July 23, 2014 at 2:10 p.m.

Friday, May 16

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Board to meet

On Wednesday, at 8:30 p.m., the Jay County Community Corrections Advisory Board will be meeting about and voting on the strategic plan.

The meeting will take place at the new location at 120 N. Commerce St., Portland.

Goes off road

A vehicle driven by a Muncie man went off the road in Greene Township this morning.

Glen D. Adkins, 37, 3208 S. Vine St., told Jay County police he was driving east on Ind. 26. When he approached county road 300 West, he did not realize how sharply Ind. 26 turned. He braked but could not slow down in time to make the turn. His 2004 Dodge Intrepid went off the road, down a steep ditch and into a field.

The 2:50 a.m. accident caused damage to the car estimated at $1,000 to $2,500.

Parking lot accident

Two vehicles collided in the parking lot of a car dealership in Portland on Thursday.

A 1999 GMC truck driven by Dennie R. Sumwalt, 61, 8396 West 500 North, and a 2004 Chevrolet Cavalier driven by G. C. Moses, 59, 1110 Detroit Ave., Portland, collided at Ken Kunkle Chevrolet, 414 N. Meridian St.

Sumwalt told Portland police he was backing up in the parking lot and did not see Moses pulling onto the parking lot behind him. The vehicles collided.

Combined damage to Sumwalt's truck and Moses' car was estimated at less than $1,000.

In area courts

In Adams Superior Court recently, Tyler A. Toland, 18, rural Geneva, pleaded guilty to driving while intoxicated, endangering a person.

He was sentenced to one year in the Adams County Jail, with 355 days suspended. He was placed on probation for one year, and ordered to spend 60 days on home detention. He also was ordered to complete alcohol counseling, pay probation fees and $360.50 in court costs.

His driver's license was suspended for 120 days.

Also, Diane M. Schmidt, 61, rural Bryant, was fined $140 and ordered to pay court costs for disobeying a stop sign.

Lecture series

John Dunnagan, vice-chief of the Miami Indians of the State of Indiana and tribal historian will lecture about the hardships and history of the Miami people in Indiana.

The discussion will cover the Miami Tribe and its history on how it became two separate tribes through the Allotment Act of 1873 and then the illegal termination of the Indiana Miami Tribe in 1897. The lecture will take place at the Jay County Historical Society Saturday at 5 p.m. For more information contact NCGLNAC Lecture Chair Sue Templin at (765) 289-2696.[[In-content Ad]]
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