The Columbus City Council has canceled its next regular meeting.
The city is announcing that the meeting normally scheduled for July 20th, has been canceled because of a lack of items scheduled on the agenda. The next regularly scheduled meeting is Tuesday, August 3rd.
You will be able to have free checks of your vital signs and reduced rates on other testing at upcoming events being organized through Schneck Medical Center affiliates.
Schneck Foundation, Schneck Primary Care and Schneck Family Care are announcing upcoming Vitals & Vials screenings. Participants can have their blood pressure, pulse, oxygen level, and height and weight checked free. Other tests will include a metabolic profile test for $40, thyroid-stimulating hormone and prostate specific antigens tests for $30 each.
Tests will be offered in our area from 8 to 10 a.m. on August 7th at Schneck Family Care Jennings County on N. State Highway 3 in North Vernon and at Schneck Professional Building in Seymour, from 8 to 10 a.m. on August 21st . There will also be tests in Scott and Washington county Schneck facilities.
You can register by July 31st by calling 812-524-4244.
Ivy Tech Community College will be offering virtual express enrollment days for the upcoming semester Monday, July 26th through Friday, July 30th
During the online appointment, participants will receive assistance with assessment, meeting with an advisor, and registering for classes.
Classes for the August semester will start on August 18th . Hundreds of classes are available in multiple formats.
The virtual appointments can be scheduled from 9 to 6 each day, July 26th through July 30th.
To take part you need to RSVP online at IvyTech.edu/EEDay
The Bartholomew County Health Department and Windrose Health’s mobile unit will be offering a COVID-19 vaccination clinic at Candlelight Village on Thursday..
The clinic will be giving doses of the Pfizer vaccine to those 12 years old or older. It will take place in the Candlelight Village Clubhouse from 10 to 2.
There will be free gifts for those who get vaccinated.
Walk-ins are welcome but you can also register by calling Windrose Health at 317-680-9901.
INDOT says that Skyline Drive in the Jackson-Washington State Forest will be closing for two to three weeks for a paving project.
The work is expected to start on Monday and will include patching, milling and paving in the forest near Brownstown. The road will be closed to thru traffic between the gates at County Road 100 E and County Road 50W.
INDOT asks that you slow down, use extra caution and drive without distractions in all work zones. The work schedule is dependent on the weather.
After more than a year of pandemic-related disruptions, the Jackson Live & Event Center in Seymour will finally be able to offer a slate of nationally touring musicians.
Owner Rodney Burton talks about why he decided to open the 500-seat venue.
Burton explains that the venue opened last year and held its first show almost a year ago. But then quickly had to shut down due to the pandemic. The center began holding smaller events regularly again in April.
There are 8 national acts scheduled at the center through the end of the year. The first nationally touring show will be McBride and the Ride starting at 7 on Friday at the center off of Airport Road and First Avenue in Seymour.
Tickets are $40 and you can get more information on their website at jacksonliveandevents.com.
Columbus Regional Health is relaxing more restrictions on visitors at the hospital.
The hospital is announcing that patients will now be allowed up to two designated visitors or support people at the same time. That includes COVID-positive patients.
The increase in visitor options will still require heightened safety protocols and guidelines, including mask requirements.
Visitors must be 14 years old or older and they must pass a screening. You will be issued a sticker by the screening staff that must be worn at all times. All visitors must wear a mask and patients in double-bed rooms are asked to keep their mask on at all times, even inside the patient room. If you are visiting a COVID-19 patient, you will be advised to wear a powered air-purifying respirator.
The visitation policy for Birthing Center and Mental Health patients remains largely unchanged.
The hospital staff says that the safety of the workforce and of the patients remains their top priority.
Cummins is starting tests of an internal combustion engine fueled by hydrogen.
The Columbus-based engine manufacturer announced the proof-of-concept Tuesday, saying the test is building on Cummins existing technology leadership in gaseous fuel applications and powertrains to create new power solutions with zero carbon technology.
Company officials said the hydrogen-powered engines would continue to use familiar mechanical drivelines with vehicle and equipment integration mirroring that of current powertrains.
The hydrogen engines can use green hydrogen fuel, which is produced by Cummins-manufactured electrolyzers, emitting near zero amounts of CO2 through the tailpipe and near zero levels of nitrous oxides.
Following the proof-of-concept testing, the company plans to evaluate the engine in a variety of on- and off-highway applications.
Three Columbus residents were arrested after a weapon was used to steal a man’s bicycle in downtown Columbus Monday morning.
Columbus police report that they were called to the 1000 blocks of California Street at about 7:30 Monday morning after a man reported that he had been the victim of an armed robbery.
Police say the victim was held at gunpoint and then struck in the face with a pistol several times before his bicycle was stolen.
Police found the bicycle behind a nearby home. Three people were arrested and the weapon was recovered, which turned out to be a pellet gun.
Police arrested 20 year old Kevin W. Shuffitt, on a preliminary charge of robbery with a deadly weapon. 27-year-old Kaylee D. Shuffitt is facing charges of robbery with a deadly weapon, possession of drug paraphernalia, possession of a controlled substance and possession of a legend drug injection device.
27-year-old Anthony D. Tilford, is being accused of battery.
Two Columbus men were arrested after fleeing from police and crashing into another vehicle Friday morning.
According to police reports, officers tried to stop a vehicle for a minor traffic violation at about 10:35 a.m. Friday morning in the 2200 block of Hawcreek Avenue. Instead, the driver raced away and soon crossed the centerline crashing into another vehicle on Forest Drive.
The driver ran from the scene. A passenger in the vehicle, 34-year-old Jeremy D. Morgan of Columbus, was still in the vehicle and was found to be wanted on an outstanding Bartholomew County warrant.
The driver, 32-year-old Cody R. Crowe, was captured a short distance away after being chased by police on foot. He was wanted on warrants from Jackson and Bartholomew counties. Crowe is facing new charges of resisting law enforcement, leaving the scene of an accident, driving while suspended and reckless driving.
The driver in the second vehicle suffered minor injuries in the crash, according to police reports.
