Category Archives: Latest News
Indiana has high response rate to '988' suicide prevention line, but death rate increases
INDIANAPOLIS - The relaunching and rebranding of the nationwide suicide prevention line as 988 - designed to be a mental health counterpart to 911 emergency services - arrived amid a year of record-hi...
Aug 14, 2023 Courtesy-988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline FB page
Motorcycle accident is fatal to Butlerville man
BUTLERVILLE, Ind. - The Jennings County Sheriff's Office was dispatched to a single-vehicle motorcycle accident in Columbia Township on Saturday afternoon. Deputies responded to County Road 775E, at a...
Aug 13, 2023 Courtesy-Jennings Co. Sheriff FB page
Lightning causes REMC substation to catch fire, 500 lose power
OGILVILLE, Ind. - A Bartholomew County REMC substation that serves the southwest quadrant of the county (Ogilville area) caught on fire Saturday morning and created a power outage for a portion of the...
Aug 12, 2023 Courtesy-Bartholomew County REMC
Part of Bartholomew County Road 400S closes Monday, Tuesday
COLUMBUS, Ind. - The Bartholomew County Highway Department has announced that West County Road 400 South-850 West, between the Bartholomew/Brown County Line and Bellesville Pike, will be closed to tra...
Aug 12, 2023
BCSC teacher selected Top 25 in state for Teacher of year Program
COLUMBUS, Ind. - Bartholomew Consolidated School Corporation (BCSC) announced Friday that Veronica Buckler, a facilitator at CSA New Tech, has been named to the Top 25 in the State of Indiana's Teache...
Aug 12, 2023 Courtesy-Bartholomew Consolidated School Corp.
'Rock the Block' is part of Exhibit Columbus Opening Weekend on August 26
COLUMBUS, Ind. - The "Rock the Block Party and Dance Show," a free community event offered as part of the grand opening weekend of the 2023 Exhibit Columbus. It will take place from 7 to 10 p.m., on S...
Aug 12, 2023 Courtesy-Exhibit Columbus
Schneck receives 5-Star quality rating
SEYMOUR, Ind. - Schneck Medical Center was recently honored with a 5-star rating for overall quality-the highest possible rating for quality of care-from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services...
Aug 12, 2023 Courtesy-Schneck FB page
4th and Washington Street intersection, is closed next week
COLUMBUS, Ind. - On Sunday, August 13, as part of Exhibit Columbus, Taylor Brothers Construction Company will begin building the InterOculus installation at the intersection of 4th and Washington Stre...
Aug 11, 2023 Courtesy-BCEM
Johnson County inmate found dead, no foul play suspected
JOHNSON COUNTY - An inmate at the Johnson County Correctional Facility died after being found unconscious in their cell on Friday morning. At 9:23 a.m., Johnson County Sheriff's Office (JCSO) correcti...
Aug 11, 2023 Courtesy-JCSO FB page
Security breach discovered for Indiana Medicaid members
INDIANAPOLIS - The Indiana Family and Social Services Administration (FSSA) announced on Friday afternoon that software used by a contractor experienced a security breach that exposed certain personal...
Aug 11, 2023
