Stories from Thursday, August 21, 2014

SPENCER -- Emergency responders rescued a man from the White River in Owen County Wednesday afternoon. The Owen County Sheriff's Department, Indiana State Police, Indiana Conservation Officers and Owen County Water Rescue responded to a man calling for help at 12:56 p.m. Bystanders heard the man yelling for help from the river and called 911...

Greencastle girls' soccer opened up their season in overcast conditions with storms in the area Tuesday night. With lightning in the area the game was ended prematurely with Tiger Cubs falling to the Tri-West Bruins 5-2. "We definitely learned we're going to be communicating more," Greencastle Coach Angela Week said, "We'll be keeping our solid defense. We'll be looking forward to making more dynamic, crisp plays."...

Roachdale Elementary opened its doors to show off the new renovations that were completed for the new school year.

Putnam Pediatrics and Internal Medicine has announced that Andrea Baysinger, family nurse practitioner, has joined their practice and is now seeing patients. Putnam Pediatrics and Internal Medicine (PPIM) is located inside Putnam County Hospital (PCH). Baysinger will be joining Drs. Lisa Martin, MD, and Mahesh Sreedasyam, MD, and Cathy Clodfelter, family nurse practitioner...

Brooke Trissel (second from right) of Mill Pond Health Campus presents a check in the amount of $1,023.23, representing the proceeds from the June 14 Mill Pond Fish Fry, to Ken Heeke of the American Red Cross (Putnam County). The funds will be used to assist with Red Cross disaster relief services and military family assistance. ...

INDIANAPOLIS -- Josh J. Minkler, Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of Indiana, announced Monday the appointment of a new supervisor to lead the Criminal Division. Winfield D. Ong, 56, will become the acting criminal chief supervising attorneys who work fraud, public corruption, child exploitation, human trafficking, environmental and other criminal cases...

PUTNAMVILLE -- Two sergeants from the Indiana State Police Putnamville District, along with members of the Terre Haute and Indiana State University police departments, were honored at an awards ceremony Wednesday at the Indiana Government Center. Sgts. Joe Watts and Richard Effner of the Putnamville District were presented with the Department Lifesaving Award for their actions during a 2013 detail in Terre Haute...

Friendship Day 2014 -- the 19th year for the fun local event -- is scheduled for Wednesday, Sept. 10. Intended to spread friendship, goodwill and kindness among Putnam County citizens, the event is sponsored by Eitel's Florist, the Greater Greencastle Chamber of Commerce, Asbury Towers Retirement Community, Bittles and Hurt/Hopkins-Rector funeral homes, Duke Energy, First National Bank, Ivy Tech Community College, Mill Pond Health Campus, Putnam Inn and The Game Warehouse...

Intrepid Home Health Care and the Visiting Angels of Greencastle will be hosting a veterans breakfast Friday, Aug. 29 at the Putnam County Senior Center. The breakfast is scheduled to begin at 8:30 a.m. at the Senior Center , 9 W. Frankin St. (north side of the courthouse square), Greencastle...

CLOVERDALE -- The Cloverdale High School FFA chapter has been recognized in the 2014 National Chapter Award Program from the National FFA Organization. The program recognizes outstanding FFA chapters from throughout the country that successfully complete an annual set of required activities that encourage members to grow as individuals, work as a team and serve others in their communities...

Among a series of items discussed at its monthly meeting Monday, the cutting edge abilities and the success of the 1:1 integration was the highlight of the evening.