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IT'S TIME FOR A MR.NEWZ UPDATE! · NICE FRIDAY AHEAD, A FEW SHOWERS POSSIBLE SATURDAY ACROSS CENTRAL INDIANA · O’CHARLEY’S GOES DARK ON BLOOMINGTON’S WEST SIDE · INDIANA ACTIVISTS PETITION AGAINST TWO COAL PLANTS STAYING OPEN · JACKSON AND WASHINGTON COUNTY: SEYMOUR’S FESTIVAL MONTH AND SALEM’S LONG ROAD HOME · DANI JACOBSON SHUTS OUT NEBRASKA AS INDIANA WOMEN’S SOCCER WINS BIG TEN OPENER · MARTIN AND ORANGE: A STOPLIGHT ON THE RIVER AND A PUMPKIN WEEK IN RESORT COUNTRY · INDIANA CORNFIELD BECOMES A NATIONAL POLITICAL STATEMENT: GOEBEL FARMS HONORS CHARLIE KIRK · LAWRENCE AND GREENE COUNTY: COMBINES, CONES, AND AN APPLE WEEKEND · INDIANA WOMAN 'PACKED HER BAG AND LEFT' AFTER BEING ACCUSED OF MOLESTING 7-YEAR-OLD: DOCS · MONROE AND BROWN COUNTY: FALL STARTS ON 46, NOT ON A BROCHURE · 7 MOST BREATHTAKING TOWNS IN INDIANA · WHAT IS SEAN STEELE ACTUALLY RUNNING ON? · IU HEALTH PUBLIC SAFETY ISSUES INDIANA SILVER ALERT FOR MISSING MAN · CHRIS BOWEN REALLY WANTS YOU TO LISTEN TO HER. · ARTIST FROM INDIANA PICKED TO PAINT MURAL AT FEVER SPORTS PERFORMANCE CENTER UNDER CONSTRUCTION · CHRIS BOWEN IN FULL DENIAL AFTER INSULTING ENTIRE DISTRICT · INDIANA SILVER ALERT ISSUED FOR 14-YEAR-OLD GIRL IN DANVILLE · WEST NILE FOUND IN GREENE COUNTY MOSQUITOES — HEALTH DEPARTMENT SAYS THE WHOLE COUNTY IS AT RISK · 11 INDIANA COUNTIES TO GET HELP WITH STORM DEBRIS COSTS · $16.7 MILLION COMING TO WEST-CENTRAL INDIANA’S RURAL HOSPITALS — GREENE COUNTY IS ON THE LIST · ONE MONTH AFTER FLOODING, SOUTHEAST INDIANA COMMUNITIES RALLY AROUND RECOVERY · FROM A REGIONAL NIGHT IN COLUMBUS TO A LIFETIME OF SCREENINGS: FELEICA STEWART TAKES JOHN STEWART’S STORY WIDER · INDIANA VOLLEYBALL DEFEATS CAL POLY IN INDIANA INVITATIONAL HOME OPENER ·

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