Stories from Wednesday, October 31, 2007

A low-speed police chase through downtown Cloverdale landed a motorcyclist in jail Wednesday night and startled passing trick-or-treaters and their parents. Cloverdale Police Chief Charlie Hallam arrested Gene Jones, 47, Cloverdale, on preliminary charges of resisting law enforcement with a motor vehicle, criminal recklessness, operating a vehicle while intoxicated and driving while a habitual traffic violator, all felonies, and reckless driving, a misdemeanor shortly before 7 p.m., Hallam said...

The South Putnam seventh grade volleyball team recently won the Putnam County Championship. Team members are (front, from left) Cierra Brown, Brenly Bratcher, Kayla Whitman, (middle) Caitlyn Elliott, Mallory Cash, McKayla Albers, Madison Cash, (back) Coach Jeanette Roberts, Janet Crafton, Leanna Masters, Emily Urton, Haley Bain and Payton Niemeyer...

June Marie Larison, 78, Poland, died Wednesday at Summerfield Health Care Center, Cloverdale. Born in Greenfield, she was the daughter of Walter Foreman and Letha K. (Caldwell) Foreman. She married Donald E. Larison on Oct. 10, 1972, and he survives...

Sheriff's Dept. Several accidents were investigated recently by the Putnam County Sheriff's Department. • At 7:35 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 20, a 2002 Honda CRV struck a deer on U.S. 36 near Russellville. Deputy Gary Boler reported that Richard Sabolick, Waveland, was driving when a large deer ran into the roadway and he was unable to avoid hitting the animal...

Putnam County appears to have been invaded recently by a force so minute that the average person driving down the road probably wouldn't notice. It seems the area has been especially hard hit this year by baby spiders, called spiderlings, as evidenced by innumerable strands of sticky silk that cling to everything from street signs to power lines and cornfields to tree limbs...