Capsule Reports - Friday, Feb. 16, 2024

JCHS team wins two

Jay County High School’s Academic Team picked up two first-place finishes as it finished in the middle of a five-team Eastern Indiana Academic League meet Tuesday at Randolph Southern.

The English and social studies teams won their competitions for JCHS, which was third overall.

Competing for the winning English team were Tinatin Japaridze, Jovana Markovic, Ella Stockton and Izzy Winkles. Carla Alashkar, Labibah Awliy, Corbin Bishop and Winkles made up the winning social studies team.

Adding a second-place result in math were Hannah Boggs, Anis Edi, Trenten Hamilton and Alashkar.

Jay County’s next competition will be the Eastern Indiana Academic League conference tournament Feb. 26 at Knightstown.

Vehicle towed

Damage is estimated between $25,000 and $50,000 after a Pennville woman hit a deer and caused heavy damage to her car along Indiana 1 in Jay County about 5:22 a.m. Monday.

Brandi Leeson, 46, was driving her 2013 Toyota Prius south on the highway near county road 250 North when a deer ran in front of her, according to a Jay County Sheriff’s Office report. She wasn’t able to avoid striking the animal, causing disabling damage to her car.

Leeson sustained a cut on her finger. She refused medical treatment at the scene.

Her vehicle was towed.