Officials with the Harlan Police Department say there was one arrest and numerous non-injury accidents over the last couple of weeks.  Last Saturday, officers arrested 55-year old Kurt Edward Block, of Harlan, for Possession of  a Controlled Substance. Block was also cited for having no valid driver’s license. He was taken into custody following a traffic stop and transported to the Shelby County Jail.

With regard to the accidents: On Tuesday (11/28), vehicles driven by Marissa Mitchell, of Harlan, and Jayne Olson, of Panama, collided at the intersection of Southwest Avenue and Chatburn. Authorities say Mitchell was stopped at the intersection northbound, in a 1999 Pontiac Grand Am. A truck was stopped west bound, waiting to turn south on Southwest Avenue. Mitchell couldn’t see an approaching westbound 2011 Ford F-150 driven by Olson that was in the outside lane. When Mitchell proceeded north onto 8th Street, her car hit the side of the pickup. The impact spun both vehicles around before they came to rest in the intersection of 8th and Chatburn.

A collision between a 2016 Chevy Malibu and a 2014 Hyundai Sonta happened Nov. 21st, in Harlan. Officials say William McMahon, of Irwin, was traveling west on Chatburn Avenue in his Sonta, as the Malibu, driven by Richard Mikels, of Portsmouth, was eastbound, and turning north into the Burger King parking lot. Mikels didn’t see McMahon and turned in front of him, causing the vehicles to collide.

The previous day (11/20), a 1996 Oldsmobile Regency driven by Zachary Barbee, of Harlan, was traveling west on Chatburn Avenue, when it left the road and struck a curb in the 1000 block of Chatburn Avenue. The car also struck a utility light pole and utility box.

On Nov. 15th, Harlan Police investigated a minor accident. Officials say a 2008 Acura MDS driven by Nicole Walter, of Glenwood, was turning into Border Fare on Chatburn Avenue, when an vehicle struck the Acura, causing minor damage. The other vehicle did not stop.

And, on Nov. 14th, a 2011 Chevy Traverse driven by Ted Jansen, of Aspinwall, and a 2005 Ford 500 driven by Dylan Hansen, of Harlan, collided near 23rd Street and Frontage Road, in Harlan. Officials say Hansen was leaving the Shelby County State Bank westbound. He slowed for the stop sign and turned left onto the Frontage Road south. Jansen was southbound from Frontage Road when the right front side of the Ford made contact with the left rear of the SUV.