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The Mozel Sanders Foundation, which has served thousands of needy people Thanksgiving dinner each year for more than 40 years, is about $40,000 short of its fundraising goal. It may have to turn hundreds of people away this year, organizers said. Last year, the group served more than 40,000 people on Thanksgiving Day. Organizers hope for more donations.
 

Police arrested Rex Ivan Murphy on Thursday morning in connection with a bank robbery at a MainSource Bank branch in Franklin. Police say Murphy, 36, entered the bank Oct. 17 at about 1:30 p.m., showed a handgun and demanded money. He ran off after getting away with an undisclosed amount of cash. The same branch was robbed about a week later, but police say Murphy is not suspected in that crime.

Two men are in the Marion County Jail after the Metro Drug Task Force discovered 11 pounds of methamphetamine in their west-side home. Jose Cota and Oscar Guiterrez face charges of dealing and possession of narcotics. They were taken into custody in the 5900 block of Alpine Avenue, near West 34th Street and North High School Road, at about 8 p.m. Tuesday. The meth, valued at more than $200,000, plus a scale and $2,400 in cash were found in the home.