred candidate to replace Dan Coats in the Senate. We discuss whether that plan is in jeopardy.

Republican Marlin Stutzman is looking for someone to run his campaign for the U.S. Senate.

Listen with wonder as Mike and Ray attempt to do a segment on a protest at the University of Texas - a protest of a new open gun carry law - that involves (h)ildos. Listen as we do so without using the offending word - or any offending word, because it's the public's airwaves and we can't.