Local trick-or-treaters will be out tomorrow night and authorities are asking you to be careful as you drive on Halloween.

Trick or treating in Columbus, Taylorsville and Elizabethtown will be from 5 to 7:30 pm., in Hope, Seymour, Shelbyville and in Edinburgh from 6 to 8 p.m. and from 5 to 8 p.m. in North Vernon.

Sheriff Matt Myers says that you should only trick-or-treat during the listed hours and only visit homes with porch lights on.

He is also suggesting that you know which houses your children should avoid when trick-or-treating. You can search for the  homes of registered sex offenders at www.icrimewatch.net/indiana.php to research neighborhoods and addresses. Register to receive e-mail notifications on registered sex offenders within proximity of these addresses.

Should you see any inaccurate information on the registry, you can contact contact Tammy Johnson, Bartholomew County Sheriff’s Sex Offender Coordinator at 812-565-5934 or [email protected]

Hours for other area communities include:

• Bedford 6-9 p.m.
• Bloomington 5:30-8:30 p.m.
• Franklin 5:30-8:30 p.m.
• Greensburg: 5–8 p.m.
• Greenwood 6-8:30 p.m.
• Martinsville 6-8 p.m.
• Nashville 6-9 p.m.
• New Whiteland 6-8 p.m.