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MIDDLETOWN — Action on Middletown’s proposed budget for the upcoming fiscal year was pushed back after Monday’s Town Council meeting.

MIDDLETOWN — Action on Middletown’s proposed budget for the upcoming fiscal year was pushed back after Monday’s Town Council meeting.

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Ronald Lechtenberg, age 82 of Ionia, died Tuesday, Dec. 12, 2023, at his home.

Hanukkah continues. That means if youre in the right place, youll hear a musical tradition thats been around for centuries known as klezmer. To learn more, WFYIs Ray Steele spoke to Dr. Shawn Royer, the chair of music and theatre at Marian University in Indianapolis.

It took Lily & Madeleine almost four years to finish their latest album. But Nite Swim is finally out, and while there are some familiar sounds from the folk/pop sister duo from Indianapolis, the album is also a major departure from their previous work in several ways. Lily & Madeleine spoke to WFYIs Ray Steele.

High School dropout is not how you might expect to begin a conversation about a new examination of John F. Kennedy. But the man who made this new docuseries about Kennedy is no ordinary high school dropout, Ashton Gleckman grew up in Carmel, and before he decided not to finish school, he had recorded a music album, he launched a successful YouTube channel, and since then, he has composed a lot more music for film and got into making films himself. His eight-part series for the History Channel is...

Frozen: The Musical is part of the current Broadway in Indianapolis season, and its a homecoming for one of its lead cast members. Evan Duff is from Fishers, a graduate of Hamilton Southeastern High School. He is portraying the Duke of Weselton in the touring production of Frozen, and he spoke recently via Zoom with WFYIs Ray Steele.

The American south has been a hostile place for Black people for much of this countrys history. In the 1840s, some Black families decided to look for something better. They undertook a dangerous journey to the north and west to Indiana, and one of the most notable places where they settled was in Grant County, northeast of Indianapolis.

Recently part of Indiana Avenue got a new name. Its now Madam Walker Way, named for Madam CJ Walker, the legendary creator of beauty products and the namesake of the historic Walker Theatre -- now the Madam Walker Legacy Center. The centers leadership also released some big plans for the next few years leading up to its 100th anniversary. WFYIs Ray Steele recently spoke to Kristian Little Stricklen, the president of the Madam Walker Legacy Center, about those plans.