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BATESVILLE – A music festival celebrating local brew and hometown foods gets underway this weekend at Walhill Farm.

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Evidence allegedly collected Tuesday at the Rush County home.

RUSHVILLE – Authorities raided a Rushville home Tuesday and discovered what federal agents call the largest anabolic steroid lab in Indiana history.

David Starkey, 39

BROOKVILLE – Customers are getting hit with the water bill twice next month in Brookville.

Residents received a letter in the mail stating the town is planning on billing two months of water bills in

INDIANAPOLIS – The state is releasing a new report that details investigated bullying incidents at Indiana’s public schools.

A new law passed last year requires schools to report incidents to the state.

BATESVILLE – Hill-Rom is more than doubling the size of its surgical portfolio with the purchase Trumpf Medical, a German manufacturer of operating room infrastructure products.

The Batesville-based company finalized the acquisition at the beginning

BATESVILLE – City officials are assisting organizers of a September run/walk in Batesville.

The Batesville Community Education Foundation (BCEF) and Mayor’s Youth Council are working together to sponsor this year’s Batesville K12 Mascot Run.

INDIANAPOLIS – State officials are launching a new program focused on improving Hoosier’s financial literacy and protecting investors from scams.

Secretary of State Connie Lawson said Indiana MoneyWise is an expanded program that will put

Response teams have been in Versailles cleaning up the fuel spill since Sunday.

VERSAILLES – Emergency and response crews have been busy this week cleaning up a fuel leak at the Marathon station at

BATESVILLE – City residents could see an increase in sewer rates by the end of the year.

GREENSBURG – Indiana’s county jails are inspected annually by the Indiana Department of Corrections (IDOC) jail division.

LAWRENCEBURG – The former Aurora police chief will serve one year on probation after he pleaded guilty to battery in a Dearborn County courtroom.

Bryan Fields was arrested in December after police responded to a

BATESVILLE – An accident at a Batesville intersection led to the hospitalization of a bicyclist Tuesday afternoon.

The accident occurred around 1:15 p.m.