6+ day, 5+ hour ago (513+ words) In a year defined by slowing whiskey sales, tariff uncertainty, and a long-overdue correction in a market that expanded too fast, one of the most remarkable breakout stories didn't come from Kentucky, Scotland, or Japan. It came from a seventh-generation farm in Indiana. "It's overwhelming," winemaker and distiller Christian Huber told me in a recent interview. "We're just a small craft distillery that kept putting good whiskey back and stuck to who we are. To see it recognized like this, especially next to the big names, is incredible." It's an achievement rooted in patience, independence, and an approach to whiskey shaped by agriculture and wine, not marketing trends. After making their inaugural bottling from sourced whiskey, they did something uncommon: they vowed that nothing ever again would be released under the Starlight name that they didn't wholly produce in-house. Instead,…...

10+ hour, 11+ min ago (687+ words) INDIANAPOLIS " The Indiana Pacers have made changes to their two-way contract setup. On Sunday, the team waived guard RayJ Dennis and used the newly-created roster spot to sign guard Ethan Thompson. Dennis has been with the Pacers since early January of this year. The 24-year old point guard spent his rookie season with the franchise and appeared in 11 outings, averaging 2.7 points and 1.3 assists per game in year one. His two-way agreement was two years in length, so the youngster stuck with Indiana throughout the offseason and into his second campaign. This year, Dennis has been more involved with the Pacers. Mounting injuries forced the team to rely on its two-way players, and that often included Dennis. He has 13 appearances this season, and about half of them came in situations in which Dennis was a part of the team's rotation. He…...