Stories from Monday, April 6, 2015

BAINBRIDGE -- A 29-year-old Coatesville area woman was fatally injured in one-car accident Saturday night on U.S. 36 east of Bainbridge, the Putnam County Sheriff's Department reported. Megan Witty was pronounced dead at the scene from head trauma, Sheriff Scott Stockton confirmed, after a westbound 1997 BMW driven by Alexander King, 28, Coatesville left the roadway about 6 p.m...

Dale Smeelink, age 66, Coatesville, passed away Saturday, April 4. He was born in Bexar County, Texas, on March 17, 1949, the son of John and Catherine Blackwell. He married Diane L. Patterson Smeelink, and she preceded him on May 1, 2010. He graduated from Plainfield High School and attended IUPUI...

Lt. Gov. Ellspermann to address GOP Lincoln Day event April 26 Indiana Lt. Gov. Sue Ellspermann will be the speaker at the Putnam County Republican Party's annual Lincoln Day program on Sunday, April 26. Dinner is set for 1 p.m. (with doors open at noon) in the Community Building on the Putnem County Fairgrounds, Putnam County Republican Chairman Jerry Ensor announced...