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MAY • Pike Central graduat- ed 136 seniors at an indoor commencement ceremony that featured speeches by the valedictorian Libby Stone, Sa- lutatorian Hunter Russell and the senior address by Lauren Young. • Three men were arrest- ed on charges of burglary af- ter police were called to Rob Lamberson's residence in Ot- well. He claimed Zachariah Tharp, 39, of Evansville, Da- vid Michael Blanchette, of Mt. Carmel, and Jasper Stocker, 20, of Princeton, ran into his residence, and while Tharp punched and fought with him, the other two held his girl- friend at knife point. Tharp, Blanchette and Stocker were charged with burglary with a deadly weapon, a level 2 felo- ny, armed robbery, criminal confinement while armed with a deadly weapon and theft of a firearm. • Winslow, Petersburg and Pike County each received more than $100,000 in pav- ing grants from the Com- munity Crossing program. Winslow got $104,170, Peters- burg $134,954, Pike County $276,000. • Eward Lee Bowling II, 59, of 3577 W. CR 450 N., Peters- burg, was charged with deal- ing in meth, more than 10 grams, while Richard Edward Bowling, 60, of 217 S. Main St., Huntingburg, and Colt Ray Walker, 31, of 607 S. Hill Dr., Petersburg, were charged with possession of meth, more than 10 grams, a level 5 felo- ny. They were arrested after police conducted a search of Bowling II's residence on CR 450 N., and found 78 grams of meth in eight plastic bags, ranging from 0.6 grams to 49 grams. • The City of Petersburg increased their parking fines from $ 3 to $20 and a $25 ad- ministrative fee. • A pet dog was rescued from an underground cavern that was under an old con- crete slab by the Pike Coun- ty. Brayden Roach, 13, was outside in the area and heard the dog, but couldn't see it. He eventually found it trapped un- der the concrete slab and re- bar. EMT Ashley Roach was able to get ahold of the dog and keep it calm until firemen used their extraction equip- ment to make a big enough opening to get the dog out. • The McAtee family es- caped serious injury when the truck they were in hit a utili- ty pole and rolled over sever- al times. Christopher McAtee was driving and had his wife, Kendra, and their four chil- dren, ages 4-12 in the truck. • Capital Dynamics/Te- naska/Averon announced the Ratts 1 solar farm would begin construction in Octo- ber. It is going to be located in Washington and Jefferson Townships near the Dutch- town area. • South 10th St., where it connects with Highway 61, is changed to a one-way street. • Aaron Meyer is named the Winslow Elementary School principal. He replaces Rich Luker, who retired at the end of the school year. • Xavery Weisman won the 1,600 -meter run in the Mid- dle School PAC, with a time of 2:31.04. • Grant Boyd and Xavery Weisman both qualified for the Indiana Middle School Track Meet in Terre Haute. Boyd qualified in the pole vault after he cleared 9'6". Weisman qualified in three events, setting a Pike Central Middle School record in all three events. She cleared 7'4" in the pole vault, ran 5:28 in the 1600 and 2:31 in the 800. • Ivy Tech will offer work- force training classes at the El- mer Buchta Technology Cen- ter. "Ivy Tech will work close- ly with Indianapolis Power and Light Petersburg Gener- ating Station, the Pike County School Corporation and other community partners to deter- mine the workforce training needs, and create opportuni- ties for local employers and residents," said Ivy Tech Chancellor Daniela Vidal. • Timothy Steven Gray, 49, of 2370 N. Spring St., Otwell, was arrested after a neighbor walked up to the basement door of the house, looked through the window and saw Gray inside having sex with two pre-teen girls. Gray was charged with child molesting or other sexual conduct with a child under 14, a level 1 fel- ony, and child exploitation. Gray faces between 20 and 40 years on the charges. He is scheduled for a plea and sen- tencing hearing in Pike Cir- cuit Court at 1 p.m. on Thurs- day, January 20, 2022. JUNE • Kelly Brashear is hired as football coach at Pike Cen- tral. Brashear served as an assistant at Vincennes before being named Washington's coach. He turned Washing- ton around from a no-win sea- son to an eight-win season in four years. • The Lady Charger soft- ball team beat Vincennes 7- 0 to win the sectional. Chloe Williams pitched a shutout and hit a two-run homer in the first inning to lead the way for the Chargers. • Pike County resident Aus- tyn Walburn was killed in a fire on Memorial Day in Bird- seye. The fire broke out while Walburn was asleep at his girlfriend's mother's house at about 8:45 p.m. • There were no new COVID cases in Pike Coun- ty from the week of June 2 to June 9, while there were five active cases and no hospital- izations during the same time frame. • Petersburg Little League had a season ending parade instead of an opening day pa- rade, which was rained out. • The Winslow Town Coun- cil awarded All Trade Solu- tions of Fort Branch a $23,000 contract to replace the light- ing with more efficient LEDs and install two new 5 -ton air-conditioning units and new duct work in the commu- nity center. • A tornado that lasted about 30 seconds destroyed a carport at the edge of Alford at about 7:15 p.m. June 8. • Highway 61 closed on June 14 as a complete rehab project for Highway 61, from Main St., Petersburg, to Har- vest Lane, began. A separate project of relocating a water line main prior to the rehab project actually closed the road. The rehab project was scheduled to start as soon at the water line relocation was out of INDOT's way. • Kaden Barber, 20, of 24 Lynwood Dr., Washington, was arrested by Indiana State Trooper John Davis for driv- ing his Ford pickup truck 111 mph on I-69. • Chuck Baumgart re- signed as Petersburg's Police Chief, a position he had held for six years. He was replaced by 10 -year veteran police offi- cer Kyle Mills. • Owen Delmar Garretson was killed in a hit-and-run ac- cident. Garretson was appar- ently getting his mail when he was struck by a vehicle on CR 575 N., only a few feet north of CR 500 E. (Dutchtown Road). There are only three houses on CR 575 N., a rock road that tees into a one-lane road. • A Spurgeon man, who moved to Pike County from Wisconsin, was charged with child molesting. Michael Lee Bolin, 43, of Spurgeon, was charged with two counts child molesting of a child less than 14 years old, a level 3 felony. The child's mother called po- lice after she found Bolin in her daughter's bedroom at 2 a.m. • A Wyoming man was found dead in his vehicle on the side of I-69's northbound lane, near the 46 -mile mark- er. Pike County Sheriff Kent Johnson said he was driving north on I-69 when he saw a ve- hicle pulled over to the side of the road with its hazard lights on. Johnson stopped to check on it and found Ribert Littler, 51, of Wyoming. Johnson said Littler was slumped and had a white powder around his face that turned out to be ground up Xanax bars and it appeared he had been "huffing" or in- haling a can of keyboard dust- er. Old Iron bridge to Cherry Street April 28 – April Crews used a crane and trackhoe to delicately set the 145-year- old Iron Bridge into place over Prides Creek near the intersection of Main St. and Pike Ave. in Petersburg on Thursday morning. The bridge will be open to foot traf- fic and replace the former Charger Bridge. Tornado near Alford June 16 —A standalone carport was the main casualty of a brief tornado that spun up at about 7:15 p.m. on Tuesday, June 8, near Alford. The carport, belonging to Randall Thomas, of 2146 E. Alford Jasper St., Peters- burg, was destroyed, leaving debris on some shrubs in the front yard and in a field on the other side of Highway 356. String trimmers and other yard tools were strewn across a field in the other direction. Chris Bailey, who lives on the other side of I-69 from Thomas, said he was out in the backyard and saw what he thought was a funnel cloud. He had everyone go inside and then he came back out and got a video of it. He said he could see airborne debris being carried by the tornado. Bailey said it looked like the tornado was mov- ing along I-69. It lasted only about 30 seconds before it broke up. Pike County EMA Director Ryan Benner said that was the only report of damage in Pike County he had received. He said Rick Shanklin, with the National Weather Ser- vice, looked at videos of it and confirmed it was a tornado.