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Carter Fields lives in Lawrence County. At 19 months he was diagnosed with recurrent respiratory papillomatosis.
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The Bloomington City Council stripped $6,486,683 out of her proposed 2027 budget
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Every year, people come to Mitchell for the Persimmon Festival, but the celebration has become about much more than the event itself. For some, it is a longtime tradition, while for others, it is a chance to experience something new.
Lilliana Young lasted one primary against Matt Pierce and is already lining up the next one.
The rest of the industry has been doing the same thing for years:
All five are accused of fraud and official misconduct.
Lori Kelley’s last official day was September 10.
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Historically, Indiana’s charters (authorized since the early 2000s) and the 2011 voucher program have expanded steadily.
The dinner rolls are done.
If you live between Ellettsville and Nashville, fall does not arrive as a marketing campaign.
The firmest local document of the moment is not a raid announcement. It is a consent decree.
Natasha Johns, a Bedford-based realtor who works the Monroe–Lawrence corridor, posted a bright little sales pitch this month about the Summit District.
I was a Democrat because the party, as I understood it, was supposed to protect that arrangement.
That history matters. For more than five decades the model assumed a steady flow of federal and state subsidy.
The station announced his passing on Monday, August 24. Bair had been a familiar presence on WIBC for the past eight years
Will they need to reserve a block of rooms as employee quarters?
Martin County is getting a dose of outside expertise this fall
Along with the daily and weekly papers, the transaction includes associated websites, magazines, and a commercial printing operation based in Greenfield.
For generations, Indiana’s townships have been the closest layer of government most rural and small-town residents ever deal with.
Current market averages for typical apartments sit in the $1,500 to $1,700 range
"This system makes public records easier to obtain across the board"
“This took years of work, honest evaluation, and a lot of people pulling in the same direction."
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It is possible to honor the dead without treating the date as a permanent national holy day that crowds out attention to the living future.
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Carter Fields lives in Lawrence County. At 19 months he was diagnosed with recurrent respiratory papillomatosis.
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The Bloomington City Council stripped $6,486,683 out of her proposed 2027 budget
That is the local dispute. The larger question is whether a county of about 15,000 people should own a concert hall at all.
The money is part of Indiana’s Growing Rural Opportunities for Well-Being program,
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Dan Pierson worked as an adjunct Professor Of History at UOF in 1995.
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Feleica Stewart did not leave the loss as a memorial plaque. She built the John Stewart Foundation around a plain goal
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The Pontiac Aztek was ugly.. Owners who kept them got a useful truck with a cockpit display most luxury brands had not bothered to adopt.
Vendors set up at 6 a.m. Indoor tables are $10, with a discount for more than one. Tailgating outside the main building is $5 a spot. Radio, electronics, and computer sellers are preferred.
An email from the Monroe County Community School Corporation said five sixth-graders at Highland Park received direct social-media messages from accounts impersonating classmates.
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Bandai shipped the WonderSwan in Japan in 1999. Gunpei Yokoi designed it after he left Nintendo.
Every year, people come to Mitchell for the Persimmon Festival, but the celebration has become about much more than the event itself. For some, it is a longtime tradition, while for others, it is a chance to experience something new.
The ICE panic in Bloomington this week has the usual shape.
The rest of the industry has been doing the same thing for years:
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The Aesthetic Obsession, The Discord Delusion, The Cargo Cult Mentality
All five are accused of fraud and official misconduct.
The tradition is not only archival.
Council 1166 just closed the main weekend of its 49th Tootsie Roll Drive and has already cleared more than $22,000.
The local trend is ugly. Monroe was at 350 in 2024, 305 in 2025, 373 in 2026.
Free Press Indiana’s Bellwether survey of 839 likely voters gives Democrat Beau Bayh an 8-point edge over Sen. Jim Banks’s little-known SOS pick — who is winning only 68% of Rep…
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Cedar Lake police are seeking help locating the driver of a hit-and-run Thursday night that left a 15-year-old seriously injured.
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The name, image and likeness brand deals prevalent in collegiate athletics are tricking down to high school athletes, but Indiana lawmakers appear unlikely to regulate the pract…
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BEDFORD — Purdue Extension-Lawrence County is inviting community members to a free Lunch 'n Learn event next month to highlight a sweeping organization ...
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BEDFORD — StoneGate Arts & Education Center invites aspiring and experienced performers to take the stage at its upcoming Acting Workshop on Saturday, N ...
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BEDFORD – Today, on behalf of GM Corporate Citizenship, GM Bedford Casting Operations presented its latest Community Impact Grants (CIG) to Bedford-area non ...
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BLOOMINGTON - The Monroe County Board of Health will hold a public hearing Thursday, Oct. 22, to consider whether cause exists to remove the county’s health ...
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INDIANAPOLIS – Today, Gov. Braun announced that the U.S. Small Business Administration issued a disaster declaration for Indiana counties impacted by severe ...
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BLOOMINGTON - The City of Bloomington will begin its annual fall leaf collection on Monday, October 19. Collection will continue through December 30 on resi ...
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