His ever-present smile beaming, Chase McQueen talked about his competitive side, and it became clear, for him, that more is never enough.

Bartholomew County is getting more diverse, gaining residents especially from Asia; and while it remains overwhelmingly white, it was among only 19 Indiana counties that last year gained non-Hispanic whites.

Shortly after Beijing native Monica Luo stepped out of Cummins Inc.’s Irwin Office Building onto the sidewalk along Washington Street, she bumped into two colleagues - Yan Zhang, of Harbin, China; and Swati Shukla, of Mumbai, India.

In its annual report released this month, the Indiana Department of Education found that 428 students in the Bartholomew Consolidated School Corp. lived in homes during the most recent school year that combined their families with one or more other families.

Evidence of the shortage is painfully apparent.

A 55-year-old Columbus man, behind bars since May 13, has been named as the sole suspect in the slayings of four individuals two days earlier in a Waynesville home.

THE Wagner-Reddick Post of the Veterans of Foreign Wars No. 1957 is observing its 80th anniversary this year. At this point, making it to the 81st is iffy at best.

Mackenzie Caldwell should have two more weeks of relative peace and quiet.

Then, beginning July 1, she is likely to be flooded with calls and emails from college track and cross-country coaches wanting her to become part of their program. The Columbus North standout has established herself as one of the nation’s top incoming seniors and is this year’s The Republic Athlete of the Year for Girls Track.

The 8 and Under Columbus Red Alert girls softball players had a determination Sunday at Lincoln Park that never wavered until they had registered the last out of their United States Fastpitch Association State Tournament championship.

Before the final bell ended the school year May 31, crews already were tearing down walls on the second floor of the Columbus Signature Academy - Fodrea campus.