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The Hoosierist always figured television station call letters were burped out by a computer in the basement of the FCC’s headquarters. Boy, was he wrong.

The Indy native and 1972 IU graduate will join her former co-anchor Bryant Gumbel and current anchor Matt Lauer to lead on the show.

Question: How much do those fancy helicopters the TV stations use cost?

Get a sneak peek at some of the city’s absolute best as she dishes on WISH-TV’s morning show about some of our 78 winners for 2013.

The excitement of Thanksgiving was quelled. Later, at church, we all prayed a little harder.

The show, now in its sixth season, is always worth a watch, but this week’s episode should be considered mandatory viewing for Hoosiers.

It’s that #UpperBodyOfAnAdolescent hashtag that truly sets McAfee apart from his colleagues, and his tweeting peers, these days.

She currently presides over WISH-TV’s newscasts at 6, 10, and 11 p.m. and maintains that she may very well “reinvent” what retirement looks like.

We’ve been taken by her presence ever since she shot an iconic “Best of Indy” cover with us for the December 2003 issue of the magazine.

The Indianapolis CEO worked it on Bravo’s hit talk show last night.

“A hilljack is somebody that’s smart enough to take what you got and make what you need. I don’t own a gun. Guns are expensive, so I made a potato gun, which is cheap.”

Smiling and laughing despite the heat, the Hoosier native was in Indy to shoot a segment for her Today series, “Life Reimagined,” at the Indianapolis International Airport.

The mention catalyzed an amusing rejoinder from one Instagram user, @imnotinfectious: “Blast, I missed it! That’s what I get for bathing my kid.”

The Parks and Recreation producers also employed a lot of locals as extras and on the crew, and former U.S. House Speaker and presidential hopeful Newt Gingrich showed up at St. Elmo “completely out of the blue” during taping.

The critically lauded sitcom Parks and Recreation—set in Pawnee, Indiana—strikes again. In this episode, airing on January 17, characters played by actors Rob Lowe, Aziz Ansari, Adam Scott, Nick Offerman, and Jim O’Heir go out for steaks at one of Indianapolis’ dining treasures. St. Elmo Steak House, as part of a bachelor party. “Tonight we […]