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Johnson County fair queen starts reign, encourages kids get most out of 4-H
The crowd erupted in cheers and applause Sunday night when Emily Martin was announced as the next Johnson County fair queen. Wearing a sparkling blue gown, the 18-year-old Bargersville resident accepted her crown and the title of Miss Johnson County with tears of happiness. She soon said it was an...
CHANGE OF ADDRESS: Postal service seeks to relocate Greenfield post office
GREENFIELD – The Greenfield post office at 207 N. State St. will likely soon have a new address. What’s left in question is the fate of the 92-year-old building that has served as the city’s mail center since 1932. Greenfield residents were first notified of the plan...
Local man accused of trying to swallow drugs before being arrested
COLUMBUS, Ind. — A Columbus resident is in custody for multiple drug offenses following a traffic stop Sunday. At 8:44 p.m. Sunday, officers with the Columbus Police Department (CPD) conducted a traffic stop near Central Avenue and 12th Street for a moving violation, said Sgt. Skylar Berry, Columbus Police Department spokesman.
Jackie “Jack” D. Gray
Jackie “Jack” D. Gray, 76, of Edinburgh, passed away July 12, 2024, at his home and surrounded by his loving family. He was born January 22, 1948, in Columbus, to the late Arthur and Pauline Metzger Gray. He married Marsha Kay Abbett Gray on July 22, 1967, in Columbus, and she survives.
The late Richard Simmons brought joy to Columbus 33 years ago
Local social media users posted bittersweet thoughts the past two days over the death on Saturday of fitness fanatic Richard Simmons at age 76. But 33 years ago, on May 4, 1991, many in a crowd estimated at 5,000 people — security personnel said it might have even been more — at then-FairOaks Mall on 25th Street in Columbus shed tears of joy when he led an oversized aerobics class of sorts clad in his trademark Globetrotters-style shorts.
Looking Back – July 16
Dennis DeYoung and his band, Styx, stepped up to be the headliner of the free annual Our Hospice of South Central Indiana concert after the classic rock band Kansas had to pull out of the Columbus show. 1999. Arvin Industries Inc.’s Board of Directors elected James E. Perrella as a...
Raymond G. Turner
Saturday, July 13, 2024, started out for Raymond Turner, 89, of Edinburgh, the same way that the last few days had been going. He was under hospice care, in the bed at his home on Holland Street, preparing to cross the valley of death. The fact that he was at home is a testimony to the love of His wife and family. He had lived in that house for the last 50 years and it was where he wanted to die. And so, the family kept a long-standing promise they had made to him—to care for him at home until the end. And so it was, after several days of people coming and going, people caring for him, loving him, telling him how much he meant to them, praying, reading Scripture, the house was quiet for a few minutes on Saturday afternoon. He was alone in the house with his beloved wife of over 68 years, Bobbie J. Bohannon Turner. She came into his room to check on him and see if he needed anything. At 3:30 p.m., she found that the man she married when she was 16 years old was gone. That’s what she said when she called the rest of the family, “He’s gone.” Gone where is the question though, isn’t it? The fact is that a very real and significant part of Ray Turner, his physical body, was still lying in his bed. The glorious truth is that the other part of Ray Turner, his soul, had been carried away. At the very moment he took his final breath, he opened his eyes to the most glorious sight? The sight that he had been longing to see. Not breathtaking garden vistas or golden streets or any of the other beautiful realities of heaven?Ray opened his eyes across the great divide and found himself looking into the face of the King of all creation and the One who died to rescue him from death. Ray has now seen His great reward and the reward is Jesus Christ. O, what glory!
UIndy, Ivy Tech add two key STEM degrees to transfer agreement
Two growing science majors were recently added to the transfer agreement between two Indianapolis higher education institutions. The University of Indianapolis is teaming up with Ivy Tech Community College to add mechanical engineering and environmental science to its now 16 undergraduate 2+2 Transfer-as-a-Junior programs. These programs are designed to accommodate the 150 to 200 transfer students who start at UIndy each year, allowing students who have already earned their associate’s degree to start at a 4-year institution as a junior.
Obituaries 7-16-24
Billy Ray Ball, 77, of Greenfield, Ind., died Saturday, July 6, 2024, at IU Medical Center, Indianapolis, Ind. Funeral services were held at 2 p.m., Saturday, July 13, 2024, at the R.E. Rogers Funeral Home chapel with David Robinette officiating. Burial followed at Hatfield-Sullivan Cemetery. Arrangements were under the direction...
OUTDOOR FUN: Annual camp helps kids unplug to plug into nature
GREENFIELD – Kids had a field day at the annual Plug Into Nature day camp at Nameless Creek Youth Camp in rural Greenfield last week. The five-day experience — July 8-12 — prompted incoming third, fourth and fifth graders to explore the great outdoors while engaging in music, arts, crafts and other types of recreation, like splashing around at a water carnival and using natural elements to create works of art.
Take your best shot
Heather Hoffman Wornstaff shared this shot of Kevin Murdoch and his 1966 Pontiac GTO, taken earlier this summer at the New Palestine Summer Fest. The Daily Reporter frequently features photos of the local community, taken by members of our community. Take your best shot and email a picture to [email protected] with information about the photo.
Camp rigor: Local family participates in boot camp for kids
GREENFIELD – While most local children have been spending their carefree summers in Hancock County with a local camp or Bible school here or there, one Greenfield dad recently spent a week with his two boys in a military-style boot camp for kids in Vermont. Devon Brown was a...
City police calls – July 18
EDITOR’S NOTE: The following information is summarized from the records of city, county and state police, fire and hospital agencies. Jesus Salazar Jimenez, 22, of 895 S. National Road, Columbus, operating a vehicle while intoxicated, reckless driving, operating a vehicle without a license, 3:05 p.m., by the Bartholomew County Sheriff’s Department, released on $7,500 bond.
Charlotte FC 1, Columbus 1
Columbus10—1 First Half_1, Columbus, Hernandez, 13, 31st minute. Second Half_2, Charlotte FC, Agyemang, 7, 83rd. Goalies_Charlotte FC, Kristijan Kahlina, David Bingham; Columbus, Nicholas Hagen, Cole Johnson. Yellow Cards_Zawadzki, Columbus, 57th; Petkovic, Charlotte FC, 89th; Byrne, Charlotte FC, 90th+4. Referee_Victor Rivas. Assistant Referees_Walter Heatherly, Oscar Mitchell-Carvalho, Kevin Stott. 4th Official_Calin...
William Warner Merritt
William (Bill) Warner Merritt, 86, of New Palestine, Indiana, died July 16, 2024, at Plainfield Healthcare Center. He was born in Indianapolis, Indiana, on September 4, 1937, the son of John Stephens and Dorothy Grace (Hess) Merritt. He married Bonita L. Howe on June 19, 1971. Bill graduated from Ben...
City Councilman's son sentenced to nearly five years in federal prison
Tommy Lee Harrison Sr., 34, of Birmingham, Alabama, has been sentenced to 57 months in federal prison, followed by two years of supervised release, after pleading guilty to crossing state lines to commit arson. According to court documents, on October 28, 2021, Harrison left Birmingham, Alabama, with the intent to...
Flag Football Comes to Gathering Fields of Hope Beginning 09/07
Flag football will be offered at the Gathering Fields of Hope, located at 7480 N. State Rd. 9 just one mile south of Hope at 500 N., beginning September 7 through October 26. The Saturday morning games are open to boys and girls in grades 3rd through 6th and will be played at 9 a.m., 10 a.m. and 11 a.m. Players will be teamed with appropriate age groups.
Woman protests North Vernon City Pool for alleged discrimination
NORTH VERNON, Ind. – A woman has created an event on Facebook to protest her alleged discrimination at the hands of the North Vernon City Pool. The woman, Randi Lynn, said in the Facebook event description that “North Vernon City Pool is trying to discriminate against breastfeeding mothers.” The incident allegedly occurred on July 12. According to Lynn, she was told that she can’t breastfeed in or around the pool because of “bodily fluids.”
Indiana Leaders Unite to Help Americans Disagree Better
Indiana leaders are working with colleagues in Colorado and Maryland to arm the nation’s governors with training designed to help Americans Disagree Better. Ivy Tech Community College president Sue Ellspermann and Purdue Global chancellor Frank Dooley joined Becky Takeda-Tinker, president of Colorado State University Global and Gregory Fowler, president of the University of Maryland Global Campus, presented collaborations to create trainings around the NGA’s Disagree Better initiative at the National Governors Association (NGA) summer meetings in Salt Lake City, Utah.
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