The United Way of Bartholomew County is partnering with Faurecia on a project to install ramps at the homes of those who use wheelchairs or who have mobility impairments.
The Faurecia Foundation recently granted the United Way $5,000 for the Ramp Up with United Way program. The program allows people in the community to have independence despite physical challenges.
You can register for the program by going to uwbarthco.org
A Columbus man is being accused of taking packages from a porch last week.
According to reports from the Columbus Police Department, officers were called to the 200 block of Gladstone Avenue Wednesday evening on the theft report. After watching home security video, police identified the suspect as 23-year-old David A. Compton.
Officers from the Intelligence Led Policing Unit found Compton on Thursday evening, standing outside of a residence. He was arrested on a preliminary charge of theft with a previous conviction.
A 31-year-old Elizabethtown man is under arrest on child molesting charges, accused of having sex with a 13-year-old.
Seymour Police are reporting that the investigation began on May 5th, when police were told that two men, both over 21, had been having intercourse with the girl. After reviewing information found under five search warrants, Seymour police determined that one of the men had sex with the girl, but in Jennings County. Information was forwarded to the Jennings County prosecutor’s office for review.
On Thursday, Seymour officers arrested 31-year-old Jordan Sargent of Elizabethtown on three felony charges of child molesting. He refused to be interviewed by police. Police said new information indicated that Sargent had also had intercourse with the girl in Bartholomew County and that information has been forwarded to the Bartholomew County prosecutor’s office for review.
The Better Business Bureau is reporting a rise in the number of complaints about fake utility company scams in central Indiana. There have been reports of people impersonating internet, cable TV or electric company representatives as a way to scam you out of your money.
The bureau says that people are calling claiming to be with the utility companies and the calls can appear legitimate down to the Caller ID and even the hold music they use on the calls. But the callers want to trick you into making a quick payment using pre-paid debit cards or gift cards over the phone.
Legitimate companies will never ask you to make a payment using a pre-paid card or gift card. If someone unexpected shows up at your door claiming to be with a utility company, check their ID and call the utility directly to find out if they are a real employee.
Columbus police are looking for your help finding a man who attacked a woman at Mill Race Park over the weekend.
Police say that a woman was inside a restroom at Mill Race park at about 9:45 Saturday morning when she was grabbed by a man she didn’t know. He ran from the restroom a short time later.
Witnesses said the man was white with an average build and between 5-10 and 6 feet tall. He was wearing shorts and a dirt-bike style helmet. He drove a black moped and left the park through its north entrance.
Police say that if you have any information, you should contact the Columbus Police Department at 812-376-2600. Tips and information can be left anonymously.
The chiefs of the 10 volunteer fire departments in Bartholomew County will be holding their first joint fundraiser tomorrow, as a way to raise money for training.
The Bartholomew County Fire Chiefs Association will be holding a fish fry at the Hog Molly Brewing Co., from 5 to 9 p.m. Saturday. That is at 830 Depot Street in Columbus
Columbus Township Fire and Rescue Department Chief Dave Thompson explains:
Thompson says that volunteer fire departments have a hard time finding funds for training.
You can choose a fish or tenderloin dinner with sides Thompson said. The dinner itself will be a free will donation. The brewery will also be donating its locally made beers with a portion of sales going into the firefighter’s education fund.
State legislators are looking for your thoughts, as they begin to redraw state legislative and congressional maps.
Legislators will be holding a series of meeting at Ivy Tech campuses around the state starting in early August to discuss their plans for redrawing those district maps. The redistricting process happens every 10 years after the completion of the U.S. Census and affects the maps for the U.S. House, Indiana House and Indiana Senate.
There will be meetings in each of the state’s nine congressional districts, with one set for the Ivy Tech Community College Campus in Columbus from 4 to 6 p.m. on Friday Aug. 6th. It will be led by State Sen. Jon Ford, a Terre Haute Republican.
The Purdue Extension Board in Bartholomew County is looking for volunteers interested in serving on the county plan commission.
The commission considers subdivisions and rezoning of properties in the county, among other responsibilities dealing with land development. It meets on the second Wednesday of the month at 8:30 a.m. in the morning.
The position is open to anyone who is a landowner in the county who has an agricultural interest.
Applications are available at the Purdue Extension- Bartholomew County Office at 783 S. Marr Rd. in Columbus or by email at [email protected]
Applications are due by August 27th.
Ivy Tech Community College will be offering virtual express enrollment days for the upcoming semester Monday through Friday, next week
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 9a.m. to 6 p.m. each day.
To take part you need to RSVP online at IvyTech.edu/EEDay
The legal team for Breonna Taylor’s family is taking the case of a Louisville woman who died while in police custody in Jackson County last week.
Attorney Sam Aguiar says he and his team are taking the case of Ta’Neasha Chappell. The 23-year-old died at a hospital in Seymour on Friday after being taken there by ambulance from the Jackson County Jail.
Chappell was originally arrested after an incident at the Premium Outlet Mall in Edinburgh, accused of leading Indiana State Police on a 100-mph chase almost to the state line.
A theft from a store in the mall was reported to authorities on May 26th. Indiana State Police caught up with the vehicle near the Seymour exit on Interstate 65 southbound about 15 minutes later. The trooper stopped the vehicle and began to take Chappell into custody. But Chappell pulled away from the officer, got back into the vehicle and took off, headed south on the interstate at speeds of more than 100 mph.
Chappell’s vehicle eventually hit the rear of a truck near Clarksville, disabling the car in the median.
After the crash, Chappell was taken to Schneck Medical Center to be checked out before being arrested on numerous felony and misdemeanor charges related to resisting law enforcement.
She had been held in the Jackson County Jail since her arrest.
Indiana State Police are investigating Chappell’s death.
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