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• JNET busts 4 on drug charges

  COLUMBUS, Ind. - The Joint Narcotics Enforcement Team (JNET) received information that a husband and wife were possibly dealing drugs from their residence at 525 Parkway Drive in Columbus. 

• City breaks ground on new Columbus Animal Care Services facility

  COLUMBUS, Ind. - Columbus Animal Care Services (CACS) broke ground Wednesday, August 26, on its new shelter, the Wendy H. Elwood Animal Care Services Center, marking a major milestone in the city’s effort to expand and modernize local animal care.   

• Columbus City Utilities project will close parts of 18th, Elm Streets next month

  COLUMBUS, Ind. – Portions of 18th and Elm Streets will close in early September for a Columbus City Utilities water tower replacement project scheduled for completion by September 30.

• I-265 school bus accident sends 2 juveniles to hospital

  JEFFERSONVILLE, Ind. - Indiana State Police troopers responded to a crash involving a school bus on westbound I-265 at the 33-mile marker, near the 10th Street/State Road 62 exit, just before 5 p.m. on Wednesday, August 26.  

• Jennings County deputy arrests motorcyclist traveling 118 mph

  NORTH VERNON, Ind. - Jennings County Sheriff's Office (JCSO) Deputy Alex Campbell was recently on patrol when he saw something approaching that immediately caught his attention. It was a motorcycle and he clocked it at 118 mph in a posted 35 mph zone.