Taj Simmons
@tajsimmons.bsky.social
TV reporter covering Indiana. Proud native of Oakland. DePaul grad. I’m just out here trying to function.
The home of the football Hoosiers has a new name.
IU fans, meet Merchants Bank Field at Memorial Stadium.
The naming rights deal is worth $50 million over 20 years. It also includes financial literacy courses for Hoosier athletes so they can manage their NIL income.
IU fans, meet Merchants Bank Field at Memorial Stadium.
The naming rights deal is worth $50 million over 20 years. It also includes financial literacy courses for Hoosier athletes so they can manage their NIL income.
August 22, 2025 at 4:24 PM
The home of the football Hoosiers has a new name.
IU fans, meet Merchants Bank Field at Memorial Stadium.
The naming rights deal is worth $50 million over 20 years. It also includes financial literacy courses for Hoosier athletes so they can manage their NIL income.
IU fans, meet Merchants Bank Field at Memorial Stadium.
The naming rights deal is worth $50 million over 20 years. It also includes financial literacy courses for Hoosier athletes so they can manage their NIL income.
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ALERT: #GasPrices appear to be rising to $3.39/gal in #Indiana today. This is a non-warranted price cycle after yesterday's large plunge in oil and wholesale gasoline prices.
June 24, 2025 at 3:36 PM
ALERT: #GasPrices appear to be rising to $3.39/gal in #Indiana today. This is a non-warranted price cycle after yesterday's large plunge in oil and wholesale gasoline prices.
Whether the Pacers win or lose Game 7, this is a season fans will talk about for the rest of their lives, but the In-Season Tournament run last season may have been the true beginning of this journey to the NBA Finals.
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Pacers fanbase revved up again after In-Season Tournament success
Tyrese Haliburton and the Indiana Pacers clinched a spot in the inaugural NBA In-Season Tournament championship Thursday.
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June 22, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Whether the Pacers win or lose Game 7, this is a season fans will talk about for the rest of their lives, but the In-Season Tournament run last season may have been the true beginning of this journey to the NBA Finals.
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Franklin, Indiana
Population: 25,608
Photos from Google Places API
Link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franklin,_Indiana
Population: 25,608
Photos from Google Places API
Link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franklin,_Indiana
June 18, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Franklin, Indiana
Population: 25,608
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Link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franklin,_Indiana
Population: 25,608
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Link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franklin,_Indiana
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Kasson, Minnesota
Population: 7,715
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Link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kasson,_Minnesota
Population: 7,715
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Link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kasson,_Minnesota
June 19, 2025 at 9:50 AM
Kasson, Minnesota
Population: 7,715
Photos from Google Places API
Link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kasson,_Minnesota
Population: 7,715
Photos from Google Places API
Link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kasson,_Minnesota
“Put yourself over everything.”
-this building for some reason
-this building for some reason
June 11, 2025 at 10:17 PM
“Put yourself over everything.”
-this building for some reason
-this building for some reason
Downtown Indy construction update: the old CSX building across from Gainbridge Fieldhouse is now rubble.
The 13-story Shinola Hotel and a 4,000 seat concert hall managed by Live Nation will rise on the site.
Info on what’s coming: www.wrtv.com/news/local-n...
The 13-story Shinola Hotel and a 4,000 seat concert hall managed by Live Nation will rise on the site.
Info on what’s coming: www.wrtv.com/news/local-n...
May 27, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Downtown Indy construction update: the old CSX building across from Gainbridge Fieldhouse is now rubble.
The 13-story Shinola Hotel and a 4,000 seat concert hall managed by Live Nation will rise on the site.
Info on what’s coming: www.wrtv.com/news/local-n...
The 13-story Shinola Hotel and a 4,000 seat concert hall managed by Live Nation will rise on the site.
Info on what’s coming: www.wrtv.com/news/local-n...
The speedway calls and I must go.
May 25, 2025 at 1:35 PM
The speedway calls and I must go.
This has to be the wildest week in Indiana sports history.
-Pacers pull off a comeback for the ages against their hated rival
-Jim Irsay dies
-Indy 500, complete with Penske cheating allegations
-Fever and Caitlin Clark start their season in the spotlight
-Pacers pull off a comeback for the ages against their hated rival
-Jim Irsay dies
-Indy 500, complete with Penske cheating allegations
-Fever and Caitlin Clark start their season in the spotlight
May 22, 2025 at 11:09 AM
This has to be the wildest week in Indiana sports history.
-Pacers pull off a comeback for the ages against their hated rival
-Jim Irsay dies
-Indy 500, complete with Penske cheating allegations
-Fever and Caitlin Clark start their season in the spotlight
-Pacers pull off a comeback for the ages against their hated rival
-Jim Irsay dies
-Indy 500, complete with Penske cheating allegations
-Fever and Caitlin Clark start their season in the spotlight
Indiana weather. Sun on one side, doom on the other.
May 17, 2025 at 3:36 AM
Indiana weather. Sun on one side, doom on the other.
Game 3. Watching from the nosebleeds. Let’s go, Pacers.
May 9, 2025 at 11:48 PM
Game 3. Watching from the nosebleeds. Let’s go, Pacers.
Indianapolis progress: the quickly-rising Signia Hotel is starting to make its presence known in the downtown skyline.
23 of the 38 floors are done and it will rise more than 400 feet in the sky when it is topped out this fall.
23 of the 38 floors are done and it will rise more than 400 feet in the sky when it is topped out this fall.
May 9, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Indianapolis progress: the quickly-rising Signia Hotel is starting to make its presence known in the downtown skyline.
23 of the 38 floors are done and it will rise more than 400 feet in the sky when it is topped out this fall.
23 of the 38 floors are done and it will rise more than 400 feet in the sky when it is topped out this fall.
Before these high school seniors walk the stage, they walked through the past and reminisced on their younger days.
North Central seniors visit their elementary and middle schools before graduation
North Central High School seniors are about to step into the future and graduate. Before they received their diplomas, they took a trip to the past.
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May 8, 2025 at 12:23 AM
Before these high school seniors walk the stage, they walked through the past and reminisced on their younger days.
Indiana Lt. Gov. Micah Beckwith recently called the Three-Fifths Compromise, the law which defined Black people as three-fifths of a human during slavery, “a great move.”
These Hoosiers want him to apologize immediately.
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These Hoosiers want him to apologize immediately.
youtu.be/d1o68qO0WoQ?...
Faith leaders condemn Lt. Gov. Beckwith for Three-Fifths Compromise comment
YouTube video by WRTV Indianapolis
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May 3, 2025 at 12:03 AM
Indiana Lt. Gov. Micah Beckwith recently called the Three-Fifths Compromise, the law which defined Black people as three-fifths of a human during slavery, “a great move.”
These Hoosiers want him to apologize immediately.
youtu.be/d1o68qO0WoQ?...
These Hoosiers want him to apologize immediately.
youtu.be/d1o68qO0WoQ?...
The end is here for (part of) Circle Centre Mall.
The southern half of the mall is now closed for good as it prepares for redevelopment.
The southern half of the mall is now closed for good as it prepares for redevelopment.
April 1, 2025 at 4:21 PM
The end is here for (part of) Circle Centre Mall.
The southern half of the mall is now closed for good as it prepares for redevelopment.
The southern half of the mall is now closed for good as it prepares for redevelopment.
A sad day in Fishers. Hamilton Southeastern football star Mason Alexander is being laid to rest after he was killed in a car crash this month.
He was a freshman at the University of Pittsburgh. His teammates made the trip to the service to pay their respects.
He was a freshman at the University of Pittsburgh. His teammates made the trip to the service to pay their respects.
March 25, 2025 at 4:02 PM
A sad day in Fishers. Hamilton Southeastern football star Mason Alexander is being laid to rest after he was killed in a car crash this month.
He was a freshman at the University of Pittsburgh. His teammates made the trip to the service to pay their respects.
He was a freshman at the University of Pittsburgh. His teammates made the trip to the service to pay their respects.
I did not, but it was wild living in North Carolina to hear the near-universal experience of people watching March Madness in class growing up.
My annual poll — did y’all grow up with teachers pulling down the projector or rolling out the TV cart to put on March Madness during class?
March 12, 2025 at 3:40 PM
I did not, but it was wild living in North Carolina to hear the near-universal experience of people watching March Madness in class growing up.
I do some outrageous things to get Indiana’s attention sometimes…like pretending to be Lionel Messi for 15 seconds.
February 26, 2025 at 1:25 PM
I do some outrageous things to get Indiana’s attention sometimes…like pretending to be Lionel Messi for 15 seconds.
The phrases "Carmel, Indiana" and "public transportation" don't normally go together, but the city is now asking its residents if it should consider adding mass transit options.
February 20, 2025 at 12:15 AM
The phrases "Carmel, Indiana" and "public transportation" don't normally go together, but the city is now asking its residents if it should consider adding mass transit options.
WAIT
WHERE IN INDIANA IS THIS
WHERE IN INDIANA IS THIS
Oaktown, Indiana
Population: 595
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Link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oaktown,_Indiana
Population: 595
Photos from Google Places API
Link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oaktown,_Indiana
February 19, 2025 at 4:08 AM
WAIT
WHERE IN INDIANA IS THIS
WHERE IN INDIANA IS THIS
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Spoke with @wrtv.bsky.social’s Adam Schumes this afternoon about the hit-and-run this morning that killed a woman who was in town for work.
Far too many pedestrians and bicyclists in Indianapolis are being struck and killed by cowardly drivers who leave the scene.
#HoosierSky #Indianapolis
Far too many pedestrians and bicyclists in Indianapolis are being struck and killed by cowardly drivers who leave the scene.
#HoosierSky #Indianapolis
IMPD searching for driver responsible for deadly hit-and-run in downtown Indianapolis
A local family is searching for answers after police say their loved one was hit and killed while crossing the street in downtown Indianapolis Tuesday.
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February 19, 2025 at 1:53 AM
Spoke with @wrtv.bsky.social’s Adam Schumes this afternoon about the hit-and-run this morning that killed a woman who was in town for work.
Far too many pedestrians and bicyclists in Indianapolis are being struck and killed by cowardly drivers who leave the scene.
#HoosierSky #Indianapolis
Far too many pedestrians and bicyclists in Indianapolis are being struck and killed by cowardly drivers who leave the scene.
#HoosierSky #Indianapolis