Local Features

Scott Hekel photographed the new springtime bird bath and bird feeder in Joyce Hekel’s yard.

Kris Hyatt felt a destitute pet owner’s pain when a local resident recently came to Muddy Paws Pet Salon embarrassed but looking for a way to get his small dog help for a toenail that had grown into its paw pad.

No tricks here. Straight up, there’s more than a ghost of a chance for seasonal chills or just plain fun this weekend. Who knows? With all...

More than 100 elementary school students recently took part in an event aimed at engaging young girls in Science, Technology, Engineering and Math. The Bartholomew...

Local officials are expressing concern that more Bartholomew County residents could struggle to pay their utilities this winter with heating bills set to jump...

Training for a Columbus woman’s dream career began far before her graduation in the field of science from the University of Alabama. Starting nearly two...

With the economic havoc caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, one might easily assume donations to the Columbus Firemen’s Cheer Fund have dropped dramatically. But Cheer...

City leaders expect to return to the original, one large Ethnic Expo the first weekend of October next year, providing that pandemic conditions allow...

For the past several years, George Leonard III has taken a yearly trip to Ocala, Florida, to shop for potential racehorses. The Shelbyville-based trainer usually...

Volunteers working on a project to restore a C-119 “Flying Boxcar” aircraft at the Atterbury-Bakalar Air Museum are repainting the plane before winter weather...