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Columbus East High School will have an 8th Grade Family Night beginning at 6 p.m. Wednesday in the auxiliary and main gyms.

A Columbus native and employee of Taylor Brothers Construction Co. has been nominated to join the Columbus Redevelopment Commission.

Several local students have been named to dean’s lists at colleges and universities that provided information for the fall 2021 semester. They are:

Aaron Walton of Hope graduated from Mississippi College in Clinton, Mississippi, in commencement exercises on Dec. 17. Walton earned a master science medicine in physician assistant degree.

By The Daily Journal, Franklin JOHNSON COUNTY -- A Columbus man was arrested following a police pursuit in southern Johnson County Thursday evening. Bruce L. Martin,...

COLUMBUS, Ind. -- A bond reduction hearing for Jeremy Sweet, accused of felony neglect in the drowning death of his 2-year-old daughter Emma in...

COLUMBUS, Ind. -- While Bartholomew County property tax rates from 2021 (payable 2022) are significantly lower than a year earlier, that likely won’t mean...

COLUMBUS, Ind. -- A Columbus native and employee of Taylor Brothers Construction Co. has been nominated to join the Columbus Redevelopment Commission. The Columbus Board...

Alliance for Substance Abuse Progress leaders are hoping to continue bolstering the community response this year to Bartholomew County’s drug crisis — including expanding access to sober living homes as demand for beds in local facilities still “far exceeds” capacity.

COVID-19 has continued to cut lives short in Columbus and the surrounding area.