Franklin News

Some Franklin College students got a glimpse of the true meaning of Thanksgiving this week when they helped prepare and serve a feast at the Franklin Senior Center.

A father who left his 5-year-old son in his semi-trailer truck while he ducked into a Near-Southside strip club was charged with felony neglect and public intoxication this morning.

FRANKLIN, Ind. - Authorities say a central Indiana man testing a new handgun magazine accidentally fired a shot that passed through a bedroom wall and killed his wife.

It's not every day the doors of the New Albany Masonic Temple are opened to the public.

Johnson County voters could decide in May whether a more than $23 million expansion to the county jail will move forward.

According to a national survey on drug use and health illicit drug use among young people in Indiana is becoming more popular.

Nearly 5,000 soldiers will soon arrive at the Indiana National Guard's Camp Atterbury to prepare for deployments to Afghanistan, giving the post its largest use since it became an Army training site six years ago.

A Westfield man has been arrested in Johnson County on charges he tried to solicit sex from who he thought was a 14-year-old girl.

Officials with the Johnson County prosecutor's office and the Franklin police department this morning began serving more than 50 arrest warrants aimed at felony drug dealers.

A 90-minute DVD featuring highlights of the Harlow Hickenlooper story is being sold with proceeds going to three charitable causes.

Indiana voters are getting a taste of direct democracy thanks to a 2008 referenda law, and so far so good.

The recession is pushing the number of uninsured drivers in Indiana to an all-time high.

Eight-year-old Emily France is impressed with her Montessori academy's new location.

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.