Decades of a diner: Seventh Street eatery known as Jill’s has stood test of...
By Harry McCawley
Columbus’ downtown has undergone a lot of changes over the past 50 years, so many that anyone who left here around that...
Proposed CAFO bill not good change
The issue of regulating confined animal feeding operations (CAFOs) can be a contentious topic, as events in Bartholomew County showed.
After two years of committee...
Letter: Local residents seeking fix for redistricting
From: Theresia V. Shearer
Plainfield
This is in support of House Bill 1014, creating a redistricting reform commission. Indiana's voting districts are a poster child for...
Letter: Smith blocked vote, could’ve pass bill
From: Barbara Wolanin, Women 4 Change Indiana
Indianapolis
Milo Smith is the Indiana state representative for District 59, which includes Columbus. He is on the House...
Letter: Women need to stand up, speak out
From: Patricia March
Columbus
Over the last few months, many things have happened that have caused me to reflect on the status of women in 2017...
Letter: New redistricting commission best fix
From: Joanne Durbin
Indianapolis
House Bill 1014, which would create a redistricting commission, did not move out of committee Feb. 15. House Elections and Apportionment Committee...
Joint effort to battle opioid addiction good plan of action
Bartholomew County has been hit with a rash of opioid overdoses and deaths over the past few years, a troubling trend. Many of the...
Letter: Committee should take vote on bill
From: Tracy Heaton de Martinez
Columbus
The time is now for our Indiana Legislature to put aside political considerations and begin to listen to and act...
Letter: Personal info disclosure, intimidation at City Hall
From: Ken Fudge
Columbus
I have attended many Columbus City Council meetings and Mayor Lienhoop has made it a standard practice whereby the resident who addresses...
Letter: Expansion of high-cost lending costly to public
From: Jill Hammer, Lisa Wilken and Glenn Tebbe
Columbus
This year, payday lenders have put heavy pressure on our lawmakers to give them a new carve-out...
