Capsule Report - Wednesday, Oct. 29, 2025

Recycling paused

Jay County Solid Waste Management District has paused its lightbulb recycling program. 

District director George McGinnis explained Monday during a Jay County Solid Waste Management District Board meeting that the district’s process for disposing light bulbs has changed.

McGinnis recalled when the district received a grant nearly six years ago to purchase a light bulb crusher and start a recycling program. Jay County Solid Waste Management District had been working with former vendor Nu Genesis of Mooresville — it also handled waste removal for years with Jay County Tox Away Day — to recycle the light bulbs. He explained the company was purchased in May by Caldwell Environmental. The new company has told the district it needs to become certified through the Environmental Protection Agency as a small quantity generator of hazardous waste in order to crush light bulbs. With the ongoing federal government shutdown, McGinnis said, he hasn’t been able to discuss the matter with Environmental Protection Agency yet.

Turning accident

A Muncie man crashed his truck into the back of a Hartford City woman’s vehicle as she was turning into a driveway along U.S. 27 in Jay County about 4:15 p.m. Monday.

Travies L. Twilley, 29, was driving his 2004 Dodge Ram north on the highway. He told police he didn’t see the 2018 Jeep Wrangler in front of him turning into a driveway at 3386 N. U.S. 27, Portland. He crashed into the back of the vehicle driven by 55-year-old Tammie S. Micheau. 

Twilley's vehicle was towed, with damage estimated between $10,000 and $25,000.