The State Street Area Association will be hosting a community Thanksgiving meal at the America and Roby Anderson Community Center on McClure Road from 11:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday.
They are asking for food or monetary donations this week to help cover the event. Donations can be dropped off between 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. Monday through Friday. Among the items needed are:
14-pound or larger turkeys, either thawed or prepared
Chicken flavored stuffing
Instant mashed potatoes
Green beans
Cranberry sauce
Pumpkin pies
Apple pies
Whipped topping
For more information, you can contact Julie Bilz 812-371-7459 or
Wendy Eubanks 812-378-5410. Checks can be made out to the State Street Area Association.
Columbus city government will be tackling the issues of abandoned vehicles, oversized vehicles parked on narrow streets and other vehicle-related problems with changes to several city ordinances, tomorrow night.
Mary Ferdon, the city’s director of administration, explains:
Among the changes, the city would identify any inoperable vehicle as one that is partially dismantled, mechanically inoperable, or unsafe to drive. That would also include vehicles with broken windows or windshield, missing wheels, flat tires, and collision damage.
Under the proposal, inoperable and unlicensed vehicles could not be parked on private or public property, including city streets or right-of- way, except in a garage, carport or other enclosure.
The ordinance changes would also include:
Prohibiting parking an oversized vehicle between the curb and sidewalk, including trailers, construction vehicles, recreational vehicles or buses.
Defines recreational vehicles as those “designed and/or used for seasonal living or sleeping and/or recreational purposes and equipped with wheels to facilitate movement from place to place (either under its own power or towed by another vehicle). Recreational vehicles include automobiles when used for living or sleeping purposes, pick-up truck coaches, motorized homes, boats, travel trailers, snow mobiles, and camping trailers not meeting the definition of a manufacture of mobile home.”
Expands the existing prohibition on parking a vehicle for washing or repairs on a city street to include prohibiting parking on a public right of way.
City Council meets at 6 p.m. at Columbus City Hall.
The Town of Hope will be offering a trip to Christmas of Yesteryear on Friday with the annual event on the Town Square.
Barb Johnson with the Yellow Trail museum says that there will be carriage rides leaving every 10 minutes with historical tours of the town. those rides will be $2 and will leave from Norman Cabin.
There will also be strolling carolers, a living nativity scene, performances by historical re-enactors, cookie making at the Yellow Trail Museum and other activities including skits by the Hauser Historians.
The Town Square will be decorated with Christmas lights and shops will also be open late around the square. Johnson said you can enter a drawing for a $75 gift certificate by stopping at the the local merchants.
Events will be from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. Friday, Nov. 18th.
Four children were hurt, three critically, in a crash near Crothersville over the weekend on Interstate 65.
The three-vehicle crash happened at about 4 p.m. Saturday afternoon. Indiana State Police report that a car suddenly slowed near the 38 mile marker, causing a van driven by 41-year-old April Bickel of Elwood to swerve. Her van was then struck by a car.
An 8-year-old girl, 6-year-old girl and a 2-year-old boy in Bickel’s van were flown by helicopter to Kosair Children’s Hospital in Louisville with life-threatening injuries. A 4-year-old girl in Bickel’s vehicle was taken by ambulance to the hospital with non-life threatening injuries.
Bickel was taken to University of Louisville Hospital for treatment and the driver of the car, 59-year-old Jeffery L. Ireland of North Carolina was treated for minor injuries.
State police report that the southbound lanes of I-65 near the 38 mile marker were closed for approximately two hours for crash investigation and cleanup.
Gov. Mike Pence returned to Indiana last night after being elected the next Vice-President of the United States. He got a little closer to his hometown of Columbus on Friday, as he celebrated Veterans Day at Camp Atterbury.
Security was tight and the line to get in and see Pence was long, but that didn’t seem to affect the hundreds who turned out at the base’s outdoor museum and memorial. During the Friday afternoon ceremony, Pence remembered his father, a Korean War veteran, and expressed gratitude for all of those who have served. The Governor also recognized the families of those who serve, calling their sacrifices “great.”
The Indiana Department of Transportation plans to close the southbound Interstate 65 exit ramp to State Road 44 in Johnson County during daytime hours on Monday.
INDOT says that their contractor will install a drainage pipe section, weather permitting, starting at 7 a.m. Restrictions at the Franklin exit should be lifted by 7 p.m. the same day. INDOT stresses that the on-ramp will remain open. Officials say that drivers heading south on I-65 may exit at Worthsville Road or Whiteland Road during Monday’s closure at State Road 44.
INDOT explains that this work is part of the $84 million Major Moves 2020 project on I-65 between Main Street/Greenwood and State Road 44/Franklin. The project includes the addition of travel lanes, full depth pavement replacement and bridge work at Main Street, Whiteland Road, Hurricane Creek and State Road 44.
Columbus Animal Care Services will have a Happy Tails Adoption Day on Saturday from 11 to 2 p.m. at the shelter on Arnold Street.
Adoption prices for dogs will be $100 and for cats will be $80. The price will include spaying or neutering, shots and microchipping. The event is a senior project for Amelia Bush, at Columbus North High School.
Gage Janusch. Photo courtesy of Columbus Police Department.
Columbus police arrested a man after he was found passed out in his running car on U.S. 31 last night.
A driver reported seeing the man in the car near U.S. 31 and Herman Darlage Drive at about 11:35 p.m. Thursday. The passerby tried to wake the driver and when the driver wouldn’t wake up the passerby put the car in park and turned the engine off.
When police approached the vehicle, they smelled a strong odor of marijuana. After waking up the driver, 20-year-old Gage R. Janusch of Columbus, he had to lean against the vehicle when he got out, just to maintain his balance and his speech was slurred, says Lt. Matt Harris, spokesman for the Columbus police.
After having his blood drawn at the hospital he was arrested on a preliminary charge of driving while intoxicated.
Ryan Redmon mug shot from an arrest in October. Photo courtesy of the Columbus Police Department
A suspect in a drug trafficking case was arrested again Wednesday after overdosing at a home in Hope.
Hope police officers revived 25-year-old Ryan Redmon, who was found unconscious and not breathing in a home in the 700 block of Main Street Wednesday.
Officers were called to the residence on a report of a possibly dead person in the bathroom, said Marshal Matt Tallent. Believing the victim had overdosed, officers gave him two doses of Narcan, a drug that counteracts the effects of opiate overdoses. Police and firefighters then moved the body from the bathroom to a bedroom so they could work on him.
After he was moved, officers found two syringes, a spoon with scorch marks and a lighter within reach of the victim, identified as Redmon.
About five minutes after the second dose of Narcan, Redmon regained consciousness, Tallent said. He was taken to Columbus Regional Hospital for treatment.
Tallent said that Redmon had been put on house arrest, just that morning.
According to police records, Redmon, 25, from Columbus, had been arrested twice in October. In the second arrest, on Oct. 25th, he was arrested by the Bartholomew County Joint Narcotics Team and was implicated as a part of an investigation into smuggling drugs into the community, according to the Columbus Police Department.
Tallent said Redmon’s probation officer was notified of the situation. Officers was arrested at the hospital after he was treated. He is facing preliminary charges of possession of paraphernalia and possession of a drug injection device, as well as a probation violation.
Indiana Governor and the next Vice-President of the United States, Mike Pence, returned to Indiana Thursday evening and was greeted by hundreds of supporters and well-wishers.
During a short speech, Pence credited “Hoosier Values” and his upbringing for allowing him to be in the position he is today. The Columbus native also urged all Americans to come together, a message echoed by State Rep. Milo Smith, who was at the rally…
We asked Rep. Smith what kind of role he thinks Pence will play in the Donald Trump Administration…
We also asked Smith how important it is for the Trump Administration to have Republican majorities in both the U.S. House and Senate…
Bartholomew County Republican Party Chairwoman Barb Hackman was among the local contingent at the Indianapolis International Airport to greet Pence. She says that Columbus and Bartholomew County are proud of their native son…
Hackman and Rep. Smith were among a number of area residents and officials who took part in Thursday evening’s rally. We also saw Lt. Gov Eric Holcomb, Columbus Mayor Jim Lienhoop and retiring Senator Dan Coats, among others.
