Delaware
National Weather Service releases data on tornadoes in Jay, Delaware counties
MUNCIE, Ind. — The National Weather Service has released data on tornadoes Sunday evening that damaged Jay County Junior-Senior High School and homes in the Portland area and a business building in western Delaware County.
The tornado that hit the Jay County school between 7:45 and 7:51 p.m. Sunday was classified as an EF-1, described as a “moderate” tornado, with estimated peak winds of 110 mph.
Its path was 2.74 miles long and 75 yards wide.
According to the NWS report, the storm did “considerable roof damage” to Jay County Junior-Senior High School, which will remained closed this week, with students participating in online and remote learning.
The storm also damaged roofs of homes east of the high school and in west Portland and to a portion of the roof of the Portland American Legion. “Considerable tree damage” was also noted.
A second tornado was confirmed as developing in a cornfield east of the Salamonie River and south of Jay County Road 75 West between 7:42 and 7:44 p.m.
That storm dissipated, but the “same circulation continued east and produced a stronger tornado,” the National Weather Service reported.
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It was rated as an EF-Unknown, with maximum wind speed not estimated because of a lack of damage and evidence.
Listed as an EF-0 storm was the land spout tornado that damaged a building belonging to TK Constructors in Cammack, an unincorporated community along Jackson Street near Delaware County Road 600 West. It was reported at 7:39 p.m. Sunday, with estimated peak winds of 60 to 65 mph.
The NWS reported damage to the pole barn was “mostly sheet metal that was blown inward into the building and outward back to the west.”
No other damage was found nearby.
No injuries were reported as a result of any of Sunday’s storms in East Central Indiana.
Douglas Walker is a news reporter for The Star Press. Contact him at 765-213-5851 or at dwalker@muncie.gannett.com.
Delaware
Wilmington police working to identify body found in Christina River Sunday
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Investigators are trying to learn the identity and cause of death of a man found Sunday in the Christina River section that cuts through Wilmington’s Riverfront area.
Wilmington officers were dispatched to the 600 block of Justison St. after receiving a call about 12:25 p.m. regarding a possible dead person in the river, said David Karas, a police spokesperson.
After officers removed the body from the river, they turned it over to the Delaware Division of Forensic Sciences for further investigation and to confirm identity, Karas said.
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Delaware
Delaware County home listings asked for less money in October – see the current median price here
The median home in Delaware County listed for $160,750 in October, down 13.1% from the previous month’s $184,900, an analysis of data from Realtor.com shows.
Compared to October 2023, the median home list price increased 5.4% from $152,475.
The statistics in this article only pertain to houses listed for sale in Delaware County, not houses that were sold. Information on your local housing market, along with other useful community data, is available at data.thestarpress.com.
Delaware County’s median home was 1,638 square feet, listed at $112 per square foot. The price per square foot of homes for sale is up 19.6% from October 2023.
Listings in Delaware County moved briskly, at a median 44 days listed compared to the October national median of 58 days on the market. In the previous month, homes had a median of 42 days on the market. Around 130 homes were newly listed on the market in October, a 16.1% increase from 112 new listings in October 2023.
The median home prices issued by Realtor.com may exclude many, or even most, of a market’s homes. The price and volume represent only single-family homes, condominiums or townhomes. They include existing homes, but exclude most new construction as well as pending and contingent sales.
Across the Muncie metro area, median home prices fell to $160,375, down 0.1% from a month earlier. The median home had 1,637 square feet, at a list price of $112 per square foot.
In Indiana, median home prices were $290,750, a slight decrease from September. The median Indiana home listed for sale had 1,912 square feet, with a price of $153 per square foot.
Throughout the United States, the median home price was $424,950, a slight decrease from the month prior. The median American home for sale was listed at 1,835 square feet, with a price of $226 per square foot.
The median home list price used in this report represents the midway point of all the houses or units listed over the given period of time. Experts say the median offers a more accurate view of what’s happening in a market than the average list price, which would mean taking the sum of all listing prices then dividing by the number of homes sold. The average can be skewed by one particularly low or high price.
The USA TODAY Network is publishing localized versions of this story on its news sites across the country, generated with data from Realtor.com. Please leave any feedback or corrections for this story here. This story was written by Ozge Terzioglu.
Delaware
Investigation underway after body found in Christiana River in Delaware
Sunday, November 17, 2024 11:28PM
WILMINGTON, Del. (WPVI) — An investigation is underway after a body was found in the Christiana River in Wilmington, Delaware on Sunday.
It happened around 12:30 p.m. along the 700 block of Justison Street.
Officers say they recovered a man’s body approximately 40 minutes after arriving at the scene.
According to police, the man was wearing a hospital bracelet when his body was found. There is no word yet on his identity.
The medical examiner will work to determine a cause of death, authorities say.
Anyone with information on this incident should contact the police.
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