🌱 IndyGo Super Stops Downtown + Operation Blessings Bags

Get on up, Indianapolis! It's Monday, so let's get you started with everything you need to know going on around town today.

First, today's weather:

A little rain in the morning. High: 66 Low: 44.

Here are the top 3 stories in Indianapolis today:

1. An upgraded bus route is coming to a downtown Indianapolis street that is also receiving improvements. The super stops will run along Delaware St, a stretch of roadway undergoing a $5 million overhaul. The City partnered with IndyGo to include the new transit option along the busy corridor. (WFYI)
2. Christmas came early for residents of an Indy shelter, thanks to a student at Indiana University–Purdue University Indianapolis. "Operation Blessing Bags" provides residents of Salvation Army’s Ruth Lilly Women & Children’s Center with toiletries, blankets, toys, and more. After going through a difficult year brought on by the pandemic, IUPUI student Derek Mount rallied fellow students and friends to help out, raising enough money to fill 200 bags. (WANE)
3. A 69-year-old man is dead after the moped he was driving collided with a car about 6 p.m. on Christmas Eve on the Far Southside. An eyewitness told Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department officers that a black sedan was traveling south on State Road 135 and turned left at a yellow light at East Thompson Road when it was hit by a red moped traveling north. The moped operator died within 20 minutes of his arrival at Eskenazi Hospital. No intoxication is suspected at this time; the sedan's driver who was not injured stayed at the crash scene with police. (IndyStar)

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Today in Indianapolis:

• MacAllister Machinery Gift Of Lights - Marion County Fairgrounds & Event Center (6:00 PM)

From my notebook:

• On Saturday, the Indianapolis Colts placed LB Darius Leonard, WR Zach Pascal and S Khari Willis on the Reserve/COVID-19 list. Six players have been elevated to the active roster from the practice squad as COVID-19 replacements. (Facebook)
• The Christmas season doesn't have to end just yet! Jolly Days at the Children's Museum of Indianapolis will be open through Jan. 2. (Instagram)
• The 34 sworn firefighters of the Beech Grove FD officially joined the Indianapolis Fire Department with Station 57 becoming IFD Station 46. (Facebook)

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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.