Stories from Wednesday, September 30, 2020

A lot of things have happened since Woody Myers visited a group of supporters in Putnam County last November. Myers has gone from one of three Democrat candidates to his party’s nominee for governor. He’s chosen former Hammond police officer and State Rep. Linda Lawson as his running mate...

In a report that declares a free speech “crisis on campus” among 55 institutions nationwide, DePauw University came up alarmingly low on the list. The site RealClearEducation released its 2020 College Free Speech Rankings on Tuesday, ranking 55 colleges and universities across the country based on responses from around 20,000 students...

Cynthia “Cindy” Ann Wiatt, 62, of Russellville, passed away at 3:15 a.m., peacefully at her home surrounded by her family, on Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2020. She was born on Dec. 12, 1957 in Crawfordsville to James C. Mitchell and Carolyne (Hughes) Smith. On July 23, 1983 at Woodland Heights Christian Church in Crawfordsville, she married Darrell Wiatt. He survives...

Betty Lou (Whitman) Bayliff, 92, of Kokomo, passed away Monday night, Sept. 28, 2020 at 10:30 p.m. She was born Sept. 3, 1928, in Ashtabula, Ohio, to the late Paul H. and Lucille (Allee) Whitman. On June 4, 1949, she married the late Edgar W. Bayliff in the Christian Church in Greencastle...