Tuesday, November 24

Intersection collision

Vehicles driven by a Redkey man and a Portland woman collided in Portland Saturday at 7:18 p.m.

A 1997 Ford Escort driven by Robert L. Bland, 33, 110 E. Sherman St., Redkey, and a 2004 Ford Focus driven by Karissa J. Myers, 22, 806 W. Seventh St., collided at Seventh Street and Western Avenue.

Bland told Portland police he was driving south on Western Avenue and stopped at Seventh Street. He said he thought the intersection was four-way stop, so he began to enter the intersection. At the same time, Myers was driving east on Seventh Street and entered the intersection. The vehicles collided. The impact caused Bland's vehicle to go off the south side of the street and into a yard.

Bland was cited by police for failing to stop at a stop sign. The T-intersection was a one-way stop.

Combined damage to the vehicles and the yard, owned by Frank Vormohr, 715 W. Seventh St., was estimated at $2,500 to $5,000.

Vehicle damaged

Someone damaged a Portland resident's vehicle while it was parked at her apartment complex.

Priscilla Butcher, 600 S. Meridian St., Apt. 5, told Portland police that someone broke off the side mirror and scratched the passenger side of her car. The vandalism occurred between 10:30 p.m. Friday and noon on Saturday. She lives at Orchard Apartments.

Artifacts moved

Several artifacts from the recent auction at Geneva Public School have a new home at the Adams County Public Library, Geneva.

School memorabilia, class pictures, yearbooks, banners, trophies, athletic jackets, basketballs and other items will be housed in the library.

The items will be on display in a room on the second floor of the library.

Offices closed

All offices in the city of Portland will be closed on Thursday and Friday.

Trash normally collected on Thursday will instead be picked up on Monday. Garbage normally picked up on Friday will instead be collected on Tuesday.

Recycling will be collected as usual.[[In-content Ad]]