Stories from Monday, August 10, 2015

James E. Mason, 78, of Fillmore, passed away July 30, 2015 in Methodist Hospital. Born Jan. 8, 1937 in Hendricks County, he was the son of Sylvester Mason and Lillian Louis (Keller) Mason. He married Wanda Miller, and she survives. James was baptized in the Fillmore Christian Church...

CLOVERDALE -- While most people have not really started thinking about Christmas, Cloverdale Town Marshal Mike Clark is already seeking community support for families in need. An impromptu Christmas dinner last year has inspired Clark to get a several-month head start on this year's celebration. Last year he was contacted by a family who had fallen on hard times. Unfortunate events meant the parents would not be able to provide Christmas gifts to their children...

Traffic at the railroad viaduct on Greencastle's north side was reduced to one lane on Monday morning and afternoon. Apparent drainage work on the west side of U.S. 231 immediately south of the railroad underpass left only the northbound lane open...

Two passenger vehicles were damaged shortly before 11 a.m. Monday when a semi cut the turn short at Jackson and Washington streets in Greencastle. The Kenworth tractor was pulling a loaded flatbed trailer rounding the corner from southbound Jackson Street onto eastbound Washington Street...

A motorist on the city's east side was fortunate to walk away uninjured after her car overturned Monday morning. Geneva McCammack was westbound on Indianapolis Road passing through the intersection with 10th Street at approximately 5:45 a.m. when her car went up on the curb for an unknown reason...

Frances Wallace Jones, age 92, passed away Saturday, Aug. 8, 2015 in Greencastle. She was a life-long resident of Coatesville. She was born Sept. 1, 1922 in Clay Township of Hendricks County, the daughter of the late Earl Franklin Wallace and Mary Fisher Wallace...

Linda L. Fox, 69, of New Port Richey, Fla., Greencastle and Carlisle, Pa., passed away Tuesday, July 14, 2015 at the M.S. Hershey Medical Center. Born Feb. 16, 1946 in Greencastle, she was the daughter of the late Daniel and Marcella (Cooper) Minnick...