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LSC looks to save 4-day week for Vinton Elementary, as new law threatens to take it away
Vinton is in its third year as the only school in the state with a four-day schedule – one that lawmakers put in jeopardy. Plus Lafayette Jeff adds to…
 • Dave Bangert
2026 candidate Q&A: U.S. House, 4th District
U.S. Rep. Jim Baird, seeking a fifth term in Congress, faces Democratic challenger Drew Cox on the Nov. 3 ballot in Indiana’s 4th District.
 • Dave Bangert
2026 candidate Q&A: Wea Township trustee
Alan Williams, a Republican who beat incumbent Jim Slaven in the primary, faces Democratic candidate Alfonso Salazar Jr. on the Nov. 3 ballot for Wea…
2026 candidate Q&A: Wabash Township trustee
Wabash Township Trustee Angel Valentin, a West Lafayette Democrat running for a second four-year term, faces Republican John Wilson in the Nov. 3…
 • Dave Bangert
2026 candidate Q&A: Fairfield Township trustee
Democrat Ted Hardesty and Republican Ray Williams are competing on the Nov. 3 ballot to replace Fairfield Township Trustee Monica Casanova, who is…
 • Dave Bangert
Why Purdue alum Roland Parrish put up $42M for new Daniels School of Business project
Business school expansion open in 2027 as the Parrish Hall of Business: ‘I like what we’re trying to do with the business school. And I thought: This is…
 • Dave Bangert
2026 candidate Q&A: Indiana House District 27
State Rep. Sheila Klinker, first elected to the Indiana House in 1982, faces a challenge from Tracy Brown, a Tippecanoe County commission and former…
 • Dave Bangert
Candidate Q&A 2026: County recorder
Incumbent Tippecanoe County Recorder Kristy Martin is being challenged by Democratic candidate Monica Casanova, the current Fairfield Township trustee…
 • Dave Bangert
Candidate Q&A 2026: County auditor
Incumbent Tippecanoe County Auditor Jennifer Weston is being challenged by Democratic candidate Eric Grossman, the county’s current assessor, in the…
 • Dave Bangert
Candidate Q&A 2026: County assessor
Democrat Kaitlyn Butler faces Republican Anthony Hustedt-Mai in the Nov. 3 election to replace County Assessor Eric Grossman.
 • Dave Bangert
Candidate Q&A 2026: County clerk
Republican Carrie Sanders and Democrat Karan Benner face each other to be Tippecanoe County’s next county clerk.
 • Dave Bangert
Primary 2026 candidate Q&A: Tippecanoe County Council
Only one for four Tippecanoe County Council seats on the Nov. 3 ballot is being contested, with Republican Trent Richter challenging incumbent Democrat…
 • Dave Bangert
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