Stories from Tuesday, July 8, 2014

State Road 42 is closed in Clay County 1.5 miles west of State Road 59. The Indiana Department of Transportation announced the closure Tuesday morning after the westbound lane of the road collapsed. Due to heavy rains that moved through the area, twin pipe structures have eroded on the north side of S.R. 42, causing the collapse...

Kathy Lynn (Keal) Bertalon, 59, of Heritage Lake, passed away on Monday, July 7, 2014. She was born on Oct. 24, 1954, in New Albany to John Allen and Anna Louise (Brasher) Keal. She was preceded in death by her parents and a nephew, Beau Burgess. Kathy leaves to cherish her memory her husband of six years, Mark A. ...

The Flint family is the subject of the latest exhibit in the Founding Family series at the Putnam County Museum. The first Flint to arrive in Putnam County in 1844 was George Washington Flint, only about eight years old. G.W.'s father Milton was a butcher in New York. ...

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) -- Democratic Schools Superintendent Glenda Ritz accused Gov. Mike Pence's education staff and appointees to the State Board of Education of trying to "undermine" her efforts to secure a waiver from the federal No Child Left Behind Act...

It was a softball season that will more than likely be remembered for the shifting weather conditions and reschedules. The players, however, never wavered in their spirits. They were as excited as ever to take the field and though teams lost some valuable seniors, a strong underclass unit describes all the Putnam County teams...