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Bartholomew County Sheriff deputies have arrested three teens on kidnapping, robbery, criminal confinement and battery charges after a 19-year-old male said he was attacked and beaten in an ambush at a barn on the east side of the county.

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — An Indiana state lawmaker isn’t facing any immediate legislative discipline after pleading guilty to drunken driving charges for crashing his pickup truck through an interstate highway guardrail and driving away.

Bartholomew Consolidated School Corp. has decided to work with an outside partner on strategic work to enhance relationships between teachers and students at the middle school level.

Road work signs will be going up along East 25th Street as early as this week notifying motorists of upcoming lane closures.

Workers in nearly all of Indiana’s counties — including Bartholomew County — make less money than the national average wage, with Hoosier workers earning just 83.3 cents for each dollar earned by their national counterparts, according to a recent analysis of employment data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Competitions for the Bartholomew County 4-H Fair have begun, with the fair’s princess being named Sunday during a competition at Columbus East High School.

The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration’s One Pill Can Kill campaign stopped in Columbus recently to bring more awareness to the problem of fentanyl-laced fake prescription pills.

Affordable homes and expanded opportunities for homeownership in Columbus, Franklin, Seymour, North Vernon and other communities around the state and nation could get a boost from bipartisan legislation in Congress that aims to spur investment in a housing market desperate for starter homes.

City officials are moving forward with plans to partner with other communities on efforts to respond to climate change.

Bartholomew County’s population grew at a faster pace last year than the state and much of the rest of the country, nearly reversing a decline in population during the first year of the pandemic, as the economy continues to rebound from the public health emergency.