Franklin News

Indiana taxpayers may not be in the mood to pay for bigger, better schools in tough economic times, but they're more willing to help school districts make ends meet in most cases.

Johnson County officials will hold a free H1N1 vaccination clinic next week in Franklin.

Wishard Health Services capped off its election victory Wednesday by officially obtaining the land where its new hospital will be built.

A Beech Grove school referendum appeared headed for approval, but similar measures in Franklin and Perry faced long odds tonight.

Voters tricked into polling places on a bright and sunny day this afternoon to cast their votes on the Wishard ballot question that - should it pass - would give Health and Hospital Corp.

Beech Grove school bus drivers will be taking their concerns directly to the voters this evening in advance of Tuesday's school district referendum.

Next Tuesday is Election Day, and several questions are on local ballots. Early voters are already casting their votes in Marion County.

The fate of three education referendums will be in the hands of voters Tuesday as residents of Beech Grove, Franklin Township and Perry Township head to the polls.

A state agency is recommending that less than half of a water company's proposed rate increase be approved by state regulators.

A Franklin woman faces charges after being accused of biting the arm of a sheriff's deputy.

Two men face criminal charges after allegedly breaking into a vending machine at a Terre Haute hotel early Monday.

Monday, the Marion County Election Board will test voting equipment to be used in the upcoming special election November 3rd.

Both the Northview Marching Knights and Clay City Imperial Regiment are just one step away from making it to the 2009 Indiana State School Music Association State Finals.

Carol Lynn Gaarder was born January 2, 1949 at the U.S. Navy Hospital in Long Beach, California to Dr.

Age: Unknown. Breed: Pit bull. Sex: Male. Description: Olaf likes to play and have fun with other dogs.

FRANKLIN, Indiana - Investigators don't know why a Bosnian man whose body was found in a shallow grave might have been in central Indiana or what led to his death.

Marion County could be a few puffs away from a tougher public smoking ban. A City-County Council committee approved a tighter ban in a 4-2 vote.

Planned Parenthood of Indiana has added a health center in Marion to its rising number of clinic closures and will chop 25 jobs from the payroll as part of a sweeping restructuring.

Johnson County received 1,400 doses of the injectable H1N1 vaccine late Tuesday afternoon.

The rain may be falling outside, but some Franklin residents are taking shelter in the knowledge they'll soon be rid of their flood-damaged homes.