Coronavirus: Closings and cancellations in Greater Lafayette (2024)

Dave Bangert|Lafayette Journal & Courier

LAFAYETTE – Is your Greater Lafayette business, church or organization closing or have you canceled an event in light of coronavirus precaution? Let us know.

Send your closures and cancellations to: dbangert@jconline.com.

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Schools and universities

Benton Community School Corp.:Closed from March 16-29.

Carroll Consolidated School Corp.: Closed March 16-April 3.

Clinton Central School Corp.: Closed March 16-April 3, with e-Learning.

Clinton Prairie School Corp.: Closed March 16-April 3, with e-Learning.

Crawfordsville School Corp.: Distance learning, March 16-20.

Delphi Community School Corp.: Closed March 16-April 3.

Ivy Tech Community College:Ivy Tech is delaying the start of all classes until March 23 and will begin online delivery of almost all classes on that date through April 5.

Lafayette School Corp.: Closed March 16- March 31; remote learning starts April 1.

Lafayette Catholic School System: Closed March 16-18. E-Learning March 19-20 and March 30-April 3.

Montessori School of Greater Lafayette: Closed March 16 to April 6.

North Montgomery School Corp.: E-learning days March 16-20, followed by scheduled spring break, March 23-27.

Tippecanoe School Corp.: Closed March 16- March 31; remote learning starts April 1.

Tri-County School Corp.: Closed March 16-30, with remote learning.

Purdue University: Campus will remain open, but classes will move online, starting March 23, the day after spring break. Purdue also suspendedall university-sponsored events that involve external visitors, effective March 16 to May 2. That included gatherings of 50 or more attendees.

Rossville Consolidated School District: Closed March 16-19. The district will conduct eLearning.

Wabash College: Face-to-face classes will suspended at least through March 27.

West Lafayette Community School Corp.: Closed March 16- March 31; remote learning starts April 1.

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Churches, businesses, events

Buck Creek United Methodist Church: Free-will offering community breakfast canceled for Saturday, March 14. The next scheduled breakfast will be April 11.

Central Presbyterian, 31 N. Seventh St.: Services and activities canceled Sunday, March 15. For an online service, go to: www.centralpreschurch.org.

Chapel of the Good Shepherd Episcopal, West Lafayette: No in-person services through March.

City of God Church in Lafayette: Weekly worship service canceled Sunday, March 15.

Connection Point Church, West Lafayette: Services Sunday, March 15, moved to "house church Sunday" with online services at connectionpointchurch.org.

Covenant Church in West Lafayette: Sunday services canceled until further notice. Online services at 9 a.m. or after 10:45 a.m. each Sunday athttps://www.covenantepc.org/sermons/

Elston Presbyterian Church, Lafayette: All in-person worship services, Bible studies and other activities are canceled until further notice. An audio recording of the weekly worship service will be available on the church's Facebook page each Sunday.

Evangelical Covenant Church, Lafayette: Services canceled Sunday, March 15. Online service at 10:30 a.m. Sunday at www.ecclife.net.

Faith Church: Services canceled for "upcoming weeks,"replaced with one onlineservice atwww.faithlafayette.org/church.

Federated Church, West Lafayette: Suspended all activities at church building through March 31.Services will be streamed on YouTube Channel "Federated Church of West Lafayette" at 10:30 a.m. Sundays.

First Baptist Church, Lafayette: Online worship beginning March 22, at firstbaptistlafayette.org

First Christian Church, Lafayette: Services canceled for Sunday, March 15. Online service at 10:15 a.m. Sunday at fcclaf.org.

First United Methodist Church, West Lafayette: Services and other congregational functions canceled for the next three weeks. Find 11 a.m. Sunday online worship at www.fumcwl.org.

Girl Scouts: More than 420 Girl Scout cookie booths across 45 counties closed Sunday, March 15.

Holy Trinity Lutheran Church, Lafayette: Sunday servicescanceled March 15 and22.

Imagination Station, 600 N. Fourth St., Lafayette: Closed, starting Saturday, March 14. Re-opening date not set.

Kossuth Street Baptist Church, Lafayette: Services canceled for Sunday, March 15, and until further notice.

Lafayette Master Chorale and Children's Choir: AllMonday evening rehearsals canceled. Cathedral Classics, a chorale concert scheduled for April 5, canceled. Road Trip USA, a Lafayette Children's Choir concert scheduled for April 18, canceled.

Long Center events: All March shows postponed at the downtown Lafayette venue, including "Happy Feet” movie screening, Sunday, March 15;“A Tale of Two Cities,” Friday, March 20, and Saturday, March 21;Scotty McCreery, Thursday, March 26; andMichael W. Smith, Saturday, March 28.Ticket-holders for March shows will receive communications for those dates.The Scotty McCreery concert is rescheduled to Sept. 3; tickets will automatically transfer to the new date.The Long Center is working with the Michael W. Smith concert promoter to reschedule.

Lafayette Seventh-day Adventists: Church closed, online services athttps://lafayettein.adventistchurch.org.

Northview Church in West Lafayette: Weekend services will be held online only for the next four weeks.

Purdue Bands: The department canceled its remaining schedule of performances for all its ensembles for the semester.

Purdue baseball alumni day:Scheduled forMay 9 at Alexander Field has been canceled.

Purdue Convocations productions:Purdue Convocations canceled the rest of its season, including four shows: fuse presents DOKK; “A Bronx Tale;” Soyeon Kate Lee and Ran Dank; and “Waitress.” Convocations was offering refunds, starting March 23.

Purdue football spring game: The annual eventscheduled for April 4 has beencanceled. All events surrounding the spring game have been canceled, including the alumni reunion scheduled for April 3 and 4.

Purdue men’s basketball postseason banquet: Scheduled forApril 15 has beencanceled

Purdue Musical Organizations: PMO's remaining shows have been canceled for this school year.

Purdue's Spring Fest: The popular community event, featuring Bug Bowl, on April 18 has been canceled.

Resurrection Presbyterian Church, West Lafayette: Sunday services canceled through March.

St. John Episcopal, Lafayette: Services are on for Sunday, March 15, but canceled for the rest of March after that.

Second Baptist Church: The 8:30 a.m. Sunday service has been cancelled, with the church moving to one 10:30 a.m. Sunday service for the next two weeks.

Tippecanoe Arts Federation:The TAP for TAF Craft Brew Fest on April 4 has been canceled.

Tippecanoe County Area Plan Commission: Monthly meeting scheduled for March 18 has been canceled.

Twin Lakes High School production of "Annie:" Scheduled for March 13-14, postponed to later date.

Unitarian Universalist Church, West Lafayette: Services and in-person meetings canceled "for foreseeable future."

Wabash Area Lifetime Learning Association (WALLA): Spring classes, due to start March 23, have been cancelled.

West Lafayette Public Library: Public library and community sponsored programs will be cancelled from March 18 to 31. The library will not be accepting reservations for library meeting rooms until further notice. All items checked out from the West Lafayette Public Library will now have an initial checkout period of 45 days. The library will continue with regular open hours for the foreseeable future.

YWCA Greater Lafayette: All group programs and activities will be suspended until further notice, including volleyball, Y-Dance, pickle ball, basketball, support groups and any other event or activity reserved by others at YWCA.

This story will be updated.

Reach Dave Bangert at 765-420-5258 or at dbangert@jconline.com. Follow on Twitter: @davebangert.

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