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A number of steps are taking place over a matter of days to bring 147 new jobs to northern Bartholomew County.

JACKSON COUNTY — The aunt and court-appointed administrator of an inmate suffering from an acute mental health crisis who died last year after spending 20 days in solitary confinement at the Jackson County Jail has agreed to a settlement with the county and four county employees, court filings show.

The nonprofit Landmark Columbus Foundation endowment has hit its $1 million mark — and just a couple days ahead of its ideal goal and date that was by the beginning of the foundation’s Exhibit Columbus architectural exhibition “Public By Design.”

The city of Columbus will observe the 22nd anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attack on our nation with a remembrance ceremony on Monday, Sept. 11. The ceremony will take place on the Columbus City Hall Plaza. The ceremony will begin at 8:30 a.m. and is open to the public.

Call it high times in the Highlands.

Bartholomew County is poised to receive nearly $1 million in additional public health funding next year through a statewide initiative that state officials say will “transform public health” in Indiana, which lags behind much of the country in public health outcomes.

Bartholomew Circuit Court Judge Kelly Benjamin has recused herself from a civil suit filed by the Bartholomew County Democratic Party against a Republican candidate for Columbus City Council.

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Early entries for the upcoming 2023 Mill Race Marathon are running at the highest level since the event was canceled in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Ed Bruenjes was planning his expert handyman work around his daughter and son-in-law’s home in Lansing, Michigan, last week. He is one who for decades has installed floors, expanded rooms and built porches and patios full-time.