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DISGUSTING HAIRCUTS FOR THE WIN · INDOT REMINDS DRIVERS TO WATCH FOR ROAD CREWS AS DAYLIGHT HOURS DECREASE · STATE HOUSE RESULTS ACROSS THE MR.NEWZ COUNTIES · INDIANA GAS TAX SUSPENSIONS END WEDNESDAY; DRIVERS COULD SEE 60-CENT INCREASE · MAY WINS! · I-465 REOPENS AFTER CRASH ON SOUTHWEST SIDE · SEAN STEELE AND CHASE CUMMINGS TALKED ME OUT OF IT · ISLAMOPHOBIC RHETORIC IS COMMON IN INDIANA. HERE’S HOW NEWSROOMS COVER IT · KIRKWOOD SHOOTING: MAYOR INSISTS IT'S THE GUN'S FAULT. · MARTIN COUNTY VOTERS ELECT KEITH KELLER AS SHERIFF · THE NASHVILLE DREAM IS BEING RENTED OUT BY THE NIGHT · VOTERS DECIDE KEY SEATS ACROSS GREENE COUNTY IN GENERAL ELECTION · MARTIN COUNTY’S RECYCLING CENTER FACES DECEMBER HEARING AS FINANCES STAY THIN · INDIANA VOTERS APPROVE TWO STATE CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS EXPANDING JUDICIAL AUTHORITY AND RESIDENCY RULES · FARMER'S ALMANAC LOOKS AHEAD: MILDER LEAN FOR SOUTHERN INDIANA, WITH THE USUAL CAVEATS · VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES OPEN FOR 23RD ANNUAL HOLIDAY MARKET · THE MASK FINALLY SLIPS, SEAN STEELE TAKES TO FACEBOOK TO ATTEMPT DAMAGE CONTROL. · IS SOMEONE SECRETLY MONITORING YOUR DEVICE? CYBERSECURITY EXPERT REVEALS KEY SIGNS OF SMARTPHONE SPYWARE · LAST PICKLEBALL GAME OF THE SEASON · 'GETTING OUT AND GOING FAST': INDIANA PRIORITIZING CONSISTENCY AND EFFICIENCY WITH TRANSITION GAME · MARTIN COUNTY, OCTOBER 2026: ELECTIONS AND GAY ACTIVISTS, IT JUST NEVER STOPS. · VOTERS CHANGE INDIANA’S CONSTITUTION · FAMILY DETAINS BORDEN MAN ACCUSED OF TRYING TO ABDUCT TEEN AT GUNPOINT ON NORTH NAUGLE ROAD · INDIANA RECEIVES NEARLY $19 MILLION FOR WORKFORCE TRAINING ·

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