Stories from Saturday, July 14, 2018

As things stand now, former Cloverdale basketball standout Cooper Neese will make his debut as an Indiana State Sycamore on Dec. 22 against Colorado in the Hawaiian Airlines Diamond Head Classic. The schedule for the tourney was released this week, with UNLV, Rhode Island, Bucknell, Charlotte and Texas Christian joining the Sycamores and host Hawaii in the eight-team field...

As the 2018 Putnam County Fair Queen, Raegan Bowling will certainly be spending a lot of the next two weeks at the fairgrounds. But please forgive Bowling if, at least once or twice, her mind and heart drift away from her beloved Putnam County Fair to a young cousin a couple of counties away. Shortly after the 19-year-old was crowned Saturday evening at the Putnam County Fairgrounds Community Building, a tearful little girl was ushered backstage to see the new queen...