A Columbus Human Rights Commission series of virtual films, lectures and seminars on topics including diversity, inclusion, and belonging continues tomorrow with a seminar hosted by IUPUC Professor A’ame Joslin.

Joslin will be exploring anti-racism practices and how to integrate them into day-to-day life. She is a Clinical Assistant Professor in Education Policy Studies and Coordinator of Accreditation and Assessment at IUPUC. Last year she was recognized by her peers with the Outstanding Full-Time Faculty Service Award at IUPUC.

The lecture series will be via Zoom and is open to the public. Lectures start at noon and will be recorded for later viewing. For more information and to register, you can go to www.hrcsparks.community.

Bartholomew County Health Department and Windrose Health’s mobile unit will be offering a COVID-19 Pfizer vaccination clinic for the community on Wednesday Sept. 15th and Thursday Sept. 16t at Foundation for Youth.

The vaccinations are for those 12 and older.

The clinics will be from 4 to 6 p.m. each day at FFY, which is at 405 Hope Avenue in Columbus.

Walkins are welcome or you can call Windrose at 317-680-9901 to register.

INDOT says a project on State Road 58 in Jackson County has been delayed until October.

Work on the highway between Jackson County Roads 950N and 1075N was set to begin today. But now it is expected to start on Oct. 4th. State Road 58 will be closed for a box culvert replacement for about five weeks.

A not-for-profit group will be holding a virtual seminar Thursday on how to install solar panels. Solarize Indiana will be holding the workshop starting at 7p.m. Thursday evening.

The workshop will include how to install solar panels on homes, businesses and farm buildings and will discuss how solar can save money and increase your energy independence.

You can get more information at solarizeindiana.org/events or by email at [email protected].

INDOT says a project on State Road 58 in Jackson County has been delayed until October.

Work on the highway between Jackson County Roads 950N and 1075N was set to begin on or after Tuesday. But now it is expected to start on Oct. 4th.

State Road 58 will be closed for a box culvert replacement for about five weeks.

Brown County Health Department is having a COVID-19 testing and vaccination clinic today and Saturday from noon to 8 p.m. both days at the Brown County Music Center. That’s at 200 Maple Leaf Boulevard in Nashville.

The Pfizer or Johnson & Johnson vaccine is free and no appointment is necessary. The Pfizer vaccine is the only vaccine for children and may be taken by those 12 and older.

The Columbus Human Rights Commission is launching a series of virtual films and seminars on topics including diversity, inclusion, and belonging starting today.

The video series will start with The Unafraid, which follows the lives of three students in Georgia who have been part of the DACA, or Dreamers, program. Georgia has banned DACA participants from attending its top public universities, and from qualifying for in-state tuition at any other public college. The Unafraid will be available to watch through Sept. 16th.

Registration to the film is available through Eventbrite. The videos are free.

Columbus police are suggesting you lock up your vehicle and secure your valuables, after a string of vehicle break-ins recently.

Lt. Matt Harris, spokesman for the police department, said there were 35 reports of thefts from vehicles in August. of those, 22 involved vehicles that were unlocked. The thefts included three firearms stolen from unlocked vehicles last month, Harris said.

Harris said you can help police reduce crime in the city by locking your vehicle doors, securing your valuables and making sure your firearms are secured so they do not end up on the street, in the hands of criminals.

The Bartholomew County Sheriff’s Department is cracking down on those who violate school bus stop arm laws.

That comes on the heels of a 16-year-old girl getting killed while trying to cross to her bus on rural Gladstone Avenue this week.

Sheriff Matt Myers says more deputies will be on the road looking for violators. This is all part of the state’s Stop Arm Violation Enforcement program, or SAVE blitz, which is funded by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration through the Indiana Criminal Justice Institute.

The department joins more than 200 across the state that will be participating in this year’s SAVE blitz. Myers said deputies will have zero tolerance for those endangering children in school zones and when school buses are stopped.

In Indiana, it’s against the law for you to pass a bus that’s stopped and has its red lights flashing and stop-arm extended. That applies to all roads, except those divided by a barrier. In those cases, only drivers going the same direction as the bus must stop.

According to the safety agency, the greatest risk to a student isn’t riding a bus but approaching or leaving one, so drivers are encouraged to slow down, put away the distractions and watch for buses at all times.