SOUTH-CENTRAL, Ind. - The National Weather Service (NWS) in Indianapolis has issued a Tornado Watch until noon on Wednesday for south-central Indiana.
The Tornado Watch is for Bartholomew, Johnson, Jackson, Jennings, Brown, Shelby, Decatur, and Morgan Counties.
NWS says local cities in the Watch area include Columbus, Franklin, Seymour, North Vernon, Greenwood, Whiteland, Shelbyville, Greensburg, and Nashville.
Columbus City Hall hosts Japanese junior high school students
COLUMBUS, Ind. - Columbus City Hall welcomed 18 students from Miyoshi-Minami Junior High School in Miyoshi, Japan, for a tour and a firsthand look at city government as part of the long-standing sister‑city exchange on Thursday, August 20.
Local farms receive Hoosier Homestead Award
INDIANAPOLIS - At the Indiana State Fair on Wednesday, August 19, the Indiana Department of Agriculture presented several Bartholomew and Johnson County farm families with a Hoosier Homestead Award in recognition of their commitment to Indiana agriculture.
Main and Madison Market Café appoints Kathy Jones as GM
FRANKLIN, Ind. - Main and Madison Market Café in downtown Franklin has announced that Kathy Jones was recently appointed as general manager.
Jennings County couple busted for meth, neglect of dependent
NORTH VERNON, Ind. - The Jennings County Sheriff’s Office conducted a narcotics investigation in North Vernon on Friday afternoon, August 21. Deputies applied for and were granted a search warrant for a residence in the 1200 block of Country Manor Street.
Bartholomew County accident claims life of Seymour man
SEYMOUR/COLUMBUS, Ind. - The Indiana State Police (ISP)-Versailles Post and other first responders were called to a two-vehicle fatal crash on Thursday, August 20, at 7:30 a.m., on State Road 11 near County Road 800S in southern Bartholomew County.