The town of Hope will be holding a public reception for its new town manager on Monday night.
J.T. Doane took office earlier this week, after a hiring process that saw the first hired candidate back out at the last minute. The town will hold the reception from 5 to 6 p.m. in the Town Hall on the north side of the Town Square. That will be immediately followed by a Town Council meeting.
An Ivy Tech Columbus faculty member has been tapped to paint a mural going in the new Kroger store on National Road.
Geri Handley with the Columbus Area Arts Council has announced that Alison Homer’s design was chosen by a panel of judges for the store’s mural. Homer said that she has been a witness to how the Columbus community’s shared excellence motivates civic pride and individual pursuits.
Homer earned her bachelor’s in fine arts from Savannah College of Art and Design and is a faculty member in Ivy Tech’s school of fine arts and design.
The Bartholomew County 4-H Fair ends on Saturday.
Fair Board President Larry Fisher says you should check out the new display by the Bartholomew County Soil and Water Conservation District focusing on water conservation:.
The display is in the community building at the fairgrounds. That is the building closest to Southside Elementary School.
He also said the Heritage building, which is full of antiques and historical exhibits, has been very popular. It has been chosen as an Indiana Bicentennial Legacy Project.
Fisher said the Heritage building has proven so popular that it will likely be expanded to a second, climate-controlled building so some of the more delicate handmade items can be displayed.
There will be a “Service of Reflection” featuring several local pastors and law enforcement chaplains on the steps of Columbus City Hall at 11:30 a.m. today.
Pastor Larry Rowe is a police chaplain and minister at Second Baptist Church. He will be one of the speakers this morning and plans to talk about unity, relying in part on Psalms 133:1
The program is expected to last about 30 minutes and will be followed by refreshments
Indiana Department of Transportation officials met with contractor representatives Thursday morning to discuss a repair and resurfacing project on U.S. Highway 50 between State Road 446 in Lawrence County and a terminus just west of State Road 135 at Brownstown.
INDOT officials say that this $2.5 million project is being handled by Milestone Constructors, who plans to begin patching this 16-mile section of highway on August 1. INDOT says that the tentative schedule calls for milling U.S. 50’s surface pavement August 8-26, with mainline paving taking place August 29 through September 16. Officials add that crews are slated to work at road and drive approaches September 19-27.
During this work, INDOT says that drivers traveling U.S. 50 will be directed around work-sites by flaggers. They add that drivers should expect short delays, noting that this section of U.S. 50 has a traffic count of 5,790 vehicles per day.
INDOT says that the contact’s completion date is October 31.
Local officials are reacting to the news that Donald Trump is expected to name Indiana Gov. Mike Pence, a Columbus native, as his running mate. County Council member Mark Gorbett sums up the thoughts of most local Republicans…
Gorbett says the decision wasn’t Pence’s alone…
Gorbett says that he’s talked to members of the Pence family recently and says that, whatever happens, Gov. Pence will have the support of his loved ones.
County Council member Jorge Morales says that he’s a fan of both Trump and Pence…
Fellow County Council member Jim Reed agrees that Pence is a good pick for Trump, citing Pence’s Christian and conservative values.
In a statement earlier this week, Columbus Mayor Jim Lienhoop says that he’s excited at the prospect of a local becoming Vice President. The Mayor added that he is looking forward to the nation learning more about Columbus
Likely Republican Presidential candidate Donald Trump says he’s postponing his scheduled announcement of his vice presidential pick tomorrow due to Thursday’s terrorist attack in France.
The announcement, which was expected to name Indiana Gov. Mike Pence as Trump’s running-mate, was scheduled for 11 a.m. Friday in New York City. Trump’s campaign did not specify when the announcement would take place.
Gov. Pence is facing a deadline of noon on Friday to have his name taken off of the ballot in the Indiana Governor’s race.
Gov. Mike Pence is being reported by numerous sources as the Vice-Presidential nominee of the Republican Party. With that, we would like to offer a brief history of the Bartholomew County native. This information is culled from various sources online, as well as in print:
Mike Pence was born in Columbus on June 7, 1959, one of six children of Nancy Jane (née Cawley) and Edward J. Pence, Jr. His family were Irish Catholic.
Pence graduated from Columbus North High School in 1977. After graduating from Hanover College in 1981, he entered the Indiana University School of Law, receiving his degree in 1986.
After graduating from law school, Pence worked as an attorney in private practice. In 1991, he became the president of the Indiana Policy Review Foundation, a self-described free-market think tank and a member of the State Policy Network.
Pence left the Indiana Policy Review Foundation in 1994 and began a career in talk radio. He hosted “The Mike Pence Show,” which was syndicated by Network Indiana on stations throughout Indiana, including News Talk 1010 WCSI in Columbus.
Pence ran unsuccessfully for Congress in 1988 and 1990, losing to longtime Democratic incumbent Phil Sharp.
In 2000, Pence was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in Indiana’s 2nd Congressional District after six-year incumbent David M. McIntosh opted to run for Indiana Governor. Pence was re-elected four more times by comfortable margins.
During his time in Congress, Pence ran for leader of the Republican Party in the U.S. House of Representatives, but lost to winner Rep. John Boehner, of Ohio. In 2009, Pence was elected to become the Republican Conference Chairman, the third-highest-ranking Republican leadership position.
On May 5, 2011, Pence announced that he would seek the Republican nomination for Governor of Indiana in 2012. He succeeded Gov. Mitch Daniels, also a Republican, after defeating Democrat John Gregg. In 2016, Pence was locked in a re-match of the 2012 campaign for Governor, again facing Gregg.
Gov. Pence initially endorsed Texes Senator Ted Cruz for the 2016 Republican Presidential nomination. Once Cruz suspended his campaign, he met with likely nominee Donald Trump and switched his endorsement.
The future of Pence’s political future will become a little more clear when Trump officially announces his selection for running mate during an event scheduled for 11 a.m. Friday in New York City.
There are multiple reports that likely Republican Presidential nominee Donald Trump has selected Indiana Gov. Mike Pence as his running-mate. An official announcement is scheduled at 11 a.m. Friday in Manhattan.
Friday marks the deadline that Pence, a Columbus native, must remove his name from the ballot to run for re-election as Indiana Governor.
We’ll have more on this story as it develops.
The Columbus Park Foundation will be holding Friday Night Flicks and Race 2 Bicycle Safety at Ninth Street park tomorrow night, starting at 7:30 p.m.
You will have a chance to learn about bicycle safety with an obstacle course and a movie under the stars. You can also sign up to win a new bicycle.
Friday night’s movie will be “Finding Nemo.” The event is sponsored by Lincoln-Central Neighborhood Family Center, Riley Children’s Foundation, Columbus Parks and Rec, Kiwanis, the Columbus Bicycle Co-op and Vicki Griffin.
You can look for more information online at columbusparkfoundation.org