Category Archives: Latest News
Columbus Chamber sponsors Speed Networking for Friday
COLUMBUS, Ind. - The Columbus Area Chamber of Commerce is hosting its July Speed Networking event this Friday, July 12. The goal is to help participants maximize their networking time at a casual even...
Jul 11, 2019
CPD swears in three new officers
COLUMBUS, Ind. - Three new officers joined the ranks of the Columbus Police Department (CPD) when they were joined by their families and sworn in by Columbus Mayor Jim Lienhoop on Tuesday. Alex Hill, ...
Jul 10, 2019 Courtesy of CPD
Jennings County sheriff seeks volunteers
NORTH VERNON, Ind. - The Jennings County Sheriff's Office is looking for volunteers for Disaster Response training at Muscatatuck Training Center in North Vernon. Anyone who is at least 15 years old i...
Jul 10, 2019 Courtesy of JCSO Facebook page
Seymour Main Street hosts Free Flick Friday
SEYMOUR, Ind. - Seymour Main Street is hosting its second of three Free Flick Fridays, an event that brings residents to Crossroads Community Park to watch a free movie. This Friday, July 12, at 8:30 ...
Jul 10, 2019
Animal Care Commission revises several ordinances
COLUMBUS, Ind. - The Columbus Animal Care Commission handled a variety of business at its Monday evening meeting, including several ordinances that will be presented to Columbus City Council in August...
Jul 09, 2019 Courtesy of Animal Care FB page
Whiteland breaks ground on 167-acre Whiteland Exchange project
WHITELAND, Ind. - The Johnson County Development Corp announces that the town of Whiteland and Jones Development are breaking ground on the Whiteland Exchange, a 167-acre land site at the intersection...
Jul 09, 2019 Courtesy of Johnson County Development Corp website
Town of Edinburgh receives OCRA grant
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. - Lt. Governor Crouch and the Indiana Office of Community and Rural Affairs (OCRA) on Monday awarded five communities a grant to help celebrate Downtown Development Week this autumn...
Jul 09, 2019 Edinburgh logo courtesy of edinburgh.in.us
Jennings Co. Recycling hosts free refrigerant disposal
NORTH VERNON, Ind. - The Jennings County Recycle Center is giving residents the opportunity to dispose of old refrigerants this Friday and Saturday. Beginning at 8 a.m. each day, residents are welcome...
Jul 09, 2019
Registration still open for 'Hook a Kid on Fishing'
COLUMBUS, Ind. - The Columbus Police Department still has 15 spots left to fill for its "Hook a Kid on Fishing" event at the end of July. On Wednesday, July 24, from 9a.m. to 3 p.m., local law enforce...
Jul 09, 2019 robin miller / CC
Smoke fills local restaurant after stove left unattended
COLUMBUS, Ind. - The Columbus Fire Department (CFD) was called to E Sushi Japanese Restaurant, at 25th Street and Taylor Road, on Tuesday morning after reports of a possible structure fire. As firefig...
Jul 09, 2019 Courtesy of CFD
