Ray Steele And The News

For the first time in almost a quarter century, Purdue will look for a new athletic director.

"Jane", which is not her real name, says she is a Carrier employee in Indianapolis, upset that her plant is closing and moving to Mexico. But she called our reporter Carl Stutsman after she got tired of hearing another person on WIBC, in her opinion, run down Carrier, at least the Carrier name and the local managers of the plant.

Carrier, a heating, cooling air conditioning and refrigeration company, is relocating its Indianapolis plant over a 3-year period, the company announced Wednesday.

Yet another teacher is in trouble for reaching out to a teen in the wrong way

Whoops. Live reports sometimes get the best of the tongue. It has happened to me..well, just about every day. This one is a good one, though. From New Hampshire...

Who isn't happy that Eric Holcomb will be the next lieutenant governor? Democrats.

Ray Steele and Abdul-Hakim Shabazz with all of the day's news, the top 10 stories plus extras. Ray tries desperately to perk up after Daniel Bryan's retirement announcement, and it appears we will have a new Lieutenant Governor.

Who will win in New Hampshire? One expert says the state may not say too much about the overall presidential race.

The Colts missed the playoffs. And it will still cost you more to see them next season.

Max Winkler wrote out a plan to murder a man. He'll have a lot more time to do writing...in prison.

The program almost sounded like one of those old school obituary reports - we had a lot of passings. That and the other news of the day with me & Carl Stutsman right here.

At 21, Austin Huntington is the youngest principal musician in the history of the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra. He and the ISO play The Music of 2001: A Space Odyssey at Hilbert Circle Theatre Fri. & Sat. (Feb 5-6). Then, Huntington will be soloist at an ISO "317 Series" concert Sunday Feb. 7 at Center Grove High School.

For the first time, Michael Feinstein gets to feature one of his babies, The Songbook Academy, at one of the best know auditoriums in the world - New York's Carnegie Hall. On stage with him will be the last four Songbook Academy winners, including Lucas DeBard from Lebanon, Indiana. (Stay 'til the end - there's a Lucas DeBard drum solo he doesn't know about)

Our political expert from the University of Indianapolis (UIndy, for those who don't know), Dr. Albright weighs in on who she thinks will win New Hampshire on Tuesday, and whether or not that matters in the grand scheme of the presidential campaign.

The feds say he sexted with a 15-year-old student, and they also claim Park Tudor School tried to downplay the case of Kyle Cox.

Was is all a ruse? Plainfield Police still haven't said.

It started a month and a half ago with his surprise resignation. Now, the former Park Tudor boys basketball coach is in federal prison.

Butcher's mother was the first principal of Amy Beverland - her mom actually hired Susan Jordan to teach at the school. Now, she is among those who think the school should be named after Jordan, who died last week when she was hit by an errant school bus. The Lawrence Township School district has not committed to anything yet.

Ray Steele & Abdul-Hakim Shabazz with the 10 most compelling news stories, plus extras on Lady Gaga, the eternal Fast & Furious movie line, and a Happy Anniversary to the XFL.

Could Amy Beverland Elementary School someday be Susan Jordan Elementary?