Firehouse Chili, Farm Campouts, and Gallery Walks This Weekend
Fishers, IN · October 9, 2026
Milling crews are already setting up cones along Allisonville Road this morning, but clear skies and an action-packed weekend lineup will make the detours easy to forgive.
The Lead
With just one week until the Indy Fuel make their regular-season debut at the new Fishers Event Center, an unexpected visa delay has scrambled bench leadership. The team announced Thursday that assistant Christian Horn will take over as interim head coach while newly hired head coach Jesse Messier awaits federal clearance from U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services. A late-summer coaching transition pushed the organization's visa filing back, leaving federal processing times uncomfortably tight. Fuel president Sean Hallett noted that the front office has enlisted U.S. Senator Todd Young’s staff to help expedite the remaining paperwork. In the meantime, Horn will guide the squad through Saturday’s preseason exhibition against the Bloomington Bison, while team officials keep a watchful eye on federal notices ahead of next Friday's historic opening faceoff.
Local Pulse
School Board Reviews Updated Immunization Policy Schools Proposed revisions clarify 20-day waiver rules and allow parents to submit vaccine paperwork electronically before deadlines.
Early Voting Launches Across Hamilton County Community Residents can cast early in-person ballots in Noblesville before Fishers satellite polling locations open later this month.
What's On Around Town
Today
Fishers AgriPark Campout Fishers AgriPark (11171 Florida Rd), 4:00 PM · $75 Pitch a tent and roast s’mores on a working urban farm.
Headless Horseman Festival Conner Prairie (13400 Allisonville Rd), 5:00–10:00 PM · $26 Haunted hayrides, corn mazes, and fireside magic beneath the autumn stars.
Second Friday Art Reception Fishers Municipal Center (1 Municipal Dr), 6:00–8:00 PM · Free Spooky local artwork, artist meet-and-greets, and light refreshments inside City Hall.
Tomorrow
Safe Sitter Essentials Workshop Fishers Community Center (11400 Johnson Way), 9:00 AM–2:15 PM · Paid
Fishers Fire Foundation Chili Cook-Off Wasson Nursery (13279 E 126th St), 11:00 AM–2:00 PM
Movies in the Plaza: Hocus Pocus Fishers Event Center Plaza, 6:00 PM · Free
Sunday
Forest Bathing Walk Ritchey Woods Nature Preserve (10410 Hague Rd), 3:00–5:00 PM · $36
Headless Horseman Festival Conner Prairie (13400 Allisonville Rd), 5:00–10:00 PM · $26
Spotlight & Story
- The Headless Horseman Tradition
- Conner Prairie launched its first haunted hayride in 1984 with little more than a tractor, volunteer actors, and a borrowed horse. More than four decades later, over 30,000 riders brave the dark woods each October listening for approaching hooves.
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