Police are investigating a shooting last night after a robbery at a home in Columbus.

According to the Columbus Police Department, Columbus officers and Bartholomew COunty deputies were called to the 1900 block of Pinebrooke Court at about 10:27 p.m. Wednesday night after reports of a robbery and shots being fired. Officers arrived to find an unconscious man with a gunshot wound lying in a yard near the home. Police performed CPR on the shooting victim until medics arrived. He was then flown to IU Methodist Hospital in Indianapolis and remains in critical condition.

Officers detained the man that detectives believe fired the weapon and secured the firearm that was used in the shooting. The man was later released from police custody.

If you have any information on the case you are asked to to contact the Columbus Police Department at 812-376-2600. All tips and information can be submitted anonymously.

The Columbus Plan Commission has advanced a plan for the city to annex a sprawling property on the west side of the city, owned by Columbus Regional Health.

The property, formerly known as Garden City Farms, is south of Jonathan Moore Pike and stretches from Interstate 65 almost to Jonesville Road. Last month the city government approved a comprehensive plan for the area, to be known as the City View District. That plan envisions a new home for CRH, residential neighborhoods, commercial centers, and a research & development campus.

Dennis Tibbets, a Jonesville Road resident, told the plan commission that he was concerned about turning the farmland into a development and the problems it could cause for flooding and for the city’s goal to preserve agricultural property uses. He also questioned the community’s need for industrial property for development, if such a large property could be developed.

The Plan Commission voted to move the project forward, recommending approval of the annexation to Columbus City Council.

Propeller, the makerspace at the Columbus Municipal Airport, is going to be holding an open house on Wednesday, October 25th.

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.

There will be complementary smores and food to purchase from the Jack rabbit food truck.

Propeller, a project of the Columbus Area Chamber of Commerce Foundation, is built inside a 9,000 square foot former Cummins engine test building. Labs are outfitted for metalworking, 3D printing, woodworking, robotics, electronics and more. The center fosters STEM education and training, career exploration and entrepreneurship.

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 https://members.columbuspropeller.com

You will be able to take a look at life in pioneer days, as the Muscatatuck Wildlife Society hosts Log Cabin Day Saturday at the wildlife refuge east of Seymour.

The event will include old-time entertainment, storytelling, pioneer demonstrations, children’s activities and shuttle rides to the Refuge’s closed area. There will be a complimentary ham and bean lunch with homemade cornbread cooked on an open fire.

Events will be from 10 to 2 Saturday and will start at the Myers Family Cabin and Barn.

The event celebrates National Wildlife Refuge Week, which ends Saturday and you are encouraged to explore the Refuge’s hiking trails, birding and fall colors, along with the Nature Center.

For more information go to: https://fws.gov/refuge/muscatatuck

Photo courtesy of Muscatatuck National Wildlife Refuge Facebook page

The city of Seymour is shutting down a motel, citing unsafe building conditions.

According to the city government, a temporary emergency order was issued to close down the Knights Inn on Sandy Creek Drive. The emergency orders says that the property presents a clear and immediate hazard of death or serious bodily injury. The order is in place until a long list of deficiencies and code violations are repaired, and the building passes an inspection.

The Seymour Fire Department and Jackson County Health Department inspected the building in recent weeks and found dozens of state fire code violations and county housing code violations. Those ranged from missing or broken smoke detectors, no history of testing of sprinklers, fire alarms or hydrants, broken emergency exit lights and blocked or locked exit doors. Electrical problems including open junction boxes and wiring splices, extension cords being used as permanent wiring.

Health issues included mold and water damage, broken windows, lack of ventilation, filthy conditions, roaches, human waste on the floor, u backed up toilets and broken sinks.

The property, built in 1988, has 95 units and 40 people living in it. The city has contacted contacted the American Red Cross, Anchor House and other motels to relocate the residents.

Schneck Hospice in Seymour is hosting Surviving the Holidays, a GriefShare seminar especially for loved ones and friends grieving the loss of a loved one heading into the holiday season.

Organizers say that the free, video-based program will help you identify coping strategies and develop concrete methods to manage the holiday season. It will include information about what to do about traditions and other coming changes, tips for surviving social events and how to discover hope for your future.

Surviving the Holidays will be offered on three dates:

• Tuesday, October 24 from 7:00-8:30 p.m. at The Point, on Myer Street.
• Thursday, November 9, from 6:30 to 8:00 p.m., at Calvary Baptist Church on North Ewing Street
• and on Tuesday, November 14, from 10:00 a.m. to noon at First Baptist Church.

Registration is required by October 20th. For more information, or to register you can call 812-523-4879 or 812-522-0460.

The Johnson County Sheriff’s Department is looking for a vehicle that was involved in shooting up a mobile home park in Greenwood Wednesday morning.

According to the sheriff’s department, authorities are searching for for a charcoal gray Ford F-150 truck with Indiana paper plate S11-53-05. Deputies were called to the home in the Winterbrook Mobile Home Community at about 9:12 a.m. yesterday morning and found evidence of gunshots hitting a vehicle, and witness reports of the gunfire. The victim of the shooting did not cooperate much with police due to fear of retaliation, deputies say.

Investigators believe that this stemmed from an earlier incident in Marion County and is an isolated incident. If you have any information about the shooting or the vehicle you can call the Johnson County Sheriff’s Office Tip Line at (317) 346-4654.

Some customers of Eastern Bartholomew Water Corporation are under a boil water advisory until Thursday.

The water company says affected customers are on Randall Court and Randal Street in the Royal View addition in Petersville.

Under a boil water advisory, you should bring water to a full boil for three to five minutes before drinking it or using it in food preparation. The boil water advisory is in effect until 4 on Thursday afternoon.

If you have any questions you can call the utility at 812-526-9777.

Ethnic Expo gets underway on Friday in the streets around Columbus City Hall.

Ethnic Expo, in its 38th year, celebrates the traditions and customs of more than 30 countries with residents who live in Columbus. It includes food, music and vendor booths.

Japan is the host country for this year’s festival. The country will be represented at the festival by the Columbus Japanese Business Association. As host country, the food and culture of Japan will be featured in the Host Country Corner of the festival village and will be celebrated with entertainment on the main stage.

Jody Coffman, organizer of the festival for the city, explains that the Japanese themed entertainment on Friday includes Spirit Bomb, a band that plays themes from Japanese animation, known as anime:

Spirit Bomb takes the stage at 8:30 Friday night.

Coffman explains that the Southern Indiana Taiko drum troupe will be performing Saturday evening.

The Taiko performance is at 6:15 and the workshop starts at 7

There will not be a parade, nor fireworks this year.

You can pick up lunch starting at 11 a.m. Friday morning. The festival runs through Saturday night.

For more information you can go to https://www.ethnicexpo.org

Photo courtesy of Southern Indiana Taiko.

Sunday’s Walk to End Alzheimer’s raised more than $43,000 according to organizers.

The Greater Indiana Chapter of the Alzheimer’s Association held this year’s walk Sunday starting at the Mill Race Park Amphitheater. The Walk is the largest event to raise awareness and funds for the care, support and research programs of the Alzheimer’s Association.

Sunday’s event raised $43,279 and counting.

According to the Association, more than 6 million Americans are living with Alzheimer’s disease and there are more than 11 million family caregivers. In Indiana alone, there are 110,000 people living with the disease and 216,000 caregivers.

To get more information you can go to alz.org or call the Alzheimer’s Association Helpline at 800.272.3900.