Stories from Wednesday, January 28, 2015

The Putnam County Prosecutor's Office is calling for a Grand Jury to investigate a pair of undisclosed local cases. In a Tuesday filing in Putnam Circuit Court, the Prosecutor's Office requested Judge Matt Headley to impanel a six-member citizen jury to conduct an investigation that may or may not result in criminal charges...

Two men heavily involved in the post-IBM departure recovery of Greencastle want to be part of the next generation of city government. Filing their candidacies for spots on the 2015 Democrat city primary ballot earlier this week were William A. Dory, 56, 320 Highfall Ave., and David C. Murray, 66, 514 E. Seminary St...

Investigation of an accident scene along Interstate 70 in western Putnam County Wednesday morning resulted in the arrest of a Vigo County man on drug-related charges, Indiana State Police at the Putnamville Post report. Around 11 a.m. Wednesday, Indiana State Police Region III Dispatch Center received a third-party call reporting a disabled motorist in the eastbound lanes of I-70 near the 29-mile marker, 12 miles west of Cloverdale...

The Putnam County Sheriff's Department is seeking the driver of an SUV involved in a one-vehicle incident on State Road 243 in Cloverdale Township either late Friday night or early Saturday morning. At 12:34 a.m. on Saturday, Deputy Mike Downing was on patrol near the intersection of State Road 243 and County Road 1050 South when he noticed an SUV sitting perpendicular to the road in a ditch on the west side of 243...

Noble Roman's Pizza is bringing its pizza, breadsticks and more back to the Greencastle area. Located in the Greencastle Kwik Mart at 1609 E. U.S. 40 (northwest corner of U.S. 231 and 40), Noble Roman's will offer an expanded menu that will include options for every meal...

COVINGTON -- Former U.S. Rep. John Myers, who represented western Indiana's 7th District for three decades, has died. Owner Robert Shelby of Shelby Funeral Home in Covington says the 87-year-old Myers died Tuesday morning in his home following a brief illness...

Putnam County residents are invited to celebrate loving relationships -- romantic and otherwise -- with "Warm Winter Love: A Valentine's Dinner and Concert" on Saturday, Feb. 14 at The Inn at DePauw. The event will feature singer/songwriter Bobbie Lancaster, blues legend Tad Robinson and DePauw University School of Music faculty artists Claude Cymerman (piano), Eric Edberg (cello) and Steve Snyder (jazz piano)...

One of three North Putnam High School seniors -- Shawn Miller, Jake Riggen or Alexander Moore -- will be crowned the school's 2015 Winter Homecoming king Friday night between ganes between games of the North Putnam girls' and boys' basketball doubleheader versus Greencastle.

After more than a week of cleanup, the kitchen at the Putnam County Jail was up and running again on Monday. The operation of the kitchen was knocked out by an faulty activation of the fire suppression system over the stove in the early morning hours of Saturday, Jan. 17...

At the Greater Greencastle Chamber Annual Dinner Saturday night, Putnam County Community Foundation President Todd Lewis announced that Putnam County had received a challenge from Lilly Endowment Inc. to grow the Community Foundation's assets and ability to address the needs and aspirations of Putnam County as they change over time...

TERRE HAUTE, -- Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology junior Sam Gould (Greencastle, Ind./South Putnam H.S.) was named the College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin (CCIW) Diver of the Week for the third time this season on Tuesday. Gould won the one-meter and three-meter diving events at the Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference Invitational on Saturday to help the Fightin' Engineers repeat as the event champions. ...

North Putnam Middle School hosted its first annual Preseason Classic. Middle School competitors included North Putnam, South Putnam, Greencastle, North Clay, Covington, Ft. Wayne Carroll, Crawfordsville, Southwestern, Wea Ridge MS andWainwright MS...

INDIANAPOLIS -- The GHS girls' basketball team lost its second game in a row for the first time this year. Though some bright spots were noticeable against a good Covenant Christian team, the Lady Tiger Cubs lost 65-42. "We did a pretty good job at handling the press (Tuesday)," GHS coach Key said. ...

LIZTON -- On Tuesday, the South Putnam high school girls' basketball team traveled to Tri-West to play the Bruins. Turnovers played a part in the game, according to Eagle coach Tim Garver, and contributed to the 60-41 South Putnam loss. "We didn't exactly play the best," Eagle coach Tim Garver said. ...

ROACHDALE--The North Putnam girls' basketball team put up an impressive 17-point victory Tuesday against the Turkey Run Warriors, 44-27. This win for the Cougars (4-14, 1-1 WCC) is its second straight after beating the Cloverdale Clovers on the road last Friday night, 38-33...

CLOVERDALE--For the first minutes of Tuesday night's varsity boys' basketball game between Cloverdale and Shakamak, there were some uneasy glances being made around the gym as the Clover offense sputtered out of the gates and trailed 7-5. A 15-0 run to close the quarter and a 27-0 run to open the second half eased any fears as the hosts rolled the Lakers 81-39...

With students' hands excitedly raised all around him, Indianapolis Colts' mascot Blue contemplates his choice of volunteers for one of the activities Tuesday afternoon at Fillmore Elementary School.