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New performance report cards go live on each Indiana school's website, replace A-F grades
INDIANAPOLIS - To increase transparency around Indiana students' education performance, new report cards issued by the state education department are now required to be posted on nearly every Hoosier ...
Oct 24, 2023 Courtesy - INDOE
State opens applications for employer-sponsored child care fund
INDIANAPOLIS - Applications for a new employer-sponsored child care fund are open, the Indiana Family and Social Services Administration announced Monday. "Employers know first-hand the critical needs...
Oct 24, 2023 Markus Spiske / Unsplash
One dead after car hits tree, catches on fire
COLUMBUS, Ind. - The Bartholomew County Sheriff's Office responded to a 9-1-1 report of a single-vehicle accident in the 13000 block of South County Road 100W, on Monday at around 4:15 p.m. The caller...
Oct 24, 2023
Trafalgar Fire Department seeks info on 'intentional fire'
TRAFALGAR, Ind. - Local fire and law enforcement officials in Trafalgar are seeking the public's help in getting information about a fire that occurred last Friday. Arson is suspected. Crews were call...
Oct 23, 2023 Courtesy - Trafalgar Fire Department.
Johnson County Library holds coloring contest for new bookmobile
JOHNSON COUNTY - The Johnson County Public Library (JCPL) is holding contest for kids in commemoration of their new bookmobile. JCPL on Wheels, is officially launching on November 4 at Kephart Park in...
Oct 23, 2023 Courtesy-Johnson County Library FB page
CRH offers free breast screening event on Saturday
COLUMBUS, Ind. - Columbus Regional Health (CRH) Breast Health Services is holding a free clinical breast screening event, for those whose insurance does not cover breast screenings, this Saturday, Oct...
Oct 23, 2023 Courtesy-Columbus Regional Health
Indiana's selection for biotech hub designation is worth millions
INDIANAPOLIS - The federal government designated Indiana's Heartland BioWorks as a Regional Technology and Innovation Hub on Monday, allowing the consortium of Hoosier entities to compete against othe...
Oct 23, 2023 National Cancer Institute / Unsplash
Bartholomew County Retired Teachers Assoc. grant applications are available for public schools
COLUMBUS, Ind. - The Bartholomew County Retired Teachers Association (BARTA) is inviting current teachers and administrators to apply for grant funding. Funding ideas might include classroom materials...
Oct 23, 2023 Kimberly Farmer / Unsplash
Replacing income tax with sales tax hike would cost poor Hoosiers more
INDIANAPOLIS - Axing Indiana's individual income tax and replacing just half the revenue with a sales tax hike would cost the state's poorest residents an additional $62 and hand the top 1% of earners...
Oct 23, 2023 Tax Foundation senior policy analysts Andrey Yushkov and Katherine Loughead answer lawmaker questions on Friday, Oct. 20, 2023. Photo - Leslie Bonilla Muñiz/Indiana Capital Chronicle
Ivy Tech nursing students host Community Health and Wellness Fair
COLUMBUS, Ind. - Ivy Tech Community College nursing program students will host a Community Health and Wellness Fair on Thursday, November 2, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., at Moravec Hall, 4475 Central Ave. ...
Oct 23, 2023
