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Photos of BCSC's Destination Prom at The Commons in Saturday in Columbus, Indiana. Photos by Mike Wolanin | The Republic To purchase photos, click here.

Photos from the after prom Dance Marathon. Photos by Carla Clark To purchase photos, click here.

Valentine’s Day 2022 is history now, but I’m going to pay homage to it, anyway. It’s a nice mid-winter interlude, and the celebration gives us a smidgen of hope for spring … even though stores rush it (like every holiday) by putting out Valentine’s Day cards on Dec. 26. I swear I’ve seen that at Target.

Editor's note: Beginning today, all winter storm information will be outside the Republic's paywall and available outside the newspaper's website story limits. COLUMBUS, Ind. --...

With a growing population of people 65 and older, the Columbus area has gained a second legal firm specializing in elder law and estate planning.

The crescendo of the Christmas season starts up in November, and for the most part, comes crashing to a halt on Dec. 26th. My late father-in-law refused to wait until December 26th for Christmas to be over. According to Mangas family lore, my father-in-law always had the family’s white-flocked artificial tree taken down and put away by Christmas afternoon. This is in direct juxtaposition to my side of the family. My two sisters and I begged our widowed mother to let us keep our real tree up as long as possible, and she always caved. It didn’t come down until the branches were brittle, pine needles littered the floor and it had morphed into a serious fire hazard. I think one year our tree was up until the end of January!

Brad Gonsalves took this picture of coquina (sedimentary compressed seashells) formation in Palm Coast Florida in Feb. 2021.

Kids and teens

The Columbus Area Arts Council (CAAC) has announced a $25,000 grant from the Efroymson Family Fund supporting creative programs at Studio 207. Studio 207 is...