The Town of Nashville has issued a boil water advisory for some of its customers after a fire hydrant leak repair.
That will be for some customers on Orchard Hill Drive, Orchard Hill Road and Jackson Branch Road.
You should bring water to a full boil for five minutes before consuming it or using it in food preparation.
The boil water advisory is in effect until 4 on Friday.
Appointments are still available for a two-day COVID-19 vaccination clinic to be held next week at the Bartholomew County 4-H Fairgrounds.
According to the Bartholomew County Health Department, the clinics will be held from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on May 25th and 26th at the fairgrounds Community Building on County Road 200S. The Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccines will be available for those 18 and older and are free to those receiving them. There could be an administration fee charged to insurance. You should bring a photo ID and insurance card if you have one.
You can first register at ourshot.in.gov but walk-ins are also welcome.
The health department says the next public clinic will be held from 9 to 2 June 1st at Taylorsville Elementary School with the Pfizer vaccine. That is being organized by Windrose Health and you can 317-680-9901 to register.
Other upcoming Bartholomew County clinics:
Pfizer vaccine
June 3rd 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Hauser High School’s front parking lot, 9273 State Road 9. Call Windrose at 317-680-9901 to register
June 17th 9 a.m. to noon at the McDonald’s parking lot, 11995 N. U.S. 31, Edinburgh. Call Windrose at 317-680-9901 to register
June 17th 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. at Driftside Home Community Clubhouse, 13540 U.S. 31, Edinburgh. Call Windrose at 317-680-9901 to register
June 28th 5:30 to 8 p.m. at Bartholomew County Fairgrounds Sheriff’s tent. Call the Bartholomew County Healthy Department at 812-379-1555, option 1 to register
Johnson & Johnson vaccine
June 10th 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Mill St Deli, 102 Mill St, Elizabethtown. Call the Bartholomew County Healthy Department at 812-379-1555, option 1 to register
June 19th 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at White Diamond Lavender Farm, 9415 E. County Road 800N, Hope. Call the Bartholomew County Healthy Department at 812-379-1555, option 1 to register .
North Vernon police are joining police agencies across the state in efforts to crack down on those driving without seatbelts. The police department is taking part in extra patrols under the annual Click-It or Ticket campaign.
Through June 6th, extra officers will be on the road looking to stop and cite those who are not wearing seatbelts. Under Indiana’s primary seat belt law, officers can stop vehicles just for seeing someone failing to wear a seat belt.
According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, between 2015 and 2019, seat belts have saved more than 69,000 lives in the U.S. Those not wearing seat belts were three times more likely to get injured in a crash when the driver was speeding and seven times more likely when the driver was impaired.
The extra patrols are being paid for with funds from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, administered by the Indiana Criminal Justice Institute.
Locally, Indiana State Police, Columbus Police and the Bartholomew County Sheriff’s Department have also announced their participation in the campaign, which started Monday.
Shelby County will be the home for retailer Five Below’s Midwest Distribution Center, adding 470 new jobs over the next few years.
The Indiana Economic Development Corporation announced the more than $100 million dollar investment at an event this morning at the site in the northwestern part of the county off of Interstate 74. A ceremonial groundbreaking was held for the facility, which is going to be about 1 million square feet and operational by the summer of 2022.
The company, based in Philadelphia, has more than 15,000 employees and has distribution centers in Georgia, New Jersey, Mississippi, Texas and one under construction in Arizona.
Hiring is expected to start next year and information will be available online.
The Indiana Economic Development Corporation offered Five Below up to $2.8 million in conditional tax credits based on the company’s plans to create up to 473 jobs.
Local economic development efforts were hampered in the last year during the COVID-19 pandemic, but there were still some successes. That’s according to Jason Hester, president of the Greater Columbus Economic Development Corporation, who updated the City Council last night on the agency’s activities over the past year.
One of the economic development goals is to diversity the local economy, rather than relying only on auto manufacturing, Hester said. The agency has been targeting companies in the fields of cybersecurity, pharmaceuticals, engineering, aerospace and defense component manufacturing. But Hester said that food and beverage manufacturing has been on the rise but is not an official target as of yet.
A site visit early this year led to the recent news about Ninth Avenue Foods, a California-based beverage production company, locating its new Midwest headquarters and production facility in Columbus, a $103.5 million dollar investment.
Hester said COVID-19 meant a shift to virtual efforts instead of in-person trade shows. He said that the agency met virtually with 50 companies looking for new sites for their business. Many businesses were looking for existing buildings for their use, which Columbus does not have.
Hester said he will be attending a live in person conference next month, in Richmond, Virginia, the first time in more than a year that particular conference has been held. He said there are no plans for outbound international travel at this time.
Columbus Police Department and the local FOP will be hosting its annual Hook a Kid on Fishing Day at Ceraland on Friday June 11th.
The event will allow children ages 9 to 14 to learn to fish with a Columbus Police officer. According to the announcement from the department, if a child already has a fishing pole they are comfortable with, they should bring it. But there is enough fishing gear to go around and it will be provided at no cost to the participants, along with sun screen and bug spray. Lunch will also be provided.
Kids should be sent to the event with weather appropriate clothing and shoes.
The Hook a Kid on Fishing event will be from 9 to 1 at Ceraland on June 11th. Children will have to pre-register to attend. You can contact Officer Greg Ross at [email protected] or call 812-350-4015.
Seymour’s INDOT offices will be one of 10 locations around the state hosting job fairs for the state agency on Thursday.
The Indiana Department of Transportation says it has more than 100 open positions statewide, with the greatest need for skilled trade positions. The agency says it recently increased starting pay for highway technicians and several other positions to $19 per hour, with opportunities to move up to $20 per hour with a valid commercial driver’s license.
Recruiters will be available at all hiring fair locations to share information about starting a career at INDOT, answer questions, and help candidates to apply.
The Seymour hiring fair will be from 10 to 3 Thursday at the offices at 185 Agrico Lane.
Other INDOT hiring fairs Thursday will include:
You can get more information on open positions at workforindiana.in.gov
Nominations are open for this year’s Jack Cramer Ideals of Athletic Competition Award, according to the Columbus Parks and Recreation Department.
The award is presented annually to a local male and a female athlete, coach or sports organizer. All nominees must live or work in Bartholomew County and be a senior in high school or adult.
The award is in honor of Cramer, a former local athlete who died in 1978 at the age of 33.
You can find information and nomination forms at Donner Center or at www.columbusparksandrec.com The deadline to enter is June 18th.
Three people are facing theft charges after a shoplifting investigation in Seymour.
According to police reports, officers were told by Home Depot security that three people had left the store at about 4 p.m. Monday afternoon, without paying for more than $1,000 in merchandise.
After being provided with photos of the suspects and their vehicle, Seymour police found the three at Village Green Mobile Home Park, where two of the three admitted to taking items from the store, including power tools and bag chairs.
21-year-old Zachary Hamblin, 34-year-old Jerrod Ford and 37-year-old Kimberly Elkins, all of Seymour, are facing felony theft charges, police said.
A teen boy was rescued from Clifty Creek in Columbus Monday evening.
The Columbus Township Fire & Rescue department is reporting that the Bartholomew County Water Rescue team was called to Clifty Park after the teen was seen struggling in the flooded creek, on the opposite shore from the park.
A Columbus police officer was first on the scene and found the boy holding onto a tree in the water, but he couldn’t move. The water rescue team launched an inflatable rescue boat and two rescue swimmers took the boat across the flooded creek to pick up the boy.
He was taken to Columbus Regional Hospital to be checked out.
Agencies that took part in the rescue also included the Bartholomew County Sheriff’s Department, Columbus Police Department, Columbus Fire Department and Columbus Regional Health paramedics.