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IN THIS EDITION Your Guide to Fun in Gibson, Pike & Surrounding Counties. Four sections 64 pages Seven inserts Volume 144 Number 20 Craig seeks early release viction relief based on a claim of ineffective assistance of counsel on Tuesday, May 15. Judge Sherry Gregg-Gilmore presided over the hearing, with Robert Faulkner defend- ing Craig against Pike County Prosecutor Darrin McDonald. Craig and two others, James Brian Pow- Kelly Craig, 33, petitioned for post-con- ell of Chandler and Leon Jones of Ann Ar- bor, Michigan, were charged with the rape and murder of 15-year-old Shannon Wentzel in 1995. In 1997, Craig ac- Kelly Craig while using deadly force, were dismissed. He was sentenced to 45 years on the mur- der charge and a consecutive ten years on the attempted rape, for a total of 55 years. This is the second post-conviction relief cepted a plea of aid- ing in murder and at- tempted rape. His oth- er charges, including Class A felony crimi- nal deviate conduct Craig has petitioned for, and both times he has argued ineffective assistance of coun- Continued on page 2 News briefs seeking the photos of Pike Central High School se- niors to be published in the special graduation section on Wednesday, May 23. We have the photos of most se- niors, but still need a few. We do not have photos Senior photos are needed The Press-Dispatch is photos if none are turned in or not use a photo. We want to include all for: Tyler David McGee, Cady Roberts, Dillon Ro- bling, Robert Sanders, Josh Swain and Jace Taylor. We will use senior ID the seniors. They may turn in a photo to The Press-Dis- patch office in Petersburg. Head and shoulders photos are preferred. The section will contain photos and in- formation on the seniors graduating on Friday, May 25. The information for se- niors is available through the high school and must be received by May 16. The deadline to receive the photos is Wednesday, May 16. Anyone with ques- tions may call Mike Johan- sen at 354-8500. Kiwanis bingo to A truck driven by Jeffrey Davis, 30, of 1307 E. Cherry St., Petersburg slammed into the side of the Dollar Gener- al Store Monday afternoon. Truck crashes through Dollar General wall er slammed into the front of Petersburg Dol- lar General Store at about 1:45 p.m. Mon- day. No one was injured but there were a lot of close calls. Dollar General Store Manag- er Stacy Hill said they were closed less than an hour to get the fumes out of the build- ing and clear the debris from the entrance. At about 1:45 p.m. Jeffrey Davis, 30, of A pickup truck with an unconscious driv- By Andy Heuring 1307 E. Cherry St, Petersburg was found unconscious behind the wheel of his Dodge Ram pickup truck and the left rear wheel Kyle Sharp and Mary Ann McCann were in the parking lot and saw it happen. They ran to the truck and turned off the ignition, which killed the engine and stopped the rear tire from spinning. McCann said Da- vis was still unconscious and didn't respond to them. She said Davis started regaining consciousness as they unbuckled his seat belt. He eventually got out of the truck and stood up but was still groggy. Officer Wright said Hill called 911 when was still spinning and smoking. Petersburg Police Cpl. Scott Wright said it happened and when he arrived, Davis was already out of the truck and talking with McCann and Sharp. McCann said she had been parked next to the building just one parking spot left of where Davis hit the building. She said she had backed from the parking spot across the path of where Davis drove before hit- ting the building. Davis told Wright he had been working a lot of hours and pulled into the parking lot and went to sleep. His truck crashed in- Continued on page 2 Winslow fire chief resigns; water project nears completion submitted his resignation as fire chief and turned in his equipment to the town coun- cil, asking them to inspect his gear. Council president David Tisdale said resignation of their fire chief and received a status update on the new water line proj- ect during their Monday meeting. Winslow Fire Chief Travis McCandless Winslow Town Councilmen accepted the By Andy Heuring while McCandless was injured. McCandless was injured several weeks "We did what we had to do," said Tisdale. He said they appointed an interim chief ago in a domestic dispute with his es- tranged wife. He was then arrested on a charge of domestic battery. McCandless asked the town to pay for Steve Nelson, the interim chief, would be more familiar with the equipment and could do that later. McCandless said he felt like it was a per- sonal smear. keep local post offices open Plan set to table activities of the Petersburg Kiwanis Club, including scholar- ships for Pike Central students and the Christmas for Kids Program. Cruise-In car show at starting at 6 p.m. and lasting until about 10 p.m. or as long as there is a crowd wanting to play Bingo. All funds go to support the chari- will hold a Bingo Night on Satur- day at the Coleman-Stewart Veter- ans of Foreign Wars Post in Peters- burg on Saturday night to offer fun, a chance to win a little change and a chance to help Pike County kids. The Bingo Night is Saturday help fund many projects The Petersburg Kiwanis Club strategy today that could keep the nation's smallest Post Offices open for business, while providing a framework to achieve significant cost savings as part of the plan to return the organization to financial sta- bility, stated a USPS news release. The plan would keep the existing Post developed a plan that will keep area post of- fices open, but many of the smaller offices will have greatly reduced vhours. Last Wednesday USPS announced a new The U. S. Postal Service appears to have asked if that was all of McCandless's equip- ment. After McCandless left, Ashby then asked about a computer that was funded by FE- MA, issued to him by Pike County Home- land Security. Another firemen said Mc- Candless also was given an 800 megahertz radio. The board said they would check with damage to his personal radio. They agreed to do so. Councilman Glendel "Buck" Ashby McCandless to see if he had left it at the fire department or turned it into the Pike County Homeland Security Department. Councilmen voted 3-0 to accept McCand- less' resignation. In other fire department-related busi- ness, Tisdale said there didn't appear to much interest in Winslow joining the Pa- toka Township Fire District. Continued on page 2 Phone (812) 354-8500 Petersburg, IN 47567-0068 75¢ (USPS 604-340) Wednesday, May 16, 2012 Office in place, but with modified retail win- dow hours. Access to the retail lobby and to PO Boxes would remain unchanged, and the town's ZIP Code and community iden- tity would be retained. Post Offices in Pike County and nearby Amber Manor on Thursday The Cruise-In Car Show — munity is invited to attend. There will be a Resident's Choice Award, and food will be provided. The show will also feature a live Timeless Classics of Pike County will be held on Thursday, May 17 at 5:30 p.m. at Amber Manor Nurs- ing Home on Illinois St. Registration is free, and the com- that will be affected include: Otwell, Mon- roe City, Spurgeon, Stendal, Velpen and Winslow. "Meeting the needs of postal customers auction, which will start at 6:30 p.m. All proceeds will benefit Pike County Children's Christmas. is, and will always be, a top priority. We continue to balance that by better aligning service options with customer demand and reducing the cost to serve," said Postmas- ter General and CEO Patrick R. Donahoe. "With that said, we've listened to our cus- tomers in rural America and we've heard them loud and clear – they want to keep their Post Office open. We believe today's announcement will serve our customers' needs and allow us to achieve real savings to help the Postal Service return to long- term financial stability." The idea is to reduce the number of hours Continued on page 2 WHAT'S INSIDE: PUBLISHING PIKE Local ........A1-10 Obituaries ......A3 Sports ........B1-5 Classifi eds . B11-13 Church .......C1-6 Opinion ..........C2 History ...........C7 Travel.........D1-32 NEWS TIPS: Phone: ........................354-8500 Fax: ............................354-2014 E-Mail .editor@pressdispatch.net Sale at the Yard Sales head and Edna Loveless during their yard sale, which was part of the Peters- burg City-Wide Yard Sale on Saturday. Schwindt found several items she want- ed at their tables in the yard. Fonda Schwindt brings up several items to check out with Stacey White- CONNECT WITH US: NETedition ... pressdispatch.net/edition Facebook .... facebook.com/pressdispatch E-Mail .......... news@pressdispatch.net