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SEAN STEELE CLAIMS THE GOP IS DEAD AND THAT HE'S NOT A LIBERAL. · SEE HOW INDIANA RANKS FOR AUTO MECHANIC PAY · FIVE WEEKS OUT IN DISTRICT 69 · PURPLE HEART PLAQUES AWARDED TO TWO VIETNAM HEROES IN LAWRENCEBURG · AFTER BEING UNAFFIRMED BY HOOSIER DEMS, YOUNG TRIES AGAIN · GIGABIT INTERNET SPEEDS AVAILABLE TO MORE PEOPLE IN SCOTT COUNTY, INDIANA WITH SPECTRUM BROADBAND EXPANSION · EVERYTHING YOU USED TO DO ONLINE STILL EXISTS. · SENATOR JIM BANKS URGES ARMY TO DESIGNATE CAMP ATTERBURY AND MUSCATATUCK AS PREMIER TEST RANGES · THE PONTIAC AZTEK: THE FUTURE TAKEN FOR GRANTED · U.S. PARENTS PROVIDED OVER $26 BILLION IN FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO ADULT CHILDREN LIVING OUTSIDE THE HOME IN 2024 · MORE THAN A PARADE, THE PERSIMMON FESTIVAL BRINGS PEOPLE TOGETHER · WHITELAND MAN CHARGED WITH FELONY HIT-AND-RUN IN MAY CRASH THAT LEFT WOMAN CRITICALLY INJURED · ROOKIE’S GOES DARK ON GREAT ESCAPE DRIVE · ST. LAWRENCE CROSS COUNTRY SENDS STRONG BOYS AND GIRLS TEAMS TO INDIANA STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS · FIVE IMPD OFFICERS CHARGED AS STATE BEGINS ENFORCING SURVEILLANCE POLICIES. · COLUMBUS NATIVE SELECTED TO LEAD SOUTHEAST INDIANA CHAPTER OF AMERICAN RED CROSS · MONROE COUNTY’S HOMELESS COUNT JUMPED 22 PERCENT WHILE THE STATE'S OVERALL COUNTY SHRANK. · DEADLINE APPROACHING: INDIANA VOTER REGISTRATION CLOSES ON MONDAY, OCTOBER 5 AHEAD OF GENERAL ELECTION · FIFTEEN HOURS FOR A YEAR OF TACOS · STATEWIDE "COLLEGE GOAL SUNDAY" TO OFFER FREE FAFSA ASSISTANCE AT 35 INDIANA LOCATIONS ON OCTOBER 4 · HAVE AN E-INK READER? · PVOLVE EXPANDS WITH NEW STUDIOS IN CALIFORNIA, INDIANA AND MARYLAND · “HIGH CRIME, LMAO”: LAW ENFORCEMENT HAS TO ANSWER FOR FLOCK USE. · TRUGOLF RANGE DEBUTS AT LUCID GOLF IN NEW ALBANY, INDIANA ·

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Habitat Alert Highlights Gunfire Near Osage Place: Bloomington’s Steady Safety Decline

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