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MONROE COUNTY’S HOMELESS COUNT JUMPED 22 PERCENT WHILE THE STATE'S OVERALL COUNTY SHRANK. · SEVERE WEATHER POUNDS ILLINOIS AND INDIANA, KNOCKING OUT POWER AS TORNADO SIRENS BLARE · FIFTEEN HOURS FOR A YEAR OF TACOS · INDIANA MAN WANTS NEW TRIAL IN KILLING OF TEENS WHERE PAGAN RITUAL EVIDENCE CAN BE INTRODUCED · HAVE AN E-INK READER? · RIVERS RISING IN INDIANA’S CATASTROPHIC FLOOD ZONE AS NEW STORMS THREATEN MIDWEST · “HIGH CRIME, LMAO”: LAW ENFORCEMENT HAS TO ANSWER FOR FLOCK USE. · BLACK CIVIL WAR VETERAN GETS LONG OVERDUE HONOR ON HIS BIRTHDAY · WARM SATURDAY, A LITTLE CLOUD SUNDAY — AND FALL FINALLY OPENS IN MARTIN COUNTY · INDIANA FOUR-BALL: ERIC GESSNER, DEAN WILLIAMS WIN THREE-HOLE PLAYOFF · FIDDLES, HILLSIDE SHOWS, AND A DOME FULL OF STANDARDS: ORANGE COUNTY’S MUSIC SCENE · EVENT RECAP: INDIANA MAGIC GOLD-GODDARD, BOMBERS NATIONAL-JAMES CLAIM 18U/16U TITLES AT ALLIANCE/HFL MIDWEST FALL NATIONAL QUALIFIER (SEPT. 20, 2026) · THEY WANT THE CANNON BACK ON THE COURTHOUSE LAWN · KENTUCKY OFFICER STEPS IN TO BUY BOY A BIKE AFTER HE WASN'T PAID FOR GRASS-CUTTING JOB · LOCK UP YOUR DAUGHTERS: ABE MARTIN IS LOOSE IN THE HILLS AGAIN, AND YOU CAN'T STOP HIM. · JENNINGS CO. SHERIFF LOOKING FOR MISSING WOMAN · PERSONNEL MATTER: MONROE COUNTY’S HEALTH CHIEF IS OUT, AND SHE IS ALREADY LAWYERED UP · INDIANA POLICE TELL BYSTANDERS THEY BETTER ‘DISAPPEAR’ AS BLACK MAN CLAIMS HE ‘CAN’T BREATHE’ DURING VIOLENT ARREST · MUGSHOT MILLS AND THE DEGRADATION OF "NEWS" · LACKING DEFENSE SINKS INDIANA WOMEN’S SOCCER AGAINST NO. 14 WISCONSIN · CRANE’S REACTOR: WHO BUILDS IT, WHY IT’S THERE, AND WHO IS RESISTANT. · THE LIGHTS ARE BACK ON IN GARY, INDIANA · SHORTER NAME: NOVO DROPS “NORDISK” ON PAPER, NOT IN BLOOMINGTON · STORMS USHER IN A MUCH COOLER AND MORE FALL-LIKE WEEK ·

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