U.S. Senator Jim Banks has endorsed Fishers physician and former school board leader Dr. Juanita Albright in the Republican primary for Indiana State Senate District 31.

Albright announced the endorsement in a campaign statement released this week. Banks, a Republican, said in the statement that he supports Albright’s candidacy for the open Senate seat.

Albright, a Fishers physician, previously served multiple terms as president of the Hamilton Southeastern Schools Board of Trustees. She launched her campaign after incumbent Kyle Walker announced he would not seek reelection in 2026.

The Senate District 31 seat covers portions of northeastern Marion County as well as parts of Fishers in Hamilton County and nearby areas.

Albright said the endorsement adds to support her campaign has already received from several organizations, including Americans for Prosperity, the Indiana State Police Alliance and the Indiana Chamber of Commerce.

The Republican primary for the seat is shaping up as a multi-candidate race. Other Republicans who have entered the primary include:

• Tiffanie Ditlevson, an at-large member of the Fishers City Council.
• Jan Keefer, an attorney from the Lawrence Township area.

The winners of the May 5, 2026 primary elections will advance to the general election in November.

On the Democratic side, three candidates have filed for the nomination: Kerry Forestal, Lasima Packett and Catherine Torzewski.

The Senate District 31 race opened after Walker announced he would not run for another term. The district has been represented by Walker since 2020.

For Fishers residents who have been using the Urgent Care Clinic at 11680 Commercial Drive, the facility has moved to a new location.

The clinic is now located at 9757 Westpoint Drive, Suite 100, Indianapolis, IN 46256, just off Hague Road. Although the mailing address lists Indianapolis, the facility is located north of 96th Street and technically remains within the Fishers city limits.

Country music rising star Gavin Adcock will bring his 2026 headline tour to Fishers this fall. Adcock’s “The Day I Hang It Up Tour 2026” is scheduled to stop at the Fishers Event Center on Thursday, October 22, with special guests Pecos & The Rooftops and Tyler Nance also on the bill.

Tickets will first be available through a Gavin Adcock fan club presale beginning Wednesday, March 18 at 10 a.m. local time. Additional presales are scheduled throughout the week, with the general public on-sale beginning Friday, March 20 at 10 a.m. through the Fishers Event Center website.

The Fishers concert is part of Adcock’s fourth major headline tour since 2024. The Georgia native has quickly built a reputation for high-energy live performances and a devoted fan base. Industry outlets have described his stage show as a “collision of extremes” and “high-octane,” with crowds matching the intensity of the performer’s on-stage style.

Adcock has also gained significant traction in the country music industry in a relatively short time. The former Georgia Southern University football player, who grew up working on his family’s cattle farm in Watkinsville, Georgia, began focusing on music after a knee injury in 2021 ended his football season. During his recovery, he recorded and released his first original songs.

Since then, Adcock has amassed more than 1.5 billion global streams across his catalog. His single “A Cigarette” earned platinum certification, while songs such as “Run Your Mouth,” “Deep End,” and “Four Leaf Clover” have achieved gold status.

His 2024 album Actin’ Up Again marked the largest major-label country debut from a solo male artist that year. Adcock followed it with Own Worst Enemy in 2025, which debuted as the top new country album on the Billboard 200 Country chart and reached No. 14 on the all-genre Billboard 200.

In addition to his own tour dates, Adcock is scheduled to join country superstar Morgan Wallen on 16 dates of Wallen’s “Still The Problem Tour 2026.”

Opening the Fishers show will be Pecos & The Rooftops, a Texas-based band known for blending country, rock, and Americana, and Tyler Nance, a 22-year-old Missouri singer-songwriter whose song “Keeps Me Sane” has generated nearly 100 million global streams.

The October show continues the steady lineup of concerts and entertainment events being booked at the Fishers Event Center since the venue opened in late 2024.

A Fishers-based technology company working to strengthen the nation’s supply of critical minerals has announced a new tool designed to track those materials from origin to end use.

ReElement Technologies, affiliated with American Resources Corporation, announced it has minted what it calls the world’s first utility token designed to track the supply chain for critical minerals used in advanced technology and defense systems.

The token, developed in partnership with blockchain infrastructure firm SAGINT Inc., creates a digital record documenting the chain of custody for refined rare-earth materials. The system captures data from the sourcing of raw materials through processing and refining, creating what the companies describe as a secure and verifiable record of origin and handling.

Company officials say the technology could help manufacturers meet strict federal supply-chain requirements for defense contractors under the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement, commonly known as DFARS.

The token was created within a private blockchain environment and has already been used to document batches of neodymium oxide, a rare-earth material used to produce high-strength magnets found in electric vehicles, wind turbines, electronics and military equipment.

ReElement Technologies is headquartered in Fishers and is part of the growing domestic effort to reduce reliance on foreign sources of rare-earth materials. The United States currently mines some rare-earth minerals but has limited capacity to refine them, a process that has historically been dominated by overseas facilities.

The company’s refining technology uses a chromatographic separation process designed to isolate rare-earth elements at very high purity levels, often exceeding 99.9 percent. The approach also allows the company to recover rare-earth materials from recycled electronics, batteries and other industrial sources.

While corporate operations are based in Fishers, ReElement operates refining facilities in central Indiana, including a commercial purification plant in Noblesville and a larger refining campus under development in Marion.

Company leaders say technologies such as supply-chain traceability and domestic refining capacity are increasingly important as the United States works to secure materials critical to advanced manufacturing, renewable energy systems and national defense.

For Fishers, the presence of ReElement places the city within a rapidly developing sector of the U.S. economy focused on rebuilding domestic production and processing of rare-earth and other critical minerals.

Fishers residents will experience a dramatic swing in weather over the next 24 to 48 hours, with spring-like warmth Sunday giving way to strong storms overnight and a return to wintry conditions by Monday.

Forecasters say temperatures Sunday will climb to around 70 degrees in central Indiana before a powerful cold front sweeps through the area later in the day. According to the National Weather Service in Indianapolis, gusty south winds will increase through the afternoon, potentially reaching 40 to 50 miles per hour ahead of the approaching storm system.

The main concern arrives Sunday evening into the overnight hours when a line of thunderstorms is expected to move across central Indiana. The storms could bring damaging wind gusts and heavy rain, and forecasters say an isolated tornado cannot be ruled out.

Hamilton County emergency management officials advise residents to monitor weather alerts and have multiple ways to receive warnings as the storms approach. The most active period for central Indiana is expected to occur roughly between 8 p.m. Sunday and early Monday morning.

Rainfall totals of around one-half to three-quarters of an inch are possible as the system moves through the region.

Once the cold front passes, temperatures will drop sharply overnight. By early Monday morning, readings that were near 70 degrees Sunday afternoon could fall into the 30s.

Monday will feel much more like winter returning to the region. The National Weather Service forecast calls for strong west winds and scattered snow showers during the day. While snowfall totals are expected to remain light for most areas, forecasters say localized bursts of snow could briefly reduce visibility and produce quick coatings on roadways.

High temperatures Monday will struggle to reach the mid-30s, with wind gusts potentially approaching 35 miles per hour.

The combination of falling temperatures, gusty winds and intermittent snow showers could create slick spots on bridges and overpasses during the morning commute.

Duke Energy is encouraging customers to prepare for the possibility of power outages due to strong winds and storms. The utility recommends charging phones and electronic devices, securing outdoor items that could blow around, and avoiding downed power lines if outages occur.

The colder air will continue to settle in Monday night with temperatures dropping into the teens, and wind chills early Tuesday could fall near zero.

For residents in Fishers and across Hamilton County, the next two days will feature a little bit of everything — from spring warmth and severe weather potential to a quick return to winter conditions.

The Cadillac Formula 1 team endured a challenging race weekend at the Chinese Grand Prix in Shanghai as the new American entry continues to work through early-season reliability issues.

The race weekend came as construction continues in Fishers on the future headquarters for the Cadillac F1 operation, which will serve as the team’s primary engineering and operations base in the United States.

Cadillac struggled almost immediately during the Shanghai weekend. One of the team’s drivers, Sergio Pérez, was unable to participate in sprint qualifying after a fuel-pump failure sidelined his car. The problem forced him to start from the back of the field and limited the team’s ability to compete in the sprint race.

Reports from the paddock indicated both Cadillac cars experienced technical issues during qualifying sessions, highlighting the challenges faced by a new team in Formula 1’s highly competitive environment.

Even when the cars were running, Cadillac lacked the pace to challenge the established teams near the front of the grid. The team was eliminated in the early rounds of qualifying and did not contend for points during the sprint race or the main Grand Prix.

The race itself was won by Mercedes driver Kimi Antonelli, who captured his first Formula 1 victory. Ferrari’s Lewis Hamilton finished on the podium, while several teams battled mechanical issues during the race.

In a contest where seven cars dropped out, at least Cadillac’s two entries did finish the main race, although at the back of the pack.

For Cadillac, the focus now shifts to continued development and reliability improvements. The team introduced some technical updates in China as engineers work to close the performance gap with more established teams.

Those engineering efforts will eventually be centered in Fishers, where the Cadillac Formula 1 headquarters is currently under construction. The facility is expected to house key design, engineering, and operational functions for the team’s long-term Formula 1 program.

City officials have said the project represents one of the most significant motorsports investments in the region and further strengthens Fishers’ growing ties to the international racing industry.

While the team’s results in China were disappointing, the Cadillac program remains in the early stages of building a competitive Formula 1 operation — one that will eventually have its home base in Fishers.

The Indy Fuel overcame an early deficit and scored the go-ahead goal late in the third period to defeat the Kalamazoo Wings 3-2 Saturday night at Wings Event Center.

Kalamazoo grabbed the early momentum when Griffin Ness scored just 2:32 into the opening period. The physical tone of the game was set moments later when Indy’s Chris Cameron and Kalamazoo’s Spencer Kennedy dropped the gloves at 2:36, each receiving five-minute fighting majors.

The Fuel responded midway through the first period on the power play. Lee Lapid scored at the 8:32 mark, finishing a play set up by Jesse Tucker and Trevor Zins to tie the game at 1-1.

Kalamazoo quickly regained the lead just one minute later when Nolan Walker found the back of the net at 9:32, putting the Wings ahead 2-1.

Both teams traded chances the remainder of the period, with Kalamazoo outshooting Indy 12-7 in the opening frame. Special teams also played a role early, but neither side was able to convert on several power-play opportunities.

The Fuel evened the score in the second period when Tyler Paquette scored his fifth goal of the season at 4:34. Tyler Weiss picked up the assist on the play as Indy tied the game 2-2.

The rest of the second period featured tight checking and strong goaltending at both ends of the ice. Kalamazoo held a narrow 22-20 advantage in shots on goal after 40 minutes, but neither team could break the deadlock.

That changed in the third period.

With just under seven minutes remaining, Cameron and Kalamazoo’s Andrew Ghantous were each sent to the penalty box for roughing as the physical play continued.

Moments later, Dustin Manz delivered the game-winning goal for Indy. Manz scored with assists from Michael Marchesan and Trevor Zins, giving the Fuel a 3-2 lead. The assist marked Zins’ second point of the night.

Kalamazoo pulled goaltender Aku Koskenvuo with just over two minutes remaining in an attempt to tie the game, but the Fuel defense held strong through several late Wings chances.

When the final horn sounded, the Fuel had secured the 3-2 road victory, continuing their push in the ECHL standings, solidifying their third place status in the Western Conference Central Division .

One of the biggest questions facing the Fishers Freight entering their second season in the Indoor Football League (IFL) centered on the defense. The team was expected to feature a high-powered offense and strong kicking game, but could the defense hold up?

That question was answered in the season opener Saturday night.

The Freight defeated a team widely projected as a championship contender, the Quad City Steamwheelers, 45-27 at the Fishers Event Center.

Fishers’ defense had a few difficult moments in the first half, but the Freight still carried a 24-20 lead into halftime thanks to a last-second “tush push” touchdown. An IFL tush push is a bit different than the NFL version, with two players already on the move when the ball is snapped, driving the quarterback forward with momentum.

The Freight offense delivered several big plays throughout the game. Josiah King broke loose for a long touchdown run, while wide receiver CJ Windham hauled in three touchdown passes from quarterback Felix Harper, who had a strong performance in the opener.

JT Stokes scored the first touchdown of the 2026 IFL season on Fishers’ opening offensive series.

Kicker Calum Sutherland was perfect on the night and also added a “deuce” — a two-point kickoff under IFL rules — at a key moment late in the second half, giving the Freight a three-score advantage.

Fishers’ defense added to the lead with a safety with about ten minutes remaining in the fourth quarter.

Quad City attempted to mount a late drive in the final minute, but the Steamwheelers turned the ball over on downs, sealing the Freight victory.

With the win, Fishers opens the season 1-0. The Freight will travel to face the Green Bay Blizzard on March 21 before returning home after a bye week.