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MONROE COUNTY’S HOMELESS COUNT JUMPED 22 PERCENT WHILE THE STATE'S OVERALL COUNTY SHRANK. · KENTUCKY OFFICER STEPS IN TO BUY BOY A BIKE AFTER HE WASN'T PAID FOR GRASS-CUTTING JOB · FIFTEEN HOURS FOR A YEAR OF TACOS · JENNINGS CO. SHERIFF LOOKING FOR MISSING WOMAN · HAVE AN E-INK READER? · INDIANA POLICE TELL BYSTANDERS THEY BETTER ‘DISAPPEAR’ AS BLACK MAN CLAIMS HE ‘CAN’T BREATHE’ DURING VIOLENT ARREST · “HIGH CRIME, LMAO”: LAW ENFORCEMENT HAS TO ANSWER FOR FLOCK USE. · LACKING DEFENSE SINKS INDIANA WOMEN’S SOCCER AGAINST NO. 14 WISCONSIN · WARM SATURDAY, A LITTLE CLOUD SUNDAY — AND FALL FINALLY OPENS IN MARTIN COUNTY · THE LIGHTS ARE BACK ON IN GARY, INDIANA · FIDDLES, HILLSIDE SHOWS, AND A DOME FULL OF STANDARDS: ORANGE COUNTY’S MUSIC SCENE · STORMS USHER IN A MUCH COOLER AND MORE FALL-LIKE WEEK · THEY WANT THE CANNON BACK ON THE COURTHOUSE LAWN · FOX59/CBS4 TO HOST INDIANA SECRETARY OF STATE DEBATE BEFORE NOVEMBER’S ELECTION · LOCK UP YOUR DAUGHTERS: ABE MARTIN IS LOOSE IN THE HILLS AGAIN, AND YOU CAN'T STOP HIM. · FCN BANK TO HOLD 125TH ANNIVERSARY COOKOUT · PERSONNEL MATTER: MONROE COUNTY’S HEALTH CHIEF IS OUT, AND SHE IS ALREADY LAWYERED UP · MADISON CHAUTAUQUA FESTIVAL OF ART IS SEPT. 26-27 · MUGSHOT MILLS AND THE DEGRADATION OF "NEWS" · DILLSBORO FIRE TO HOST ANNUAL HOG ROAST ON SUNDAY · CRANE’S REACTOR: WHO BUILDS IT, WHY IT’S THERE, AND WHO IS RESISTANT. · INDIANA STATE POLICE CONDUCTING DEATH INVESTIGATION · SHORTER NAME: NOVO DROPS “NORDISK” ON PAPER, NOT IN BLOOMINGTON · FRUSTRATION MOUNTS FOR THOUSANDS STILL WITHOUT POWER AFTER DEADLY INDIANA STORMS ·

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