Stories from Monday, March 20, 2017

Alvin B. “AB” Hanks, 76, formerly of Greencastle, passed away on Wednesday, March 1, 2017 at his residence in Houston. He was born Aug. 15, 1940 in Putnam County fo Fred Hanks and Zella Masten Hanks. AB was a graduate of Greencastle High School and served in the U.S. Army. He was also a retired real estate agent...

The Area 30 Career Center will host a fundraising event at Buffalo Wild Wings on Wednesday, March 22 from 6-9 p.m. for the Area 30 Scholarship Fund, which helps students with college costs and employment supplies. A portion of each meal will go toward the scholarship...

PUTNAMVILLE -- A 23-year-old Monroe County man has been arrested for allegedly attempting to traffic narcotics with an inmate or inmates at the Putnamville Correctional Facility (PFC). Tyler Shawn Bryant, of Ellettsville, was arrested by correctional police officers Fernell Keith McDonald and David Wire for two Level 5 felonies, attempted trafficking with an inmate and possession of narcotics, on Thursday, March 16 at PCF...