The Bloomington Community Farmers’ Market will resume in its normal downtown location Saturday following a two-week suspension. But, it’s unlikely to be business as usual.

That’s been the case for much of the summer, amid ongoing controversy over the presence of Schooner Creek Farm.

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Most of the cemeteries Hoosiers are familiar with are large and well-established, containing acres of headstones. But there are more than 12,000 cemeteries in Indiana, and you might be surprised by where you’ll find some of them.

They can be as small as just one headstone, and many are in hard-to-reach locations.

As funding for cemetery maintenance dwindles, volunteers are playing an increasingly large role in ensuring historic cemeteries across the state aren’t forgotten.

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An increasing number of cities and states are adopting regulations for the sale and planting of bamboo.

Certain types are actually considered invasive, and can quickly spread to multiple properties.

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Police seized millions of dollars last year they say was tied to criminal activity. But what happens to that money is a source of major controversy. Ahead in part two of our series on civil forfeiture, we’ll explain where the money goes – and why some say that needs to change.

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Should police be able to take a $42,000 car because they say someone used it to transport a few hundred dollars worth of drugs? It’s a case the nation’s highest court will decide, and it started in Grant County.

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If you’ve lived in Indiana long, you’ve likely had a slice of sugar cream pie. It’s often referred to as the unofficial state pie because of its popularity among Hoosiers. There was a push in 2009 to make it official, but the bill renaming sugar cream pie as “Hoosier pie” never made its way to the governor’s desk.

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County jails across the state don’t have enough room to house all of the inmates in their facilities.

Many sheriffs are using temporary beds to make room for extra people, but it’s putting inmate and officer safety at risk. Counties say while several factors led to the problem, there’s one solution: they need state funding.

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A dramatic shakeup this week in Indiana politics has us all wondering, what’s next? Gov. Mike Pence will make a run for the White House as Donald Trump’s vice presidential candidate. That means the GOP will have to find someone to replace Pence on the gubernatorial ballot.

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