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NEW ALBANY — A federal judge has granted requests to vacate a settlement conference and push back the trial date for a gender discrimination and retaliation lawsuit filed against the Seymour Community School Corp.

Getting older can bring about a wealth of uncertainties and complex decisions

BROWNSTOWN — A Jackson County judge has scheduled a pretrial conference for former Jackson County Auditor Staci Eglen, who has been accused of creating fake invoices and submitting them to the county treasurer for reimbursement.

COLUMBUS — Cummins Inc. shareholders voted in favor of a slate of directors nominated by the company’s board Tuesday but rejected proposals to tie executive pay to greenhouse gas emissions reductions and split the chair and chief executive officer roles.

A former Indiana State Police trooper who was director of the Bartholomew County 911 Emergency Operations Center for a decade has written a book about his 33-year law enforcement career.

NORTH VERNON — A woman who was shot and killed by North Vernon police this week had a prior run-in with law enforcement in Jackson County that involved a high-speed pursuit through Seymour in 2022.

A private contractor that provides medical care at the Jackson County Jail has reached a settlement with the court-appointed administrator of an inmate suffering from an acute mental health crisis who died in 2021 after spending 20 days in solitary confinement at the jail.

Investigators are continuing the process of trying to identify a woman found in the East Fork White River by a kayaker early Wednesday afternoon.

Columbus Regional Health is conducting a Health Status Survey by telephone and online through May.

Water rates are increasing for Indiana American Water customers including those in the Seymour area.