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MONROE COUNTY’S HOMELESS COUNT JUMPED 22 PERCENT WHILE THE STATE'S OVERALL COUNTY SHRANK. · INDIANA SOFTBALL POWERS PAST INDIANA TECH IN SECOND FALL EXHIBITION · FIFTEEN HOURS FOR A YEAR OF TACOS · POWERFUL STORMS KNOCKED OUT POWER IN NORTHWEST INDIANA 2 WEEKS AGO. THIS MAJORITY BLACK CITY HAS SUFFERED THE MOST · HAVE AN E-INK READER? · PHONES STOLEN AT LOUDER THAN LIFE PINGING ALL AROUND THIS SMALL SOUTHERN INDIANA CITY · “HIGH CRIME, LMAO”: LAW ENFORCEMENT HAS TO ANSWER FOR FLOCK USE. · TEACHERS SAY INDIANA’S ‘BELL-TO-BELL’ PHONE BAN MAKES ENFORCEMENT EASIER · WARM SATURDAY, A LITTLE CLOUD SUNDAY — AND FALL FINALLY OPENS IN MARTIN COUNTY · CONNECTING STUDENTS AND PROFESSIONALS AT O’NEILL SCHOOL COMMUNITY SAFETY CAREER DAY · FIDDLES, HILLSIDE SHOWS, AND A DOME FULL OF STANDARDS: ORANGE COUNTY’S MUSIC SCENE · DEMOLITION BEGINS ON DANGEROUS LOW-HEAD DAM IN COLUMBUS RIVERFRONT OVERHAUL · THEY WANT THE CANNON BACK ON THE COURTHOUSE LAWN · NEARLY 38 YEARS LATER, BRAZIL MAN CONTINUES SEARCH FOR ANSWERS IN UNSOLVED DOUBLE HOMICIDE · LOCK UP YOUR DAUGHTERS: ABE MARTIN IS LOOSE IN THE HILLS AGAIN, AND YOU CAN'T STOP HIM. · INDIANA FARMERS FACE SOARING DIESEL COSTS AS HARVEST BEGINS · PERSONNEL MATTER: MONROE COUNTY’S HEALTH CHIEF IS OUT, AND SHE IS ALREADY LAWYERED UP · KROGER DISCONTINUES RED BULL SALES NATIONWIDE AMID PRICING DISPUTE · MUGSHOT MILLS AND THE DEGRADATION OF "NEWS" · SPARKLIGHT RECOGNIZED FOR DELIVERING FASTEST INTERNET DOWNLOAD SPEEDS IN VINCENNES · CRANE’S REACTOR: WHO BUILDS IT, WHY IT’S THERE, AND WHO IS RESISTANT. · INDIANA WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY TO HOST “AI IN THE WORKPLACE” WORKSHOP IN BEDFORD · SHORTER NAME: NOVO DROPS “NORDISK” ON PAPER, NOT IN BLOOMINGTON · INDIANA'S SOLAR FOR ALL PROGRAM COULD BE BACK IN PLAY AFTER COURT RULING ·

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