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MONROE COUNTY’S HOMELESS COUNT JUMPED 22 PERCENT WHILE THE STATE'S OVERALL COUNTY SHRANK. · INDIANA JUDGE ENDS LEGAL BATTLE OVER GENDER-TRANSITION CARE BAN · FIFTEEN HOURS FOR A YEAR OF TACOS · THE LIGHTS ARE BACK ON IN GARY, INDIANA · HAVE AN E-INK READER? · INDIANA COULD SEE A LONGER FALL COLOR SEASON IN 2026 — HERE’S WHEN THE LEAVES SHOULD PEAK · “HIGH CRIME, LMAO”: LAW ENFORCEMENT HAS TO ANSWER FOR FLOCK USE. · 2026 VOTER GUIDE: INDIANA HOUSE DISTRICT 100 · WARM SATURDAY, A LITTLE CLOUD SUNDAY — AND FALL FINALLY OPENS IN MARTIN COUNTY · INDIANA MAN CHARGED AFTER LEADING HIGH-SPEED CHASE FROM HAMMOND TO SOUTH SHORE · FIDDLES, HILLSIDE SHOWS, AND A DOME FULL OF STANDARDS: ORANGE COUNTY’S MUSIC SCENE · A PROPOSED DATA CENTER IS CHANGING THE CONVERSATION IN THIS INDIANA FARMING COMMUNITY · THEY WANT THE CANNON BACK ON THE COURTHOUSE LAWN · NAVY INSTALLING ADVANCED NUCLEAR MICROREACTOR AT INDIANA COMMAND · LOCK UP YOUR DAUGHTERS: ABE MARTIN IS LOOSE IN THE HILLS AGAIN, AND YOU CAN'T STOP HIM. · INDIANA STATE POLICE NOW HIRING COMMERCIAL VEHICLE INSPECTORS FOR REGIONAL SCALE FACILITIES · PERSONNEL MATTER: MONROE COUNTY’S HEALTH CHIEF IS OUT, AND SHE IS ALREADY LAWYERED UP · KSP, INDIANA STATE POLICE JOIN MULTI-STATE CRACKDOWN ON ILLEGAL FIREARMS · MUGSHOT MILLS AND THE DEGRADATION OF "NEWS" · EXPERTS HIGHLIGHT COSTS, EDUCATION, POPULATION TRENDS AS CHALLENGES FOR INDIANA'S ECONOMY · CRANE’S REACTOR: WHO BUILDS IT, WHY IT’S THERE, AND WHO IS RESISTANT. · USSTRATCOM COMMANDER VISITS INDIANA NAVAL LAB · SHORTER NAME: NOVO DROPS “NORDISK” ON PAPER, NOT IN BLOOMINGTON · INDIANA’S SOLAR FOR ALL PROGRAM COULD BE BACK IN PLAY AFTER COURT RULING ·

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Matt Bair, Familiar Voice of Indianapolis Traffic and Recovery Advocate, Dies at 48

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Solar Panels or Soybeans? Greene County’s Farmland Debate Intensifies

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West Virginia Media Company Buys Six Indiana Newspapers, Including Brown County and Seymour Titles

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Suppressors in Indiana: How a Federal Tax Change and a Texas Court Ruling Are Rewriting the Rules for Buyers and Sellers

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Southern Indiana Energy Costs as Summer Winds Down: Who Felt It Most and What Fall Looks Like

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Kiwanis Indiana Balloon Fest Lifts Off at West Boggs Park August 28–29

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Indiana Townships Are Changing: Here’s What It Means for Monroe, Lawrence, Greene and the Rest of Our Region

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Newberry Festival Returns to Greene County This Weekend

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Indiana’s $1.86 Billion Surplus and Nearly $4 Billion in Reserves: What It Means for Counties Like Ours

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Lawrence County Joins Statewide INjail System: What It Means For Southern Indiana

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Indiana Democrats’ Long Shadow: An Image Problem That Won’t Quit

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