Stories from Tuesday, October 28, 2014

The Indiana Bureau of Motor Vehicles has announced that BMV license branches will extend hours of operation on Monday, Nov. 3 and Tuesday, Nov. 4 to issue ID cards and driver's licenses that may be used for identification at a polling place. Branches will be open on Monday, November 3, from 8:30 a.m. to 8 p.m. and on Tuesday, November 4, from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m...

In our second installment of The Pulse of Putnam County, we have your reactions to six different questions introduced for discussion during September and October. Additionally, we will be introducing two new questions for your consideration in November, as well as asking one a second time...

Phyllis Joan Patterson, 77, of Greencastle, passed away on Monday, Oct. 27, 2014. Born Aug. 13, 1937 in Parke County, she was the daughter of Samuel and Bessie (Harney) Dickey. She was a 1955 graduate of Raccoon Township High School. Joan married Keith R. Patterson on May 11, 1957, and he survives...

Vallera (Buckles) Clubb, 70, of St. Louis, formerly of Greencastle, passed away peacefully on Saturday, Oct. 25, 2014 with her loving family by her side. She was born July 7, 1944 in Collinsville, Ill., and was a 1962 graduate of Greencastle High School. She was the daughter of Charles and Margaret Buckles...

After dropping a tight opening set to visiting Hiram, DePauw rallied by winning the next three and taking a 3-1 (23-25, 25-21, 25-20, 25-17) North Coast Athletic Conference victory over the Terriers. DePauw improved to 22-7 overall and finished NCAC play at 7-1 and in second place. Hiram dropped to 19-6 overall and 5-2 in the conference...

County Jail Several people were booked into the Putnam County Jail this recently. At 12:10 a.m. on Friday, Leslie Marie Cope, 24, Roachdale, was arrested for possession of methamphetamines, possession of paraphernalia and operating while intoxicated...

The following cases were filed in Putnam County courts recently. Criminal Cases Sherman T. Sherwood, 26, Gary, Class 5 felony intimidation and Class 6 felony battery with moderate bodily injury Leslie M. Cope, 24, Roachdale, Class 6 felony possession of methamphetamine, Class A misdemeanor possession of paraphernalia and Class A misdemeanor driving while intoxicated endangering a person...

BAINBRIDGE -- The Bainbridge Volunteer Fire Department will host a food drive on Halloween while handing out candy to children of the community. While firefighters will be on hand at the firehouse to give out candy, they will also be collecting canned goods for 2 Fish Food Pantry...

BAINBRIDGE -- One of the biggest fires in recent memory for the Bainbridge Volunteer Fire Department got some firefighters thinking about ways local fire departments can help each other out. When Lifespring Church caught fire last January, 19 departments helped battle the blaze in some way. Bainbridge VFD Lt. Kevin Thorson began thinking that there may be more to "mutual aid" than simply showing up at one another's fires...

Having spent four days in September pounding out the 2015 Putnam County budget, the Putnam County Council gave its formal approval on Tuesday, Oct. 21. Faced with the difficulty of cutting $500,000, the council trudged its way through the pages and pages of numbers, giving final approval to a budget of $11,317,140...

RUSSELLVILLE -- The annual Halloween Social drew a large crowd to the Russellville Community Center Saturday, Oct. 25. Grand prize winners for the evening were Ayden, Sadie and Aylor Oliver dressed as three mice with a large trap. The reserve grand prize winners were Jerrod, Brittany, John and Luke Phillips decked out as a football group, complete with player, refree and goalpost...

The Covered Bridge Harmony barbershop chorus recently earned the right to compete in Harmony International's competition in Louisville next month. The international competition will host choruses from across the U.S. and Canada. Covered Bridge Harmony, formally known as Covered Bridge Country Chorus, competed last June in the Area 4 competition, earning a score which allows it to go on to the international competition in Louisville...

DePauw University's 13th annual celebration of the arts, ArtsFest, will begin Sunday, Nov. 2, and continue through Sunday, Nov. 9. ArtsFest brings together a variety of events, performers and thinkers centered on a unifying theme: Art and Laughter. The week will highlight a wide range of university-sponsored programs, which showcase the artistic talents of the DePauw and Greencastle communities as well as renowned special guests through talks, performances and exhibits. ...

Straddling the narrow concrete median that divides those entering the Greencastle Walmart from the spendthrifts exiting onto Indianapolis Road, a thirtysomething man in jeans and sweatshirt cradles a cellphone between his neck and shoulder while holding up a crudely created cardboard sign scrawled with a brief message of despair...

CRYSTAL RIVER, Fla. -- Two people -- including a 75-year-old Putnam County woman -- died when they were struck by a wrong-way driver on U.S. 19 near Crystal River, the Florida Highway Patrol reports. The crash occurred Monday night near Crystal River when Marianne J. Campbell, 51, of Fort Lauderdale, was driving southbound in a northbound lane of U.S. 19. She struck a car driven by 74-year-old Ruby Pearl Ray of Nixa, Mo...

Completely engrossed in the new film "The Judge" the other afternoon, I was immersed in a particularly interesting restaurant scene near the middle of the movie.

To the Editor: Hello, Greencastle! My name is Tyler Wade and I am soon to be the new councilor for Greencastle's Fourth Ward.

The modernization of the voting process has made elections a much quicker thing than they used to be. Enter the booth, punch about a dozen buttons, get on with your day.