Bartholomew County will remember the prisoners of war and those missing in action throughout the community’s history during an event Tuesday in Columbus.

The Remembering and Honoring the POWs/MIAs of Bartholomew County is the fourth in the Bartholomew County Historical Society’s Evelyn Seward Speaker Series.

Speakers Zach Ellison and Robert D. Miller will present the stories of those held prisoner or who went missing from Bartholomew County, talk about the community’s annual remembrance ceremonies and share information about the Bob Garton POW/MIA plaza.

The event will be at 6 p.m. Tuesday evening at Helen Haddad Hall on Franklin Street in Columbus. You can find more information at https://bartholomewhistory.org/calendar/.

Heritage Fund, the Bartholomew County Community Foundation, is announcing the 10 finalists for next year’s Lilly Scholarships.

Two students will be chosen for the scholarships and will receive full tuition, fees and up to $900 per year for four years of full-time undergraduate study leading to a bachelor’s degree at any eligible Indiana public or private nonprofit college or university.

This year’s finalists are:

• Nadia Harris, J.R. Hughes, Sivangi Patel, Henry Ulrich and Monica Santana from Columbus East High School.
• From Columbus North High School is Seth Poindexter and from CSA-New Tech is Janelly Villalobos.
• Colin Kistler, Isabella Kilps and Grace Hattabaugh from Hauser High School are also finalists.

Heritage Fund received 50 applications for this year’s scholarships, from which
the 10 finalists were selected.

Lilly Endowment created the scholarships to help raise the level of educational attainment in Indiana and to increase awareness of the beneficial roles Indiana community foundations can play in their communities. Since the start of the program, 55 Bartholomew County students have been named Lilly Endowment Community Scholars.

The scholarship recipients will be announced in December.

There will be an open house next week at the Jackson-Washington State Forest.

According to the Indiana Department of Natural Resources Forestry Division, the open houses will be going on next week at forest properties statewide. You will be able to learn more about outdoor recreation at the forests and how the division manages the properties for long-term forest health. There will also be time for questions and a guided hike will start at 5 p.m.

The local event will be from 4 to 7 p.m. Tuesday at the state forest offices east of Brownstown on State Road 250.

You can get more information by calling 812-358-2160.

Propeller, the community makerspace at the Columbus Municipal Airport, is going to be holding an open house next week.

You will be able to tour the facilities and see what members of the community have been creating. You will also be able to see the new mural on the outside of the building and meet the artist, Nick Abstract.

The open house will be from 6 to 8 p.m. on October 25th. Propeller is located at 4670 Ray boll Boulevard at the airport.

You can learn more or sign up to be a member at columbuspropeller.com

Bartholomew County Road 1075E  is closed between Road 850N and Stafford Road while culverts are being replaced.

According to the Bartholomew County Highway Department, the road is scheduled to reopen by noon on Friday.

You should avoid the area, if you can.

An Elizabethtown man died yesterday in an accident at an Edinburgh company.

66-year-old Charles D. Carson was pronounced dead at the scene of the industrial accident on North County Road 250W by the Bartholomew County Coroner’s Office.

According to the coroner’s office, the incident was reported at about 12:08 p.m. yesterday afternoon. Carson had been working on the shop floor when a large piece of metal suspended from a crane struck him in the head.

Edinburgh firefighters, medics and police responded to the accident and provided aid but couldn’t save Carson.

The coroner’s office said that the investigation is ongoing and x-rays and toxicology results are still pending.

Seymour officers have made an arrest in a child molesting case about 20 years after the crime.

According to the Seymour Police Department, officers were alerted late last month about a man who allegedly had inappropriate sexual contact with two underage victims 19 or 20 years ago. At the time they all lived in Jackson County.

The investigation led to 62-year-old William J. Gasser of Scottsburg. Police say that during an interview with officers, Gasser admitted to the inappropriate sexual contact.

He was taken to the Jackson County Jail on two felony charges of child molesting.

A Missouri woman is being accused of murder and other charges in a plot to kill her mother’s husband in Jackson County.

According to the Jackson County Sheriff’s Department, Marsha Allen requested help from deputies when her home on North State Road 135 was burglarized last month. Allen reported two men had allegedly stolen jewelry and guns. Deputies investigating the case discovered evidence that the men robbed the home at the urging of Allen’s daughter, Ashley N. Jones. During the investigation, one of the suspects said that Allen reportedly had poisoned her husband Harold Allen who died in December.

Police searched Allen’s cell phone and uncovered evidence that she and Jones had plotted together t poison Harold Allen. A search warrant recovered several more electronic devices and led to an interview with Marsha Allen, who was later released.

On Monday, family members contacted deputies because they couldn’t get ahold of Allen. Deputies found Allen dead at her home, with no signs of violence. Officers spoke with Jones on Tuesday who allegedly confessed that she ordered ethylene glycol off of the internet and that Allen had used it in Harold Allen’s drink to poison him.

The 29-year-old Jones, of Bellflower, Missouri, was arrested on preliminary charges of murder, attempted murder and burglary.

TTWN Media Networks contributed to this report

The deadline is this afternoon if you want to sign up for the next Bartholomew County Works week-long Job Readiness Training Workshop.

Bartholomew County Works is a program committed to helping members improve their lives, gain full-time employment, and achieve economic self-sufficiency. An extended support team provides resources to those accepted into the program in a wide range of areas including finances, transportation, attire, and more. The services continue for at least the first year on the job.

The workshop will be Monday through Friday next week. The workshop runs from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Yes Cinema in downtown Columbus.

There will be an orientation session on Thursday from 10 to 11:30.

If you want to sign up or would like more information, call 812-378-2638 or email at [email protected].

Cummins is announcing that Mahesh Narang, the company’s vice president and president of the Components Business, is leaving to pursue an external opportunity.

Narang has led the Components Business since 2021 and has had more than 20-year career at Cummins. According to the company, Narang grew the business, expanded its capabilities, and led the acquisition and integration of Jacobs Vehicle Systems and Meritor, the largest acquisition in Cummins’ history.

Jennifer Rumsey, Cummins Inc. Chair and CEO plans to name a replacement for Narang by the end of the month.