Stories from Wednesday, February 5, 2014

With seven weeks still remaining this winter, central Indiana has moved within seven inches of seeing 2013-14 emerge as the snowiest season in history. The Greencastle area received an additional 6.5 inches of snow Tuesday night into Wednesday, according to the records of local weather observer Diana Foust...

DePauw University's Green Guest Artist Concert series will present the Indianapolis Symphony in a romantic program of Strauss, Mozart and Beethoven this Sunday, Feb. 9. Conducted by ISO music director Krzysztof Urbanski and featuring international violinist Stefan Jackiw, the concert will begin at 3 p.m. in Kresge Auditorium, located within DePauw's Green Center for the Performing Arts...

Norma Jean Morrison Keller, 70, of Ladoga, peacefully passed away at the home she loved, surrounded by her family on Tuesday morning, Feb. 4, 2014. She was born Feb. 21, 1943 to Donald and Pauline Boswell Morrison. They both preceded her in death. She graduated from Ladoga High School in 1961...

The Greencastle boys' JV and varsity basketball games set for Wednesday night at West Vigo have been canceled. This is the second time this season that weather has forced the postponement/cancelation of this contest. All local high school sporting events on Tuesday evening were also canceled by the snow...

Greencastle City Council President Adam Cohen, who serves as DePauw University men's swimming coach, is a finalist for a 2014 Inspire Award. Cohen also serves as a part-time coordinator of the university's Center for Spiritual Life and part-time instructor in kinesiology at DePauw...

PUTNAMVILLE --Troopers from the Putnamville Post have been busy responding to various calls for service during the snowstorm that began Tuesday and its aftermath. 

Since 3 p.m. Tuesday through 3 p.m. Wednesday, troopers have responded to 15 property-damage crashes, one personal-injury crash, 15 slide-offs and 27 disabled motorists...

Alice D. "Ali" Wood of Crawfordsville passed away in her home Tuesday night, Feb. 4, 2014 at the age of 68. She was a beautician for many years. She was a member of the Eagles, Legion, Moose and VFW, as well as the VFW Auxiliary. She attended the Alamo school...

A Wednesday filing with the Putnam County Voter Registration office now gives the Republican Party a complete slate of county council candidates for the upcoming primary and general elections. Jill D. Bridgewater has filed to run for Putnam County Council District 2. She joins incumbents David Fuhrman (District 1), Darrel Thomas (District 3) and H. Keith Berry (District 4) on the May 6 Republican primary ballot...

RHS will be picking up trash and recyclables for City of Greencastle Wednesday trash routes on Thursday. They will run through Saturday, one day late, so all of the city will be picked up.