The officers of the Bartholomew County Salvation Army branch are moving on after seven years.
Captains Alan and Jodi Sladek announced this morning that they have received orders and will be taking over as corps officers and pastors at the Shelbyville branch of the Salvation Army. They will have a farewell sermon on Sunday.
The local branch will be taken over by Envoy Amy Tompkins who is coming to Columbus from Rocky Mount, N.C. with her son and mother.
Columbus Regional Health has a new way to have a mammogram, which they say will provide more detailed information, more quickly and with higher quality.
The hospital is introducing its new 3D mammography technology. Kelsey DeClue, spokeswoman for the hospital, explains:
Essentially, the device takes thin digital scans of the breast tissue, creating a three-dimensional computer model the radiologist can then view, DeClue said.
DeClue says this is the first 3D mammography equipment in our area:
For more information on the Breast Health Center and 3D Mammography visit www.crh.org/3D
Tickets are on sale for the local screenings of the film Columbus.
That film, which was shot in the city last year and premiered to glowing reviews at the Sundance Film Festival, will start airing in Columbus Sept.r 1st at Yes Cinema.
Erin Hawkins, spokeswoman for the Columbus Area Visitors Center, attended the Sundance screening and has been impressed with the positive reviews. She said plans are underway to make the local opening of the film into an event.
Hawkins said that the film is a great tool for marketing the unique Columbus environment.
Tickets are $4 for all ages for matinees (before 6 p.m.) with evening admission prices of $6 for adults and $4 for children ages 12 and under. There is a $1 per ticket processing fee for online purchases.
Yes Cinema is a not-for-profit organization, part of the Lincoln-Central Neighborhood Family Center. The theater is on Jackson Street at the corner of Fourth Street.
North Vernon police are accusing a man of pouring gasoline throughout an apartment and then setting it on fire last week.
27-year-old Jonathon N. White, of North Vernon , is facing preliminary charges of arson and a probation violation in the incident which started late Thursday night.
Rescue workers were called to the apartments on West Poplar Street at about 11:11 p.m. Thursday night and found an apartment engulfed in flames. A North Vernon officer fought the fire with a fire extinguisher until firefighters arrived. They evacuated about five neighboring apartments.
Witnesses told police that they saw White spreading the gasoline in the apartment and lighting it, according to police reports. A gas can, believed to belong to White, was found in neighboring yard, police sai.d
Police found White at about 9 a.m. Friday, walking on County Road 400E, where he was arrested without incident.
Columbus firefighters battled a blaze in a vacant rental home on California Street Friday night.
Capt. Mike Wilson, spokesman for the fire department, says that neighbors began calling in about flames at the home in the 1800 block of California Street at about 10:43 p.m. Friday night. Firefighters discovered heavy smoke and could see flames inside the home, Wilson says.
Firefighters fought their way inside and soon got the fire under control after it spread to the attic, Wilson says.
Wilson says the home suffered about $50,000 in damage. They don’t yet know the cause of the fire.
Bartholomew County deputies are looking for your help finding the people who vandalized an Ogilville church over the weekend.
Deputies were called to the Ohio Chapel United Methodist Church, on W. County Road 525S, Saturday afternoon after a caretaker found someone has forced their way in and caused extensive damage. Windows were broken out, many items were destroyed throughout the church and a room was set on fire. Luckily, the fire burned itself out.
The Sheriff’s Office is asking that anyone who has any information or was in the area the night of night July 7th or morning on July 8, contact the department.
If you have any information, no matter how seemingly insignificant, please contact Detective Will Kinman at 812-565-5926 or the Sheriff’s Office Tip Line: 812-379-1712.
Columbus city officials are praising the cooperation of state, federal and local governments, as well as Cummins, CSX and the Louisville and Indiana Railroad, for coming up with the funding to make the dream of a downtown overpass into a reality.
The city announced this week that INDOT has approved the overpass on Jonathan Moore Pike at State Road 11, just west of downtown Columbus. The goal is to help alleviate the traffic tieups that will be caused by increasing train traffic, starting next year.
The project is conservatively estimated to cost $30 million to complete. INDOT will be providing half of that money. Which leaves $15 million for the city to come up with.
The majority of the money will come from two of the city’s Tax Increment Financing Districts — one covering downtown and one covering the Cummins Plant One on Central Avenue. The Columbus Redevelopment Commission controls TIF money, which is collected from rising property taxes within the district and must be used to benefit the infrastructure in the district.
The city plans to spend $4 million from the downtown TIF and $5 million from the Cummins TIF. Mayor Jim Lienhoop says the Cummins TIF had $5.8 million in funds at the end of last year.
The mayor said that the city must seek approval both from Cummins and from the Columbus Redevelopment Commission to make use of those fund.
Several partners will be helping the city out, including the railroads, says Lienhoop
Bartholomew County also is planning to kick in money. County Commissioners President Larry Kleinhenz explains:
The appropriation of the funds must still be approved by the County Council, but Kleinhenz said all county officials he has talked to have been supportive of the project.
Other sources of funding to be tapped include state Community Crossings grants, federal highway grants and “potential savings from value engineering” according to the mayor’s calculations.
The location has changed for a Saturday morning meeting to update Columbus residents on opportunities for Brownfield grants.
The meeting will now be held at the Bakalar Air Museum at 4742 Ray Boll Boulevard. The building is across the street from the terminal building’s Hangar 5 restaurant basement, where the meeting was originally scheduled.
The city of Columbus has been awarded a Brownfield Assessment Grant by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. If you are a property owner, a land developer, or a commercial realtor, the city is encouraging you to attend this Saturday morning meeting to learn more about how this grant could benefit you.
The Brownfield assessment grant provides funds to take a closer look at properties that are potentially contaminated by hazardous substances and petroleum products, making them unusable or underutilized.
Saturday’s meeting will be at 9 a.m. at the Bakalar Air Museum.
The Bartholomew County 4-H Fair kicks off today and runs through Saturday, July 15th. The fair officially opens at 5 p.m. this afternoon and it is Bartholomew County Republican Party Day.
Among the highlights tonight are the Night Owl Country Band at David Boll Theatre, Ferguson Road at the Farm Bureau Building and Lucas Oil Pro Pulling Series with truck and tractor pulling at the Grandstand. All those start at 7 p.m. tonight.
At 8 p.m. tonight, there will be the 4-H Watermelon Relay at the Horse Arena
White River Broadcasting will be sharing a corner of the Bartholomew County Sheriff’s Department tent during the evenings. So stop by to say hello to staff from us here at Indiana Country 101.5 WKKG, Win 104.9, 106.1 The River or News Talk 10 10 WCSI.
The sheriff’s department will be gathering canned goods for the Pack-A-Patrol car effort for Love Chapel, selling tickets to win a Harley Davidson with sales benefiting the Indiana Sheriff’s Association, handing out balloons and sticker badges for the kids and deputies will be on hand to answer your questions.
On Wednesday, July 12th, the sheriff’s department will be issuing children’s IDs with the High 12 Club.