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WHAT IS SEAN STEELE ACTUALLY RUNNING ON? · SPECIAL COUNCIL MEETING 9/10/26 · CHRIS BOWEN REALLY WANTS YOU TO LISTEN TO HER. · TURNING POINT INDIANA: CHARLIE KIRK’S MOVEMENT FACES ITS BIGGEST TEST — CAN INDIANA BECOME TPUSA’S MODEL STATE · CHRIS BOWEN IN FULL DENIAL AFTER INSULTING ENTIRE DISTRICT · TINY PILLARS PRESCHOOL OFFICIALLY OPENS AT BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF LAWRENCE COUNTY · WEST NILE FOUND IN GREENE COUNTY MOSQUITOES — HEALTH DEPARTMENT SAYS THE WHOLE COUNTY IS AT RISK · COLUMBUS MAN SENTENCED TO 27 YEARS IN FEDERAL PRISON FOR CHILD SEXUAL EXPLOITATION · $16.7 MILLION COMING TO WEST-CENTRAL INDIANA’S RURAL HOSPITALS — GREENE COUNTY IS ON THE LIST · GOVERNOR BRAUN THANKS VOLUNTEERS SUPPORTING HOOSIERS AT AMERICAN RED CROSS DISASTER RELIEF OPERATIONS CENTER  · FROM A REGIONAL NIGHT IN COLUMBUS TO A LIFETIME OF SCREENINGS: FELEICA STEWART TAKES JOHN STEWART’S STORY WIDER · INDIANA STATE LIBRARY: CONSTITUTION TRIVIA · HEY, DO YOU WANT TO DO GOOD THINGS? · ROAD CLOSURE PLANNED FOR STATE ROAD 57 IN DAVIESS COUNTY · CLEAN YOUR OWN HOUSE FIRST · INDIANA COUNTIES' RESPONSE TO DATA CENTERS REFLECTS BROADER POLITICAL RISK · ICE IN BLOOMINGTON: WHAT IS CONFIRMED, WHAT IS BUZZ · PERSONNEL FROM MULTIPLE INDIANA POLICE AGENCIES CONVERGE ON WHITESTOWN APARTMENT COMPLEX TO APPREHEND SUSPECT · MIDWEST PRIVACY VOLUME 1 · INDIANA LEADERS SEEK ANSWERS FOR SURGING FIRE TRUCK COSTS · SHERIFF DALLAIRE DISMISSES 77% FLOCK OPPOSITION · UTILITY PANEL GREENLIGHTS RECONSIDERATION OF AES INDIANA HIKE · WHEN EVERY CABIN BECOMES A HOTEL, THE HILLS STOP FEELING LIKE HOME · STORM THREAT TODAY, WIDESPREAD RAIN THURSDAY ·

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Fall Look-Ahead: Lawrence County & the 812

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Bedford’s Commercial Rebound: $32 Million in 2025 and a Pipeline Still Moving

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Dyers & Co. Clothing Expands in Linton with New Shopping Center Location

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Bedford Police Pension Board Set to Review Two New Officer Candidates August 12

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Filling the Gaps: The 51-Acre Martin State Forest Expansion and Long-Term Conservation Strategy in Southern Indiana

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Professionalizing Rural Tourism: Greene County’s Next Step, with Lessons from Brown County’s Proven Path

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Saved from the Cell: Hoosier Helicopter Parents Freaking Out Over Unplugging Kids

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Turning Point Indiana: Charlie Kirk’s Movement Faces Its Biggest Test — Can Indiana Become TPUSA’s Model State

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Tiny Pillars Preschool Officially Opens at Boys and Girls Club of Lawrence County

BEDFORD — The Boys and Girls Club of Lawrence County has officially opened the doors to its new early childhood education initiative, Tiny Pillars Preschool ...

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Columbus man sentenced to 27 years in federal prison for child sexual exploitation

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Governor Braun thanks volunteers supporting Hoosiers at American Red Cross Disaster Relief Operations Center 

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Indiana State Library: Constitution Trivia

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Road closure planned for State Road 57 in Daviess County

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