Stories from Sunday, July 19, 2009

GREENCASTLE -- The attorney representing a Greencastle man who allegedly assaulted his mother in May has requested a psychiatric examination for his client. James Recker filed the motion in case of Seth Land, 21, who is charged with two counts of Class B felony aggravated battery, each punishable by a maximum of 20 years in prison...

Several events took place over the weekend at the Putnam County 4-H Fair, which is now in full swing. The Junior Leaders team of Tyler Heavin, Jacob Robertson, Kevin Dean and Mitchell Williams bested all other teams to win the Battle of the Barns Sunday...

BLOOMINGTON -- "Soldier to Civilian," a new film documenting the experience of veterans of the war in Afghanistan, will have its Bloomington premier on Thursday at 9 p.m. at Boxcar Books, Bloomington. This event is free and open to the public. The film is the work of Ross Robinson, a 2009 DePauw University graduate...

GREENCASTLE -- A summer vacation with their grandmother turned into the opportunity of a lifetime for Shelby and Christopher Gilbert of Greencastle. The siblings were visiting their grandmother, Ginny Callahan, also of Greencastle, at Ginny's vacation home on Tybee Island, just south of Savannah, Ga., in June. During their stay in Georgia, all three were tapped as extras for the upcoming Miley Cyrus film "The Last Song," set to debut in theaters in January...