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HAVE AN E-INK READER? · STORMS USHER IN A MUCH COOLER AND MORE FALL-LIKE WEEK · “HIGH CRIME, LMAO”: LAW ENFORCEMENT HAS TO ANSWER FOR FLOCK USE. · FOX59/CBS4 TO HOST INDIANA SECRETARY OF STATE DEBATE BEFORE NOVEMBER’S ELECTION · WARM SATURDAY, A LITTLE CLOUD SUNDAY — AND FALL FINALLY OPENS IN MARTIN COUNTY · FCN BANK TO HOLD 125TH ANNIVERSARY COOKOUT · FIDDLES, HILLSIDE SHOWS, AND A DOME FULL OF STANDARDS: ORANGE COUNTY’S MUSIC SCENE · MADISON CHAUTAUQUA FESTIVAL OF ART IS SEPT. 26-27 · THEY WANT THE CANNON BACK ON THE COURTHOUSE LAWN · DILLSBORO FIRE TO HOST ANNUAL HOG ROAST ON SUNDAY · LOCK UP YOUR DAUGHTERS: ABE MARTIN IS LOOSE IN THE HILLS AGAIN, AND YOU CAN'T STOP HIM. · INDIANA STATE POLICE CONDUCTING DEATH INVESTIGATION · PERSONNEL MATTER: MONROE COUNTY’S HEALTH CHIEF IS OUT, AND SHE IS ALREADY LAWYERED UP · FRUSTRATION MOUNTS FOR THOUSANDS STILL WITHOUT POWER AFTER DEADLY INDIANA STORMS · MUGSHOT MILLS AND THE DEGRADATION OF "NEWS" · UNITED WAY DAY OF CARING SEES 900 VOLUNTEERS, BRINGS NEEDED AID TO NORTHWEST INDIANA · CRANE’S REACTOR: WHO BUILDS IT, WHY IT’S THERE, AND WHO IS RESISTANT. · SUSAN MIHALO | CLIMATE CHANGE IS ON THE MINDS OF INDIANA VOTERS · SHORTER NAME: NOVO DROPS “NORDISK” ON PAPER, NOT IN BLOOMINGTON · TORRENTIAL RAINFALL EXPECTED IN NORTHWEST INDIANA SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY · U.S. 50 IS STILL MARTIN COUNTY’S PROBLEM CHILD · NOTRE DAME STAYS AT NO. 3, INDIANA DROPS TO NO. 5 IN LATEST AP TOP 25 · FOR LOCAL AGRICULTURE: DECAYING INFRASTRUCTURE AND TIGHTENING FINANCIAL CONTROLS · GOLF FOR GOOD SUPPORTS SALVATION ARMY SERVICES ACROSS SOUTHERN INDIANA ·

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