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MONROE COUNTY’S HOMELESS COUNT JUMPED 22 PERCENT WHILE THE STATE'S OVERALL COUNTY SHRANK. · NOTRE DAME TOPS INDIANA SCHOOLS FOR PERFORMANCE AND VALUE · FIFTEEN HOURS FOR A YEAR OF TACOS · INDIANA'S SIGMA NURSING CEO VOTED OUT AFTER ALLEGEDLY CAUGHT SAYING SLURS ON LEAKED CALL · HAVE AN E-INK READER? · INDIANA SEES SURGE OF CITIES, COUNTIES ENDING FLOCK CAMERA CONTRACTS · “HIGH CRIME, LMAO”: LAW ENFORCEMENT HAS TO ANSWER FOR FLOCK USE. · INDIANA STORMS LINKED TO 7 DEATHS AS FLOODS TRIGGER RESCUES AND EVACUATIONS · WARM SATURDAY, A LITTLE CLOUD SUNDAY — AND FALL FINALLY OPENS IN MARTIN COUNTY · STATE PLANS $25M CAMPGROUND EXPANSION AT MCCORMICK’S CREEK STATE PARK · FIDDLES, HILLSIDE SHOWS, AND A DOME FULL OF STANDARDS: ORANGE COUNTY’S MUSIC SCENE · PATTERN CHANGE COMING TO CENTRAL INDIANA · THEY WANT THE CANNON BACK ON THE COURTHOUSE LAWN · FOUR DEARBORN CO. LILLY RECIPIENTS ATTEND STATE SUMMIT · LOCK UP YOUR DAUGHTERS: ABE MARTIN IS LOOSE IN THE HILLS AGAIN, AND YOU CAN'T STOP HIM. · GREENSBURG NATIVES PART OF CHAMPIONSHIP HYDROPLANE RACING TEAM · PERSONNEL MATTER: MONROE COUNTY’S HEALTH CHIEF IS OUT, AND SHE IS ALREADY LAWYERED UP · 2026 VOTER GUIDE: INDIANA'S 1ST CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT · MUGSHOT MILLS AND THE DEGRADATION OF "NEWS" · OPERATOR OF 314 US WENDY’S LOCATIONS FILES FOR BANKRUPTCY PROTECTION · CRANE’S REACTOR: WHO BUILDS IT, WHY IT’S THERE, AND WHO IS RESISTANT. · SEPTEMBER 21 RECAP: NORTHWEST INDIANA NEWS YOU MAY HAVE MISSED TODAY · SHORTER NAME: NOVO DROPS “NORDISK” ON PAPER, NOT IN BLOOMINGTON · 2026 VOTER GUIDE: INDIANA'S 5TH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT ·

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