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Columbus taps conservator to preserve architecture

Sat, 25 May 2013 07:01:05 -0400

COLUMBUS, Indiana - The city of Columbus is hiring an Indianapolis Museum of Art conservator to help preserve historic buildings before their past is lost.

Crews beef up wire guardrails along Interstate 65

Tue, 21 May 2013 04:01:05 -0400

COLUMBUS, Indiana - Crews along Interstate 65 in southern Indiana are reinforcing concrete anchors used in wire guardrails designed to prevent vehicles from crossing the median and crashing into oncoming traffic.

Ind. stream gauge victim of federal budget cuts

Mon, 20 May 2013 13:38:36 -0400

VERNON, Indiana - Indiana will lose a stream gauge that has been used for research and to alert communities about impending flooding under federal budget cuts to a program that collects data from waterways across the country.

Cancer patient hopes to leave disease in past

Thu, 16 May 2013 10:28:57 -0400

COLUMBUS, Indiana - Mark and Beth Rediker knew something was terribly wrong late last year when their 22-year-old son Adam, who often ran six miles a day, became inexplicably bloated in just a few weeks.

Sheriff: Meth found at Indiana home where 4 slain

Tue, 14 May 2013 23:20:15 -0400

WAYNESVILLE, Indiana - Residents of a small Indiana town are taking steps to protect themselves after a vicious weekend killing that left four people dead in what authorities said was a drug-related crime.

Names of 4 killed in southern Ind. home released

Sun, 12 May 2013 20:54:48 -0400

WAYNESVILLE, Indiana - Authorities have released the names of four people found shot to death in a southern Indiana home.

Development chief tackles Columbus housing woes

Sun, 12 May 2013 07:11:18 -0400

COLUMBUS, Indiana - The new director of community development in Columbus is meeting the challenge of solving the city's housing shortage head-on.

Fed-up Ind. dad has police destroy son's air guns

Thu, 09 May 2013 18:47:05 -0400

COLUMBUS, Indiana - A father fed up with his son's threatening actions with realistic BB guns has had police destroy the 11-weapon collection.

Mayor: Not time for final curtain at Crump

Sun, 05 May 2013 12:55:58 -0400

COLUMBUS, Indiana - The once-majestic Crump Theatre has lost its luster after roughly 140 years, but there are angels in the balcony ready to leap to its rescue.

Burmese refugees flock to Iowa meatpacking town

Sun, 05 May 2013 12:51:23 -0400

COLUMBUS JUNCTION, Iowa - The first Chin Burmese student arrived at Wilma Sime Roundy Elementary School three years ago, a smiling preschooler whose father often checked on his progress.

Mayor: Not time for final curtain at Crump

Sun, 05 May 2013 12:40:04 -0400

COLUMBUS, Indiana - The aging Crump Theatre in Columbus has seen better days, but the city's mayor says it isn't time for a final curtain call.

Columbus prom-goers get words of caution

Tue, 30 Apr 2013 10:52:38 -0400

COLUMBUS, Indiana - Elementary students in Columbus are serious about the dangers of older students drinking alcohol or using drugs on prom night, and they're sending that message to hundreds of high school students this weekend.

Columbus prom-goers get words of caution

Tue, 30 Apr 2013 10:25:53 -0400

COLUMBUS, Indiana - Columbus high school students heading to the prom this weekend are getting words of caution from younger students urging them to avoid alcohol and drugs.

Cummins 1Q results miss analysts' estimates

Tue, 30 Apr 2013 09:13:06 -0400

COLUMBUS, Indiana - Cummins first-quarter net income declined 38 percent as demand softened in North America and overseas. The performance missed Wall Street's expectations.

S. Indiana man charged in fatal hit-skip accident

Sun, 28 Apr 2013 14:05:27 -0400

COLUMBUS, Indiana - A southern Indiana man has been arrested in connection with a fatal hit-and-run accident outside a bar in Columbus.