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MONROE COUNTY’S HOMELESS COUNT JUMPED 22 PERCENT WHILE THE STATE'S OVERALL COUNTY SHRANK. · PATTERN CHANGE COMING TO CENTRAL INDIANA · FIFTEEN HOURS FOR A YEAR OF TACOS · FOUR DEARBORN CO. LILLY RECIPIENTS ATTEND STATE SUMMIT · HAVE AN E-INK READER? · GREENSBURG NATIVES PART OF CHAMPIONSHIP HYDROPLANE RACING TEAM · “HIGH CRIME, LMAO”: LAW ENFORCEMENT HAS TO ANSWER FOR FLOCK USE. · 2026 VOTER GUIDE: INDIANA'S 1ST CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT · WARM SATURDAY, A LITTLE CLOUD SUNDAY — AND FALL FINALLY OPENS IN MARTIN COUNTY · OPERATOR OF 314 US WENDY’S LOCATIONS FILES FOR BANKRUPTCY PROTECTION · FIDDLES, HILLSIDE SHOWS, AND A DOME FULL OF STANDARDS: ORANGE COUNTY’S MUSIC SCENE · SEPTEMBER 21 RECAP: NORTHWEST INDIANA NEWS YOU MAY HAVE MISSED TODAY · THEY WANT THE CANNON BACK ON THE COURTHOUSE LAWN · 2026 VOTER GUIDE: INDIANA'S 5TH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT · LOCK UP YOUR DAUGHTERS: ABE MARTIN IS LOOSE IN THE HILLS AGAIN, AND YOU CAN'T STOP HIM. · CONSTRUCTION MANAGER CHOSEN FOR $4B AI MEMORY PLANT IN INDIANA · PERSONNEL MATTER: MONROE COUNTY’S HEALTH CHIEF IS OUT, AND SHE IS ALREADY LAWYERED UP · CROSS COUNTRY OPPONENTS GATHER FOR IMPROMPTU PRAYER · MUGSHOT MILLS AND THE DEGRADATION OF "NEWS" · BRAUN: NEW CAMPGROUND COMING TO MCCORMICK’S CREEK STATE PARK AFTER DEADLY TORNADO · CRANE’S REACTOR: WHO BUILDS IT, WHY IT’S THERE, AND WHO IS RESISTANT. · LOCAL BRIEF: SEPT. 22 · SHORTER NAME: NOVO DROPS “NORDISK” ON PAPER, NOT IN BLOOMINGTON · BP'S OIL REFINERY IN WHITING, INDIANA, RETURNS TO NORMAL OPERATIONS AFTER PLANNED MAINTENANCE ·

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