Thursday, April 11, 2024 - Capsule reports

Two firsts

The Jay County High School Senior Academic Team earned a pair of victories Tuesday during the final Eastern Indiana Academic League meet of the season at Monroe Central.

Jovana Markovic was on both winning teams, joining Hannah Boggs for first place in fine arts at the four-school event. She also teamed up with Ella Stockton and Izzy Winkles for first in English.

Markovic, Boggs, Stockton and Winkles were also on the second-place interdisciplinary team along with Corbin Bishop, Brenna Chrisman and Trenten Hamilton.

Didn’t stop

Between $50,000 and $100,000 in damage was caused in a collision Friday when a driver failed to stop at the intersection of Indiana 1 and county road 400 South.

Abdifatah D. Yusuf, 35, Louisville, Kentucky, was driving a 2009 Freightliner Cascadia west on county road 400 South and did stop at the intersection with Indiana 1, according to a Jay County Sheriff’s Office report. Cody J. Wright, 35, Pennville, was driving his 2015 Chevrolet Silverado south on the highway when Yusuf drove in his path, causing Wright to hit the trailer attached to the truck Yusuf was driving.

Wright complained of lower leg pain.

Yusuf  was cited with an infraction for not stopping at the stop sign.

The vehicle Yusuf was driving is registered to Amal Transportation of Louisville, Kentucky.