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MONROE COUNTY’S HOMELESS COUNT JUMPED 22 PERCENT WHILE THE STATE'S OVERALL COUNTY SHRANK. · MITCHELL'S LITTLE STARS SHINE AT 2026 ITTY BITTY PERSIMMON BABY CONTEST · FIFTEEN HOURS FOR A YEAR OF TACOS · UPDATE: PAVING OPERATIONS SET TO BEGIN ON US 41 IN KNOX COUNTY · HAVE AN E-INK READER? · LAWRENCE COUNTY INDEPENDENT SCHOOLS BOARD OF TRUSTEES SET TO HOLD REGULAR MEETING · “HIGH CRIME, LMAO”: LAW ENFORCEMENT HAS TO ANSWER FOR FLOCK USE. · BLOOMINGFOODS CELEBRATES 50 YEARS OF COMMUNITY AT 50TH ANNIVERSARY ANNUAL MEETING · WARM SATURDAY, A LITTLE CLOUD SUNDAY — AND FALL FINALLY OPENS IN MARTIN COUNTY · LAWRENCE COUNTY EMA AND FIRST RESPONDERS CONDUCT HAZARDOUS MATERIALS TABLETOP EXERCISE · FIDDLES, HILLSIDE SHOWS, AND A DOME FULL OF STANDARDS: ORANGE COUNTY’S MUSIC SCENE · SHERIFF GREG DAY UPDATES COMMISSIONERS ON JAIL POPULATION AND PHONE SYSTEM REPAIRS · THEY WANT THE CANNON BACK ON THE COURTHOUSE LAWN · LAWRENCE COUNTY HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT WRAPS UP 2026 PAVING OPERATIONS, BRIDGE TO BE REPLACED THIS SPRING · LOCK UP YOUR DAUGHTERS: ABE MARTIN IS LOOSE IN THE HILLS AGAIN, AND YOU CAN'T STOP HIM. · AM RADIO BILL MOVES TO SENATE WITH BIPARTISAN SUPPORT AND STRONG INDIANA LEADERSHIP · PERSONNEL MATTER: MONROE COUNTY’S HEALTH CHIEF IS OUT, AND SHE IS ALREADY LAWYERED UP · GREENSBURG QB NOMINATED FOR INDY STAR PLAYER OF THE WEEK · MUGSHOT MILLS AND THE DEGRADATION OF "NEWS" · TWO NORTH DECATUR PLAYERS REACH CAREER MILESTONES · CRANE’S REACTOR: WHO BUILDS IT, WHY IT’S THERE, AND WHO IS RESISTANT. · INDOT PROPOSES $5 MILLION IN CENTRAL INDIANA TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS · SHORTER NAME: NOVO DROPS “NORDISK” ON PAPER, NOT IN BLOOMINGTON · STATE POLICE: DEADLY CAR CRASH IN DEARBORN COUNTY ·

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