Attendance at this year's Indiana State Fair rose slightly for the second year in a row, the fair announced Thursday.

The Johnson-Bey family was awarded the Hoosier Homestead Farm Centennial Award during the 166th Annual Indiana State Fair.

The first documented Indiana concert for the legendary band Styx was 50 years ago, April 27, 1973 at DePauw University in Greencastle.

The 2023 Indiana State Fair begins Friday 18 days of agricultural shows, live music and unusual food options at the State Fairgrounds in Indianapolis.

State leaders officially cut the ribbon at the swine barn at the Indiana State Fairgrounds Thursday after a multi-year, $50 million overhaul.

The Indiana State Fair returns this month. Opening day is July 29 and the fair will run through Aug. 21.

Officials with an Indiana summertime favorite say the organization is going “full throttle” this year to make the event a memorable one.

The Indiana State Fair typically draws nearly 1 million people over its run of less than three weeks. And the state is in the middle of the sharpest spike in daily COVID-19 cases since the pandemic's earliest days.

COVID-19 cancelled last year's Indiana State Fair, but fairgoers can return this year and the theme is "Celebrating the Hoosier Spirit."

The new $50 million facility, renamed Fall Creek Pavilion, will include a restoration of the front façade of the original swine barn but total reconstruction of the rest of the structure.