Monthly Archives: June 2020

Police searching for leads in Union Street shooting

Columbus police are looking for information about a shooting on Union Street that injured a woman last week. Officers were called to the scene at about 11:45 p.m. Thursday night and found a woman in the street who had been shot in her lower body. She was taken to Columbus Regional Hospital.

Witnesses told police that a silver SUV left the scene of the shooting.

If you have any information on the shooting, you should call the Columbus Police Department at 812-376-2600. Information can be left anonymously.

State Road 11 closed for 30 days south of Columbus

A reminder that State Road 11 closed this morning for the next 30 days, between Columbus and Garden City. Crews are working on the railroad overpass into downtown Columbus. The official detour according to INDOT is to take State Road 46 to Interstate 65, then south to State Road 58 at Walesboro.

The Columbus city engineer’s office is also announcing that the next phase of the State Street corridor improvements kicks off this morning. The right turn lane from Central Ave to Third Street will be restricted this morning to allow for the traffic switch to occur. The right lane of Third Street will be closed starting today. The west bound right lane of Second Street will be restricted to allow room for the traffic switch. California Street will remain open.