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COLUMBUS, Ind. - The city of Columbus has agreed to assume ownership of two vacant properties in the Ninth Street Park area. The properties will be rehabilitated and resold. The project will be funded...

COLUMBUS, Ind. - Officials in Bartholomew County will consider an income tax increase to bolster the financial health of county government. The tax could fund raises for dispatchers, additional person...

TAYLORSVILLE, Ind. - A two-vehicle accident in Taylorsville injured five people last Friday around 7:15 p.m. A report from the Bartholomew County Sheriff's Department says a car driven by Jose Ruiz, 5...

COLUMBUS, Ind. - Acting on tips from the public, police in Columbus made five drug-related arrests early Saturday morning. Law enforcement conducted a welfare check at a home in the 700 block of Sycam...

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. - The U. S. Department of Agriculture says the Indiana corn and soy bean harvest could be close to record levels this year. The August Crop Production report projects a soy bean har...

COLUMBUS, Ind. - A fire in a home under restoration did about $100,000 damage in Columbus over the weekend. Columbus firefighters were called to the 3000 block of North Marr Rd. at 3:25 a.m. Saturday ...

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. - Cummins Inc., and the American Trucking Association are taking steps to address the shortage of truck driving professionals. "Our nation's economy is very much dependent on the tr...

EDINBURGH, Ind. - Johnson County Sheriff Doug Cox says investigators have determined the cause of death for two Franklin residents over the weekend was a murder-suicide. The bodies of Jonie Snider, 35...

FOUNTAINTOWN, Ind. - Quick action by an Indiana State trooper saved the life of a 19-year-old overdose victim Saturday afternoon. Trooper Jeff Stone found Tanner Loveless barely breathing in his Fount...

BROWNSTOWN, Ind. - A Brownstown man is in jail after beating his girlfriend because she wouldn’t make pancakes for him. Police responded to the 1300 block of South County Road 150W in Jackson Co...