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.

Gov. Eric Holcomb opted not to reimpose any COVID-19 restrictions Thursday as he extended the state's public health emergency for another month.

In their decision, Purdue officials cited both new guidance from the CDC and concerns about local hospital capacity.

State health officials say they're not mandating masks in K-12 schools amid a surge of COVID-19 in part because local officials told them they want to make those decisions.

The Lume debuts at Newfields on Tuesday. Guests will be able to walk through nearly 30,000 square feet of immersive digital art by Dutch post-impressionist painter Vincent Van Gogh.