A man has been convicted in the hit-and-run death of a 16-year-old Columbus, Indiana high school student struck by his car last year as she prepared to board a school bus.

A former case manager in Bartholomew County for the Indiana Department of Child Services, allegedly falsified multiple "311" reports -- the initial assessment made for allegations of child abuse or neglect.

A plan to bring high-speed internet to about 80-percent of Columbus and Bartholomew County residents is in the works.

The father of a 2-year-old girl whose body was found in a debris field in the East Fork of the White River was charged Wednesday with felony neglect of a dependent resulting in death.

The Columbus East High School student was pronounced dead at a hospital after being struck about 6:55 a.m. while trying to board the Bartholomew Consolidated School Corp. bus.

Columbus residents are on track to see their water and sewer bills increase about 40 percent in the next three years beginning July 1.

Ninth Avenue Foods announced Tuesday that the family-owned company would build a 260,000-square-foot plant in Columbus that will become its first expansion outside of its home state.

Nearly half of the inmates incarcerated at the Bartholomew County Jail have tested positive for the coronavirus since Saturday, according to a news release from the agency.

Vice President Mike Pence will be returning to his hometown of Columbus Wednesday afternoon following the inauguration of President-elect Joe Biden.