With six weeks to go in the 2019 session of the Indiana General Assembly, much of the attention at Indianapolis has been directed toward the big-ticket bills. Big issues like opioid problems, teachers’ salaries, school funding, gaming and sports wagering and, of course, hate crimes, have dominated discussion not only at the Statehouse but at the first two Putnam County Farm Bureau-sponsored Legislative Update sessions...

Farmers take pride in their ability to feed people all over the world but a recent effort by Putnam County Farm Bureau is making a difference for our neighbors right here at home as Heather Poynter (right), Putnam County Farm Bureau education and outreach coordinator, delivers 475.2 pounds of food to Beyond Homeless Inc. Executive Director Michelle Boller.

TERRE HAUTE -- A 20-year-old Reelsville man died in a chain reaction crash Saturday evening on Interstate 70 near the 11-mile marker. The Indiana State Police are investigating the incident, which involved two semi tractor-trailers and five passenger vehicles...

Site preparation work is scheduled to begin next week at the southwest corner of Locust and Olive streets, where the first of four proposed residence halls for DePauw University’s first-year students is set to be built. “The new residence hall will begin transforming South Quad and the first-year living experience at DePauw,” Bob Leonard, vice president for finance and administration, said. ...