Stories from Thursday, July 30, 2009

BLOOMFIELD -- He's the best military warrior in Indiana and in a seven-state regional area. Now, a Greene County resident and South Putnam graduate will be competing in a grueling national military multi-task event over the next few days at Fort Benning, Ga...

Criminal Cases Civil Cases Infractions Corey McGuire, Nicholas Cooper, Tanner Battin, Billy Robbins, Jesse Monnett, Janusz Kika, Catherine Roberts, Terri Kennedy, Fankie Middleton, Kenneth Lamb, Michael Switzer, Terry King, Douglas Korte, Danny Matthews, Louis Havey, Nicole Hall, Joseph George, Marilyn Mae, Andrew Hamilton, Jonathon Bault, Howard Masterson, Thomas Terry, Kevin Nunley, Larry Hatfield, Morgan Tackett, Howard Huffman, Richard Vaught, Dawn Lee, Michael Lee, Ted Carman Jr., Brad Stevens, Dustin Mills, Steven Lloyd, Harold Savage, Inimary Toby, Rebecca Palmer, Joseph Rossetti Sr., Carly Bryant, Timothy Falk, Matthew Bernath, Laurice Hicks, Staci Long, Erik Heitman, Shienisty Wonders, Charles Stephenson, Daniel Bompon, Sarah Thompson, K. ...

Greencastle Police Department The following tickets were issued by the Greencastle Police Department: Geraldine M. Lancaster, 70, Greencastle, was pulled over at 1:05 p.m. July 23 on Jackson Street and ticketed for driving left of center in a work zone...

Lottie A. Ridgway Baugh Mesling, 85, of Cloverdale, died July 28, 2009. She was born Feb. 20, 1924 in Cloverdale to the late Louis and Laura Ridgway. She was a 1943 graduate of Cloverdale High School. Mrs. Mesling worked for Kilsby-Roberts in Indianapolis in the inventory control department 15 years, before retiring in 1984...

Joseph N. Hazel, 88, of Greencastle died on July 29, 2009. He was the son of Joseph and Annie Hazel, and was preceded in death by his wife Lila. A native of Portsmouth, Va., Mr. Hazel was a veteran, receiving a Bronze Star while serving in the U.S. Army infantry in Europe during World War II. After the war, he was employed in Portsmouth by the Seaboard Airline Railroad, the Naval Ammunition Depot at St. Julian's Creek, and the Norfolk Naval Shipyard...

Seventeen-year-old Heath Schlatter made a new sign for the Reelsville Community Park as part of an Eagle Scout project. In addition, he built a set of steps for the Wilderness Path at the park. Schlatter said he just wanted to do something for the community. The South Putnam High School senior has been a Boy Scout since first grade.

CLOVERDALE -- Just 15 months after opening, S.P.O.T. (Stop Pet Overpopulation Today) Spay and Neuter Clinic reached a milestone as it recently completed its 5,000th surgery. The patient was a kitten from the Putnam County Humane Shelter. "For every 10,000 humans born, more than 90,000 puppies and kittens are born every day. ...

GREENCASTLE -- Early Tuesday morning, the Emergency Operations Dispatch Center received a phone call from a frightened parent. A little boy was missing from his home. "We get a handful of calls like this one every year," said EOC Director Dave Costin. "They are scary calls. Fortunately, they found this little boy right away."...

GREENCASTLE -- A robbery and then an attempted burglary took place within a three-hour span early Monday morning. Both incidents occurred in the city. Greencastle Police Department Sgt. Eric Vaughan caught one suspect in the attempted burglary, James R. Cole of Greencastle...

Hidden away in small towns all over America are dirt racetracks that have thrilled local fans for years, but few have as storied a history as Lincoln Park Speedway, tucked away in tiny Putnamville. Kenny Farrand built the original quarter-mile facility in 1969, but the current facility basically took shape in the early 1980s when Mike and V. Farrar purchased the track from Buck Arnold...