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Big win: United Way campaign tops $4.5M goal
Plus, some this and that.
13 hrs ago • 
Dave Bangert
West Lafayette Country Club, IU Health hospital zoning plans get APC recommendations
Here’s what cleared the Area Plan Commission Wednesday. Plus, state Senate ‘swatting’ incidents grow, after Sen. Deery’s home targeted Thursday morning
Nov 20 • 
Dave Bangert
Sen. Deery’s home targeted in ‘swatting’ report Thursday morning amid redistricting blowback
Deery becomes the third senator targeted by false reports as redistricting debate continues. WL police chief says department had worked with senator on…
Nov 20 • 
Dave Bangert
Tim’s Picks: Mean, mean stride
The stuff to get you through to Thanksgiving.
Nov 20 • 
Dave Bangert
This and that, midweek edition
Lafayette distributes $500K in opioid settlement money. IU Health’s hospital, WL Golf Course’s housing plans head to APC. $7.2M primate exhibit project…
Nov 19 • 
Dave Bangert
Beckwith on new, redistricting-driven Deery-Copenhaver primary: ‘I’m on a mission now’
Lieutenant governor says he wouldn’t call it retribution, but vows that redistricting ‘slap in the face’ puts a target and promises of national…
Nov 19 • 
Dave Bangert
Trump promised primaries over failed redistricting, one lands for Spencer Deery in Senate District 23
Paula Copenhaver, once known as the ‘maskless clerk’ in Fountain County, announces a run against state Sen. Spencer Deery. Trump's demand for…
Nov 18 • 
Dave Bangert
Deery announces re-election bid, as Trump promises GOP primaries in Indiana Senate districts
Plus, reports of ICE agents in downtown Lafayette have groups looking at ways to respond, share information.
Nov 18 • 
Dave Bangert
West Side connects transfer policy, referendum in new survey
Plus, fallout from the Indiana Senate’s rejection of redistricting. And more.
Nov 18 • 
Dave Bangert
This and that: How it started, how it’s going
Sheriff’s 6-7 reel hits Saturday Night Live. Lafayette’s Bicentennial sculpture update. West Side names its Wall of Pride Class of 2026.
Nov 16 • 
Dave Bangert
Redistricting push dies in Indiana, what Sens. Deery, Alting are saying
Tippecanoe County’s two senators had been publicly on different sides before the Indiana Senate leader announced Friday that the votes weren’t there for…
Nov 15 • 
Dave Bangert
Parkview Health: Ready for competition in West Lafayette’s ‘hospital desert’
Officials with the Fort Wayne-based system say they aren’t deterred by sudden rush of hospital plans in a city that had none: ‘Our business model has…
Nov 14 • 
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