Get help in Hope Wednesday, April 4, 2018 5:38 AM If you need to get help in Hope, here are a list of community numbers that could prove useful:

• Ambulance -- Columbus Regional Health 812-376-5700
• Hope Clerk-Treasurer -- 812-546-0423
• Hope Town Government -- 812-546-4015
• Electric (Duke Energy) -- 800-521-2232
• Electric (Duke trouble line) -- 800-343-3525
• Electric (Bartholomew County REMC) -- 812-372-2546
• Electric (Bartholomew County REMC after hours) -- 800-927-5672
• Hospital -- Columbus Regional Hospital 812-379-4441
• Landfill -- Bartholomew County 812-342-2756
• Law Enforcement (Hope PD) -- 812-546-4015
• Law Enforcement (Bartholomew County Sheriff) -- 812-379-1650
• Law Enforcement (Indiana State Police) -- 800-658-8328
• Library (Hope Branch of Bartholomew County Public Library) -- 812-546-5310
• Natural gas (Vectren) -- 800-227-1376
• Post office (Hartsville) -- 812-546-4068
• Post Office (Hope) -- 812-546-4241
• Recycling (Columbus/Bartholomew County Recycling Center) -- 812-376-2614
• Schools (Flat Rock-Hawcreek School Corp.) -- 812-546-4922
• Turning Point Crisis Hotline -- 800-221-6322
• Water and Sewer (Hope Utilities) -- 812-342-4421

For information about housing, counseling, food, support groups, health care, legal and other issues, you can call the Bartholomew County United Way's Help Center at 2-1-1.