When street or highway departments underbid a particular infrastructure project, department heads must appear before elected officials to request money to make up the difference.

Photo provided Kindergarten and Pre-K students at Smith and Busy Bees Academy held an election of their own on Tuesday after reading the book “Duck for President.” After visiting with some local farm ...

Unless winter makes an unexpected early arrival, Bartholomew County government should have all of their planned asphalt paving projects completed before the end of the year.

I’m 51 years old. I’ve been dating “John” for two and a half years now. After a year, he moved in to help with the mortgage. Most of the time he pays but if he misses a month and I ask about it, he ...

Indian classical singer Mahesh Kale of San Francisco performed a concert at The Commons. He was accompanied by musicians Shyam Kane and Guru Das, who played the Indian drums and the harmonium. Rev.

The following information is summarized from the records of city, county and state police, fire and hospital agencies.

John Krull is director of Franklin College’s Pulliam School of Journalism and publisher of TheStatehouseFile.com, a news website powered by Franklin College journalism students. The views expressed ...

Tween Game Time — 3:30 to 5 p.m., Bartholomew County Public Library, 536 Fifth St., Columbus. Stop by after school and join ...

Indonesia’s Mount Lewotobi Laki Laki erupted again Thursday, spewing a column of hot clouds that rose 2,500 meters (8,200 ...

The Columbus East girls wrestling team defeated Jennings County 49-24 and Jeffersonville 48-36 to open the season on Wednesday.

Edinburgh picked its first girls basketball victory of the season with a 52-47 win over Cardinal Ritter. Kenna Streeval finished with 22 points, and Bella Turner added 11 for the Lancers (1-0). Nobody ...

For the second year in a row, Earth will almost certainly be the hottest it’s ever been. And for the first time, the globe this year reached more than 1.5 degrees Celsius (2.7 degrees Fahrenheit) of ...