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Independent photo by Larry Lough | This window on the west end of the first floor of the Old Courthouse is hidden by a staircase behind a wall with an “emergency exit only” door that was added in the 1960s. Modifications to the 1857 building to accommodate new tenants might remove that wall and expose the window to visitors coming through the front door of the building.

Plans for new uses of the Old Courthouse and Sheriff’s House could be ready for City Council review next month.Even though occupancy by new tenants is probably still two years […]

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Larry Lough

Larry Lough is editor of The Independent and reports local news. He has worked for community newspapers in Indiana, Illinois, and Iowa for the past five decades, and was a college journalism instructor for 17 years.
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Larry Lough

Larry Lough is editor of The Independent and reports local news. He has worked for community newspapers in Indiana, Illinois, and Iowa for the past five decades, and was a college journalism instructor for 17 years.
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