Stories from Friday, May 23, 2014

Indiana State Police Indiana State Police arrested an Indianapolis woman Wednesday afternoon for failing to deliver photographs to her customers after receiving advance payment. Tracy L. Huff, 39, was incarcerated in the Putnam County Jail on one count of theft...

Indiana State University has recognized MEGAN GUTHRIE of Greencastle as one of 20 incoming freshmen to receive its prestigious President's Scholarship. Guthrie, daughter of Clinton Guthrie and Julie Childress, is a senior at South Putnam High School, where she played volleyball, tennis and was dance captain...

Patty and Douglas Jerving of Milwaukee celebrated their 35th wedding anniversary on Monday, May 19. Patty is the former Patty Tellas of Reelsville. Patty and Doug's marriage has outlived a lot of things. The hotel where they met during a Christian conference in 1978 burned to the ground after it was hit by an airplane several years after their wedding. The building above a fish store where the wedding was held in an upper room has been torn down as well...

Jon and Leigh Hinnefeld of Conyers, Ga., are pleased to announce the engagement of their daughter Stacey Leigh Hinnefeld to Joseph Stephen Michael, the son of Scott and Mary Michael, also of Conyers. The bride-to-be is the granddaughter of Barbara and the late Robert Ashworth of Greencastle, Sandra and the late Robert Hansen, also of Greencastle, and Becky Hinnefeld of Seymour. She attended Clayton College and State University and is currently employed at Ansley Animal Clinic in Atlanta, Ga...

Dorothy L. Martin, age 103, passed away on Friday, May 23, 2014. Born May 22, 1911 in Parke County, she was the daughter of Roy O. and Nellie (Smiley) Berry. She attended Bellmore Schools and was a 1930 graduate of Green Township High School. She married John C. Martin on Dec. 7, 1935 and he preceded her in death on March 22, 1984...

A wrongful death lawsuit brought against Kroger Co. by the mother of a man fatally shot by a store manager during an attempted robbery in Indianapolis has been dismissed by a federal judge.

 Southern Indiana U.S. District Court Judge Tanya Walton Pratt dismissed the lawsuit Wednesday, ruling that Kroger could not be held responsible for the 2011 death of Jeremi Atkinson, 26.
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Putnam County Operation Life conducted its annual employee recognition effort Thursday night in conjunction with National and State EMS Week. OL Executive Director Kraig Kinney noted that this is a pivotal year for Operation Life as the local ambulance service is entering its 40th year of service...

Memorial Day services are scheduled for Monday, May 26 in several Putnam County locations. At 10 a.m. Monday, the Veterans Section at Forest Hill Cemetery will be the scene of the traditional Memorial Day observance conducted by the Greencastle VFW and American Legion Honor Guard...

A pair of Greencastle projects moved closer to reality Thursday with financial support approved by an Indiana funding agency. Both the city's downtown parking lots venture and the Milestone Ventures project to convert old Miller School into senior housing received funding approval from the Indiana Housing Community Development Authority (IHCDA) during its meeting at Indianapolis...

A properly functioning 911 system may soon be costing Putnam County a pretty penny. Dispatch director Dave Costin approached the Putnam County Commissioners and Putnam County Council recently to discuss the current status of the computer-aided dispatch system...