Commission OKs housing study funding
The Columbus Redevelopment Commission has approved funding the city’s first housing study in over a decade.
Top GOP gubernatorial contenders haul in donations
INDIANAPOLIS — Three top GOP candidates for Indiana governor far out-raised their fellow hopefuls in semi-annual campaign finance reports released Monday, with U.S. Sen. Mike Braun recording the largest haul.
Seymour native helps Latino communities through new role
A Seymour resident is the new executive director of Su Casa, an organization with a mission to increase self-sufficiency, health, economic independence and education for local Latino families, and to ensure they feel safe and welcome here.
Flock cameras contract extended
The Bartholomew County Sheriff’s Department has extended its contract with surveillance cameras which read license plates on county roadways.
Bartholomew County Library elevator project: Library plans to use reserve funds
The Bartholomew County Public Library is requesting the county’s approval to appropriate funds for an unexpected expense — updating its elevator, which is more than 50 years old and broke down earlier this year.
Suspect to defend himself in court
A suspected drug dealer from Miami County with a lengthy and violent criminal record wants to serve as his own attorney in Bartholomew Circuit Court.
Catching the bug: Local resident restores ‘74 Super Beetle with help from Propeller
By his own admission, Columbus resident Terry Milligan was “always taking stuff apart” as a kid and trying to figure out how things worked.
Organizers close the books on ‘The Dictionary Project”
After nearly two decades of providing “a little yellow” gift to every third-grader in the county, organizers have announced they are closing the books on the annual “Dictionary Project.”
North Vernon: Gerkin unopposed in race for mayor
NORTH VERNON — Longtime North Vernon clerk/treasurer Shawn Gerkin is set to become the city’s next mayor. Gerkin is the only filed mayoral candidate for the Nov. 7 municipal election in the city of 6,500 people, though several city council seats and the clerk/treasurer position will be contested.
Abortion ban approaching: Health care providers, CRH prepare for implications of new law
Columbus Regional Health officials say they are prepared to comply with Indiana’s near-total abortion ban but expressed concern about some potential unintended consequences of the new rules, which are set to take effect in a little over two weeks.