North Vernon police say an airplane made an emergency landing at St. Anne’s Golf Course Friday night.

After receiving reports of the landing, police found a single-engine prop-driven plane had landed just off the fairway of hole number one at about 8:52 p.m. Friday evening. The airplane appeared intact and the pilot was uninjured. The pilot told police that he had taken off, when he experienced engine problems and had to put the plane down.

The accident was reported to the FAA and the North Vernon airport was called in to remove the plane.

Photo courtesy of Jennings County Sheriff’s Department.

Today is the start of registration for volunteers for Bartholomew County United Way’s annual Day of Caring.

Day of Caring is a day-long event where community members and businesses help with projects to benefit local not for profit groups and to complete projects to help residents in need. This year’s event is being held on May 21st.

Last year’s event had to be canceled due to COVID-19. This year’s Day of Caring will include precautions to maintain volunteers’ health and safety during the pandemic. Indoor projects will be limited to a maximum of six to eight volunteers per shift, determined by facility size. Outdoor projects will be limited to a maximum of 20 volunteers per shift, based on the size of the outdoor space. Masks will be required and social distancing maintained.

Volunteers of all ages and skill levels are welcome to participate. Projects will include planting flowers, mulching and painting, along with organizing and sorting donations.

Volunteers can sign up for the Day of Caring through the link at uwbarthco.galaxydigital.com.

A driver died after a crash Friday night in North Vernon after striking a utility pole and lighted clock on Walnut Street.

The name of the driver has not been released by authorities.

North Vernon police say that they received a report at about 11:15 p.m. Friday night that a vehicle had drifted across the road striking the obstacles. Police say the driver was awake but in medical distress when they arrived. She was transported to St. Vincent Jennings Hospital where she later died.

Police say they believe a medical emergency led to the driver losing control, crashing and also later led to her death.

A man wanted out of Kentucky was found in Bartholomew County under a fake name.

The sheriff’s department received a tip that 31-year-old Brandon Jenkins of Louisville was using was not his own. A photo from the BMV also confirmed that the name and birth date he gave to law enforcement was not correct.

The investigation tied into an abandoned car found on April 1st that had been towed from the scene. It was registered to an Ohio woman.

Deputies served the Kentucky Parole Board warrant on Jenkins in the 3400 block of West Jonathan Moore Pike at about 9:20 a.m. Wednesday morning. He is also being held on a new charge of false informing.

North Vernon police have arrested a suspect in a domestic disturbance from the end of last month.

Police are reporting that a team of officers served an arrest warrant on 37-year-old Steven D. Singer of North Vernon at 8:48 Thursday morning. He is being accused of strangulation and domestic battery in the March 30th incident.

Police say that there are no new charges stemming from his arrest. Singer was already on monitored home detention through the Madison Probation Department.

If you are driving on I-65 in southern Jackson County next week, you could see the shoulders of the highway closed as crews work on a pipe-lining project in the area.

The project is expected to begin Wednesday about five miles north of State Road 256 near Austin. INDOT says the majority of the work will be happening off of the roadway, however the outside shoulders will be closed while work is in progress. Later in April and in early May there will be some closing of single lanes, and that work will be happening over one to two nights.

The work schedule is dependent on the weather.

The Bartholomew County Sheriff’s Department will be holding a fish fry today to benefit the department’s 2021 Youth Academy.

The lunch and dinner will from 10:30 a.m. to 8 p.m. today at the American Legion Post on 25th Street in Columbus.

Sheriff’s department personnel will be on hand to serve customers. Proceeds will benefit the youth academy through scholarships, activities and for other uses.

Schneck Medical Center is announcing a COVID-19 vaccine clinic with the single-dose Johnson & Johnson vaccine will be held Monday.

600 doses of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine will be available for the clinic from 1 to 7 Monday at the Schneck Professional Building. That will be on level 3 of the building on West Tipton Street in Seymour.

You have to be 18 or older to take part. You also need a reservation.

To schedule an appointment, visit ourshot.in.gov or call 211.

United Way of Bartholomew County is announcing its annual award winners as part of its virtual annual meeting.

The agency announced this week that information about this year’s activities and achievements would be released through social media and e-mail instead of the traditional in-person meeting.

Among the annual awards announced this week was the LIVE UNITED award to Columbus Regional Health, Volunteer of the Year to Mary Beth Wert and Advocate of the Year to Jenni Carr. The individual GIVE award is going to Pat and Diane Ward and the corporate GIVE award is going to Enkei America.

According to the agency, more than 3,800 people received basic needs including food, clothing and shelter through the United Way of Bartholomew County. A community COVID-19 relief fund raised more than $600 thousand dollars, which helped more than 4,500 people with basic needs during the pandemic.