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An improved rating for flood insurance will result in city of Columbus property owners receiving an additional 5 percent reduction in premiums. The city has exceeded minimum standards of the National Flood Insurance Program through its Community Rating System, meaning city residents with federally backed flood insurance will save 15 percent on policies issued or renewed after Oct. 1, said Cory Fischer, floodplain manager in the Columbus - Bartholomew County Planning Department.
GARDEN CITY, Ind. - Vice President Mike Pence turns nostalgic when he talks about growing up in small-town Columbus, Indiana, where his father helped build an empire of more than 200 gas stations that provided an upbringing on the "front row of the American dream."
Welcome to Queerty's Pride 50, a series of articles celebrating the people and movements we are particularly proud of this season. Next year marks 50 years since the first Pride march in New York City, and this season we're celebrating the amazing people who are continuing the progress of a half-century of Pride.
The third time was the charm for Republican Ryan Lauer, who is the Republican nominee to represent the 59th District at the Indiana Statehouse. Lauer emerged as the winner of a five-way primary race for the nomination with about 25 percent of the votes in his third attempt seeking the office.
The brother of Vice President Mike Pence is a step closer to following in his footsteps in Congress. Meanwhile, a second southern Indiana business owner defeated two congressmen in a hotly contested U.S. Senate Republican primary.
Spencer Powell, of Bloomfield, Ind., takes part in the first-ever Columbus Pride Festival in downtown Columbus, Ind., Saturday, April 14, 2018. The festival was organized by Erin Bailey, a senior at Columbus Signature Academy New Tech High School, for her senior project.
What started as a local high student planning a local event to celebrate diversity has ballooned into a festival drawing national attention that could bring 1,600 people to downtown Columbus today. Erin Bailey, a senior at Columbus Signature Academy-New Tech High School, said much of what she proposed to the Columbus Board of Works Feb. 20 has remained the same.
A Columbus high school student's senior project to host the first gay pride festival in the hometown of Vice President Mike Pence has turned heads nationally and internationally. Publicity over the April 14 event, heavily linked to the politician's conservative views, has left 18-year-old Erin Bailey of Columbus Signature Academy New Tech High School both excited and stunned.
A pending merger between two banks with Columbus operations will require a separate sale of four branches in the city for the deal to be completed. MainSource Financial Group, based in Greensburg, is being purchased by First Financial Bancorp, based in Cincinnati, Ohio, the companies announced July 25. The transaction, valued at $1 billion, is expected to close in the first quarter of this year.
Three MainSource banking centers and one drive-through location in Columbus must be sold to a third party for the U.S. Department of Justice to approve the $1 billion merger of MainSource Financial Group and First Financial Bancorp, the companies have announced. About 25 MainSource employees will be affected by the decision, of which 20 work in Columbus, said Archie Brown Jr., chairman, president and CEO of Greensburg-based MainSource Bank.
B ills providing resources to address the opioid crisis plaguing Indiana communities will likely receive little debate and strong support during the upcoming short session of the Indiana General Assembly, Columbus legislators say. That's because narcotic addiction threatens the state in ways ranging from public safety to workforce development and education, said State Sen. Greg Walker, R-Columbus.
Local, state and national dignitaries will join Columbus residents, and friends and family members of U.S. Army Sgt. Jonathon Hunter for the Columbus native's funeral today.
The American Society of Landscape Architects is keen to understand past, present and future consumer demand for landscape improvements, and recently published its 2016 survey results. If you are considering how to make your outdoor space more usable, or perhaps getting a home ready to sell, this is worth a look.
It's a rainy Tuesday in January, and the Columbus North High School marching band has just eight days and three practices until they march in the parade after the inauguration of Donald Trump and Mike Pence on Jan. 20. The region is under a thunderstorm watch during this particular 7 p.m. practice, but 150 marching band members aren't paying attention to the weather. They're playing instruments in various parts of the high school - the alma mater of Vice President-elect Mike Pence - about an hour south of Indianapolis learning music they started rehearsing that night.
Columbus native and Vice President-elect Mike Pence has arrived at Joint Base Andrews with members of his family - and three pets. Pence took his first flight aboard a military flight - which will be Air Force Two once he becomes vice president.
Columbus has a can-do spirit. The latest proof is the success of a fundraising campaign to send the Sound of North marching band from Columbus North High School to Washington, D.C., for the Jan. 20 presidential inauguration festivities.
Republican vice presidential nominee Mike Pence was asked repeatedly by reporters Saturday if he will be releasing his tax returns. Pence is seen at a Columbia, Ind., farmers market in a Twitter video by New York Times reporter Yamiche Alcindor.
The past three weeks have resulted in a series of firsts for Jim Roberts, who is nearing the end of his first month as the superintendent of Bartholomew Consolidated School Corp. From his first day on the job July 1 to his first school board meeting July 18 to the student-centered firsts that will follow with the start of the school year a week from today, the former Batesville superintendent said he is diving head-first into his new role as leader of Columbus public schools.
Gov. Mike Pence could be the next vice president of the United States - so what do people in his hometown think of it? Columbus, Indiana, is where Pence grew up. And it's where Harold Gibson lives now.