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MONROE COUNTY’S HOMELESS COUNT JUMPED 22 PERCENT WHILE THE STATE'S OVERALL COUNTY SHRANK. · SEWER SERVICES PROVIDER TO SOME ALLEN COUNTY RESIDENTS RAISES RATE REVENUE REQUEST TO 40.7% · FIFTEEN HOURS FOR A YEAR OF TACOS · MUNCIE MAN KILLED IN DEARBORN COUNTY CRASH · HAVE AN E-INK READER? · AMAZON GREEN ENERGY PROJECTS CONTRIBUTE $160 MILLION TO INDIANA ECONOMY, STUDY FINDS · “HIGH CRIME, LMAO”: LAW ENFORCEMENT HAS TO ANSWER FOR FLOCK USE. · BATESVILLE MAIN STREET NAMES NEW EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR · WARM SATURDAY, A LITTLE CLOUD SUNDAY — AND FALL FINALLY OPENS IN MARTIN COUNTY · MUNCIE TEEN KILLED IN S.R. 350 CRASH IN AURORA TUESDAY · FIDDLES, HILLSIDE SHOWS, AND A DOME FULL OF STANDARDS: ORANGE COUNTY’S MUSIC SCENE · OWNERS OF VIP SMOKE SHOP PLEAD GUILTY TO DRUG-RELATED CHARGES · THEY WANT THE CANNON BACK ON THE COURTHOUSE LAWN · CHALKTOBERFEST ART CONTEST WINNERS ANNOUNCED · LOCK UP YOUR DAUGHTERS: ABE MARTIN IS LOOSE IN THE HILLS AGAIN, AND YOU CAN'T STOP HIM. · WABASH COUNTY NONPROFIT TOUTS RECORD GROWTH · PERSONNEL MATTER: MONROE COUNTY’S HEALTH CHIEF IS OUT, AND SHE IS ALREADY LAWYERED UP · 2026 VOTER GUIDE: INDIANA SENATE DISTRICT 26 · MUGSHOT MILLS AND THE DEGRADATION OF "NEWS" · 2026 VOTER GUIDE: INDIANA HOUSE DISTRICT 97 · CRANE’S REACTOR: WHO BUILDS IT, WHY IT’S THERE, AND WHO IS RESISTANT. · WTHR · SHORTER NAME: NOVO DROPS “NORDISK” ON PAPER, NOT IN BLOOMINGTON · IVY TECH PARTNERS WITH MARK CUBAN FOUNDATION TO OFFER AGENTIC AI ACADEMY ·

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