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Indiana has a reputation for water pollution disasters.

A big reason for Indiana’s pollution is coal. Coal has shown to be a very dirty and detrimental fossil fuel for the environment, one of the main causes to climate change. Coal ash is the product of burning coal for electricity use. The waste product contains toxic chemicals such as arsenic, lead, mercury and selenium. Indiana currently has the largest …

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John Myers to be Released From Prison on June 15th, 2020

Jill Behrman, 19 years old, logged off her computer at 9:32 am, according to court records, and grabbed her bicycle for a ride as she had done many times before. However, later that day she failed to call in to work or show up to her shift at noon. Later that day she also missed a lunch date which she …

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Martinsville Files Lawsuit Against Opioid Manufacturers

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The city of Martinsville has filed a class-action lawsuit against nine different opioid manufacturers. Martinsville mayor Shannon Kohl announced the suit at a town hall meeting last week. The suit alleges that drug manufacturers used unethical and questionable means to push opioid pain-relievers. The suit says that this pushing of pain relievers led directly to the city’s current opioid crisis. …

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Daily Local News – March 26, 2018

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Governor Eric Holcomb signed a bill increasing regulations on abortion clinics yesterday; Students in the Monroe County Community School Corporation joined in protests across the world this weekend; The city of Martinsville has filed a class-action lawsuit against nine different opioid manufacturers; FEATURE Bloomington tech innovator and angel investor Pat East went from being a self-described “worst English major ever at Wabash …

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Daily Local News – January 15, 2018

Snow accumulation closed several schools across the region; PHH Mortgage will pay the state of Indiana millions of dollars in a negotiated settlement; An Indianapolis man died over the weekend in a ice-fishing accident in Morgan County; Officials with IU Health and the city of Bloomington will break ground on the new Regional Academic Health Center Tomorrow morning; The Monroe …

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