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MONROE COUNTY’S HOMELESS COUNT JUMPED 22 PERCENT WHILE THE STATE'S OVERALL COUNTY SHRANK. · NORTH LAWRENCE COMMUNITY SCHOOLS OUTLINES STUDENT MEAL CHARGE AND COLLECTION GUIDELINES · FIFTEEN HOURS FOR A YEAR OF TACOS · REGISTRATION IS OPEN FOR SESSION I OF THE SKATING SCHOOL AT FRANK SOUTHERN ICE ARENA · HAVE AN E-INK READER? · INDIANA CHIEF JUSTICE LORETTA RUSH HONORS JUDICIAL OFFICERS AND COMMUNITY LEADERS AT ANNUAL CONFERENCE · “HIGH CRIME, LMAO”: LAW ENFORCEMENT HAS TO ANSWER FOR FLOCK USE. · GOVERNOR BRAUN RECOGNIZES RURAL BLOOMFIELD SCHOOL WHERE INDIANA’S FIRST-IN-THE-NATION CYBERSECURITY PATHWAY COMES TO LIFE · WARM SATURDAY, A LITTLE CLOUD SUNDAY — AND FALL FINALLY OPENS IN MARTIN COUNTY · INDIANA SUPREME COURT HEARS DUKE ENERGY CASE THAT COULD RESHAPE YOUR LEGAL REPRESENTATION · FIDDLES, HILLSIDE SHOWS, AND A DOME FULL OF STANDARDS: ORANGE COUNTY’S MUSIC SCENE · INDIANA SOFTBALL POWERS PAST INDIANA TECH IN SECOND FALL EXHIBITION · THEY WANT THE CANNON BACK ON THE COURTHOUSE LAWN · POWERFUL STORMS KNOCKED OUT POWER IN NORTHWEST INDIANA 2 WEEKS AGO. THIS MAJORITY BLACK CITY HAS SUFFERED THE MOST · LOCK UP YOUR DAUGHTERS: ABE MARTIN IS LOOSE IN THE HILLS AGAIN, AND YOU CAN'T STOP HIM. · PHONES STOLEN AT LOUDER THAN LIFE PINGING ALL AROUND THIS SMALL SOUTHERN INDIANA CITY · PERSONNEL MATTER: MONROE COUNTY’S HEALTH CHIEF IS OUT, AND SHE IS ALREADY LAWYERED UP · TEACHERS SAY INDIANA’S ‘BELL-TO-BELL’ PHONE BAN MAKES ENFORCEMENT EASIER · MUGSHOT MILLS AND THE DEGRADATION OF "NEWS" · CONNECTING STUDENTS AND PROFESSIONALS AT O’NEILL SCHOOL COMMUNITY SAFETY CAREER DAY · CRANE’S REACTOR: WHO BUILDS IT, WHY IT’S THERE, AND WHO IS RESISTANT. · DEMOLITION BEGINS ON DANGEROUS LOW-HEAD DAM IN COLUMBUS RIVERFRONT OVERHAUL · SHORTER NAME: NOVO DROPS “NORDISK” ON PAPER, NOT IN BLOOMINGTON · NEARLY 38 YEARS LATER, BRAZIL MAN CONTINUES SEARCH FOR ANSWERS IN UNSOLVED DOUBLE HOMICIDE ·

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