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Vehicle pursuit leads to a crash, arrest of Bartholomew Co. juvenile

COLUMBUS, Ind. - The Bartholomew County Sheriff's Office (BCSO) attempted to make a traffic stop on a car on U.S. 31, north of Lowell Road, on Saturday. The vehicle was being driven by a 16-year-old j...

Local man arrested for drugs, multiple warrants

COLUMBUS, Ind. - The Columbus Police Department (CPD) arrested a local man on multiple charges including four warrants after he was spotted riding a bicycle on Saturday afternoon. Officers observed Ch...

Sep 23, 2019 Courtesy of CPD

Deputies arrest Indianapolis man for OWI

COLUMBUS, Ind. - Bartholomew County Sheriff's Office deputies were dispatched on Friday to a possible intoxicated driver traveling southbound on Interstate 65 near the 90-mile marker. When they caught...

Sep 23, 2019 Courtesy of BCSO

CFD fights early Saturday house fire

COLUMBUS, Ind. - The Columbus Fire Department (CFD) responded to a residential fire early Saturday morning, at 810 Rocky Ford Rd., after a passerby called 911 and reported a house was in flames. When ...

LND Staff Sep 22, 2019 Courtesy of CFD FB page

ISP is looking for tractor thieves

LETTS, Ind. - Authorities at the Indiana State Police (ISP) are investigating the theft of a large tractor and two farm implements last Tuesday from southwest Decatur County. The stolen items were rec...

LND Staff Sep 22, 2019 Stolen tractor - courtesy of ISP Sgt. Wheeles FB page

Johnson Co. Sheriff's Office seeks wanted man

FRANKLIN, Ind. - The Johnson County Sheriffs Office, along with the Morgan County Sheriffs Office and the Bargersville Police Department, continues to look for a wanted man, Kevin Hamilton. Although t...

LND Staff Sep 22, 2019 Courtesy of Johnson Co. Sheriff FB page

Sheriff Myers appointed to Drug Enforcement Committee

COLUMBUS, Ind. - Bartholomew County Sheriff Matt Myers was appointed to the National Sheriff's Association (NSA) Homeland Security Committee earlier this year, and just recently he was appointed to th...

Friday Night Lights has mixed results for local teams

COLUMBUS, Ind. - It was a beautiful night for high school football in south-central Indiana on Friday and the evening produced a mixed bag of results for local teams. In a game heard on MOJO 102.9, th...

LND Staff Sep 21, 2019

Legal Aid Clinic scheduled for Jackson County

SEYMOUR, Ind. - Legal Aid has announced a Free Legal Aid Clinic is on its way to Jackson County on Wednesday, October 2, from 3 to 5 p.m., at the offices of Montgomery, Eisner and Paradieck, LLP, 308 ...

Columbus City Cemetery plans clean-up for October

COLUMBUS, Ind. - The Columbus City Cemetery, located south Donner Park, is scheduled for clean-up on Tuesday, October 1. The Columbus Parks and Recreation Department is asking for those who have famil...