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• Local Holiday Inn Express/Suites receives elite honor

  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. 

• IU Biology Researcher pleads guilty to smuggling E. coli DNA from China

  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.

• Franklin Fire crews fight Compass Park fire

  FRANKLIN, Ind. - UPDATE- 10 p.m. -Johnson County Fire crews are continuing to extinguish hot spots. Crews will remain on scene for an extended period of time.

• Franklin Fire Department has busy Wednesday fighting fires

  FRANKLIN, Ind. - Wednesday, April 8, was a very active day for the City of Franklin Fire Department (FFD).

• Shred documents free at Johnson County Recycling District on April 23

  FRANKLIN, Ind. - The Johnson County Recycling District (JCRD), in partnership with Shares, Inc., is hosting its spring document shredding evening on Thursday, April 23.