Greensburg Daily News, Greensburg, IN State News

Guilty plea made in stabbing of Columbus officer

2010-03-16T16:25:00-04:00

COLUMBUS, Ind. (AP) - A man has pleaded guilty to charges that he stabbed a central Indiana police officer who was trying to arrest him.

Cummins to lay off nearly 200 workers in Columbus

2010-03-02T16:54:00-05:00

COLUMBUS (AP) - Diesel engine maker Cummins Inc. is laying off nearly 200 workers at its Columbus MidRange Engine Plant in response to a drop in orders by Chrysler Group LLC.

Evan Bayh To Retire From Senate

2010-02-15T17:08:00-05:00

WASHINGTON — Adding to Democrats’ political woes in the 2010 midterm elections, Indiana Sen. Evan Bayh unexpectedly announced Monday that he would not run for a third term in a Republican-leaning state, opening up a seat that his party now is likely to lose.

‘Catcher in the Rye’ Author J.D. Salinger Dies

2010-01-28T15:06:00-05:00

NEW YORK (AP) — J.D. Salinger, the legendary author, youth hero and fugitive from fame whose “The Catcher in the Rye” shocked and inspired a world he increasingly shunned, has died. He was 91.

Teen Charged In Brother’s Death To Plead Insanity

2010-01-22T17:10:00-05:00

RISING SUN, Ind. (AP) — Prosecutors say the attorney for a southern Indiana teenager accused of strangling his younger brother plans to use an insanity defense in his trial.

Ind. math, science teacher program to expand

2010-01-10T18:11:00-05:00

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — An Indiana program that places highly qualified math and science teachers in public schools is being expanded to at least two other states.

Indiana AG Reviewing Health Care Bill To Ensure It’s Constitutional

2010-01-06T18:15:00-05:00

INDIANAPOLIS (MCT) - Indiana Attorney General Greg Zoeller’s office has a new top priority: studying the U.S. Senate health care bill to see if all provisions are constitutional, Zoeller announced today.

2nd grader left on school bus in Lafayette

2010-01-06T15:37:00-05:00

LAFAYETTE, Ind. (AP) — Officials of a Lafayette-area school district plan to fire a substitute bus driver who they say left a sleeping second-grader on board at the district’s bus yard.

Cummins lays off 212 and puts 22 more on leave

2009-12-15T09:29:00-05:00

Cummins Engine Co. will lay off more than 200 workers in Columbus.

Trailer struck by train at Carthage crossing

2005-10-06T21:42:00-04:00

•“Just an hour ago I had over more than 100 school children on this train; can you imagine how much of a mess this would have been,” observed train engineer Thomas Allison.