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WE ARE JAIME: HOW WEST ENCAPSULATES AVERAGE DEMOCRAT MENTALITY IN INDIANA · IVY TECH SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT WINS INDIANA WORKFORCE LEADER OF THE YEAR FOR 2026 · EVERYONE NEEDS A HERO: LAWRENCE COUNTY'S CARTER FIELDS IS IN THE RUNNING FOR SUPER KID · LAWRENCE COUNTY 4-H RABBIT CLUB WILL MEET OCT. 20, YOUTH GRADES K-12 ENCOURAGED TO ATTEND · A READER ASKS: IS RICHLAND TOWNSHIP PROTECTED BECAUSE ELLETTSVILLE IS INSIDE IT? · CITY OF BLOOMINGTON SEEKS ARTISTS FOR SIGNATURE GATEWAY PUBLIC ARTWORK · I BLINKED AND BOOM, DEL TACO · HOUCHIN SIGNS VP VANCE'S PLEDGE TO FIGHT FRAUD · MAYOR AND 50 YEAR RANGER, GETS PUT THROUGH THE SPANKING MACHINE. · TACO BELL TO OPEN 3 LIVE MáS CAFé LOCATIONS IN INDIANA BY YEAR’S END · MAY PRESENTS CRAIG THE SAGAMORE OF THE WABASH · HAMMOND'S CASINO TAKE IS SLIDING TOWARD $20 MILLION. THE MAYOR'S BUDGET STILL CLIMBS TO $170 MILLION. · THE MUSIC CENTER MONEY FIGHT: WHO GETS THE EXTRA MONEY, AND SHOULD THE COUNTY OWN THE HALL · NOBODY SERIOUSLY HURT AFTER CRASH IN VERSAILLES FRIDAY · INCUMBENT SENATOR IN INDIANA CAUGHT SHOPLIFTING · SEVERAL PR'S SET DURING SPECIAL OLYMPIC POWERLIFTING MEET · LIVING DISTRACTIONLESS: MAKING THE HARD CHOICES TO GET BACK TO "YOU" · NEARLY HALF NEVER HEARD OF ENGLING. FIRST INDEPENDENT POLL PUTS BAYH AHEAD 43–35. · THIS IS THE LAST PHOTO I'LL EVER TAKE ON THIS DAMN SMARTPHONE. THE THING IN THE MIDDLE IS AN AUDIO PLAYER · DRIVER SOUGHT IN NORTHWEST INDIANA HIT-AND-RUN THAT SERIOUSLY INJURED TEEN · HAVE YOU EVER WANTED TO BE A REPORTER? · MEET THE INDIANA MAN TRYING TO SAVE AMERICA’S BYGONE NEON ERA · HOOSIER HILLS HAMFEST IS SATURDAY AT THE LAWRENCE COUNTY FAIRGROUNDS · INDIANA LAWMAKERS PUNT ON HIGH SCHOOL NIL REGULATIONS ·

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