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Community calendar – July 27
Columbus Farmers Market — 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., behind Columbus City Hall, 123 Washington St., food, crafts, gifts, entertainment and more, visit columbusfarmersmarket.org for information. Learn to Play Hockey — 4:15 to 5:15 p.m., Hamilton Community Center and Ice Arena, 2501 Lincoln Park Drive, Columbus. Children ages 4...
Driver may have had medical emergency before crashing into lake
COLUMBUS, Ind. (WISH) — A driver was found dead after a truck hit a mailbox, traveled through a yard, damaged a carport and a fence, and ended up in a lake, the Bartholomew County Sheriff’s Office said Monday night. The name of the driver was not immediately released Monday night. A witness watched the scene […]
Person dead after truck drives off road and into Bartholomew County lake
BARTHOLOMEW COUNTY, Ind. — A person is dead after their truck drove off the road and into a lake in Bartholomew County Monday afternoon. On July 22 around 3:45 p.m., the Bartholomew County Sheriff's Office, along with emergency personnel, responded to a truck partially submerged in a lake in the 800 block of West Old Nashville Road, near West State Road 46, west of Columbus.
Zoning board denies solar project request
The Bartholomew County Board of Zoning Appeals (BZA) voted against a commercial solar energy system in Clay and Flat Rock townships Monday after nearly five hours of testimony in a packed meeting room at Columbus City Hall. A motion by board member Arnold Haskell to approve Arevon Energy’s request for...
Looking Back – July 24
J.P. Mayer was hired as the new dean of students at Hauser Jr.-Sr. High School, where he began working with Principal Shawn Price. Meyer earned his bachelor’s degree from Texas State University and master’s degree from the University of Houston. 1999. Rosa Maria Navas, a nurse from Tegucigalpa,...
Free Family Fun on the Farm event Saturday
Historical reminiscing is hardly just for the magical memories. For the Bartholomew County Historical Society, yesterday sheds light on society’s perspective on today. Diane Robbins, the society’s executive director, believes that about life in the early 1900s — the time frame of activities for the society’s free “Family Fun On the Farm” event from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday at the historic Henry Breeding Farm, 13730 N. County Road 100W near Edinburgh.
Local Jan. 6 suspects due in court this week
WASHINGTON — Two Bartholomew County residents are due to appear virtually for a court hearing this week on charges of assaulting law enforcement officers and other charges stemming from their alleged roles in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol. A status conference for Donald Lee Moss...
UPDATE: Victim identified in accident involving truck running off road into lake
COLUMBUS, Ind. — An investigation is continuing into a fatal accident involving a truck leaving the road and going into a lake in the 8000 block of West Old Nashville Road at 3:43 p.m. Monday. Bartholomew County Sheriff deputies were called to the scene about a pickup truck partially...
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