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      <title>Semi-truck fire closes I-65 near Taylorsville on Wednesday </title>
      <description><![CDATA[TAYLORSVILLE, Ind. - A fully engulfed semi-truck fire closed northbound I-65 at Mile Marker 76.8, near the Taylorsville exit, on Wednesday morning, April 15. ]]></description>
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      <title>Man jumps off overpass onto I-74 in Greensburg</title>
      <description><![CDATA[GREENSBURG, Ind. - The Greensburg Police Department responded to a report of an injured male on Interstate 74, near the 132-mile marker, just after 3 p.m. on Wednesday. Witnesses advised Decatur County Communications that the man had jumped off the overpass.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 15 Apr 2026 17:40:00 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>NAMI mental health classes start in May</title>
      <description><![CDATA[COLUMBUS, Ind. - The National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) of South Central Indiana will hold a series of "Peer-to-Peer" classes beginning Tuesday, May 12, from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m., at the Bartholomew County Public Library.   ]]></description>
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      <title>Registration for United Way's 'Day of Caring' starts Wednesday </title>
      <description><![CDATA[COLUMBUS, Ind. - Bartholomew County residents are invited to take part in Day of Caring, a one-day, community-wide celebration of volunteerism that brings together individuals, families, businesses, civic groups, churches, and local government.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 14 Apr 2026 12:10:00 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>'Talking Tombstones' returns on May 8</title>
      <description><![CDATA[COLUMBUS, Ind. - The Bartholomew County Historical Society and the Columbus Parks and Recreation Department are hosting “Talking Tombstones 2026” at the historic Columbus City Cemetery on Friday, May 8, from 5 to 8 p.m.]]></description>
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      <title>Kiwanis 5K Walk/Run benefiting Riley Hospital is next month</title>
      <description><![CDATA[COLUMBUS, Ind. - The Meridian Kiwanis Club of Columbus presents its annual 5K Walk/Run to support Riley Hospital and the Kiwanis K-Bug reading program for kids.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 14 Apr 2026 10:40:00 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>IU Columbus soccer to be played at Circle K Fieldhouse</title>
      <description><![CDATA[COLUMBUS, Ind. - Indiana University Columbus and the Columbus Parks and Recreation Department announced Monday a new agreement for the Circle K Fieldhouse at NexusPark to become the new home for Crimson Pride men’s and women’s soccer.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 13 Apr 2026 14:35:00 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>'CodeRED' emergency notification system is coming to Bartholomew County</title>
      <description><![CDATA[COLUMBUS, Ind. -  Bartholomew County reminds citizens that it is in the process of implementing a new community mass notification system, "CodeRED" by Crisis24, which will replace the current alert system, "Everbridge."]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 13 Apr 2026 13:10:00 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>Furry Friends Food Bank distributes pet food Thursday at Columbus Airport</title>
      <description><![CDATA[COLUMBUS, Ind.- Friends of Columbus Animal Care Services (FCACS) will be handing out pet food through their Furry Friends Food Bank distribution on Thursday, April 16, from 4 to 5:30 p.m., at Columbus Municipal Airport, 4770 Ray Boll Blvd.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 13 Apr 2026 11:25:00 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>One man is dead after Country Squire Lakes Fire</title>
      <description><![CDATA[GENEVA TOWNSHIP, Ind. - Scipio-Geneva Fire Rescue, the Jennings County Sheriff's Office (JCSO), and Jennings County EMS were dispatched to a reported structure fire in the area of Honeylocust Place in Country Squire Lakes at around 3 p.m. on Sunday. Initial reports indicated a male occupant was still inside the residence.   ]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 12 Apr 2026 21:25:00 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>BCSC 'Future Educator Signing Day' is May 5</title>
      <description><![CDATA[COLUMBUS, Ind. - Bartholomew Consolidated School Corporation's (BCSC) third annual Educator Signing Day is Tuesday morning, May 5, in the Clarence E. Robbins Auditorium at Columbus East High School.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 11 Apr 2026 17:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>Local Holiday Inn Express/Suites receives elite honor</title>
      <description><![CDATA[EDINBURGH/COLUMBUS, Ind. - IHG Hotels and Resorts (IHG), with nearly 7,000 global properties across 21 brands, has honored Holiday Inn Express & Suites Columbus/Edinburgh and its team with a 2025 Torchbearer Award. ]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 11 Apr 2026 15:55:00 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>'Crossroads Acoustic Fest' in Seymour is last weekend in April</title>
      <description><![CDATA[SEYMOUR, Ind. - Seymour Main Street presents "Crossroads Acoustic Fest," a boutique music festival with world-class musicians and intimate performances in downtown Seymour on Friday, April 24, and Saturday, April 25.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 11 Apr 2026 14:20:00 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>IU Biology Researcher pleads guilty to smuggling E. coli DNA  from China</title>
      <description><![CDATA[INDIANAPOLIS - Youhuang Xiang (“Xiang”), 32, formerly a post-doctoral researcher at Indiana University and a citizen of the People’s Republic of China, has been sentenced to more than four months in prison, a $500 fine, and one year of supervised release, after pleading guilty to smuggling biologic materials into the United States from China.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 11 Apr 2026 12:35:00 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>Next Columbus, Bartholomew County Transportation Plan meeting is Monday</title>
      <description><![CDATA[COLUMBUS, Ind. - The City of Columbus/Bartholomew County Planning Department presents another open house for the Columbus and Bartholomew County Transportation Plan this Monday, April 13, from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. at Columbus City Hall.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 09 Apr 2026 11:35:00 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>City of Columbus announces new community development specialist</title>
      <description><![CDATA[COLUMBUS, Ind. — The City of Columbus has named Jody Coffman to take on the new role of community development specialist.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 09 Apr 2026 09:25:00 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>Indiana Real Estate Institute, Ivy Tech announce collaboration</title>
      <description><![CDATA[INDIANAPOLIS - The Indiana Real Estate Institute (IREI) and Ivy Tech Community College recently formed a new partnership that focuses on increasing awareness of real estate education opportunities and career pathways in the Hoosier state. ]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 09 Apr 2026 08:20:00 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>Gov. Braun temporarily suspends Indiana gas tax </title>
      <description><![CDATA[ INDIANAPOLIS – Governor Mike Braun announced on Wednesday, April 8, that he will suspend Indiana's gas tax to combat higher prices incurred because of the war with Iran.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 08 Apr 2026 14:50:00 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>Indy Hood Rats present Block Party at Columbus Airport</title>
      <description><![CDATA[COLUMBUS, Ind. - Start your engines, Columbus, for the IndyHoodRats Block Party Season Opener on Saturday, April 25, at Columbus Municipal Airport.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 08 Apr 2026 13:20:00 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>Columbus Internal Medicine Associates is moving to NexusPark</title>
      <description><![CDATA[COLUMBUS, Ind. - Columbus Regional Health (CRH) has announced that Columbus Internal Medicine Associates will close its location at 4050 Central Avenue at the end of the day on Thursday, April 9, and reopen at NexusPark, Suite C, on Monday, April 13, at 8 a.m.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 08 Apr 2026 12:45:00 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>Greensburg Municipal Airport names new board member</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Greensburg, Ind. — The Greensburg Municipal Airport Board announced the appointment of Robert Pumphrey to fill the vacancy left by Gary Bailey earlier this year.]]></description>
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      <title>Rocky Ford Road, from Middle Road to Candlelight Village, closed Wednesday, part of Thursday</title>
      <description><![CDATA[COLUMBUS, Ind. - Columbus City Utilities has announced that Rocky Ford Road, between Middle Road and Candlelight Drive, will be closed starting at 7 a.m. on Wednesday. ]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 07 Apr 2026 15:55:00 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>Columbus Spring Market continues this Saturday</title>
      <description><![CDATA[COLUMBUS, Ind. - The Office of Downtown Development continues its Downtown Columbus Spring Market on 4th Street this Saturday, April 11, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.]]></description>
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      <title>Columbus, Bartholomew County celebrate Earth Day on April 24</title>
      <description><![CDATA[COLUMBUS, Ind. - The Bartholomew County Solid Waste Management District (BCSWMD) is honoring Earth Day with a special event at the Columbus/Bartholomew Recycling Center, 720 S. Mapleton St., on Friday, April 24, from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. ]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 07 Apr 2026 13:50:00 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>Ivy Tech Columbus student earns 3 national honors</title>
      <description><![CDATA[COLUMBUS, Ind. -Ivy Tech Community College Columbus has announced that student leader Dakota McLaughlin, of Shelbyville, has earned three of the nation’s most prestigious honors for community college students.  ]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 06 Apr 2026 16:45:00 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>2 State Police traffic stops on I-65  Monday afternoon result in arrests</title>
      <description><![CDATA[COLUMBUS/SEYMOUR, Ind. - Two traffic stops on I-65 by the Indiana State Police (ISP), within minutes of each other, resulted in several arrests on Monday afternoon.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 06 Apr 2026 16:30:00 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>Bartholomew County Health Department hosts 'Community Baby Shower'</title>
      <description><![CDATA[COLUMBUS, Ind.- The Bartholomew County Health Department presents a Community Baby Shower on Saturday, April 11, from 9 to 11 a.m. at the Bartholomew County Health Department Nursing Division, 2625 Foxpointe Drive, in Columbus.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 06 Apr 2026 15:55:00 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>Bartholomew County Property Tax bills are coming</title>
      <description><![CDATA[COLUMBUS, Ind. - Bartholomew County Treasurer Barbara Hackman has announced that property tax bills will be sent out soon.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 04 Apr 2026 16:45:00 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>'Hutchfest 2026' is set for last weekend in April</title>
      <description><![CDATA[COLUMBUS, Ind. - Hutchfest 2026 is being stormed by a British Invasion. The annual fundraiser is at The Crump Theatre on Saturday, April 25, featuring The Revelators and The Rigbys.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 04 Apr 2026 15:20:00 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>Taylorsville man finds hand grenade in his yard</title>
      <description><![CDATA[TAYLORSVILLE, Ind. - Bartholomew County Sheriff's Office (BCSO) deputies were on the scene Saturday morning in Taylorsville when they were dispatched about a possible explosive device.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 04 Apr 2026 14:45:00 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>Mayor Ferdon issues statement after tragedy</title>
      <description><![CDATA[COLUMBUS, Ind. - On Monday evening, an 11-year-old girl disappeared in the water of East Fork White River in Mill Race Park in Columbus. After more than two days of searching, her body was recovered on Thursday morning. ]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 02 Apr 2026 13:35:00 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>UPDATE: Conservation officers find body of missing 11-year-old in East Fork of the White River</title>
      <description><![CDATA[COLUMBUS, Ind. - UPDATE (Thursday morning): Indiana Conservation Officers with the Indiana Department of Natural Resources have recovered the body of the 11-year-old girl who went missing in the East Fork of the White River in Columbus on Monday evening. ]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 01 Apr 2026 01:45:00 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>INDOT bridge deck project on North US 31 in Columbus starts Monday</title>
      <description><![CDATA[COLUMBUS, Ind. - Indiana Department of Transportation (INDOT) contractor E&B Paving, Inc., is scheduled to begin a bridge deck overlay project on U.S. 31 between Lowell Road and Commerce Drive on or after Monday, April 6.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 02 Apr 2026 12:55:00 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>Ivy Tech Columbus holds open house in late April</title>
      <description><![CDATA[COLUMBUS, Ind. -Ivy Tech Community College Columbus invites high school students and their families to a campus-wide open house on April 28 from 4:30 to 6 p.m. at Moravec Hall, 4475 Central Ave.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 02 Apr 2026 11:40:00 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>City Hall begins new ADA‐compliant accessible ramps project</title>
      <description><![CDATA[COLUMBUS, Ind. - The City of Columbus Engineering Department has announced that starting on or after Thursday, April 2, and continuing for approximately two months, All Star Paving will be working in front of City Hall to install new ADA‐compliant accessible ramps.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 01 Apr 2026 16:50:00 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>Sanitary sewer smoke testing scheduled for Heritage Heights area</title>
      <description><![CDATA[TAYLORSVILLE/COLUMBUS, Ind. - Bartholomew County Emergency Management has announced that beginning on or after April 20, Driftwood Utilities, in coordination with Heritage Heights, will conduct smoke testing on select portions of the sanitary sewer system within the Heritage Heights area.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 01 Apr 2026 16:15:00 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>Threat to student at a Shelby County school results in Felony charge for teen</title>
      <description><![CDATA[MORRISTOWN, Ind. - The Shelby County Sheriff's Department was notified of a possible threat made to a student at Morristown Jr./Sr. High School on Tuesday afternoon. The threat was communicated using a social media app.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 01 Apr 2026 14:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>Town of Hope tags abandoned vehicles for removal</title>
      <description><![CDATA[HOPE, Ind. - The Hope Police Department has released its Spring 2026 list of abandoned/inoperable/non-plated vehicles. These cars and trucks were recently tagged for removal, per Hope Town Code 8-69, Article 10, and Indiana I.C. Code 9-13-2-1.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 01 Apr 2026 12:35:00 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>Indiana launches campaign against distracted driving</title>
      <description><![CDATA[INDIANAPOLIS – The Indiana Criminal Justice Institute (ICJI), Indiana State Police (ISP), and local law enforcement are partnering to increase patrols aimed at reducing speeding and distracted driving as part of the annual Indiana Safer Roads Campaign, supported by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA).]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 01 Apr 2026 11:05:00 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>BCSC sets dates for redistricting informational meetings</title>
      <description><![CDATA[COLUMBUS, Ind. - The Bartholomew Consolidated School Corporation (BCSC) is hosting three preliminary information sessions this month about the redistricting process scheduled to go into effect at the start of the 2027-28 school year.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 31 Mar 2026 17:45:00 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>BCSO implements portable translation devices to help with communication</title>
      <description><![CDATA[COLUMBUS, Ind. - The Bartholomew County Sheriff’s Office (BCSO) has announced the purchase of five portable translation devices designed to improve communication between the Sheriff’s Office and members of the community.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 31 Mar 2026 16:20:00 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>Franklin College fundraiser 'GivetoGRIZ' is set for April 15</title>
      <description><![CDATA[FRANKLIN, Ind. - Franklin College is gearing up for its 14th annual "#GivetoGRIZ" next month. The annual 24-hour Day of Giving Challenge is scheduled for Wednesday, April 15.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 31 Mar 2026 15:35:00 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>City, County offices closed on Good Friday, trash pick-up on schedule</title>
      <description><![CDATA[COLUMBUS, Ind. - All City of Columbus offices, including Columbus City Utilities, will be closed this Friday, April 3, to observe the Good Friday holiday.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 30 Mar 2026 15:30:00 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>LCNFC presents free Easter Egg Hunt on Saturday</title>
      <description><![CDATA[COLUMBUS, Ind. -The Lincoln-Central Neighborhood Family Center (LCNFC) annual Easter Egg Hunt will be Saturday, April 4, starting at 11 a.m. on the grounds of BCSC’s Administration Building at the corner of 13th Street and Cottage Avenue.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 30 Mar 2026 14:55:00 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>VRM Foundation is now accepting grant applications</title>
      <description><![CDATA[COLUMBUS, Ind. —Nonprofit organizations in Bartholomew, Jackson, Jennings and Decatur counties that serve aging adults and special needs populations are eligible to apply for grant funding from the Voelz, Reed, and Mount (VRM) Foundation.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 30 Mar 2026 13:40:00 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>UPDATE: Boil Water Advisory lifted for Candlelight Village, Cedar Ridge</title>
      <description><![CDATA[COLUMBUS, Ind. - UPDATE ( Sunday at 1:15 p.m.) - Columbus City Utilities has canceled the Boil Water Advisory for the Candlelight Village and Cedar Ridge subdivisions. ]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 26 Mar 2026 17:10:00 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>Columbus Area Chamber offers 4-part 'Small Business Workshop' series</title>
      <description><![CDATA[COLUMBUS, Ind. - The Columbus Area Chamber of Commerce presents the first session of its "Taking Care of Business" workshop series next month.]]></description>
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