Columbus police arrested a local man Friday afternoon after he allegedly pointed a rifle at a neighbor during a dispute.

Lt. Matt Harris, CPD spokesman, says that officers were called a home in the 1400 block of Pearl Street just after 5 p.m. on a report of a disturbance involving a gun. When police arrived, they spoke to several witnesses who reportedly told them that an argument began when a man began video recording a fight involving neighbors. According to witnesses, the suspect, 30-year-old Arthur N. Daniels, confronted the neighbor about recording them and allegedly threatened him with a hunting rifle. Lt. Harris says that Daniels was arrested after officers found him nearby. Officer Jeremy Jones and his K-9 partner, Max, reportedly found the rifle inside an open shed in the 1500 block of Chestnut Street.

Harris says that Daniels was placed put on a 48-hour hold and arrested on preliminary charges of Intimidation with a Deadly Weapon and Possession of a Controlled Substance. Police say that Daniels was also wanted on a warrant out of Jennings County.

Columbus City Council will be considering final changes to zoning ordinances dealing with how to handle animals in the city limits.

Last year, the city passed new ordinances putting limits on how many chickens and other sorts of livestock residents could keep in city limits. The county also adopted new rules on confined animal feeding operations.

The city is now adjusting its zoning ordinances to line up with those new rules. They will be considering the final approval of those changes tomorrow night at the city Council meeting. That meeting is at 6 p.m. tomorrow at Columbus City Hall and it is open to the public if you would like to attend.

February is Children’s Dental Health Month nationwide. The theme of this year’s event is “Choose Tap Water for a Sparkling Smile.”

Colleen Sullivan, dental coordinator with the Bartholomew County Health Department, explains that she is seeing a lot of problems with children and young adults that are drinking a lot of sports drinks and soda.

She explains the danger from the sugary drinks is that the acid levels can lead to tooth decay in a very short period of time.

Even young children are in danger, if they are drinking a lot of fruit juice. She suggested limiting fruit juice to four ounces a day for toddlers, served only with meals and that should be given in a cup, rather than a bottle.

In fact, she said that you should never put a baby down for a nap with a bottle filled with anything but water. And you should try to get children off of a bottle by the age of 1 to help protect their teeth.

She says that you should never put an infant down for a nap with a bottle, unless it contains water.

The health department is stressing the importance of limiting snacks, brushing and flossing and other dental health hygiene. For more information you can call the health department at 812-379-1555 and hit Option 1.

Two Columbus residents were arrested Thursday morning after police say they were found with a stolen vehicle.

Judy Jackson, Bartholomew County Sheriff’s Department spokeswoman, says that at about 7:37 a.m., Deputy Lt. Todd Noblitt responded to a suspicious vehicle call at an abandoned residence in the 3600 block of West Deaver Road. When he arrived, Lt. Noblitt reported seeing a vehicle in the driveway with 19-year-old Shayla Ulrey in the driver’s seat. Another vehicle was also sitting in the yard, as was as a large yellow box truck. Jackson says that 22-year-old Ethan Spray was standing in front of the box truck that was clearly marked as belonging to a logging company. She says that deputies were able to determine that the truck was stolen after reaching representatives with the logging company.

Jackson says that Spray and Ulrey were arrested on preliminary charges of Theft and Receiving Stolen Property. The pair were being held without bond.

Dr. Douglas A. Towriss, Chief Medical Officer and Hospitalist Physician at Schneck Medical Center, has been named as one of the nation’s “100 CMOs to Know” for 2017 by Becker’s Hospital Review. The list features national physician leaders dedicated to strengthening their hospitals’ and health systems’ patient safety and quality initiatives.

Schneck officials say that this isn’t the first time that Dr. Towriss has been recognized. He was also named a “Top CMO to Know” in 2014, and one of the nation’s “Top 10 Hospitalists” in 2012 by the American College of Physicians.

Hospital officials say that Dr. Towriss joined Schneck in 2002 and became the vice president and CMO in April 2015. During his time at Schneck, Dr. Towriss has created a combined internal medicine and pediatric hospitalist program. He is a member of Alpha Omega Alpha, American College of Physicians and American Academy of Pediatrics. Dr. Towriss earned his medical degree at Indiana University School of Medicine in Indianapolis. He continues his clinical duties in addition to serving as the CMO for Schneck.

Dr. Towriss and Dr. Jonathan E. Gottlieb, Executive Vice President and Chief Medical Executive of IU Health, were the only CMOs named from the state of Indiana.

Starting today, you will be able to get your annual Girl Scout cookie fix in front of many area stores. The organization is kicking off its cookie sales at booths today.

Penni Sims with the local council explains the Girl Scouts mission:

Sims says that most cookie boxes are $4. The gluten-free variety and this year’s Smores are $5, she said. The Smores are also produced to celebrate 100 years of Girl Scout cookies sales.

All proceeds from cookie sales to to the local council and fund things like summer camp scholarships and other troop activities.

Cookie sales run through mid-March.

You can listen to our complete interview with Sims for AM Columbus here:

A Hope man was arrested by Bartholomew County deputies after a traffic stop early this morning.

A deputy saw a vehicle run a red light and cross outside its lane on State Road 7 at about 3:50 a.m. this morning, leading the deputy to pull over the vehicle. After noticing a plastic bag containing syringe caps, the department’s police dog, Bolt, sniffed the vehicle and alerted to the smell of narcotics, according to police reports.

A search allegedly revealed digital scales and a handgun. The driver, 29-year-old David D. Adams, was arrested on preliminary charges of felon with a handgun and possession of an injection device.

Columbus police believe that a crash that left a car upside down yesterday morning on State Street and Marr Road was a case of road rage.

The incident happened around 9:35 a.m. Thursday morning. Officers talked to an 18-year-old driver who said the driver of another vehicle in front of hers had been acting aggressively toward her, slamming his brakes and attempting to cause her to crash. That’s after she honked at the driver near State Road 7 and U.S. 31 for passing in the turn lane, police said.

As the cars got into town, the driver made a wide turn and then appeared to intentionally strike the victim’s  vehicle, police report. That caused his car to flip over.

52-year-old Jerry Winn Jr. said he thought the teen driver was driving too close, but he said the crash had something do with an object that got stuck under his brake pedal, says Lt. Matt Harris, spokesman for the Columbus Police.

After being treated at Columbus Regional Hospital for minor injuries, Winn was cited for aggressive driving and reckless driving. Police say the case is being forwarded to the Bartholomew County prosecutor’s office for consideration of criminal charges.

A Hope pair was arrested on drug charges after a Columbus police officer saw them driving with a heavily damaged license plate last night.

Police stopped the truck with the damaged plate at Marr Road and Jolinda Drive at about 6:30 p.m. Thursday evening. A Columbus police dog alerted to the smell of narcotics inside the vehicle and a search revealed methamphetamine, suboxone and a digital scale with meth residue, says Lt. Matt Harris, spokesman for the police department.

The driver, 32-year-old Madeline McNicholas is facing preliminary charges of possession of a controlled substance and drug paraphernalia and the passenger, 33-year-old Carl McNicholas, was arrested on suspicion of possession of methamphetamine and drug paraphernalia.