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MONROE COUNTY’S HOMELESS COUNT JUMPED 22 PERCENT WHILE THE STATE'S OVERALL COUNTY SHRANK. · GOVENOR BRAUN LEADS LARGEST COORDINATED DEBRIS OPERATIONS IN RECENT STATE HISTORY · FIFTEEN HOURS FOR A YEAR OF TACOS · WHAT DOES IT TAKE TO KEEP AN INDIANA FESTIVAL ALIVE? · HAVE AN E-INK READER? · MISSING MILES, LYNX STARTERS SIT FOR 2½ QUARTERS IN 19-POINT LOSS AT INDIANA · “HIGH CRIME, LMAO”: LAW ENFORCEMENT HAS TO ANSWER FOR FLOCK USE. · SENATOR BANKS LEADS FIGHT TO ENSURE TAXPAYER-FUNDED PELL GRANTS GO TO AMERICAN STUDENTS ONLY · WARM SATURDAY, A LITTLE CLOUD SUNDAY — AND FALL FINALLY OPENS IN MARTIN COUNTY · 28 INDIANA HOMES TO RECEIVE $133,943 IN BROADBAND INVESTMENT  · FIDDLES, HILLSIDE SHOWS, AND A DOME FULL OF STANDARDS: ORANGE COUNTY’S MUSIC SCENE · FREE AG TAX EDUCATION WEBINAR TO DETAIL 2026 ESTATE TAX AND PLANNING RULES · THEY WANT THE CANNON BACK ON THE COURTHOUSE LAWN · FIRST FINANCIAL TO HOST BLOOMINGTON FOOD DRIVE IN OCTOBER · LOCK UP YOUR DAUGHTERS: ABE MARTIN IS LOOSE IN THE HILLS AGAIN, AND YOU CAN'T STOP HIM. · STUDY HIGHLIGHTS POLICY AND FINANCIAL BARRIERS TO ORAL HEALTHCARE FOR PREGNANT HOOSIERS · PERSONNEL MATTER: MONROE COUNTY’S HEALTH CHIEF IS OUT, AND SHE IS ALREADY LAWYERED UP · THE 2027 BEST NATIONAL UNIVERSITIES: INDIANA INSTITUTIONS STAND OUT IN LATEST RANKINGS · MUGSHOT MILLS AND THE DEGRADATION OF "NEWS" · SEPT. 23: GOV. MIKE BRAUN POWERS GROWTH IN INDIANA'S SKILLED TRADES PIPELINE · CRANE’S REACTOR: WHO BUILDS IT, WHY IT’S THERE, AND WHO IS RESISTANT. · MEN WHO OWN NEARLY 100 SMOKE SHOPS IN KY, OHIO, INDIANA GUILTY OF DRUG TRAFFICKING · SHORTER NAME: NOVO DROPS “NORDISK” ON PAPER, NOT IN BLOOMINGTON · IU JACOBS SCHOOL OF MUSIC AND MET OPERA ADVANCE PARTNERSHIP WITH 'LINCOLN IN THE BARDO' ·

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