Andy East

INDIANAPOLIS — Indiana Gov.-elect Mike Braun announced Monday that he had appointed 20 people to lead several state agencies and departments as his administration prepares to take office in January.

Columbus Regional Hospital announced Monday that it will implement visitor restrictions at the hospital starting next week due an increase in cases of COVID-19, RSV and influenza.

Love Chapel is on track for a record shortfall this year due to an unprecedented rise in demand for help with groceries in Bartholomew County, prompting the organization to search for new solutions as it confronts what officials described as a “crossroads.”

INDIANAPOLIS — A federal judge has sentenced a former Columbus resident who authorities say had ties to the Sinaloa Cartel to 27 years in federal prison.

A longtime deputy coroner and paramedic is set to take office next week as the next Bartholomew County Coroner as the community contends with a historic rise in suicides and ongoing overdose deaths.

SEYMOUR — A former Jackson County official who been convicted of stealing more than $18,000 in county funds has received a two-year suspended jail sentence and nearly two years of probation.

State environmental regulators say they did not ask the Bartholomew County Humane Society to remove headstones from a pet cemetery south of Columbus that was the subject of controversy last week when some pet owners discovered that their pets’ tombstones had been removed.

Law enforcement officials in Bartholomew County, which periodically holds events attracting crowds of thousands of people, said they plan to review their public-safety measures following the terrorist attack in New Orleans that killed 14 people.

Bartholomew County officials said they are going to reevaluate this evening the “red” travel advisory that is currently in place until further notice as snowfall has stopped and crews continue to work to clear the roadways.

INDIANAPOLIS — The Indiana Supreme Court has scheduled oral arguments in the long-running legal battle over the validity of a Columbus City Council member’s candidacy in the 2023 municipal election. The state’s high court recently published an order scheduling oral arguments for March 13 at 9 a.m. in Indianapolis in the dispute over Republican Columbus […]