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INDIANAPOLIS – Zachary A. Myers is the new U.S. attorney for the Southern District of Indiana. President Joseph R. Biden nominated the veteran federal prosecutor to serve as U.S. Attorney and he was unanimously confirmed by the U.S. Senate.

By Noah Crenshaw | For The Republic CAMP ATTERBURY — The day starts at 6 a.m., sliding off of a cot in a makeshift office...

COLUMBUS, Ind. -- City officials plan to invest leftover monies from an old tech park fund into new projects. The Columbus Redevelopment Commission has approved...

Bartholomew County officials are expressing concern as drug overdose deaths this year have largely kept pace with last year, when the county recorded the highest number of fatal overdoses since at least 2015.

The U.S. government has moved to open up COVID-19 booster shots to all adults, expanding efforts to get ahead of rising coronavirus cases that experts fear could snowball into a winter surge as millions of Americans travel for the holidays.

The COVID-19 death toll continued to climb during the first half of November, increasing the number of lives cut short by the virus to 110 since a summer surge primarily driven by the delta variant swept across the region and sent more than 3,400 of local residents to hospital emergency rooms.

City officials have agreed to let another restaurant tenant leave The Commons, given the current uncertainty regarding when the eatery could reopen as the pandemic continues.

Bartholomew Consolidated School Corp. is reporting a total of 669 COVID-19 positive cases since the beginning of the new school year — up 44 from last week’s count and just over last year’s total for the whole school year.

COLUMBUS, Ind. -- The COVID-19 death toll continued to climb during the first half of November, increasing the number of lives cut short by...

The U.S. government has moved to open up COVID-19 booster shots to all adults, expanding efforts to get ahead of rising coronavirus cases that...