Stories from Saturday, September 23, 2006

Mary Kathleen Galloway, 86, Tucson, Ariz., died Monday. Born in Stronghurst, Ill., she was the daughter of Albert and Flo Myers. She had worked as a cook at many restaurants and for IBM Corp., and was the pie baker for Howard's Orchard in Catalina, Ariz. She moved to Arizona from Indiana 31 years ago...

A Greencastle woman died in a head-on collision on U.S. 231 south of New Market Friday afternoon. Montgomery County Sheriff's Patrolman Paul Davis reported that Tracy L. Crowe, 41, Greencastle, driving a Geo Tracker, was traveling northbound on U.S. 231 when she crossed the center line for unknown reasons...

BRAZIL -- A Clay County Sheriff's deputy was the focus of a lengthy standoff with fellow police officers Friday night. As of midnight, Deputy John Lambert continued to hold authorities at bay at his Cloverland home west of Brazil. The situation began at 10:30 a.m. Friday when officers from the Indiana State Police and Clay County Sheriff's Department attempted to serve a warrant for domestic violence on the deputy at his home...

A Greencastle High School student has been arrested and charged this week for his alleged role in the recent vandalism of a rival school. Michael Richardson, 18, was booked into the Putnam County Jail Thursday night on charges of conspiracy to commit mischief and mischief stemming from the Sept. 2 vandalism of the North Putnam High School football field...