Stories from Thursday, November 8, 2007

BAINBRIDGE -- Hav-ing escaped a strong challenge from Monrovia in last Friday's sectional championship, the road will get no easier this Friday as North Putnam faces Heritage Christian in regional action. The Cougars (12-0) have overcome tough, familiar opponents in consecutive weeks. In the sectional semifinal, the Cougars used a surprising passing attack to defeat WCC rival Speedway 27-14 on four touchdown passes from Griffen Dahlstrom...

Greencastle Fire Dept. The Greencastle Fire Department went on two runs on Tuesday Putnam County Jail Several people were booked into the Putnam County Jail recently. Sheriff's Dept. The Putnam County Sheriff's Department was dispatched to several crashes recently...

Georgia A. Carrier, 83, Greencastle, died Tuesday at the Eagle Creek Health and Rehabilitation Center, Indianapolis. Born in Putman County, she was the daughter of Lewis Amory and Blanche (Akins) Bales. She worked at a seamstress at Angwell Curtain Company and was a member of Hanna Street Baptist Church...

Six Greencastle area residences will be featured in the 25th annual Holiday Home Tour set for 1-5 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 18. Delta Theta Tau philanthropic sorority presents the fundraising event, and proceeds from each $7 admission benefits the Delta Theta Tau Memorial Fund as well as projects such as Clothe-A-Child, The Giving Tree, Senior Center Food Pantry and other county organizations...

Local residents are up in arms and promising to fight the rezoning of 75 acres in Cloverdale Township that Buzzi Unicem wants to use for a shale mine. Putnam County Plan Commission board members will hear Buzzi's request to rezone the property on County Road 1000 South between State Road 243 and Meridian Line Road from agriculture to mineral extraction at its 7:30 p.m. meeting tonight in the Courthouse Annex, 209 W. Liberty St...

Security concerns in the Putnam County Courthouse will be addressed with a new committee suggested by Circuit Court Judge Matthew Headley. With four entrances into the building, it can be hard to monitor who goes into the building, and whether people are obeying the weapons ban that has been in place for many years...

LEBANON -- A suspect has been identified in the September 2006 robbery of a Greencastle bank, and a high-speed chase Wednesday has prompted police to issue a public alert for the man. John Oliver Study, 42, is believed to be armed and dangerous. He is wanted for questioning in at least nine bank robberies in central Indiana, as well as possession of stolen property in Putnam County...