Stories from Saturday, July 24, 2010

GREENCASTLE -- A change of plea hearing for a former local insurance agent charged with multiple felonies connected to his business dealings has been pushed back to November. An arrest warrant for Bradley K. Buchanan, 44, of Greencastle was issued through Putnam County Superior Court on Nov. 12. At an initial hearing on Nov. 16, Buchanan was charged with one count of Class C felony corrupt business influence (more commonly known as racketeering) and four counts of Class D felony theft...

PUTNAMVILLE -- Detectives from the Criminal Investigation Division at the Indiana State Police Putnamville Post have completed a nearly one-week investigation into allegations that an employee of a local ambulance service inappropriately touched a female patient, then without authorization removed several pictures from the alleged victim's cell phone...

John J. Thomas, 86, Brazil, passed away peacefully at Cloverleaf Health Care, Thursday July 22, 2010. John was born on Nov. 14, 1923, in Parke County, IN, to Joe and Hazel (Gross) Thomas. He and his siblings were raised on the family farm in rural Rockville. He attended a one room grade school, Crossroads, before graduating as valedictorian from Rockville High School in 1942. He then enrolled at Indiana University, Bloomington, IN...

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Karla M. Whitaker-Pearson, R.N., 48, Mooresville, passed away Thursday, July 22, 2010 at St. Francis Hospital in Mooresville, surrounded by her loving family. Karla was born in Greencastle on July 29, 1961 to Wm. D. "Bill" and Martha Fidler Fluke of Mooresville. Her parents survive...