Stories from Thursday, August 6, 2009

GREENCASTLE -- A Fillmore man convicted July 23 of Class D felony neglect of a dependent has filed for a modification of his executed sentence. Putnam County Circuit Court Judge Matthew Headley sentenced William R. Honey, 31, to two years with three months executed at the Putnam County Jail and 21 months suspended...

GREENCASTLE -- A Poland man has been charged with two felony counts in connection with the theft of guns from a Putnam County residence. Robert (Forey) Standifer, 19, faces charges of Class B felony burglary and Class D felony theft. The alleged incident took place during the overnight hours between April 21 and 22...

GREENCASTLE -- An Oct. 1 pretrial date has been set for a Minnesota man who was charged with Class A felony dealing in cocaine and Class C felony possession of cocaine, narcotic drugs or methamphetamine. David E. Osborne, 30, of Tonka Bay, Minn. was arrested July 29 in Cloverdale during a routine traffic stop...

ROACHDALE -- Monday was the first day of football camp at North Putnam High School. By mid afternoon the players were tired and hot, but instead of taking their hour and a half rest inside the air-conditioned school, they were working on the yard at a new Habitat for Humanity house in Roachdale...

Putnam County Sheriff's Department An 18-year-old male was taken by helicopter to Wishard Hospital in Indianapolis following a single-vehicle crash Sunday afternoon. Brian Winslow of Fillmore was traveling west on CR 300N at 1:30 p.m., when his pick-up truck left the roadway for unknown reasons...

Wyonetta Lucille Miles, 73, of Evansville died Aug. 5, 2009. She was born Feb. 25, 1936 in Indianapolis, the daughter of Harry Haltom and Sylvia Lee Haltom. She married Lige "Lucky" Miles on Aug. 5, 1961 in Kentucky, and he preceded her in death. Mrs. Miles was a homemaker...

Pattilou "Patti" Martin, 68, of Greencastle died on Wednesday, Aug. 5, 2009. She was born on Aug. 20, 1940 in Madison Township, Putnam County, to Eddie and Letha Hedge Gibson. Mrs. Martin was a member of Clinton Falls Community Church, where her husband of 11 years, Kelzo "Buck" Martin, serves as pastor...

INDIANAPOLIS -- Even though the 2009 session of the Indiana General Assembly is over, our legislative work continues. Legislators are reaching out to their districts to get feedback on issues that should be considered during the 2010 session. While January is still months away, we must begin to figure out what legislation will be on our radar screen now...

By DAN SHELTON Sports Writer GREENCASTLE -- It wasn't pretty, but it was a win. The Lady Tiger Cubs golf squad picked up its second win of the season over West Vigo, 220-239. Even though it was high score, the team was happy with the results. "We did a lot better today," Chelsea Samuels said. "We ironed out some errors that we had in the first match, and everybody played much better today."...

GREENCASTLE -- Acclaimed national recording artist Carrie Newcomer will perform a free concert in the amphitheatre of the DePauw University Nature Park on Aug. 29. The 7 p.m. set by Newcomer will be preceded by performances by local songwriters Rick Hillis (associate professor of English at DePauw) and Anthony Mullis starting at 5:30 p.m. The program is presented by DePauw's Performing Arts Series...

GREENCASTLE -- Putnam County commissioners learned Monday which bridges in the county are considered in the worst shape. Jim Smith with the Putnam County Highway Department passed out a summary of Indiana Department of Transportation (INDOT) projects...

GREENCASTLE -- With a goal of trying to lessen the amount of time and money expended for county employees, emergency responders and others, Putnam County Emergency Management Director Kim Hyten is looking at acquiring a grant to install a videoconferencing system in the Emergency Management Center...

GREENCASTLE -- For more than a decade, the Putnam County Fraternal Order of Police's Shop With A Cop has been helping children get the necessary supplies and clothing to start the school year right. This year 30 students, chosen by their school, shopped with a cop...

For fans of any genre or movement in rock and roll history, sometimes it all comes down to time and place. Wouldn't have been great to be in THE PLACE? For the hippies, it was the Village or Haight-Ashbury in the 1960s. In grunge, it was Seattle in 1991. For hip-hop, the place had to be New York in the early '80s...