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DISGUSTING HAIRCUTS FOR THE WIN · REPUBLICAN CANDIDATES SWEEP LOCAL AND DISTRICT CONTESTS, VOTER TURN OUT AT 40.02% · STATE HOUSE RESULTS ACROSS THE MR.NEWZ COUNTIES · THE MARKET KNOWS: WALL STREET’S POLITICAL CRYSTAL BALL GETS ELECTION NIGHT REMARKABLY RIGHT · MAY WINS! · IDENTIFIED HUMAN REMAINS REOPENS COLD CASE IN FAYETTE COUNTY · SEAN STEELE AND CHASE CUMMINGS TALKED ME OUT OF IT · THE PEACH COBBLER FACTORY CONTINUES NATIONAL EXPANSION WITH NEW INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA LOCATION · KIRKWOOD SHOOTING: MAYOR INSISTS IT'S THE GUN'S FAULT. · SOLIDAY DEFEATED IN INDIANA HOUSE RACE, MOST OTHER INCUMBENTS PREVAIL · THE NASHVILLE DREAM IS BEING RENTED OUT BY THE NIGHT · BEDFORD HOUSING AUTHORITY ANNOUNCES OFFICE CLOSURE FOR VETERANS DAY · MARTIN COUNTY’S RECYCLING CENTER FACES DECEMBER HEARING AS FINANCES STAY THIN · CONSTELLATION BRINGS ICONIC BROADWAY MUSICAL ANNIE TO BLOOMINGTON THIS HOLIDAY SEASON · FARMER'S ALMANAC LOOKS AHEAD: MILDER LEAN FOR SOUTHERN INDIANA, WITH THE USUAL CAVEATS · CONGRESSWOMAN ERIN HOUCHIN RE-ELECTED TO THIRD TERM · THE MASK FINALLY SLIPS, SEAN STEELE TAKES TO FACEBOOK TO ATTEMPT DAMAGE CONTROL. · SOUTHWESTERN INDIANA ENVIRONMENTAL ADVOCACY GROUP USES $75,000 GRANT TO EMPOWER LOCAL COMMUNITIES · LAST PICKLEBALL GAME OF THE SEASON · BRF BOARD OF DIRECTORS ISSUE STATEMENT OF THANKS FOR ANOTHER AMAZING CLAUDE AKINS MEMORIAL GOLF CLASSIC · MARTIN COUNTY, OCTOBER 2026: ELECTIONS AND GAY ACTIVISTS, IT JUST NEVER STOPS. · READ ALL THE TIMES' COVERAGE OF TUESDAY'S ELECTIONS IN NORTHWEST INDIANA · FAMILY DETAINS BORDEN MAN ACCUSED OF TRYING TO ABDUCT TEEN AT GUNPOINT ON NORTH NAUGLE ROAD · INDIANA JUSTICES WEIGH ERRANT GOLF BALLS ·

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