Tag Archives: bartholomew county
Empty Bowls drive-thru is Saturday
COLUMBUS, Ind. – The 23rd annual Empty Bowls has been converted to a drive-thru this year and is set for this Saturday, February 20, from 4 to 6 p.m., at Donner Center. Empty Bowls raises money ...
LND Staff Feb 18, 2021
ISDH reports 786 new cases of COVID-19
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. – The Indiana State Department of Health (ISDH) reported Thursday that it included 786 new cases of coronavirus in its Wednesday update. The state has confirmed 652,210 Hoosie...
Harrison Silcox Feb 18, 2021
Boil advisory issued for Grammar, Burnsville, and Elizabethtown
COLUMBUS, Ind. – Eastern Bartholomew Water Corporation (EBWC) has issued a boil water advisory for residents on State Road 7, east of US 31. This includes Grammar, Burnsville, Elizabethtown, and...
Harrison Silcox Feb 18, 2021
Luann Welmer seeks Bartholomew Co. GOP Party Chair
COLUMBUS, Ind. – Luann Welmer announced this week she is seeking the Bartholomew County Republican Party Chair, a position that will be selected on March 6. “Now is the best time to energi...
Harrison Silcox Feb 18, 2021
Johnson Co. inmate receives max sentence for stabbing
FRANKLIN, Ind. – The Johnson County Prosecutor’s Office said Wednesday that Joshua Medcalf, 31, was sentenced on a charge of aggravated battery for a Christmas Day stabbing of another inma...
Harrison Silcox Feb 18, 2021
Franklin schools brings students back to buildings
FRANKLIN, Ind. – Franklin Community Schools (FCS) announced Wednesday that students in grades 7 through 12 will return to classrooms on Monday, February 22. The change was made after the Indiana...
Harrison Silcox Feb 18, 2021
Elderly Seymour woman scammed
SEYMOUR, Ind. – The Seymour Police Department (SPD) was asked to do a welfare check on an elderly woman on Wednesday. The caller stated that someone had phoned the female and told her not to ale...
LND Staff Feb 18, 2021
Indiana COVID-19 cases continue to trend lower
COLUMBUS, Ind. – The daily number of Hoosiers being infected with coronavirus in recent weeks continues to be on the decline. The Indiana State Department of Health (ISDH) on Wednesday included ...
LND Staff Feb 17, 2021
BCSO arrests two for domestic battery
TAYLORSVILLE, Ind. – The Bartholomew County Sheriff’s Office released information Wednesday about a possible domestic disturbance in Taylorsville, on February 5. Autumn Purtlebaugh, 19, of...
Harrison Silcox Feb 17, 2021
Johnson County sheriff reinstitutes cadet program
FRANKLIN, Ind. – The Johnson County Sheriff's Office Public Safety Cadet Program is being restored. Sheriff Duane Burgess says the first session will be on March 10, at 6 p.m. at the sheriff's d...
LND Staff Feb 17, 2021





