A 14-year veteran of the Columbus Police Department was arrested Tuesday on felony battery and official misconduct charges for allegedly slugging a handcuffed suspect in the rear of a patrol vehicle, Indiana State Police said.

The Columbus City Council's vote adds vaping to the city's current smoking ban and prohibits the use of any oral smoking devices in an attempt at circumventing the restrictions.

Judge Kathleen "Kitty" Coriden acted after Bartholomew County commissioners this week refused to raise the fines.

Police say the juvenile is the same person suspected of vandalism at a Carmel synagogue in July.

The wells near the East Fork of the White River were taken offline after a dioxane was detected.

An anti-drug abuse task force in Bartholomew County is working on recommendations that include providing more treatment for opioid addiction in what is now an unused part of the county jail.

The decision comes about a year after the families in the town of Hope appealed to the county about the impact of large hog farms on their home values.

Bartholomew County officials denied individual property tax appeals from a group of neighbors who live near a large confined hog farm in the rural town of Hope.

Bartholomew County may develop a residential property tax deduction to ease tensions between large livestock farms and nearby residents.

Companies less than a year old made up nearly 5 percent of the city's businesses in 2014, according to a recent report.