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Where are they now: A marker for Lafayette’s Indy 500 stars
Construction has a roadside tribute to Lafayette’s earliest racing stars in storage, but a marker for Indy 500 winner George Souders and star Roscoe…
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Neighbors steam, but first Airbnb OK’d under new WL regulations
This house on Lincoln Street won’t be West Lafayette’s first short-term rental. But neighbors’ hopes of stopping it with city’s new regulations were in…
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After the fire: ‘I feel like he was God sent’
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Next up for Chauncey Hill Mall: 13-story development, plaza proposed near Purdue
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Degas collection, 74 bronzes worth $21M, donated to Purdue Galleries
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A look inside the historic Ball home on Ninth Street Hill
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WL Mayor John Dennis reveals Alzheimer’s diagnosis, plans to finish term
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Lafayette shows off $51M Public Safety Center
A look inside the four-story, 70,000-square-foot facility and parking garage at Columbia and Sixth streets that will be the new home of the Lafayette…
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Tim’s Picks: A music galore edition
Your weekly dose of five choice ideas for the weekend and beyond in Lafayette/West Lafayette.
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An exit interview with Nick Schenkel, after four decades as WL library director
After 41 years, Schenkel will retire next week. Here, he talks about how libraries wound up thriving in an internet era, the recent push to relegate…
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LSC pulls plug on start/dismissal changes for next school year
School board president says more input needed, as bus driver shortage persists. Plus, a candidate 4th District GOP leaders got booted from 2022 ballot…
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Hotel plan in WL Levee clears first step
Plus, local co-op takes shape for home, business solar and EV chargers. And SIA adds production for Crosstrek, Subaru's new top model
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As seen in this week’s episode of ‘Ted Lasso’
How Ann Brady Gorran and Kyle Siemers, childhood friends from Lafayette’s north end, wound up in the latest episode of ‘Ted Lasso’
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Tim’s Picks: The return of Mosey, Gallery Walk and more
Five choice ideas for the weekend and beyond in Lafayette/West Lafayette, including the return of Mosey Down Main Street, the Gallery Walk and more
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