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The Purdue football season gets underway Saturday at home against Eastern Kentucky.  The Boilermakers are coming off their most successful campaign of the Danny Hope era, one it which they went 7-6 and earned their first bowl berth and win since 2007.

That success has heightened expectations heading into the new season which, as WBAA' Sam Klemet explains, the Boilermakers are fully embracing.

The National Voluntary Organizations Active in Disaster (NVOAD) is crafting a plan to deal with this year’s drought.

The new task force is working on short-term and long-term response actions for helping farmers, ranchers and communities get back on their feet.

Steve Cain with Purdue’s Extension Disaster Education Network is heading up the effort. He says one immediate response is getting feed hay to livestock producers who need it.

Indiana’s new executive director of the office of tourism is visiting different parts of the state.

Mark Newman took over the job earlier this month. He most recent worked for the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra as its vice president of marketing and communications.

Newman says the industry brings in $10 billion each year and he wants to keep the momentum going.

The Indiana GOP lieutenant governor candidate is touting her ticket's pro-business policies.

Sue Ellspermann participated in a jobs roundtable at Fairfield manufacturing in Lafayette Wednesday morning. She says students of today need to be better prepared for the jobs of tomorrow.

Ellspermann says if she and Mike Pence are elected, they would support proposals to encourage college undergraduates to complete their degrees in four years.

She says those in high school need to be made aware of alternatives to college that will still prepare them for the workforce.

Cultural displays, music, and food from around the world will be on display this weekend in West Lafayette.

It's all part of the 18th annual Global Fest, which runs from ten until nine Saturday at the Morton Community Center.

Visitors can try their hand at origami, sample food from places such as Africa and the Middle East, and enjoy a variety of musical and dance performances.

Global Fest is open to the public and there is no cost to attend.

Although time travel often has been dreamed of and much has been written about it, no one has seemed to master it.

No one, that is, except Lafayette resident Steve Eddy.

Students at Ivy Tech-Lafayette have more degree options.

The Indiana Commission for Higher Education approved two new programs for the local community college.

An Associate of Science in Pre-Engineering degree is now offered.

Last year it began being offered at four other regional campuses.

The degree is transferrable to Purdue-Calumet, Purdue-North Central, IUPUI and the University of Southern Indiana.

The commission also approved a Technical Certificate in Advanced Manufacturing for the Lafayette campus, as well as at 19 other sites.

The Lafayette School Corporation is putting together its 2013 spending plan.

The district is advertising a budget of just under $73-million.

Chief Financial Officer Eric Rody that’s similar to the current version.

Last year, LSC’s board approved a roughly $73-million- spending plan, which was about a half-million less than the previous year.

A public hearing on the 2013 budget is set for September 10th.

The board will vote on the final version in October.

Whether it's a tropical storm or hurricane does not matter. Whichever classification, Isaac is expected to bring a lot of rain to Indiana.

The track of the storm after it hits land, as of Tuesday morning, takes it up the Mississippi River valley and across southern Illinois into the Hoosier State.

National Weather Service Meteorologist Joe Skowronek says the additional rain is needed.

"We really could still use the rain, we're still about six inches below normal for the year, and we're still in a pretty severe drought so this rain would help a lot with fixing that."

As students head back to school, research and job trends show job opportunities are out there. However, to take advantage of these opportunities, students must get the education or training necessary to qualify for the jobs most in demand now and very likely for the foreseeable future.This is especially true in manufacturing, where employers are having trouble finding qualified employees.WBAA's Kristin Malavenda talks with Indiana Youth Institute President & CEO Bill Stanczykiewicz about an option few students explore, the Technical Honors Diploma.