A full slate today
Adriana Harmeyer in ‘Jeopardy’ ToC semis today. Dylan coming to Elliott Hall. Rezone at Purdue-backed subdivision gets past blowback. Lafayette trash rules OK'd. Key change plugged into pipeline bill
Support for today’s edition come from the Purdue Presidential Lecture Series. Purdue invites you to a special evening with Stephanie White, head coach of the Indiana Fever and member of the Leroy Keyes Purdue Athletics Hall of Fame, at 6 p.m. Feb. 11 in Stewart Center’s Loeb Playhouse. From leading the Boilermakers to an NCAA championship to earning WNBA Coach of the Year, White has experienced success at every level of basketball as both a player and coach. This Presidential Lecture Series event is free and open to the public. Reserve your seat today: https://www.purdue.edu/president/lecture-series/a-conversation-with-stephanie-white/.
Correction: An initial version of this edition incorrectly identified Justin Moffett, founder of Old Town Design Group. The story has been updated here.
WL’S ADRIANA HARMEYER FACES ‘JEOPARDY’ TOURNAMENT OF CHAMPIONS SEMI-FINAL TUESDAY
Adriana Harmeyer, a Purdue archivist whose 15-game win streak made her the top “Jeopardy” champ in 2024, has been seeded in the first semi-final match Tuesday in the quiz show’s annual “Tournament of Champions.”
According to the show’s site, Harmeyer will face Will Wallace and Ryan Manton, 2024 winners who advanced in the past week’s six quarterfinals that opened the tournament. The winner Tuesday will advance to the finals and await winners from shows Wednesday and Thursday. The tournament champion will be the contestant who wins three matches in the finals.
“Jeopardy” airs locally at 7:30 p.m. weeknights on WLFI-TV18.
BiL spoke had a Q&A with Harmeyer last week, as the Tournament of Champions got rolling. Here’s a way into that conversation:
BOB DYLAN’S ‘ROUGH AND ROWDY WAYS’ TOUR COMING TO ELLIOTT HALL OF MUSIC
Bob Dylan has an April 11 stop at Purdue’s Elliott Hall of Music on his upcoming “Rough and Rowdy Ways” tour, which kicks off March 25 in Tulsa, Oklahoma. The West Lafayette date, announced late Sunday night on Dylan’s site and confirmed Monday by Purdue Convocations, is the first of three in Indiana, including the Embassy Theatre in Fort Wayne and the Morris Performing Arts Center in South Bend. General public tickets go on sale at 10 a.m. Friday, Feb. 7, at convocations.purdue.edu/event/bob-dylan. Tickets for students and Friends of Convos members start at 10 a.m. Thursday, Feb. 6, at the Stewart Center Box Office or via early access codes sent by Purdue Convocations. (Purdue students with ID can get $20 off ticket prices at the Stewart Center Box Office.) This tour, focusing on smaller markets, will be the fourth time Dylan has played at Purdue, including stops in 1980, 2000 and 2004.
AFTER INITIAL BLOWBACK, WEST LAFAYETTE COUNCIL SIGNS OFF ON CHANGES IN PROVENANCE SUBDIVISION IN PURDUE’S DISCOVERY PARK DISTRICT
A rezoning plan that had some residents of Provenance, a Purdue-backed subdivision just west of campus, accusing developers of reneging on promises for the neighborhood came away with a unanimous approval from the West Lafayette City Council Monday night.
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