Stories from Monday, October 16, 2006

Marjorie H. Ames Wallace, 89, Brazil, died Thursday at Holly Hills Health Care Center. Born in Bridgeton, she was the daughter of Ray and Lou (Crafton) Ames. A homemaker, she was a member of Rebekah Lodge of Brazil, First Christian Church, and volunteered at the Clay County Hospital...

Betty L. Sherrill, 76, Crawfordsville, died Thursday at her residence. Born in Kansas City, Kan., she was the daughter of George B. and Mary C. (Phelps) Pyle. She had owned the Sherrill's Family Store in Roachdale, and had previously been a secretary. She was a 1948 graduate of Shawnee Mission High School in Merriam, Kan., and was a member of American Legion Post 72 Auxiliary. She did volunteer work at The Lake of the Ozarks...

Bob Carlisle, 70, Cloverdale, died Saturday at his residence. Born in Dugger, he was the son of John Robert and Imo Elizabeth (Hale) Carlisle. A U.S. Army veteran of the Korean War, he was a member of Cloverdale Community Baptist Church. He married Rebecca Cox on Nov. 17, 1979. She survives...

By AMANDA ROACH Staff Writer The Fillmore Town Council granted tax abatement for a local company during its meeting Saturday morning. Greencastle/Putnam County Economic Development Center Director Bill Dory provided the council with information on Liberty Industries and its compliance with statements of benefits. The company has been granted certain tax abatements in consideration of certain benefits for the town...

Russellville officials are considering joining the wave -- the high-speed Internet wave that is. Tim Gierke, president of HOP Technologies, along with Lance Trout, told the Russellville Town Council about how his company could provide high-speed Internet for town residents...

A Putnam County man remains in critical condition at an Indianapolis hospital following a head-on collision that occurred on U.S. 36 near Danville Sunday morning. Officials with the Hendricks County Sheriff's Department said 28-year-old Daniel S. Hamm, 9 Lincoln Hills Drive, Heritage Lake, was seriously injured just before noon Sunday when his car crossed the center line and struck a westbound motor home about 5 miles east of the Putnam-Hendricks County line...