Columbus News

College-bound students and their families can get help filing applications for federal student aid next week with help from several postsecondary institutions here.

Team One students look at a photo in Central Middle School's Grey Box Theater as Columbus attorney Richard Eynon plays Abraham Lincolnd at Central Middle School Friday, February 10, 2012, as part of the Indiana State Bar Association's 'Lincoln the Lawyer' program.

David Stehouwer, Amy Howe and Karen Garrity pose with a book that the Meridian Kiwanis Club of Columbus recently donated to the Bartholomew County Literacy Task Force's Book Express.

I was a couple of countries and more than a thousand miles away when Brad Pitt and Johnny Depp "visited" Columbus.

Two members of the Columbus Running Club Youth Program recently placed in the 2011 USA Track & Field Junior Olympics Cross Country Championships in Myrtle Beach, S.C. Columbus' Matthew Newell, 8, and Kennedy Kerber, 10, both advanced through the state and regional levels to compete at the national level.

Some members of Girl Scout troop 069 show off the cookies that help finance their activities, including this year, a trip to Washington, DC.

The Indiana Judicial Nominating Commission today narrowed its list of candidates for a vacancy on the Indiana Supreme Court to seven. Five of the semifinalists are from Indianapolis. The remaining candidates are: Robert R. Altice Jr., Marion Superior Court. Cale J. Bradford, Indiana Court of Appeals Maria D. Granger, Floyd Superior Court 3 Mark S. Massa, Indianapolis Robyn L. Moberly, Marion Superior Court. Steven R. Schultz, Columbus Jane A. Seigel, Indianapolis The semifinalists were chosen from 15 candidates, who participated in public interviews Wednesday and today at the Indiana Statehouse. The commission will interview the semifinalists on Feb. 22. Afterwards, it will choose three candidates deemed the most qualified. Gov. Mitch Daniels will make the final choice. The commission is seeking a replacement for Chief Justice Randal Shepard, who announced plans to retire in March.

Steven Schultz developed an interested in public service almost 25 years ago when he served as an administrative assistant to former Schultz, a 46-year-old attorney who lives in Columbus, will be pursuing that interest today when he interviews for an upcoming vacancy on the Indiana Supreme Court.

The Columbus Holiday Inn, a brand name that has been part of the lexicon here for almost a half-century, will change as of March 1. Stephanie Bowers, director of sales at the Holiday Inn Hotel and Conference Center on Jonathan Moore Pike, said Wednesday that the hotel, the largest in Columbus, would become the Clarion Hotel and Conference Center.

IMPROBABLE as it might have appeared almost a decade ago when community leaders in Indianapolis launched an effort to be selected as a Super Bowl site, the group not only secured the 2012 extravaganza but put on a show that even those from far warmer locales had to acknowledge as a stunning success.

Officers were dispatched to the store, located at 4130 W. Jonathan Moore Pike, in reference to an armed robbery report at approximately 9 p.m. The Columbus Police Department is searching for a suspect in an armed robbery of a Dollar General Store on Monday.

Tapatio Mexican Restaurant on West Second Street reopened Thursday after being closed Jan.

The grandstand -- ordered off limits by the county commissioners late last year after an engineering report found numerous defects -- is set to be replaced by a Columbus, Ind., company through a contract approved Monday by the Delaware County commissioners.

Columbus-area hotels, restaurants and other businesses hit financial pay dirt thanks to spending by visitors during Super Bowl week.

A Columbus man is accused of cutting a woman's hand during a physical altercation Monday morning on the east side of Columbus.

The final numbers, which will be released mid-February, will approach 25,200 units for heavy duty Class 8 trucks.

That's the perspective of Columbus resident Gil Palmer after he attended the Citizens' Academy operated by the Columbus Police Department.

Pauline Brunton Doles, 88, of Columbus, Ind., entered eternal life at 1:58 p.m., Friday, Jan.

COLUMBUS, Ind. -- Net orders for commercial trucks in January were pretty much as expected, according to preliminary data released by ACT Research.

Columbus has been abuzz this week with rumors of celebrity sightings in bars and hotels in advance of the Super Bowl in Indianapolis.