Category Archives: Top Story
Full-time firefighters could become the casualties in township budget battle
COLUMBUS, Ind. - Columbus Township officials are reviewing options to reduce taxes, including eliminating full-time firefighters. Advisory board members say tax reduction is a priority because the tow...
Jul 28, 2016
Johnson County officials search for fugitive
FRANKLIN, Ind. - The Johnson County Sheriff's Department is looking for Joseph Nathaniel Kern. Kern's last known address is on Palo Verde Court in Indianapolis and has also lived in Greenwood. Kern is...
Jul 28, 2016
6-year-old Decatur County youth recovering from lightning strike
GREENSBURG, Ind. - A 6-year-old Decatur County girl is recovering after being struck by lightning Tuesday. The girl was outside a relative's home in the 1300 block of County Road 1100W when the incide...
Jul 27, 2016
Unemployment in Bartholomew County third lowest in the state
COLUMBUS, Ind. - Bartholomew County's unemployment rate of 3.5 percent for June is the third lowest in the state. Only Dubois and Hamilton County have lower rates. The state of Indiana unemployment ra...
Jul 27, 2016
Indiana Republicans select Holcomb to replace Pence in November
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. - The Indiana Republican Central Committee has selected Lt Gov. Eric Holcomb to replace Mike Pence on the November ballot. The committee picked Holcomb from a field of Congresswoman...
Jul 26, 2016
New Republican nomination for governor expected today
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. - The Indiana Republican Party is expected to select a candidate for governor sometime today. The 22-member Indiana State Republican Committee will meet in private to choose from Co...
Jul 26, 2016
Pence names three local residents to boards and commissions
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. - Indiana Governor Mike Pence has named three local professionals to state boards and commissions. Bartholomew County resident Cassondra Wilson was named to serve on the Governor's ...
Jul 26, 2016
45-minute chase leads to one arrest
COLUMBUS, Ind. - A Columbus man was arrested after a pursuit that damaged a car from the Bartholomew County Sheriff's Department. Police were called to investigate a report of an intoxicated driver at...
Jul 25, 2016
Columbus woman, Greensburg child killed in Decatur County accident
GREENSBURG, Ind. - A Columbus resident was killed in a crash in Decatur County Friday night. Indiana State Police reports that Shelina Robinson of Columbus was a passenger in a truck driven by Terry R...
Jul 25, 2016
Stewart finishes 11th, Busch dominates
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. - Columbus native Tony Stewart battled back from a pit road penalty to finish 11th in the Brickyard 400 Sunday. Retired driver from Pittsboro, Indiana, Jeff Gordon, who came back fo...
Jul 25, 2016
