A two-vehicle accident closed State Road 60 West Monday evening and sent one driver by helicopter ambulance to Louisville.

Lannie Zink, age 88 of Campbellsburg was traveling eastbound and according to witnesses, Zink was stopped and waiting to turn onto Cave Spring Road, when he was rearended by Spencer Gilstrap, age 25 of Pekin.

Zink was driving a 2000 Ford van, while Gilstrap was driving a 2005 Chevrolet Truck.

Zink had to be extricated by members of the Salem Fire Department and was flown to University of Louisville hospital for treatment of injuries. 

Gilstrap refused treatment at the scene, but was later treated at St. Vincent hospital for minor injuries.

The crash is being investigated by Deputy Paul Ginkins.

The Salem Police Department and the Washington County Ambulance Service also assisted with the crash.

Salem High School FFA and NHS will be hosting the 7th Annual Randy Johnson
Memorial Soup Dinner Friday, December 15, 2017 in the SHS Cafeteria.

The soup dinner will be held prior to and during the Holiday Classic Basketball Tournament games beginning at 5:00 pm and continuing through the half time of the last game.

This is a freewill donation event with patrons able various soups and desserts.
There will also be a 50/50 raffle. All proceeds raised throughout the night will go to the Randy Johnson Memorial Scholarship Fund.

Randy was instrumental in the development of facilities and programs here at
Salem Community Schools, and we hope to continue to remember the legacy Randy left
behind for our school system.

Please come and join Salem FFA and NHS in remembering Mr. Johnson by helping to raise money for the scholarship fund in his memory. FFA and NHS have collected over $7,000.00 in the last five years for the scholarship, including the Washington County Community Foundation and Lilly Endowment’s assistance the last few years.

For questions or if you would like to make a donation to this fund and can’t attend the soup dinner, please contact Seth or Nicole Purlee via email at spurlee@salemschools.com or npurlee@salemschools.com or by calling Salem High School.

On November 27th, troopers from the Indiana State Police Post at Sellersburg received a report of a Burglary from a new construction site located on Fairview Church Road in rural Harrison County.

Arrested were Jonathon L. Taylor, 35, from English, IN, was charged with Burglary and Theft and Buster L. Embry, 41, from Corydon, IN, was charged with Burglary and Theft. 

Both subjects were incarcerated at the Harrison County Jail. 

During the theft, new appliances and other construction materials were stolen totaling over $4,500.00.

The victim stated he had a theft of propane tanks from the property a couple of weeks earlier but did not report it.

He stated he did however hide a camera on the property in case anything else happened. He stated he had captured a vehicle and two individuals on the camera from this theft.

Troopers viewed the video and saw two people allegedly stealing the items the victim had reported. The vehicle they were in appeared to be a 1990’s Chevrolet Astro van. A search for the vehicle and suspects was immediately initiated.

A break in the case came yesterday when a Harrison County Deputy located the vehicle on State Road #337 in Corydon.

The Harrison County Deputy immediately contacted troopers who then went to the residence.

As troopers spoke to two individuals at the home they started noticing items that matched the description of the items taken from the home on Fairview Church Road.

After confirming stolen items troopers placed two individuals under arrest. All the stolen items from the Fairview Church Road theft were recovered.

On December 8, 2017 at approximately 11:09 am, Clark County 911 Dispatch received numerous calls about two vehicles traveling over 100 miles per hour on Interstate 65 approaching the Nine Mile Marker.

The callers stated it appeared that one vehicle was chasing the other vehicle. 

At Exit Nine, (Sellersburg), one of the vehicles, a 2013 Chrysler attempted to exit and crashed.

The driver, identified as Billy Dale Huttsell, was ejected from the car and sustained serious injuries.  While rendering aid one of the troopers on the scene asked Huttsell what happened.

Huttsell told officer’s someone rammed his car.

Huttsell was transported to the University of Louisville Hospital with life threatening injuries. He was not wearing a seat belt.

Several witnesses gave information on the other vehicle that was involved, a greyish colored Ford Crown Victoria.

Later in the evening, troopers located the Crown Victoria involved in the crash in Scottsburg, IN.

Troopers made a traffic stop on the vehicle and James Paul White was driving.

White stated he had a confrontation with Huttsell in the parking lot at the Kohl’s department store in New Albany, IN.

The argument was over an alleged theft.

He stated Huttsell left the Kohl’s Store and he followed him eventually resulting in Huttsell crashing. Huttsell was taken into custody by troopers.

While troopers were interacting with Huttsell at the crash scene and White when they located him after the crash, both subjects were in possession of illegal substances.

ARRESTED:

Billy Dale Huttsell, 24, from Jordan Drive in Marysville, IN.

CHARGES:

Criminal Recklessness with a Motor Vehicle, Reckless Driving, Possession of Methamphetamine and Prior Active Warrant out of Clark County.

Huttsell is being held by Louisville Metro Corrections awaiting extradition to Indiana.

ARRESTED:

James Paul White, 32, from Lovers Lane in Scottsburg, IN.

Charges:

Clark County:  Escape, Criminal Recklessness with a Motor Vehicle Causing Bodily Injury and Reckless Driving.

Scott County: Possession of a Controlled Substance, Possession of Marijuana and Possession of Paraphernalia.

White was incarcerated at the Clark County Jail.

This investigation is continuing

Pee Wee 34-35 A – Konner Daulton’s place is 2nd and has scored 11.00 team points.

• Round 1 – Konner Daulton (Salem Lions Wrestling Club) won by fall over Nevaeh roberts (Terre Haute Northside Wrestlin) (Fall 0:50)
• Round 2 – Konner Daulton (Salem Lions Wrestling Club) won by forfeit over Jody Shuler (COLUMBUS East Wrestling) (FF)
• Round 3 – Bronx Allison (Decatur Central Wrestling Club) won by fall over Konner Daulton (Salem Lions Wrestling Club) (Fall 1:30)

Pee Wee 34-35 B – Andee Walters’s place is 4th and has scored 2.00 team points.

• Round 1 – Gabriel Nieto (Kokomo Wildkat Wrestling Club) won by fall over Andee Walters (Salem Lions Wrestling Club) (Fall 0:56)
• Round 2 – Kohen Cotner (BWC) won by fall over Andee Walters (Salem Lions Wrestling Club) (Fall 0:11)
• Round 3 – Caedin Torrey (Angola Hornets Wrestling) won by fall over Andee Walters (Salem Lions Wrestling Club) (Fall 0:44)

Bantam 52-53 – Rylan Pollock’s place is 3rd and has scored 4.00 team points.

• Round 1 – Rylan Pollock (Salem Lions Wrestling Club) won by decision over Gavin Begley (Noblesville Youth Wrestling Cl) (Dec 6-1)
• Round 2 – Keagan Weaver (Martinsville Madmen Wrestling) won by decision over Rylan Pollock (Salem Lions Wrestling Club) (Dec 8-5)
• Round 3 – Carter Farlow (Clinton Prairie Wrestling Club) won by fall over Rylan Pollock (Salem Lions Wrestling Club) (Fall 0:46)

Bantam 53-53 – Bryant Barbour’s place is 2nd and has scored 7.00 team points.

• Round 1 – Harry Williams (Zionsville Wrestling Club) won by major decision over Bryant Barbour (Salem Lions Wrestling Club) (Maj 14-5)
• Round 2 – Bryant Barbour (Salem Lions Wrestling Club) won by decision over Jocelyn Holbrook (BWC) (Dec 12-9)
• Round 3 – Bryant Barbour (Salem Lions Wrestling Club) won by decision over Tucker Harbert (Dragon Wrestling Club) (Dec 9-8)

Intermediate 57-58 – Dylan Walters’s place is 1st and has scored 15.00 team points.

• Round 1 – Dylan Walters (Salem Lions Wrestling Club) won by fall over Brayden Saleem (DELTA) (Fall 0:44)
• Round 2 – Dylan Walters (Salem Lions Wrestling Club) won by fall over Marissa (Mimi) Nicolas (Rossville) (Fall 2:44)
• Round 3 – Dylan Walters (Salem Lions Wrestling Club) won by major decision over Tyler Huffman (Alexandria Wrestling Club) (Maj 11-0)

Intermediate 62-62 – Harley Walters’s place is 3rd and has scored 4.00 team points.

• Round 1 – Harley Walters (Salem Lions Wrestling Club) won by decision over Cohen Moore (Avon Wrestling Club) (Dec 7-5)
• Round 2 – Adryn Stephens (Shenandoah Wrestling Club) won by decision over Harley Walters (Salem Lions Wrestling Club) (Dec 8-6)
• Round 3 – Jalin England (Zionsville Wrestling Club) won by decision over Harley Walters (Salem Lions Wrestling Club) (Dec 7-1)

Intermediate 65-66 – Ty Brueche’s place is 1st and has scored 14.00 team points.

• Round 1 – Ty Brueche (Salem Lions Wrestling Club) won by decision over Thaddeus Heath (Avon Wrestling Club) (Dec 9-3)
• Round 2 – Ty Brueche (Salem Lions Wrestling Club) won by fall over Wesley Walsworth (Westfield Wrestling Club) (Fall 0:32)
• Round 3 – Ty Brueche (Salem Lions Wrestling Club) won by fall over Landyn Wegert (Peru) (Fall 1:45)

Intermediate 106-110 – Hunter Hasick’s place is 1st and has scored 7.00 team points.

• Round 1 – Hunter Hasick (Salem Lions Wrestling Club) won by decision over Nathan Freeman (Rossville) (Dec 8-5)
• Round 3 – Hunter Hasick (Salem Lions Wrestling Club) won by fall over Quinn Berry (Noblesville Youth Wrestling Cl) (Fall 1:48)

Novice 63-65 – Brayden Walters’s place is 1st and has scored 16.00 team points.

• Round 1 – Brayden Walters (Salem Lions Wrestling Club) won by fall over Ethan Wideman (Peru) (Fall 2:26)
• Round 2 – Brayden Walters (Salem Lions Wrestling Club) received a bye () (Bye)
• Round 3 – Brayden Walters (Salem Lions Wrestling Club) won by fall over Aaden Campbell (Bloomington Elite) (Fall 2:45)

Novice 65-70 – Aiden Jackey’s place is 4th and has scored 2.00 team points.

• Round 1 – Tyler Lavin (Dragon Wrestling Club) won by fall over Aiden Jackey (Salem Lions Wrestling Club) (Fall 0:25)
• Round 2 – Cullen Crowley (Central Indiana Academy Of Wre) won by fall over Aiden Jackey (Salem Lions Wrestling Club) (Fall 0:10)
• Round 3 – Colten Pickett (Decatur Central Wrestling Club) won by fall over Aiden Jackey (Salem Lions Wrestling Club) (Fall 0:27)

Novice 128-134 – Jacob Wolfe’s place is 3rd and has scored 0.00 team points.

• Round 2 – Jacob Head (Dragon Wrestling Club) won by decision over Jacob Wolfe (Salem Lions Wrestling Club) (Dec 6-2)
• Round 3 – Hayden Reynolds (Danville Wrestling Club) won by fall over Jacob Wolfe (Salem Lions Wrestling Club) (Fall 0:41)