The American Red Cross will be taking blood donations from 10 to 3 Friday at the Toyota Recreational Center gym on Inwood Drive.
Donors of all blood types – especially type O and those giving platelets – are being urged to make an appointment to give now to help ensure hospitals have the blood supplies they need.
You can schedule an appointment to give blood by using the Red Cross Blood Donor App, visiting RedCrossBlood.org, or calling 1-800-RED CROSS
Six people were arrested on drug-related charges after Jennings County deputies served arrest warrants on a woman in Butlerville Tuesday night.
According to police reports, the deputies went to the home to arrest 24-year-old Emily Brooks of North Vernon on arrest warrants from Jennings and Jackson County courts. When police arrived they found Brooks standing in the driveway and she was taken into custody without incident.
But deputies could see five people openly using methamphetamine at the back of the home. A search uncovered methamphetamine, marijuana, drug paraphernalia and a gun that had been reported stolen out of Knox County.
Police arrested 38-year-old Thomas Smallwood II and 52-year-old Allen Ritchie, both of Butlerville, 34-year-old Willie Spears of Vernon, 24-year-old Angela Viles of Seymour and 18-year-old Trinity Bennett of Holton on a variety of charges.
Charges include:
Photos courtesy of Jennings County Sheriff’s Department.
Ivy Tech Community College will host a new student registration fair July 12th and 13th at its Columbus and Franklin campuses.
Staff will be on hand to help anyone learn about how to enroll, get their financial aid questions answered, and find out how to receive free textbooks and other cost savings.
The new student registration fair will be held from noon to 8 p.m. on both days. You don’t need an appointment and you can stop by campus at any time during the fair hours.
Classes start August 18th. Ivy Tech is offering several types of classes including face-to-face on campus classes, online classes, virtual classes and blended classes.
Drivers on Interstate 65 near Seymour will see lane closures for the next few weeks, according to Indiana Department of Transportation.
INDOT says that a new median crossover will be installed north of the Seymour exit and the inside lanes will be closed for about three weeks while that work is completed. The affected area is just north of the weigh station.
The work is scheduled to start on Monday.
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.
The Bartholomew County Sheriff’s Department is releasing the results from the Click It or Ticket campaign held around Memorial Day.
The-three week effort led to 9 seat belt citations, 43 speeding citations or warnings, 2 drug-related arrests and 3 traffic related arrests.
Sheriff Matt Myers says wearing a seat belt needs to become a habit. He says it takes very little effort and is the best way to keep you and your loved ones safe on the road.
The Indiana Criminal Justice Institute reports that more than half of the people who died in passenger vehicle crashes last year in Indiana were not wearing seatbelts. Male drivers under the age 34 were those most likely to be found not wearing a seat belt at the time of a crash.
Lightning sparked a fire Tuesday night in a field at Columbus Municipal Airport.
Columbus firefighters were called to the scene of the fire near County Road 450N and Marr Road at about 8:20 Tuesday evening after air traffic controllers noticed the blaze. The lightning had sparked a fire about 25 yards wide in a field of straw, just east of the airport runways.
Fire Station 2 at the airport sent a standard fire truck and an airport rescue firefighting crash truck that has special capabilities to combat the field fire. Capt. Mike Wilson, spokesman for the fire department, explains that the crash truck can operate off road, has a large 3000-gallon-water capacity and can pump water while moving.
The crash truck quickly reached the fire and put it out, Wilson said.
Photo courtesy of Columbus Fire Department.
A wanted man crashed into a home while trying to flee from Columbus police Tuesday night.
According to police reports, officers tried to stop an SUV in the 1100 block of Pearl Street at about 11:40 Tuesday night, but the driver raced away, running a stop sign and striking another vehicle near 8th Street and Hutchins Avenue. The driver then crashed into the front porch of a home in the 700 block of Hutchins Avenue.
Occupants of the fleeing vehicle then ran away, but police caught the driver, 38-year-old Melvin G. Foree of Columbus.
He was arrested on preliminary charges of leaving the scene of an accident, resisting law enforcement, reckless driving and driving while suspended with a prior conviction. He was also found to have an outstanding Bartholomew County warrant.
The occupants in the second vehicle were uninjured and the crash caused minor damage to the home.
Crash photo courtesy of Columbus Police Department.
The Bartholomew County Health Department will be holding a free COVID-19 vaccination clinic with the Pfizer vaccine today at Rockcreek Elementary.
That will be in the parking lot of the school on East County Road 200S from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
You can call Windrose Mobile Clinic to register at 317-680-9901.
Indiana State Police arrested a Bowling Green, Kentucky man on drug and weapon charges during a crackdown on dangerous holiday driving over the weekend.
According to police reports, a trooper stopped a vehicle on Interstate 65 just south of the Jonesville exit at about 11 a.m. Saturday morning for a traffic violation. The trooper grew suspicious and after more troopers arrived on scene, a search of the vehicle recovered 15 grams of suspected methamphetamine, 8 grams of suspected marijuana, THC gummies and fruit rollups, drug paraphernalia, prescription medications, and a 9 mm handgun.
40-year-old Stephen Richards was arrested on felony charges of Dealing over 10 grams of Methamphetamine and Dealing Methamphetamine with a handgun, as well as misdemeanor charges for possessing a controlled substance, a legend drug and drug paraphernalia.
Evidence photo courtesy of Indiana State Police.
Jennings County deputies arrested a wanted man Monday after finding him hiding in a bathroom at a Commiskey home.
According to sheriff’s department reports, deputies went to the home trying to find 36-year-old Chad Thompson, who had an outstanding warrant on charges of intimidation, pointing a firearm at another person and domestic battery in the presence of a minor.
Deputies found Thompson hiding in a basement bathroom and took him into custody without incident. But deputies also found methamphetamine, marijuana and drug paraphernalia. And deputies discovered that Thompson was allegedly violating a protective order.
He was arrested on new charges for possessing the drugs and paraphernalia, as well as invasion of privacy.