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Leaders of the 2023 Exhibit Columbus architectural exhibition “Public By Design” want to know what people thought of the most recently completed cycle that included 13 installations spread over a mile-and-a-half of downtown.

Long-simmering tensions between an animal rights advocate and the Bartholomew County Commissioners came to a boil Monday when the president of the county executives stormed out of the commissioners’ chambers.

Friends of Columbus Animal Care Services (FCACS) will be handing out pet food through its newly named Furry Friends Food Bank distribution on Thursday from 4 to 5:30 p.m. (or until supplies last) in the new location of Columbus Municipal Airport, 4770 Ray Boll Blvd.

Events listed for Tuesday, Dec. 19

INDIANAPOLIS — A local resident who authorities say had ties to a Mexican drug cartel once run by notorious leader Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman has agreed to plead guilty to charges related to an alleged conspiracy to transport drugs from the U.S.-Mexico border and distribute them in Bartholomew County and elsewhere.

Holiday excitement filled the air as several children were taken on shopping sprees Sunday at the the west side Walmart on Merchant Mile.

Shoreline Drive between West Goeller Road and Tipton Lakes Boulevard will be closed this week, according to Bartholomew County emergency management. No further information was...

As tax season approaches, Hoosier National Guardsmen, who number approximately 12,000 troops, will no longer pay state income tax starting with their 2023 tax returns, according to a news release from Gov. Eric Holcomb.

A Bloomington-based developer is seeking to rezone four downtown parcels near the intersection of Eleventh and Washington streets to allow for more dense development.

Another former Columbus resident has been nominated for a Grammy Award.