Stories from Wednesday, August 14, 2013

On Sunday, Aug. 18, First Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) will be filled with music during the 10 a.m. worship service. David Acton, Kevin Smith, and Jacob Peterman, all students at the DePauw School of Music, will be performing pieces on pipe organ, horn, piano, saxophone and string bass in a program titled "A Sermon in Music." Composers include J.S. Bach, Marcel Dupré, David German and others...

Several people have been booked into the Putnam County Jail recently. At 11:30 p.m. Friday, Melissa Ann Johnson, 26, Greencastle, was arrested for driving under the influence of drugs, possession of methamphetamine and possession of paraphernalia...

The Greater Greencastle USBC Association is beginning its winter season soon. There will be numerous leagues catering to all ages and levels of competition. The leagues are as follows: Sunday, 5:30 p.m. -- Mixed league (two men and two women). Monday, 6:30 p.m. -- Men's league (four bowlers per team)...

DANVILLE, Ill. -- A group of athletes from the Greencastle Running Club traveled to Kennekuk Cove park in Danville, Ill. last weekend to compete in the Howl at the Moon 8-hour Ultra Run. Everyone in the group ran for the full eight hours and traveled more than 50 kilometers on the hot, humid day...

The Greencastle girls' golf team completed its best nine-hole score of the season on Monday, finishing at 221 while competing against North Putnam at Twin Bridges. The Tiger Cubs were led by senior Liz Johnson who shot a 49. Junior Lauren Bridgewater and sophomore Lokysa Scheuermann each finished at 54...

It's that time of year again, the first day of school.

Just a day short of one year since he was sentenced to prison for unlawfully dispensing narcotics to patients -- at times in exchange for sexual favors -- a former Roachdale physician is under consideration for a sentence modification. A video conference hearing for Ray D. Howell, who on June 21, 2012 pled guilty to five of the 15 felony counts against him, unfolded Monday afternoon in Putnam Circuit Court, essentially without participation from Howell...

Putnam County schools received high marks in summer bus inspections, with two corporation receiving perfect marks on their initial summer inspections. According to information from the Indiana State Police website, both Cloverdale and Greencastle schools had 100 percent of buses pass their June inspections by Indiana State troopers...

CLOVERDALE -- The Cloverdale School Board held its monthly meeting on Monday evening, during which it discussed several issues such as bus inspections and the roofing project as well as giving an update on the Putnam County Community Foundation endowments...