FLORENCE, IN (FOX19) - Southeastern Indiana Independent Living Center is hosting a Health Awareness & Resource Fair at the Belterra Resort's Grand Ballroom in Florence Indiana on Friday, March 15 from 8am to 3pm.

This event is free & open to the public. Approximately 70 exhibits & displays are present to provide hands-on demonstrations, free samples and give-a-ways, access to free local resources and free health screenings.

Participants can take advantage of the drawings and enter for a chance to win one of two large flat-screen televisions. Almost 300 people attended this one-day event in 2012.

(FOX19) - The YMCA of Greater Cincinnati is offering a healthy alternative to Fat Tuesday.

All 13 of the Greater Cincinnati YMCA locations will be offering free group exercise classes throughout the day on Tuesday, February 12.

Find the closest YMCA to your neighborhood by clicking here.

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Gov. Mike Pence is showing that it's not too late to get a flu shot.

The governor says he was so busy late last year that he simply forgot. But he got the shot at his office Thursday from Marion County's public health director, Virginia Caine. Health officials are continuing to encourage vaccination to prevent the spread of flu.

In Indianapolis, health officials are asking Marion County schools for daily absentee rates in order to monitor the spread of flu in classrooms.

Caine says if the rates of absent students are high enough, schools might need to close.

Officials say the vaccine is still available across Indiana. The vaccine becomes effective two weeks after a person receives the shot. The flu season usually lasts from October to May.