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MONROE COUNTY’S HOMELESS COUNT JUMPED 22 PERCENT WHILE THE STATE'S OVERALL COUNTY SHRANK. · PHONES STOLEN AT LOUDER THAN LIFE PINGING ALL AROUND THIS SMALL SOUTHERN INDIANA CITY · FIFTEEN HOURS FOR A YEAR OF TACOS · TEACHERS SAY INDIANA’S ‘BELL-TO-BELL’ PHONE BAN MAKES ENFORCEMENT EASIER · HAVE AN E-INK READER? · CONNECTING STUDENTS AND PROFESSIONALS AT O’NEILL SCHOOL COMMUNITY SAFETY CAREER DAY · “HIGH CRIME, LMAO”: LAW ENFORCEMENT HAS TO ANSWER FOR FLOCK USE. · DEMOLITION BEGINS ON DANGEROUS LOW-HEAD DAM IN COLUMBUS RIVERFRONT OVERHAUL · WARM SATURDAY, A LITTLE CLOUD SUNDAY — AND FALL FINALLY OPENS IN MARTIN COUNTY · NEARLY 38 YEARS LATER, BRAZIL MAN CONTINUES SEARCH FOR ANSWERS IN UNSOLVED DOUBLE HOMICIDE · FIDDLES, HILLSIDE SHOWS, AND A DOME FULL OF STANDARDS: ORANGE COUNTY’S MUSIC SCENE · INDIANA FARMERS FACE SOARING DIESEL COSTS AS HARVEST BEGINS · THEY WANT THE CANNON BACK ON THE COURTHOUSE LAWN · KROGER DISCONTINUES RED BULL SALES NATIONWIDE AMID PRICING DISPUTE · LOCK UP YOUR DAUGHTERS: ABE MARTIN IS LOOSE IN THE HILLS AGAIN, AND YOU CAN'T STOP HIM. · SPARKLIGHT RECOGNIZED FOR DELIVERING FASTEST INTERNET DOWNLOAD SPEEDS IN VINCENNES · PERSONNEL MATTER: MONROE COUNTY’S HEALTH CHIEF IS OUT, AND SHE IS ALREADY LAWYERED UP · INDIANA WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY TO HOST “AI IN THE WORKPLACE” WORKSHOP IN BEDFORD · MUGSHOT MILLS AND THE DEGRADATION OF "NEWS" · INDIANA'S SOLAR FOR ALL PROGRAM COULD BE BACK IN PLAY AFTER COURT RULING · CRANE’S REACTOR: WHO BUILDS IT, WHY IT’S THERE, AND WHO IS RESISTANT. · JOSHUA AND OWEN RHOADS OBITUARY (2026) - WABASH, IN · SHORTER NAME: NOVO DROPS “NORDISK” ON PAPER, NOT IN BLOOMINGTON · SEARCH CONTINUES FOR MISSING JENNINGS COUNTY WOMAN MONDAY ·

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Indiana Townships Are Changing: Here’s What It Means for Monroe, Lawrence, Greene and the Rest of Our Region

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Rural Hospital Presses Anthem Over Underpaid Claims

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Newberry Festival Returns to Greene County This Weekend

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Climbing Toward the Centennial: Restoring Brown County’s Historic Weed Patch Hill Fire Tower

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Chamberfest Brown County Returns: World-Class Ensembles, a Wartime Song Cycle Premiere, and a Week of Mostly Free Music in Nashville

Composer Patrick Zimmerli and librettist Mirabelle Ordinaire have set actual wartime correspondence — spanning the American Revolution through the Gulf War — to music for four voices and piano.

Kristen Withers Aug 13, 2026
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Washington County Highway Garage BOT Project: What the State Audit Found and the Oversight Still Underway

Auditors identified problems with purchasing procedures, contract adherence, and financial reporting.

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Fall Preview: Farm Markets, Harvest Season, and Fort Vallonia Days in Jackson County

Mark the calendar now!

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When the Circus Came to Stay: Ed Ballard, Hagenbeck-Wallace, and Orange County’s Big-Top Legacy

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Tourism’s Quiet Powerhouse: How French Lick Resort Continues to Lift Orange County

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The Affordable Housing Squeeze and the Non-Student Exodus

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Seymour’s Proposed Annexation: Planning for Growth Along the Burkart Corridor

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A careful look at what the Brown County Redevelopment Commission is working toward

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Could Beau Bayh Look Like Anymore of a Doofus?

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Indiana’s $1.86 Billion Surplus and Nearly $4 Billion in Reserves: What It Means for Counties Like Ours

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Lawrence County Joins Statewide INjail System: What It Means For Southern Indiana

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French Lick Irony: Indiana Democrats Hold Their “Big Idea” Convention Where Their Base Can't Afford to Show Up

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Indiana Democrats’ Long Shadow: An Image Problem That Won’t Quit

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Indiana Wesleyan University to host “AI in the Workplace” workshop in Bedford

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