July 23, 2014 at 2:10 p.m.
Wednesday, Nov. 12
Nine votes
Berne Mayor Blaine Fulton, who was beaten by nine votes in the Nov. 4 general election by former Jay County teacher and school administrator John Minch, is asking for a recount.
Minch, who has lived in Berne for the past 39 years, defeated Fulton, a Republican, by just nine votes (835-826).
A press release from Fulton noted that of the 1,696 ballots cast in Berne, 35 did not register a vote for either mayoral candidate.
Arrested
A Dunkirk man was arrested Tuesday by Jay County police on felony and misdemeanor charges.
Charles E. Pettus, 31, 126 S. Third St., was arrested for driving after being designated a habitual traffic violator, a class D felony, and driving with a blood alcohol level of .08 percent or more, a class C misdemeanor. Pettus’s driver’s license is suspended for 10 years.
Pettus was arrested after he was pulled over by police.
As of this morning, Pettus was being held on $4,500 bond at the Jay County Jail.
Included
The annual winter sports supplement, taking a look at the season ahead for area athletes, is included in today’s edition of The Commercial Review.
A bad idea
A truck driver crashed his semitrailer while trying to change clothes as he drove 60 mph on a northern Indiana highway, The Associated Press reported.
Terry Gilmore, 59, of Ohio, told investigators he had set his cruise control so he could change clothes while driving on U.S. 6 Monday night about 25 miles southwest of South Bend, the LaPorte County Sheriff’s Department said.
He misjudged a curve and rolled the truck off the road and into two fences, police said. Gilmore was not seriously injured, but was taken to LaPorte Hospital as a precaution.
The crash caused officers to close a portion of the road for more than three hours.
A witness told investigators she found Gilmore naked when she went to check on him right after the accident.
No charges were filed in the crash, police said. A hometown for Gilmore was not available from police.
Deaths
Janice Elaine Miller, 65, Hartford City, member of a Dunkirk church.
Details on page 2.
Weather
A cold front will move through sometime this evening, bringing mostly cloudy skies, a west wind at 25 to 30 mph and a much cooler day on Thursday.
Lows tonight will be in the lower 30s, and highs Thursday are expected to reach only the mid 30s under partly cloudy skies.
There was very little variation in temperature on Tuesday at the Portland weather observation station, as the high was 58 and the low was 54. The temperature at 7 a.m. today was also 54. A total of .61 inch of rain was recorded between 7 a.m. Tuesday and 7 a.m. today.
Skies will clear Thursday night, with lows in the mid 20s and west winds at 10 to 15 mph.
Friday should be partly cloudy with highs in the 40s. Lows Friday night will be near 30.
There is a 20 percent chance of rain on Saturday and a 30 percent for Sunday. Highs both days will be in the mid 40s.
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Berne Mayor Blaine Fulton, who was beaten by nine votes in the Nov. 4 general election by former Jay County teacher and school administrator John Minch, is asking for a recount.
Minch, who has lived in Berne for the past 39 years, defeated Fulton, a Republican, by just nine votes (835-826).
A press release from Fulton noted that of the 1,696 ballots cast in Berne, 35 did not register a vote for either mayoral candidate.
Arrested
A Dunkirk man was arrested Tuesday by Jay County police on felony and misdemeanor charges.
Charles E. Pettus, 31, 126 S. Third St., was arrested for driving after being designated a habitual traffic violator, a class D felony, and driving with a blood alcohol level of .08 percent or more, a class C misdemeanor. Pettus’s driver’s license is suspended for 10 years.
Pettus was arrested after he was pulled over by police.
As of this morning, Pettus was being held on $4,500 bond at the Jay County Jail.
Included
The annual winter sports supplement, taking a look at the season ahead for area athletes, is included in today’s edition of The Commercial Review.
A bad idea
A truck driver crashed his semitrailer while trying to change clothes as he drove 60 mph on a northern Indiana highway, The Associated Press reported.
Terry Gilmore, 59, of Ohio, told investigators he had set his cruise control so he could change clothes while driving on U.S. 6 Monday night about 25 miles southwest of South Bend, the LaPorte County Sheriff’s Department said.
He misjudged a curve and rolled the truck off the road and into two fences, police said. Gilmore was not seriously injured, but was taken to LaPorte Hospital as a precaution.
The crash caused officers to close a portion of the road for more than three hours.
A witness told investigators she found Gilmore naked when she went to check on him right after the accident.
No charges were filed in the crash, police said. A hometown for Gilmore was not available from police.
Deaths
Janice Elaine Miller, 65, Hartford City, member of a Dunkirk church.
Details on page 2.
Weather
A cold front will move through sometime this evening, bringing mostly cloudy skies, a west wind at 25 to 30 mph and a much cooler day on Thursday.
Lows tonight will be in the lower 30s, and highs Thursday are expected to reach only the mid 30s under partly cloudy skies.
There was very little variation in temperature on Tuesday at the Portland weather observation station, as the high was 58 and the low was 54. The temperature at 7 a.m. today was also 54. A total of .61 inch of rain was recorded between 7 a.m. Tuesday and 7 a.m. today.
Skies will clear Thursday night, with lows in the mid 20s and west winds at 10 to 15 mph.
Friday should be partly cloudy with highs in the 40s. Lows Friday night will be near 30.
There is a 20 percent chance of rain on Saturday and a 30 percent for Sunday. Highs both days will be in the mid 40s.
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