Stories from Monday, April 24, 2017

Evelyn Louise Capps, 65, Brazil, died April 22, 2017 at Cloverleaf Healthcare. She was born May 10, 1951 in Decatur, Ill., the daughter of Wanda Louise Davis and Nathan Montgomery. On July 24, 1969 Evelyn was united in marriage to Robert Wayne Capps...

Janet R. Aker, 76, of Utica, Ky., passed away on Saturday, April 22, 2017, at her home. Born in Greencastle on May 27, 1940, she was the daughter of the late Robert and Thelma Myers Johns. Janet graduated from Greencastle High School in 1958. She attended Trinity United Methodist Church, Utica United Methodist Church and Lena United Methodist Church in Indiana...

Beverly Sinclair, 71, of Clinton, passed away Sunday night, April 23, 2017 in the Vermillion County Health Center at Clinton. Born June 12, 1945 in Putnam County, she was the daughter of Vern Runnells and Margaret (Campbell) Runnells. She was a graduate of Fillmore High School...

For every 1,000 Hoosier children, there are 17 substantiated cases of child abuse or neglect. In Putnam County, the rate is higher, at 18 cases per 1,000 children. It's the third highest among its surrounding counties but Owen County's rate is more than double the state average, with 41 cases of abuse or neglect for every 1,000 children, ranking it 7th highest in Indiana...

Jill Frederickson, vice president of SportsCenter and news editorial operations at ESPN and 1992 graduate of DePauw University, will return to her alma mater Wednesday to discuss "The Value of a Liberal Arts Education.” Her speech will begin at 4 p.m. in Watson Forum, located within DePauw's Pulliam Center for Contemporary Media, and is free and open to all...