Thank you for joining Lafayette Media Group in becoming Hope Heroes during our 2025 Riley Radiothon!

With your pledge, we raised $71,737 for Riley Hospital for Children, Indiana’s only comprehensive and nationally ranked children’s hospital!  Your donation supports mental health care, Stem Cell Transplant & Cellular Therapy Program, pediatric drug research & development, life-changing heart research, and so much more!  Plus, no family is turned away regardless of their ability to pay.

Our Lafayette Local Hero for May 2025 is Brandon Oliver, paramedic with Warren County EMS & T.E.A.S. https://youtu.be/zfx3639wx4M?si=_j6NhO5zq6zsDsz5

To nominate a local hero, submit your nomination to Bryan McGarvey at mac@wask.com and include…

– Local Hero’s First & Last Name – Local Hero’s Occupation – Local Hero’s Phone Number – Why They Should Be Honored – Your First & Last Name – Your Phone Number

Our Lafayette Local Hero for April 2025 is Joe Remaly of Burrows-Liberty Volunteer Fire Department.

To nominate a local hero, submit your nomination to Bryan McGarvey at mac@wask.com and include…

– Local Hero’s First & Last Name
– Local Hero’s Occupation
– Local Hero’s Phone Number
– Why They Should Be Honored
– Your First & Last Name
– Your Phone Number

Our Lafayette Local Hero for March 2025 is Alana Mellady Benton of County EMS and Harrison Township Volunteer Fire Department. Public service runs in her blood. Alana is always striving to better herself and be the best first responder for our community.

To nominate a local hero, submit your nomination to Bryan McGarvey and include…
– Local Hero’s First & Last Name
– Local Hero’s Occupation
– Local Hero’s Phone Number
– Why They Should Be Honored
– Your First & Last Name
– Your Phone Number

Join us for the 17th annual 5k Challenge, benefiting the Purdue Institute for Cancer Research. It’s coming up Saturday, April 12 with the 5k starting & ending at the France A. Córdova Recreational Sports Center, beginning at 7:30pm.

Since 2008, the Challenge has generated more than $1 million in advance lifesaving science at the Purdue Institute for Cancer Research!

Sign up today to run or walk the 5k Challenge and help us Finish Cancer!

Nominate your favorite local businesses today for a chance to make them the Best of the Wabash!

Nominations Begin – Wednesday, January 29th at 12:00 pm

Nominations End – Wednesday, February 19th at 05:00 pm

Voting Begins – Wednesday, February 26th at 12:00 pm

Voting Ends – Wednesday, March 12th at 05:00 pm

Congratulations to our Golden Spork Award Winners: Harrison High School, East Tipp Middle School, and Dayton Elementary School. They’re the Classroom Superstars who raised the most meals during our Feed The Need Day. See the award presentations here–plus each school got $1,000 from Primient!

We’d like to introduce you to our Lafayette Local Hero for January 2025: Captain Robert Hickman with the Monon Police Department and SRO with North White School Corp, as well as a former fireman. His mission in life is to keep our children safe.

Join Lafayette Media Group and Special Olympics Indiana for the 2025 Polar Plunge, Saturday, February 8 at Lambert Field House.

This year marks the 26th year of the Polar Plunge in Indiana. With your help, we raised $1.16 million in 2024 and hope to break that record this season. The Polar Plunge is Special Olympics Indiana’ signature fundraising series and a bucket-list experience – challenging people to take an icy dip to demonstrate a commitment to the cause.

All funds raised by the Polar Plunge directly benefit the more than 19,000 Special Olympics athletes throughout the state, giving them the means to train locally and compete at the state level in more than 20 Olympic type sports. Many people don’t realize that Special Olympics Indiana does not receive any state or federal funding for its sports programs. That’s what makes the Polar Plunge so important for supporting our vision of a more inclusive world for all.

More than $11.4 million has been raised in the 25-year history of the Polar Plunge season. Each year, more than 3,000 Hoosiers of all ages and backgrounds participate in Polar Plunge events. Everyone who raises the minimum amount of $99 at a community Polar Plunge will receive a commemorative Polar Plunge T-shirt and cup.

It’s time for our December 2024 Lafayette Local Hero. From Lafayette Police Department, meet Officer Isidro Medrano, whose life’s purpose is to serve our community.

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Nominate a local hero:

Submit your nomination to Bryan McGarvey and include…
– Local Hero’s First & Last Name
– Local Hero’s Occupation
– Local Hero’s Phone Number
– Why They Should Be Honored
– Your First & Last Name
– Your Phone Number