An event to honor veterans will be held at the Bartholomew County 4-H Fairgrounds. American Legion Post #24 is inviting you to visit “The Moving Wall,” a half-size replica of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington D.C.

This free event, which is open to the public, begins at noon on July 27th and runs through 10 a.m. on July 31st. It will be open, and guarded, 24 hours a day. Organizers say that this exhibit honors all veterans from all wars.

Prior to setting up at the fairgrounds, organizers say that a parade route will take the wall through Columbus. That will begin at 9 a.m. inside the Sam’s Club parking lot on the west side of the city. The law enforcement-escorted parade route follows State Road 46 East towards Columbus, east on Second Street, looping north following Central Avenue to 10th Street. The parade then turns east on 10th Street to U.S 31 and turns north. The procession then proceeds north/northwest on U.S. 31 to 25th Street and turns west until it turns south on Washington Street and travels through downtown Columbus. The route then heads west on Third Street and follows State Road 11 to County Road 200 South near the fairgrounds. The parade will then land the display in place for viewing in the fairgrounds midway area.

A Shelbyville man was arrested after Indiana State Police say that he falsely identifying himself to a trooper during a traffic stop. It was discovered the man was wanted on several warrants from two counties.

ISP says that Trooper Will Gannon pulled over a vehicle Tuesday night for a headlight violation. While speaking with the female driver and the male passenger, Trooper Gannon reported smelling marijuana inside the car. The driver presented a driver’s license but the passenger said he did not have ID and verbally gave the trooper his name and date of birth. Further investigation identified the man as 29-year-old Dominique Reid.

ISP says that Reid was wanted on warrants in Shelby County for the following charges:

• Theft of a Firearm
• Maintaining a Common Nuisance
• Possession of Marijuana

Reid also had active arrest warrants in Marion County for the following charges:

• Battery Resulting in Bodily Injury
• Domestic Battery

Police say that a search of Reid’s belongings uncovered a jar containing marijuana and an unused syringe. In addition to the warrants, Reid was arrested on new charges of:

• Possession of Marijuana
• Possession of a Hypodermic Syringe
• Refusal to Identify Self While Stopped for an Infraction

Indiana State Police say this incident is a great example of how traffic stops for minor violations make communities safer.

An inmate at the Bartholomew County Jail is facing charges in an alleged battery against a corrections officer. Judy Jackson, spokeswoman for the Sheriff’s Department, says that the alleged incident took place on June 28th.

An investigation by the department found probable cause that 29-year-old Adam Leatherbury, of Columbus, had battered an officer. According to the report, the corrections officer was not hurt and didn’t require medical treatment. The report was turned over to the Bartholomew County Prosecutor’s Office, which subsequently filed a felony charge of battery resulting in bodily injury to a public safety official against Leatherbury.

Authorities say that this is the second case against Leatherbury accusing him of violence towards jail staff. On Jan. 31, Leatherbury allegedly punched another corrections officer and spat in his face. That led to other charges against the inmate.

Authorities say that Leatherbury has been in the Bartholomew County Jail since November of 2016 after being arrested on a Failure to Appear warrant for auto theft. He is being held in lieu of a $122,500 bond.

Sheriff Matt Myers says that incidents such as these magnify the dangers faced by jail staff and other members of law enforcement. “Overcrowding in our jail poses not only greater risk to inmates but also increases risk to our correctional officers who must work in overcrowded conditions,” said Myers. “As our inmate population grows, our Correction’s staff is required to provide more and more services. This overcrowding causes tempers to flare. We continue to see significant increases in our jail population and I am sure we are not going to see a reduction anytime soon.” Sheriff Myers went on to say that regardless of the number of inmates housed at the jail, “we will not allow members of our jail staff to be abused.”

Sheriff Myers has been advocating a need to drastically increase manpower at the Sheriff’s Department, both on the road and at the jail. The Bartholomew County Council is considering tax increases to help fund requests for additional staffing from him, and several county department heads. The council is expected to make a decision on possible increases when it meets Tuesday evening.

Greensburg Police arrested a registered sex offender Thursday on allegations he had been attempting to contact children via social media. WRTV Channel 6 says that 45-year-old James Browning, of Greensburg, had allegedly been attempting to contact girls through a social media app.

Channel 6 is reporting that Browning is a registered offender against children who was convicted on two counts of Child Seduction in February of 2010 and two separate counts of Child Molesting in November of 2010. According to the report, Browning was required to register on the Indiana Sex Offender Registry following his release in March of 2013.

The television station cited Greensburg Police, who told them that they caught Browning after a detective posed as a juvenile.

For more on this story, visit theindychannel.com.

The Bartholomew County Sheriff’s Department is asking for your help locating its most-wanted fugitive. Judy Jackson, department spokeswoman, says that deputies are looking for 22-year-old James Michael Purdue. She explains that Purdue is wanted on an outstanding felony warrant.

Purdue is a white man, standing 5’10” and weighing 181 pounds. He has brown hair, brown eyes and tattoos on his arm and neck.

If you have any information on Purdue’s whereabouts, you are asked to contact the Bartholomew County Sheriff’s Office at (812) 379-1740. You may also use the department’s Tip Line at (812) 379-1712 or send an email to sheriff@bartholomew.in.gov. Information can be left anonymously.

Cummins has announced the election of two new members to its Board of Directors: Karen Quintos and Rich Freeland.

Quintos is the company’s Chief Customer Officer. Cummins says that she is responsible for setting a total customer experience strategy. As part of this role, Quintos also leads Diversity and Inclusion, Corporate Responsibility and Entrepreneurship strategy and programs.

“Karen Quintos is a terrific addition to our Board of Directors as Cummins enters a new era of growth and success,” said Tom Linebarger, Chairman and CEO, Cummins Inc. “Quintos’ experience in customer service and supply chain will be an asset to us in our continued efforts to deliver world-class sales and support to our customers and create a more effective and efficient global supply chain.”

Freeland is President and Chief Operating Officer for Cummins, overseeing the Company’s daily operations. Freeland joined Cummins in 1979, holding various roles with the Company.

“Rich has a deep understanding of our markets and customers and adding him to our Board at this pivotal time better positions Cummins for success,” said Linebarger. “He has a proven track record of delivering financial results for Cummins, while bringing solutions to our customers that fuel their success. I am thrilled Rich has been elected to the Cummins Board of Directors.”

State Rep. Milo Smith, a Columbus Republican, was recently named vice chair of the Interim Study Committee on Elections. Smith says the committee will examine assigned topics, gather testimonies and recommend potential legislation.

“As vice chair of the elections committee, I will join fellow legislators in looking at how policy changes affected voting in Indiana from 2000 through 2016 in terms of voter participation and election results,” Smith said. “Working on potential legislation in this study committee throughout the summer and fall months gives lawmakers more time to explore specific issues and recommend potential legislation.”

Smith was also assigned to the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday Commission, the Military Base Planning Council and the Distressed Unit Appeal Board.

The Indiana Department of Transportation’s work to repair, refurbish and replace bridge locations on State Road 135 and State Road 58 in Brown and Jackson Counties continues. State officials want you to be aware of highway closings and re-openings.

On Thursday, July 13th, State Road 135 will reopen 7.6 miles north of State Road 58, just east of Christianburg Road in Brown County. INDOT says that an arch culvert carrying a branch of Hamilton Creek has been replaced.

INDOT says this will allow crews to make repairs and overlay the bridge deck at State Road 135’s three-span structure over Hamilton Creek, just west of Christianburg Road in Brown County. That will result in a 60-day closure to begin on or after July 18. The bridge is located about 9.5 miles north of State Road 58.

State Road 58 at a bridge site three miles west of State Road 135 in Jackson County is closed until mid-October. The single-span structure over Bee Creek is being removed and replaced.

State Road 135 is closed near Railroad Road in Brown County while crews refurbish bridges at Little Beanblossom Creek, located 1.7 miles north of State Road 45, and at a branch of Moser Creek, about 1.5 miles north State Road 45. INDOT officials say that this closure is expected to be lifted in about 30 days.

Once this section of State Road 135 reopens, INDOT says that the north-south highway will close for 45 days for repairs and deck replacement at a single-span arch bridge over Bear Creek, located about 1.25 miles south of State Road 252 at Morgantown.

INDOT says that these projects are part of a $3.5 million investment in bridge infrastructure improvements in Brown, Jackson and Morgan counties.

A 76-year-old Jackson County man died in a two-vehicle crash on Tuesday. “The Tribune” in Seymour says the crash happened shortly after noon on U.S. 50 just west of Brownstown. The newspaper says that Lonnie Delph, of Brownstown, was pronounced dead at the scene of the wreck on U.S. 50, just east of the bridge over the East Fork White River.

According to the report, Delph was driving west on U.S. 50 when an east-bound box truck driven by 54-year-old Scott Ortlieb, of Seymour, crossed the center-line. The paper cites the Jackson County Sheriff’s Department in saying that Delph’s vehicle rolled at least twice before coming to rest off the north side of U.S. 50. The box truck also wound up going off of the north side of the road and into floodwaters from the river.

The report says that Ortlieb was taken to Schneck Medical Center for evaluation. His condition has not been updated.

The cause of the crash remains under investigation.

For more on this story, visit tribtown.com.

Correction: Lt. Matt Harris was misidentified in a previous version of this story.

A man wanted on multiple warrants was arrested after he walked, and then ran from Columbus police on Tuesday.

Officers saw 31-year-old Jose O. Vera, of Columbus, in the 9000 block of Wexford Court at about 5:25 p.m. and recognized that he was wanted on several outstanding warrants.

Officers tried to stop Vera and at first he kept walking away, refusing to stop and then ran around the apartment building to get away, but he was quickly caught, says Lt. Matt Harris, spokesman for the Columbus police.

In addition to warrants, for auto theft, resisting law enforcement, driving while suspended, forgery and conversion, Vera is also now facing a preliminary charge of resisting law enforcement.