Stories from Tuesday, February 18, 2014

CLOVERDALE -- Following the pattern of a similar threat recently at North Putnam High School, the Cloverdale High School administration discovered a threatening message in one of the bathroom stalls just before early dismissal Monday afternoon. "Yesterday, a student found a message on the restroom wall referenced April 2, 2014 and Bomb + School = fun. ...

County Jail Several people were booked into the Putnam County Jail recently. At 1:29 a.m. on Thursday, Roger Wall Jr., 28, Bainbridge, was charged with operating while intoxicated. At 6 p.m., Cody Allen Wade, 23, Reelsville, was charged with battery resulting in bodily injury...

By ERIC BERNSEE Editor A 33-year-old Putnam County man is facing welfare fraud charges for allegedly receiving nearly $90,000 in illegal unemployment benefits over more than a three-year period. Richard Lewis Smith of Roachdale, who was arrested on a warrant served by Roachdale Town Marshal Mike Mahoy, made an initial appearance in court Monday afternoon, going before Putnam Circuit Court Judge Matt Headley in a video conference from the Putnam County Jail, where the suspect was being held...

The Greencastle Parks and Recreation Department will hold another event in its continuing Brickmania series with a Brickmania workshop scheduled for 1-4 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 23 at Greencastle City Hall. Youngsters are invited to come to City Hall, where the Park Department will have thousands of building blocks piled high on the floor for a free-building exercise...

DePauw University has named a new director for its Media Fellows Program and the Eugene S. Pulliam Center for Contemporary Media, it was announced Tuesday. Jonathan Nichols-Pethick, associate professor of communication and theater, will assume the leadership of the Media Fellows Program and direct the Center for Contemporary Media, effective July 1, DePauw Vice President for Academic Affairs Larry Stimpert announced...

BRAZIL -- The Greencastle Tiger Cubs might not have come away with a victory on the road at Northview in Tuesday's basketball action, but they did come away with some lessons that might be useful down the road. The Knights used their sizable front line to their advantage in dominating the first quarter on the way to claiming a 61-37 victory over the Tiger Cubs...

CLOVERDALE -- Being down by 12 in the final minutes was no big issue for the Cloverdale boys' basketball team on Tuesday. Instead it only made them more resilient as a team, and they punished the Greenwood Christian Cougars with 26 points in the final three minutes to win 82-73...

CAYUGA -- The North Putnam Cougars boys' basketball team traveled to Cayuga to face the North Vermillion Falcons Tuesday. It was a back and forth battle and North Putnam took the game 49-41. "We knew that if we could keep it close on their home court with four minutes left in the game, we felt that we could pull away," Cougar coach Lukas Haworth said...

CLINTON -- There were times in the first half Tuesday night where it looked as though South Vermillion would run away from South Putnam. Trailing by 11 twice midway through the second quarter, the Eagles began to lock down the defensive side of the ballgame and got 19 points apiece from Trey Moore and Jake Schroer to knock off the host Wildcats 57-47...

Pending the approval of the county council, Putnam County's woefully out-of-date website will be updated in the coming months. The Putnam County Commissioners agreed in principle on Monday to a $3,500 contract with Jon Tesmer to update the county site at co.putnam.in.us...

CLOVERDALE -- A 46-year-old Colorado man has been identified as the victim of single-vehicle accident that occurred early Sunday morning on Interstate 70 in eastern Putnam County. Tuesday afternoon the Putnam County Coroner's Office identified Alex M. Marques of Cascade, Colo. as the victim of the crash that occurred at 3:07 a.m. near the 44-mile marker...

A regional baseball league is looking for adult players to participate in or possibly form new teams for the league. The West Central Indiana Men's Senior Baseball League is open to men ages 35 and older and will expand with interest. League officials have currently secured fields in Plainfield, Mooresville and Greencastle and are looking to expand...