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FIVE IMPD OFFICERS CHARGED AS STATE BEGINS ENFORCING SURVEILLANCE POLICIES. · BROOKVILLE STUDENTS HONOR DOLLY'S LOVE OF READING · MONROE COUNTY’S HOMELESS COUNT JUMPED 22 PERCENT WHILE THE STATE'S OVERALL COUNTY SHRANK. · INDIANA ATTORNEY GENERAL SUES HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS ASSOCIATION OVER RACE-BASED BOARD QUOTA · FIFTEEN HOURS FOR A YEAR OF TACOS · EVANSVILLE TO HOST 2026 NAACP INDIANA CONFERENCE IN OCTOBER · HAVE AN E-INK READER? · RED CROSS HELPING AS ILLINOIS, INDIANA WEATHER NON-STOP STORMS · “HIGH CRIME, LMAO”: LAW ENFORCEMENT HAS TO ANSWER FOR FLOCK USE. · BEST COLLEGES IN INDIANA · WARM SATURDAY, A LITTLE CLOUD SUNDAY — AND FALL FINALLY OPENS IN MARTIN COUNTY · PET FRIENDLY SERVICES OF INDIANA PROMOTES RABIES PREVENTION ON WORLD RABIES DAY · FIDDLES, HILLSIDE SHOWS, AND A DOME FULL OF STANDARDS: ORANGE COUNTY’S MUSIC SCENE · SUMMER NATIONALS QUALIFIER THEA BIKE VERBALLY COMMITS TO INDIANA FOR FALL 2028 · THEY WANT THE CANNON BACK ON THE COURTHOUSE LAWN · IVY TECH BLOOMINGTON WINS BEST PLACES TO WORK AWARD FOR SECOND TIME · LOCK UP YOUR DAUGHTERS: ABE MARTIN IS LOOSE IN THE HILLS AGAIN, AND YOU CAN'T STOP HIM. · VOLUNTEER GROUP HAILED BY GOVERNOR FOR MASSIVE NORTHWEST INDIANA STORM CLEANUP EFFORT · PERSONNEL MATTER: MONROE COUNTY’S HEALTH CHIEF IS OUT, AND SHE IS ALREADY LAWYERED UP · MILLHOUSEN CHURCH FESTIVAL BACK FOR SECOND STRAIGHT YEAR · MUGSHOT MILLS AND THE DEGRADATION OF "NEWS" · D.C. INSIDER TAKES BUSINESS LEADERS TO CAPITAL · CRANE’S REACTOR: WHO BUILDS IT, WHY IT’S THERE, AND WHO IS RESISTANT. · FROM BBQ BOLOGNA TO HOT HONEY CHICKEN, FISHERS EVENT CENTER SPICES UP FALL MENU ·

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