Johnson County News from Wednesday, July 15th, 2026

SOUTH-CENTRAL, Ind. - The Indiana Department of Environmental Management has issued an Air Quality Action Day for today, Wednesday, July 15, at 11:59 p.m.

EDINBURGH, Ind. - The German Township Fire Department, Edinburgh Fire and Rescue, and other local fire agencies were dispatched to the northbound lanes of I-65 at the 79-mile marker for a large semi fire in the early morning hours of Tuesday, July 14. 

FRANKLIN, Ind. - The Johnson County 4-H and Agricultural Fair officially opens on Sunday, but the Fair Parade is set for this Saturday afternoon in downtown Franklin.

SOUTH-CENTRAL, Ind. - After a brief period of comfortable summer temperatures, the National Weather Service (NWS) says hot weather is returning to south-central Indiana this week.