NEWPORT —
Several contested races received voter attention in Vermillion County during Tuesday’s primary election.
On the Democratic Party ballot, Roger Lewis came out on top in the coroner’s race, receiving 919 votes, while challenger Brian Morris received 652 votes and Chuck Procarione received 394.
In the surveyor’s race, incumbent Jared Dreher received 1,258 votes while challenger Lisa A. Gilman received 718.
In the county council at-large race, the top vote-getter was Michael Costello with 1,053 votes, followed by Jill Wesch with 906 and Milisa D. Carty with 897.
Vermillion County had a voter turnout of 28.74 percent. Of the 11,172 registered voters in the county, 3,211 ballots were cast.
Vermillion County
Democrats
County Coroner
Roger P. Lewis 919
Brian Morris 652
Chuck Procarione 394
Surveyor
Jared Dreher 1,258
Lisa A. Gilman 718
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Vermillion County races: Lewis wins race for coroner
Several contested races received voter attention in Vermillion County during Tuesday’s primary election.
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Editor’s Note
This summer, the Tribune-Star’s Mark Bennett visited New York City, Washington, D.C., and Shanksville, Pa., sites where the terror attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, are now memorialized. He observed the cityscapes and landscapes forever changed by the events of that day and talked with people he encountered there, many of whom witnessed the attacks and their aftermath from close range and had personal ties to its victims. -
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The latch clicked loudly, and Lt. Col. Robert L. Ditchey pushed open a door inside Corridor 4 of the Pentagon.
He entered an area that resembles an urban alley, but with a roof.
“This is where the final pieces of the aircraft had crashed through,” explained Ditchey, Pentagon press officer for the Department of Defense.
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