East Tipp’s new Indiana Teacher of the Year gets hero’s reception

Plus, Wabash Township trustee and board feud looks to spill into 2022. WL ditching mask mandate in city hall. Lafayette Christmas Parade returns. And welcome to the Greater Lafayette Career Academy

Thanks to sponsor Long Center for the Performing Arts for helping to make this edition of Based in Lafayette possible. For details about Scotty McCreery’s show Thursday, Oct. 28, at the downtown Lafayette theater, scroll to the bottom of today’s edition.