Stories from Wednesday, October 7, 2015

More than 15 months after fatally stabbing another inmate in an incident clearly captured on surveillance video, a 39-year-old former Putnamville Correctional Facility inmate pled guilty to murder during a hearing Wednesday in Putnam Superior Court...

Micah Clark, executive director of the American Family Association (AFA) of Indiana, will be the featured speaker at the Greencastle Defenders of Liberty meeting on Monday, Oct. 12 at 6:30 p.m. The event is scheduled for the Putnam County Airport's Dixie Chopper Business Center, located at 102 Ballard Lane in Greencastle. The public is invited to attend...

Peggy L. (Buffington) Ortel, 61, of Center Point, passed away on Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2015 at Community East Hospital, Indianapolis. She was born on May 24, 1954 in Jasper, Ind., as the daughter of Vonnie and Elizabeth (Abel) Buffington. She graduated from Ben Davis High School in 1972...

CHICAGO -- Motorists may be doing a double take at the pump in the next week as gasoline prices in the Midwest begin to spike as refiners shut down for maintenance or unplanned repairs, crimping gasoline supply. "If I was paid every time I mentioned a refinery issue, I could have retired years ago," said Patrick DeHaan, senior petroleum analyst for GasBuddy.com. ...

Melba M. McGuire, 82, Roachdale, passed away Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2015 at her residence. She was born on May 19, 1933 in Dana, Ind., to the late Wilbert and Iva (Jones) Downs. In 1951 she married John D. McGuire in Hopewell, Ind. Mr. McGuire survives. Melba graduated from Bainbridge High School in 1951...

PUTNAMVILLE -- Abundant Life Baptist Church in Putnamville is pleased to announce that a special guest-speaker will be visiting this Sunday, Oct. 12, for its 10 a.m. service. Currently touring throughout the country, Filipino missionary Joey Cosme will speak to the church's congregation about his missionary work throughout the world...