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Jul 29, 2021 / 07:20 PM EST INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — The excitement is bubbling over for the 2021 Indiana State Fair. “We are so excited to welcome Hoosiers back to the great Indiana State Fair. It’s our 164th Indiana State Fair,” Sharon Smith, communications director for the Indiana State Fairgrounds, said Thursday. It wouldn’t be the fair without the food, and this year, there are a few new items on the menu. Jeanne Bragg will be serving up fresh Bavarian cream puffs at her food truck, The German Corner. “It’s a pastry shell,” Bragg said. “It’s got a pudding cream custard m...

May 19, 2021 / 08:49 PM EST INDIANAPOLIS (WISH)– Taria and Derrick Slack, the owners of the Black Leaf Vegan food truck, are still getting used to all the attention they’ve been getting lately. However, as the only vegan food truck in the city of Indianapolis, Taria remembers when they weren’t sure if they would be successful or not, but Derrick pushed. “He was just like, ‘Let’s do it,'” she said. “‘There’s no reason not to do it. Try, and if you fail, you fail, but you know you tried.” News 8’s Randall Newsome paid the food truck a visit while it was serving at a te...

Dec 15, 2020 / 10:32 PM EST INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — A high school teacher is giving lessons both in and out of the classroom. But it’s what’s he’s doing outside the classroom that could make the difference in helping children see their value. Mental health has become a growing problem for people off all ages. And experts said the isolation and fear about the pandemic has a lot to do with that. People come in a variety of shades. But you won’t find any of those colors in his book, “Orange.” “I want to tell a universal story of how ridiculous it is to exclude someone just because ...