Stories from Thursday, August 8, 2013

A Missouri woman was hospitalized in Indianapolis following an early morning Tuesday accident on Interstate 70. At 1:21 a.m. Putnam County Sheriff's deputies Matt Biggs, T.J. Smith and Phillip Troyer were dispatched to a one-vehicle accident in the eastbound lanes near the 39-mile marker. The accident reported involved injuries, including an entrapped driver...

The Greencastle High School silent auction football fundraiser is set for 6-10 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 10 at the Moose Lodge, 212 W. Franklin St. This will be the third year for the silent auction fundraiser. Budget cutbacks at the school have made it hard for the athletic teams to receive funding for their sport. The cost of a single varsity football helmet is now more than $250 and the team has more than 50 players this year...

Singer-songwriter Peter Case -- "well respected among his peers and a perennial favorite among serious listeners," according to All Music Guide -- will visit the DePauw University campus this fall as a guest of the Performing Arts Series. Case, who has made a name for himself as a solo artist and as a member of the Nerves and the Plimsouls, will present a workshop and craft talk on songwriting on Wednesday, Oct. 9. The following evening, he'll perform in concert...

The new field being installed at DePauw University's Blackstock Stadium will be named to honor Nick Mourouzis, an icon of the school's athletics program and its all-time leader in football coaching victories, the university announced Wednesday. Dedication ceremonies for Nick Mour-ouzis Field will take place during DePauw's homecoming, Old Gold Day, on Saturday, Oct. 12. The Tigers will face Oberlin College on the gridiron that day with kickoff at 1 p.m...

The possibility of a downtown garage to remedy Greencastle's parking issues was officially grounded Wednesday evening. The Greencastle Redevelopment Commission, acting on the recommendation of Mayor Sue Murray and a motion from Gary Lemon, voted unanimously to reject a second set of bids submitted on a proposed 146-space parking structure at Jackson, Walnut and Indiana streets...

During Tuesday's special meeting of the North Putnam School Board, members decided to retract their intent of cutting hours of teach-ers' aides from 35 hours to 29-hour weeks. The original decision to cut hours of non-certified employees happened in July, a decision made in light of the requirements for the governments Affordable Health Care Act that was to go into effect on January 2014. ...

LITTLE POINT -- The quick, calm reaction of an eastbound semi driver likely averted a major disaster on Interstate 70 early Wednesday morning. David W. Shrader, 58, Ashmore, Ill., was eastbound on I-70 just east of the 48-mile marker shortly before 2 a.m. when he began to smell a burning scent from the 2005 International semi tractor...

The first day of school is anything but routine for new Deer Meadow Primary School Principal Mike McHugh, who takes time Wednesday morning to visit the preschool classroom of Lindsey McAdams (at left above) and have a little fun with youngsters Beckham Buechler (blue shirt) and Max Simmerman (orange shirt).