The Press-Dispatch
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Home Life Wednesday, December 28, 2022 The Press-Dispatch C-2 the day near the camper and thought the fire had been ex- tinguished, but then woke up at about 2 a.m. and noticed the camper on fire. • Jason Potts, 47, of 121 W. Pike Ave. Petersburg was ar- rested on several charges re- lated to child porn including child solicitation and posses- sion of child porn. The charg- es ranged from a level 6 felo- ny to a level 4 felony. • Petersburg Elementary School robot skills team Cir- cuit Jokers won the Seymour Robot Skills Championships. Team members are Corbin Knepp, Avely Knepp, Grayson Schultheis and Daxyn Yon. • Charger wrestler Corey Goeppner won the Southridge Sectional at 195 pounds. • Pike County was hit with a snow storm dropping about 4.5 inches of snow on the area. • Fire destroyed a log cab- in dating back to the 1800s. No one was living in the cabin at the time of the fire. It was lo- cated near the intersection of Highway 61 and the Ayrshire Road (CR375S). • Petersburg learned it was going to received $481,000 from INDOT to pay to run a new sewer line that will run north of Seventh St. • Pike County Schools vot- ed to end quarantines for stu- dents not testing positive for COVID and discussed build- ing a third basketball gym at a cost of $ 6.5 million. • Charger sophomore guard Quade Morton scored 28 points to the lead Pike Cen- tral to a 64-39 win over Tecum- seh. • Fire destroyed a 2007 Mercury Mariner owned by Lawrence "Buckwheat" Dent. Dent said he was having trans- mission problems and pulled over to check on the vehicle when he noticed smoke in the engine compartment. • Pike County Sheriff's K-9 Officer Bleck was named Best of the Best and rated the best Drug Dog of Region 5 by the United States Police Canine Association. Bleck's handler is Deputy Sheriff Buck Seger. • A Petersburg woman was charged with neglect after a four-year-old boy was found outside near a water-filled ditch behind the Hucks Store in Petersburg with no adults around. • Brieanna Head, 28, of 107 E. Walnut St., Petersburg, who was babysitting the child and several other children was charged with neglect. MARCH • The City of Petersburg proposed a water rate increase of 85 percent to pay for more than $17 million of improve- ments in the water distribu- tion system. Those improve- ments included a new water plant, new water tower, new water line from well field to new plant, two new water wells and rehabbing existing water towers. • The increase would raise the minimum monthly rate from $15.68 to $29.02. • A quick drop in temper- atures caused the I-69 bridge over the Patoka River to freeze and led to a 12-vehicle pile-up on the bridge. State Trooper Ryan Angermeier said it start- ed at about 7:30 p.m. when one vehicle lost control on the ice, hit the bridge railing and spun into two more vehicles. He be- fore he arrived the number of vehicles grew to 11 and before it was over, 12 vehicles were involved. • One person was found by rescue crews near 30 feet below the bridge. Rescue per- sonnel who talked to the man said he didn't remember what happened, whether he jumped or fell after climbing on the railing to avoid being hit by another vehicle. "He is lucky to be alive," said Trooper An- germeier. • Just two weeks after Pike County had 209 new COVID cases the number of new cas- es dropped to eight new cases in the last seven days. • More than 150 peo- ple participated in the Polar Plunge at Prides Creek and raised almost $ 80,000 for Spe- cial Olympics in Indiana. • Jayla Harris, Shelby Keeker, Alec Smith each earned the rating of Gold With Distinction, which signifies a near perfect score at the Indi- ana State School Music Asso- ciation State Solo and ensem- ble contest. Taylor Oswalt, Caden Fausnaugh, Max Bur- khart and Conner Loveless all earned a Gold rating. • Two Petersburg Elemen- tary School Robotics teams qualified for the state finals. • Pike Central presents the musical Into the Woods. • Petersburg's City Coun- cil voted 4-0 to adopt an 85 percent water rate increase to do more than $17 million in improvements to the water treatment and distribution systems. • Pike Central's boys bas- ketball team advanced to the championship game of the Princeton sectional by beat- ing Princeton 43-37 and then Vincennes 51-43 before losing a heartbreaker to Sullivan, 55 - 53 in overtime. Sullivan went on to win the regional the next weekend. • Three of Petersburg El- ementary School's robotics teams qualified for the VEX- IQ World Championships in Dallas Texas. Team members qualifying were: Korbin Trow- bridge, Gavin Mounts, Sophi Walison, Joshawa Blackburn and Keaton Stafford. • Pike County rescue per- sonnel rescued Francine Mc- Cann from her Dodge City residence that was surround- ed by floodwaters. But two of the rescuers, Kyler Henry of Petersburg and Jason Birch of Hazleton, needed to be rescued after the hover boat broke down in floodwaters. They were stranded for hours until other boat crews could get to them. • Pike Central welding stu- dent Beau Dillon won a $1000 scholarship from Vincennes University after placing fourth in a welding contest. • Pike Central's Quade Morton was named second team All-PAC and Kendric Sorgius named Honorable Mention. • Winslow Town Council president Josh Popp resigned from the council effective im- mediately. • An Evansville man, Tod- drick Ogburn, was arrested after a high-speed chase. The chase started in Washington and Ogburn, 37, fled south on I-69. Police said at one time he was traveling 130 mph. Stop sticks were deployed in Pike County. He then fled on foot but was apprehended. Police also confiscated more the 300 pills believed to be oxycodone. • Delaney Nelson and Emi- ly Krieg were chosen as Hoos- ier Girls State Delegate for Pike Central. • Nolan Nelson and Isaac Fair were chosen as Hoosier Boys State Delegates. • Several fire departments were called to battle a field fire that burned more than 100 acres and got into rugged and wooded terrain. • Pike Central Principal Brian Holland resigned after six years to become principal of Washington High School APRIL • The Petersburg City Council approves an ordi- nance to increase the Peters- burg/Washington Township Fire District's Cumulative Fire Equipment Replacement Fund tax rate from 0.0283 to 0.0333. • Petersburg was close to being dry, as in no drink- ing water. "We dodged about three big bullets," Ross El- more, Petersburg City Servic- es Manager said. Elmore said they lost a high service pump at the plant. He said they were either going to have to get a new one or have one rebuilt. • House Bill 1093 (HB 1093) limits schools to three eLearning days that are not at least 50 percent synchronous (live, on-line classes). • A local Petersburg cou- ple sold drum set and Bitcoin to start a successful 3D print- ing business. Chris Rowe and his wife Lindsay, started At- las Labs with very little. Atlas Labs currently makes a wide variety of things. Their web- site sells a number of toys and decorations. "We also make tools and jigs for local manu- facturing plants," Rowe said. • A fire was started by a careless smoker. Petersburg Fire Chief, Ross Elmore, said they believe a fire which start- ed in the stairwell of an apart- ment landing at Liberty Apart- ments off Mona Street, was caused by a cigarette left un- attended. "The people there denied that they left a ciga- rette burning, but we think that is what happened," El- more said. No structural dam- age was done to the building, owned by Tower Construction of Princeton. • DC Automotive holds ribbon cutting. A ribbon cut- ting was held on Friday, April 1, celebrating the opening of DC Automotive, which is a SD- VOSB (Service-Disabled Vet- eran-Owned Small Business). • Pike Central Lady Chargers beat South Knox 12-4 in softball. Pike Central erupted for five runs in the sixth inning to put away South Knox Tuesday, April 5, for their first win of the season. They were led by Chloe Wil- liams, who picked up the win on the mound, and helped her cause with a three run homer. • Lady Charger Tennis de- REVIEW Continued from page A-1 Jan. 12 — Randy Leister, with the Pike County Highway Department, places a large concrete barrier on the inside of a sharp turn on Harvest Lane. The barriers were being put in place to keep semi-trucks from driving through residents' yards on the detour for Highway 61 construction. Jan. 19 — After the 2021-2022 Basketball Homecoming pageant, all of the court gathered in front of a beau- tiful background decorated with the Homecoming theme "Starry Night." Pictured are, front row (l to r): Kaebri Yon, Jaize Mills, Aspen Hambarger, Princes Delaney Welch, Queen Albany Ashley, Alli Holder, Neveah Lemond and Crosby McCain. Back row: Alli Hardin, Gabby Collins, Alyssa Young, Eva Burns and Izzy Luker. March 9 — Ava Hudson, who plays the Baker's wife, along with Alec Smith (Baker), and Mallory Hunt, who plays the Witch in 'Into the Woods,' practice their lines before their upcoming performance this weekend at Pike Central High School. "This has been a really tough show to learn and I am very proud of the cast and crew for their hard work and dedication to make this show come to life," Melissa Traylor, Director, said