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Four people have been booked in the Putnam County Jail recently. Sunday • At 6:23 p.m. Jacob M. Joseph, 20, LaPorte, was lodged at the jail for strangulation and domestic battery. Friday • At 5:19 p.m. Jason R. Pierce, 23, Greencastle, was taken into custody for driving without ever receiving a license...

Nine people were booked in the Putnam County Jail recently. Thursday • At 3:55 a.m. Cory D. Batson, 25, Soddy Daisy, Tenn., was lodged at the jail for driving while intoxicated. • At 2:03 a.m. Brandon W. Gable, 29, Martinsville, was taken into custody for resisting law enforcement, interfering with the reporting of a crime and public intoxication...

Eleven people were booked in the Putnam County Jail recently. Sunday • At 4:07 a.m. Joseph R. Tiedemann, 37, Cloverdale, was lodged at the jail for battery, disorderly conduct and public intoxication. • At 2:51 a.m., Larry E. Roberts, 51, Greencastle, was taken into custody for driving with a BAC of .08 or more and for driving while intoxicated...

Seven people were booked in the Putnam County Jail recently. Thursday • At 1:26 a.m. Bradley W. Allen, 37, Greencastle, was taken into custody for driving while intoxicated. • At 12:47 a.m. Levi R. Abney, 26, Brazil, was housed at the jail for resisting law enforcement...

The following cases were filed in Putnam County courts recently. Rex I. Murphy, 44, Franklin, Level 6 felony theft Pamela A. Scott, 45, Russellville, Level 6 felony possession of methamphetamine, Class A misdemeanor driving with a suspended license with a prior conviction, Class C misdemeanor possession of paraphernalia, Class B misdemeanor false informing...

The following cases were filed in Putnam County courts recently. David C. Walker, 40, Greencastle, Level 6 felony strangulation, Class A misdemeanor domestic battery Kirsten L. Anderson, 34, Cloverdale, Level 6 felony driving after being designated a habitual traffic violator, Class C misdemeanor driving while intoxicated...

The following cases were filed in Putnam County courts recently. Matthew R. Hubbard, 36, Roachdale, Level 6 felony possession of methamphetamine, Class B misdemeanor possession of marijuana Jacob D. Cherry, 29, Greencastle, Level 6 felony driving while intoxicated with a prior conviction, Class C misdemeanor driving while intoxicated, Level 6 felony driving with a BAC of .08 or more with a prior conviction, Class C misdemeanor driving with a BAC of .08 or more...

Max and Sue (Merchant) Todd, former Ladoga residents, will be observing their 60th wedding anniversary on Oct. 1, 2020. They were married by the Reverend James Landrum at the Ladoga Christian church. They are blessed with two wonderful daughters, Sharol and Marsha, granddaughter Shelbeigh, grandson Sebastian and great-grandson Luka...

Russ and Vicki Evans are celebrating 50 years of marriage. Russ Evans and Vicki Scott were united in marriage on Sept. 12, 1970 at Roachdale Presbyterian Church. They have two children, Russ (Shiloh) Evans Jr. and Jennifer (Kenny) Dunfee. They have six grandchildren and one great-grandchild...

Jim “Tex” Ritter and Kathy Ritter are celebrating their 65th wedding anniversary on Aug 28. They lived in Greencastle their entire marriage until two years ago when they moved to be near their children. They were married Aug. 28, 1955 in Logansport. They have been blessed with two children, David (Cindy) of Westfield and Deb (Ken) of Noblesville; and three grandchildren, Matt (Stephanie), Meg and Kelly...

Bob and Lynn (Elliott) Brown will celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary on Saturday, Aug. 22. They were united in marriage in 1970 at the Church of Christ in Greencastle with minister James Sanders officiating. Debbie (Brown) Frost served as the maid of honor and Barbara (Elliott) Hopkins served as bridesmaid. Ray Smiley served as best man and Glenn Elliott served as groomsman...

Joe and Rita (Pence) Ferguson of Greencastle will celebrate their 60th wedding anniversary on Aug. 6. The couple were high school sweethearts and were married in Frankfort at First Baptist Church. Joe was employed by Old National Bank (First Citizens Bank) for 38 years. He also was employed by Wabash Capital Investment Co. and retired in 2001. Rita was employed by Dr. William Frisbie for 30 years...

Leland and Jo Ann (Brown) McCammon of Cloverdale recently celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary. The couple was married on July 5, 1970 in Columbus, Ind., at the Columbus Church of Christ. Leland and Jo Ann are both proud graduates of Indiana State University with education degrees. ...

L. Dale and Dona Joan Pierce celebrated their 65th wedding anniversary on June 28 with a surprise drive by/porch party at their home, hosted by their family. Family and friends helped them celebrate with many well wishes and fond memories. L. Dale Pierce and Dona J. ...

They were just young kids when they married the summer of 1970. And now 50 years later, Terry and Linda (Sims) Hoffa are still in love like teenagers. Both lifetime Cloverdale residents, they made their house a home together, with three lovely daughters — Sheryl, Susan and Stephanie...

Richard and Nancy McCammack are celebrating 60 years of marriage. Richard and Nancy (Eggers) were united in marriage on June 18, 1960 at First Christian Church in Greencastle by Minister Elgin Smith. They have three children, Ivan (Kristen) McCammack, Kevin (fiancée Kim Wieser) McCammack and Neil (Jyme) McCammack; five grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren...

Congratulations to Thomas and Janet (Stubblefield) Jonker on their 50th wedding anniversary. Tom and Jan met and fell in love while attending Fort Wayne Bible College, now Taylor University. They were united in marriage at Hazelwood Baptist in Hazelwood on June 13, 1970...

Virginia Edwards celebrates her 100th birthday on Thursday, Sept. 3 at Asbury Towers in Greencastle.

On April 19, 1930 Lois Irene Dellen was born on a farm in Stilesville to Claude “High Pockets” and Katie Dellen. She is the youngest of four siblings. Her oldest brother Raymond was in high school when she was born but was killed during World War II...