Capsule Reports - April 6, 2024

Highway closing

About a 4-mile section of Indiana 28/Indiana 67 will be closed until fall.

Indiana Department of Transportation (INDOT) announced that a section of the highway will be closed beginning on or after Tuesday, April 9.

The closure from the Indiana 28/Indiana 67 split to Mississinewa Avenue (Indiana 167) in Albany is scheduled to accommodate the INDOT project to demolish and rebuild a bridge over the Mississinewa River. The bridge is located between Black Mills Road and the Indiana 28/Indiana 67 split, near Delaware County road 425 East.

The project is expected to be complete by early October.

The official detour for the project utilizes Indiana 28, Indiana 3, Indiana 26 and Indiana 167.

Too far

A Portland woman hit a guardrail along the bridge on Meridian Street with the car she was driving about 6:22 a.m. Tuesday.

Judy A. Yaney, 72, was driving a 2015 Chrysler Town and Country north on the street near Second Street when she got too close to the edge of the road, causing her van to hit the railing on the southeast side of the bridge.

Damage is estimated between $5,000 and $10,000. The vehicle she was driving — it’s registered to Chad E. Chowning of Portland — was towed.

City hires

Portland Board of Works on Thursday approved the hiring of Michael Cline as a new employee for the city’s wastewater department. Cline previously worked for the department for about six years before leaving a little over a year ago.

Backing crash

A Portland woman backed into a Portland man’s car along Main Street about 8:15 a.m. Monday.

Cara Cramer, 44, was backing her 2010 Ford Scion out of a parking spot along the street near its intersection with Meridian Street when she hit a westbound 2018 Ford Escape, driven by 83-year-old Robert Vance.

Damage is estimated between $1,000 and $2,500.