Top Story from Thursday, July 9th, 2026

NORTH VERNON, Ind. – A cybersecurity incident involving the Jennings County Clerk’s Microsoft 365 email account was identified on Thursday, July 9.

GREENWOOD, Ind. - On or after the evening of Monday, July 13, Indiana Department of Transportation (INDOT) crews will reduce southbound I-65 to one lane between County Line Road (Exit 101) and Main Street (Exit 99) from approximately 11 p.m. to 4 a.m.

COLUMBUS, Ind. – The 2026 Jack Cramer Ideals of Athletic Competition Award Ceremony will be held on Wednesday, July 29, at 5:30 p.m. in the Jim Lienhoop Meeting Room A at NexusPark, on 25th Street in Columbus.

BATESVILLE, Ind. - The Indiana State Police (ISP)-Versailles Post investigated a two-vehicle crash in eastern Ripley County on Monday, July 6, at 5:30 p.m., that claimed the life of a Decatur County motorcyclist.

NORTH VERNON, Ind. - Detectives with the Jennings County Sheriff's Office (JCSO) received a cybertip, in early July, through the National Center for Exploited or Missing Children (NCMEC), that a North Vernon man was receiving and distributing Child Sex Abuse Material.

COLUMBUS, Ind. - At a sentencing hearing on July 1, Judge James Worton of the Bartholomew County Superior Court 1 ordered Joshua McKinsey, of Columbus, to serve seven years in the Indiana Department of Correction. He had pleaded guilty on June 1.

COLUMBUS, Ind. - The Bartholomew County Sheriff's Office (BCSO) has announced the official certification of Deputy Robert Cooper and his K-9 partner, Hondo.