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Laura Lane

Reporter · US

Indexed articles, last 90 days
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Sep 16, 2026
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  1. Article · Sep 16, 2026 · Laura Lane

    State’s unhoused number increases, but fewer are living outside (opens the original)

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    INDIANA (Free Press Indiana) - Indiana’s most recent count of the state’s unhoused population showed an increase in the number of individuals experiencing homelessness, but a decrease in how many are living outside. The 2026 Indiana Balance of State Continuum of Care’s Point in Time (PIT) count covers the state except for Marion County, where a separate count is done. Marion County, with more than 900,00 residents, always leads Indiana in the number of people experiencing homelessness. This year

  2. Article · Aug 20, 2026 · Laura Lane

    What precautions you should take if your garden flooded (opens the original)

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    INDIANA (Free Press Indiana) - John McMahan raises hogs, chickens and organic vegetables on his family’s northern Bartholomew County farm. Recent heavy rains and strong winds reduced his fields to muddy bogs and damaged his sweet corn and tomatoes. But he’s one of the lucky ones, a farmer whose land was unaffected by recent record-breaking flooding people in other parts of Indiana are contending with. Experts say overseers of flooded gardens or fields need to know possible risks posed by contami

  3. Article · Aug 17, 2026 · Laura Lane

    How people in northwest Indiana are coping without power (opens the original)

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    MERRILLVILLE, Ind. (FPI NEWS) - Southlake Mall has seen a resurgence this past week as hundreds of residents without electrical power have flocked there to cool off, eat at the food court and charge phones and laptops. More than 60% of NIPSCO customers were without power at the worst point following this past week’s storms that started Tuesday in northwest Indiana. The utility described it as “one of the most significant outage events in company history.” As of Monday morning, NIPSCO reported 11

  4. Article · Aug 5, 2026 · Laura Lane

    Homeless still sleeping outside despite new law making it a crime (opens the original)

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    BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (Free Press Indiana) - It’s about a half-mile walk off South Rogers Street, down a wide dirt path and then a narrow trail through the woods to the campsite Rob Lawson and Ashea Lucas call home. Walk farther and you’ll encounter more hidden temporary homes, some made from tarps and tree limbs, in forest clearings where dozens of Bloomington’s unhoused residents are living — illegally. A state law effective July 1 makes camping, living or sleeping on public property a misdemeanor

  5. Article · Jul 16, 2026 · Laura Lane

    An Indianapolis man is on a mission to visit all 92 Indiana county fairs (opens the original)

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    LOGANSPORT, Ind. (FPI) - On July 8, a sweltering Wednesday, Indianapolis resident Cliff Pappe parked his 2008 Mercury Mariner under a shade tree at the Cass County 4-H Fairgrounds near Logansport. He was there in the afternoon when the atmosphere was more laid back and most concessions were closed. Tom’s Tasty Taters didn’t open until 5 p.m. He saw 4-H kids playing cornhole to pass the time and prized hogs lying on their sides in show pens cooled by industrial fans. Pappe, a former 10-year 4-H m

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