Peru courthouse elevator repaired after 3 months

A broken elevator at the Miami County Courthouse in Peru has been repaired after being broken for more than three months, creating problems for people who couldn’t walk up three flights of stairs to pay taxes or attend court hearings.

Commissioner Josh Francis told the Kokomo Tribune that after months of prodding a company for parts for the repair, they finally arrived last week and the elevator became operational again Thursday.

Following the mid-May breakdown, some people in wheelchairs were carried up the stairs by others for court hearings. Miami Circuit Judge Tim Spahr said judges were forced to conduct some hearings by phone or hold sessions in empty first-floor rooms.