Stories from Wednesday, October 18, 2017

W. Jean (Stevens) Weaver, 84, passed away on Tuesday, Oct. 17, 2017 in hospice care at the Residence of McCormick's Creek. She faced a fast-spreading cancer and dementia with the grace and faith that always guided her life. She was born on Nov. 11, 1932 in Monroe County, Ind., to Herbert and Esther (Lines) Stevens...

CLOVERDALE -- Seventy-five pounds of marijuana, with an estimated street value of more than $300,000, was confiscated Wednesday after a traffic stop on Interstate 70 in southwestern Putnam County, Indiana State Police at Putnamville reported. At approximately 10:39 a.m. Wednesday, an Indiana State Police trooper from the Putnamville Post, stopped a 2017 Toyota Avalon for speeding on eastbound I-70 near the 35-mile marker, six miles west of Cloverdale.