🌱 Asia Coffee Competing On 'Holiday Wars' + Two Teens Arrested

Hey, Indianapolis! Let's get you started this Friday with everything you need to know going on today in town.

First, today's weather:

Mostly cloudy and breezy. High: 52 Low: 35.

Here are the top stories in Indianapolis today:

1. Police arrested two teens in connection with a series of armed robberies at various Indianapolis gas stations around the city. The suspects, identified as 18-year-old Mekhi Rosenthall and 17-year-old Christopher Rocheleau, carried out six robberies from Oct. 26 to 28 and have been charged with robbery, carrying a handgun without a license, and resisting law enforcement. IMPD has released surveillance images and is looking for additional suspects in connection with the six cases. (Fox 59)
2. An Indianapolis baker is competing on a Food Network show for chance at $25,000. Asia Coffee is an interior designer from the Broad Ripple area who for the past ten years has loved to make cakes in her free time. She will be competing on the third season of "Holiday Wars" which airs on Nov. 14 at 8 p.m. (WTHR)
3. The 59th annual Circle of Lights, a treasured holiday tradition, will be returning as a live event on Nov. 26 at the Soldiers and Sailors Monument. (WFYI)
4. Refuge Place Indy is struggling to continue their mission of feeding Indy's homeless after both of their trucks broke down. (WTHR)
5. A new Krispy Kreme is coming to the former site of a PNC Bank on E. 82nd St., between the Longhorn Steakhouse and Panda Express and across from the Castleton Square Mall. (Fox 59)

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— Miranda Fraraccio

About me: Miranda Fraraccio is a born and raised Rhode Islander. She works as a freelance copywriter for content creation agency Lightning Media Partners and as an assistant producer for a live-lit storytelling show in Chicago. She holds a degree in Writing & Rhetoric and Communication Studies from The University of Rhode Island. In her free time, you can find her traveling, hiking, or photographing her neighborhood as a street photographer.