Saturday, July 27, 2024 - Capsule reports

Award announced

The National Association of Secretaries of State honored the Indiana Secretary of State’s office via its #TrustedInfo2024 contest.

The contest was designed to encourage state election officials to “creatively highlight their offices as trusted sources for election information.” Indiana’s office won for best video for Secretary of State Diego Morales’ effort to highlight crops, sporting events, hospitality and election integrity.

“One of the four pillars I established when I took office was; we will be innovative,” said Morales in a press release. “I’m constantly encouraging my team to use innovation throughout the work being done in the Secretary of State’s Office. This video is just another example of how we are utilizing creative methods to amplify positive, encouraging, messages to Hoosier voters.”

Turning accident

A Kentucky man turned the semi he was driving into a Portland man’s truck at the intersection of Meridian and Water streets in Portland about 12:50 p.m. Tuesday.

Christopher Douglas, 51, Louisville, was driving a 2012 Freightliner Cascadia south on Meridian Street when he began turning west onto Water Street. He told police he was attempting to avoid hitting the stop sign and didn’t notice the 2016 Ford F-150 driven by 54-year-old George McGinnis of rural Portland next to him, causing an accident.

Damage is estimated between $5,000 and $10,000. Douglas’ vehicle is registered to 2 CT LLC of Louisville, Kentucky.

Did not see

A Dunkirk woman didn’t see the vehicle next to her while merging into the turn lane at the intersection of Meridian Street and Industrial Drive in Portland, causing an accident about 2:30 p.m. Thursday.

Brandy Coffey, 18, was driving her 2010 Ford Fusion south on Meridian Street and began to enter the turn lane to go west onto Industrial Drive. She told police she couldn’t see the 2006 Ford F-350 driven by 65-year-old Gilbert McClure of Monroe, Georgia, next to her, and crashed into it. 

Damage is estimated between $2,500 and $5,000. The vehicle McClure was driving is registered to Mid America Shows Transport of Byram, Mississippi.