Stories from Saturday, March 2, 2013

One person was booked into the Putnam County Jail on Thursday. At 4 p.m. Tyler Lynn Gobert, 19, listed as homeless, was arrested on two counts of probation violation. An 18-year-old Clov-erdale woman is being charged with theft following a Thursday afternoon incident at the Greencastle Walmart store, City Police reported...

North Putnam's draw in sectional No. 25 of the IHSAA Class 3A tournament meant that the Cougars would get a bye into the semifinals at Frankfort. It also meant, though, that Class 3A No. 12 Lebanon would be a likely opponent at that stage and, as it came to pass, the Tigers and Cougars squared off for a second time this season...

The South Putnam boy's basketball team opened up play in Sectional 44 on Friday night, advancing to the championship game with a win against the Cascade Cadets 67-56. South Putnam started fast going on an 8-0 run in the first four minutes of the game and maintained the advantage throughout...

The DePauw women's basketball team had a rough start, trailing by as many as four points early in the first half (2-6, 16:06), but the top-ranked team in the country rebounded with a 73-43 win over La Roche College in the opening round of the NCAA Division III basketball tournament...

INDIANAPOLIS--The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced last week that this season's flu vaccine is less effective than previously reported--showing 56 percent overall effectiveness for children and adults up to age 64 and only nine percent effectiveness for adults 65 and older. ...

As they set out for a Winter Term course in Japan, nearly two dozen DePauw University students looked forward to studying the Japanese concept of monozukuri. First, they had to figure out what it meant. Translated literally, monozukuri means "to make things."...

Almost Home will host the Putnam County Community Foundation's Youth Philanthropy Night on Thursday, March 7. Local students on the Youth Philanthropy Committee will assist servers that evening from 5-9 p.m. All tips and donations will benefit the Putnam County Youth Philanthropy Endowment...

A former Putnam County man wanted on a September 2011 warrant for child molestation has been returned to Indiana by Florida authorities. William S. Branson Jr., 40, Lake Butler, Fla., formerly of rural Greencastle, faces four Class A felony charges of child molesting and one Class C felony charge of child molesting...

The Putnam County Community Foundation has announced the establishment of the Gary and Linda Huber Fund for Cultural Arts and Learning. Through the Fund, the Huber family hopes to enrich the lives and the futures of all Greencastle students through music and arts education, the effects of which have been shown to enhance academic performance and cognitive abilities...

Class 2A No. 15 Speedway captured its second straight IHSAA Class 2A Sectional No. 44 title Saturday night, defeating hosts South Putnam 62-42. The Eagles trailed by one at the break and eight by halftime but slowly saw the game slip away in the third quarter when the Sparkplugs held the hosts to six points...

DePauw continues to prove why it held the No. 1 ranking throughout the regular season, dismantling the Maryville College women's basketball team in the second round of the NCAA tournament on Saturday, 78-51. Senior Ellie Pearson continued her inspired tournament play, hauling in 18 rebounds, scoring nine points, dominating her matchup on defense and dishing three assists...