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Klan members march in an Indiana parade.
HISTORY

A Century Ago, The Klan Fizzled Out Across Indiana

The Ku Klux Klan didn't officially arrive in the Hoosier State until 1920. By 1925, they'd taken over the entire state. A year later, they were dissolved and vanished.

Aaron Helman revisits a dark chapter in Indiana's history that comes with an even darker ending... and just maybe, a warning.

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Still frame from the movie 'Rudy'
SPORTS

The Real Hero of the Rudy Game Wasn't Rudy

Fifty years later, Ken Bradford takes time to celebrate Pat Sarb — the player who gave up his jersey for Rudy, then spent his life quietly making the world better.

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Clipping from the South Bend Tribune; April 17, 1933
HISTORY

The Bootlegger Who (Almost) Beat Prohibition

South Bend's Tommy Kuzmic fled the draft, ruled the local bootlegging scene, and got caught just before Prohibition ended. Then he opened a bar down the street.

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