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MONROE COUNTY’S HOMELESS COUNT JUMPED 22 PERCENT WHILE THE STATE'S OVERALL COUNTY SHRANK. · MUNCIE MAN KILLED IN DEARBORN COUNTY CRASH · FIFTEEN HOURS FOR A YEAR OF TACOS · AMAZON GREEN ENERGY PROJECTS CONTRIBUTE $160 MILLION TO INDIANA ECONOMY, STUDY FINDS · HAVE AN E-INK READER? · BATESVILLE MAIN STREET NAMES NEW EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR · “HIGH CRIME, LMAO”: LAW ENFORCEMENT HAS TO ANSWER FOR FLOCK USE. · MUNCIE TEEN KILLED IN S.R. 350 CRASH IN AURORA TUESDAY · WARM SATURDAY, A LITTLE CLOUD SUNDAY — AND FALL FINALLY OPENS IN MARTIN COUNTY · OWNERS OF VIP SMOKE SHOP PLEAD GUILTY TO DRUG-RELATED CHARGES · FIDDLES, HILLSIDE SHOWS, AND A DOME FULL OF STANDARDS: ORANGE COUNTY’S MUSIC SCENE · CHALKTOBERFEST ART CONTEST WINNERS ANNOUNCED · THEY WANT THE CANNON BACK ON THE COURTHOUSE LAWN · WABASH COUNTY NONPROFIT TOUTS RECORD GROWTH · LOCK UP YOUR DAUGHTERS: ABE MARTIN IS LOOSE IN THE HILLS AGAIN, AND YOU CAN'T STOP HIM. · 2026 VOTER GUIDE: INDIANA SENATE DISTRICT 26 · PERSONNEL MATTER: MONROE COUNTY’S HEALTH CHIEF IS OUT, AND SHE IS ALREADY LAWYERED UP · 2026 VOTER GUIDE: INDIANA HOUSE DISTRICT 97 · MUGSHOT MILLS AND THE DEGRADATION OF "NEWS" · WTHR · CRANE’S REACTOR: WHO BUILDS IT, WHY IT’S THERE, AND WHO IS RESISTANT. · IVY TECH PARTNERS WITH MARK CUBAN FOUNDATION TO OFFER AGENTIC AI ACADEMY · SHORTER NAME: NOVO DROPS “NORDISK” ON PAPER, NOT IN BLOOMINGTON · SHORT-TERM CLOSURES PLANNED TONIGHT ON I-65 FOR UTILITY REPAIRS NEAR HENRYVILLE ·

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