Columbus News

Investigators in Bartholomew County say burglaries are on the rise. On Sunday evening thieves hit three separate locations, all of them churches.

NORWOOD - First Financial Bancorp announced late Wednesday it has purchased $150 million worth of loans from Columbus, Ind.-based Irwin Union Bank and Trust Co.

Cummins is filing a federal lawsuit against its insurers. The litigation involves the Columbus, Indiana-based engine maker's claims of up to $381 million in damages at some of its Indiana facilities from record flooding last June.

A fully operational space launch facility in southern Indiana? With a $4 million contract with Raytheon , funding from NASA, direct support and collaboration from the FAA and multiple commercial launch and testing contracts, SpacePort Indiana is turning heads around the country.

Of the nearly 40 Indiana wineries, there isn't another like Huber's Orchard, Winery and Vineyards in Starlight, atop a hill just northwest of Louisville and across the Ohio River.

Versailles: Yesterday afternoon a one vehicle crash on U.S. 421 near Versailles sent one victim to the hospital.

A state disaster fund is awarding a roughly $4.4 million grant to Columbus Regional Hospital to help with its recovery from the June 2008 flood, which caused the hospital to close for about five months.

Sales and production of commercial trucks will remain decidedly soft for the remainder of 2009 and well into 2010, according to new analysis by ACT Research Company .

Purdue University re-searchers who conducted a detailed study of Indiana's large livestock farms will offer their findings via videoconference Thursday.

Cummins is renegotiating a contract to make light-duty diesel engines for Chrysler.

The Columbus Indiana Philharmonic, conducted by David Bowden, will perform patriotic and other music at the Fireworks and Fanfare Concert July 3 at the Johnson County Park Amphitheater at 8p.m. This annual concert is again sponsored by the Franklin Symphonic Council.

"I come to this floor at an extraordinary moment on the global stage. "According to the Islamic Republic News Agency, the official news agency of Iran, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad supposedly won the election over his primary opponent on 12 June, 2009.

A rare leather-bound book that played an influential role in America's early history could bring a windfall for a soldier training for his second tour in Iraq.

Hoosier Women in Business Seminar in Columbus On Thursday, June 18 at 10:15 a.m. EDT, Lt.

A new tiny microscope is being used by physicians at The Lung Institute at Columbus Regional Hospital to improve their ability to detect and treat cancer in the far reaches of the lungs and other peripheral lung diseases in Indiana patients.

Seth GruNdhoefer / Courier & Press Mount Vernon resident Don Julian has a sample of blood drawn for the Cancer Prevention Study-3 at Saturday's Relay for Life walk.

Columbus Regional Hospital is marking the anniversary of the June 2008 flooding that closed the facility.

COLUMBUS, Ind. -- Under blue skies and bright sunshine, Columbus Regional Hospital's doctors and staff gathered Friday to reflect on the floodwaters that quickly devastated their hospital a year ago.

The 48th Infantry Brigade of the Georgia National Guard is set to deploy to Afghanistan at the end of this month.

A central Indiana city plans to spend a $1.5 million federal grant to buy and repair homes in a neighborhood damaged by severe flooding last June.