Stories from Tuesday, February 3, 2015

An Indianapolis woman found herself in the Putnam County Jail early Tuesday morning after stealing a truck and veering off the roadway several times. At 11:30 p.m., Putnam County Dispatch Center received a 911 call from Mark Elliott of 5480 S. CR 300 West, Greencastle, stating a female acquaintance had stolen his blue Dodge pickup...

An Oklahoma man was arrested Monday evening after a traffic stop revealed him to be in possession of methamphetamine as well as multiple stolen items. At 6:05 p.m., Indiana State Police Trooper Yan Dravigne and Probationary Trooper David Cox Jr. stopped a Ford Focus for driving left of center and excessive window tint on eastbound Interstate 70 near the 36-mile marker...

Dan Quayle, the 44th Vice President of the United States and a 1969 graduate of DePauw University, will return to his alma mater on Tuesday, March 31, to deliver a Timothy and Sharon Ubben Lecture. The program will begin at 7:30 p.m. in Meharry Hall, located within historic East College...

Jeanne McCormick Rosich, 79, of Greencastle, passed away on Friday, Jan. 30, 2015. Jeanne was born on Oct. 18, 1935 in Cicero, Ill., to Eugene McCormick and Mary Fitzsimmons McCormick. She was a 1953 graduate of Immaculate Conception School in Elmhurst, Ill...

Mary Jane ("Janie") Truax, 95, Greencastle, passed away on Tuesday, Feb. 3, 2015 at Asbury Towers in Greencastle. She was born on Oct. 1, 1919 in Pulaski County, Ky., and was the daughter of William Morrison Hines and Bessie (Fisher) Hines. She was a homemaker, a member of the Cataract Missionary Baptist Church and had retired from the Donna Nursing Home at Cloverdale...

The Alzheimer's caregiver support group will hold its last meeting Thursday, Feb. 12 at 4 p.m. in the third floor classroom of Putnam County Hospital. Contact Cindy Little at 653-3076 or wecare@cinergymetro.net for more information.

Jazz at the Duck, the Thursday evening jazz concerts at the Inn at DePauw's Fluttering Duck, is back for February with a lineup of local musicians for the four dates. The weekly concerts take place from 8:30-10:30 p.m. at The Duck. The opener on Thursday, Feb. 5, as well as the Thursday, Feb. 19 date will be a jazz jam session featuring Veronica Pejril on piano, Bill Hamm on bass and Rick Provine on drums...

County Jail Eight people have been booked into the Putnam County Jail recently. At 4:10 p.m. Friday, Jan. 30, Garry Dean Rigney Jr., 34, Greencastle, was arrested on charges of battery with bodily injury, invasion of privacy and disorderly conduct...

The following cases were filed in Putnam County courts recently. Criminal Cases Joseph M. Day, 23, Greenwood, Class 6 felony driving while intoxicated, Class C misdemeanor driving while intoxicated, Class 6 felony driving with BAC of .08 or more, Class C misdemeanor driving with a BAC of .08 or more, Class 6 felony driving as a habitual traffic violator...

An Indianapolis woman found herself in the Putnam County Jail early Tuesday morning after stealing a truck and veering off the roadway several times. At 11:30 p.m., Putnam County Dispatch Center received a 911 call from Mark Elliott of 5480 S. CR 300 West, Greencastle, stating a female acquaintance had stolen his blue Dodge pickup...

Jeff Rich is a name that is well known in Putnam County for all of the community service work that he does. Rich has been generous with his time in worthy causes such as auctioning cakes for Boy Scouts in Cloverdale, announcing at "Putting on the Hits" for Tzouanakis Intermediate School in Greencastle, auctioning baked goods for 4-H at the Putnam County Fair, emceeing for "Dancing With the Stars of Putnam County" and calling numbers for the Putnam County Board of Realtors Bingo...

To the Editor: The holidays were made brighter for more than 80 families in the North Putnam School District through very generous donations to the 2-Fish Food Pantry located in Bainbridge...

To the Editor: I am writing in response to the overwhelming generosity our community showed during a recent fund drive to provide supplies to the Indiana Veterans Home in Lafayette...

To the Editor: I'd like to take this time to thank all the supporters and members of the Humane Society of Putnam County. Thank you to all of our great volunteers who work so hard at Rescued Treasures...

This may upset a few people in Putnam County -- to be exact, 1,975 people. To be even more exact, it may upset 1,650 Republicans, 324 Democrats and 11 Libertarians, according to results from the 2014 General Election. (Really, 11 Libertarians?) It's time to end straight ticket voting in the state of Indiana. It's long past the time, really. Haven't we reached a day and age in which responsible, informed voters can be expected to consider each race and make individual choices?...

As the Greencastle and DePauw University communities await the appearance of "Orange is the New Black" author Piper Kerman tonight (7:30 p.m. Ubben Lecture at Kresge Auditorium), the real world of the courts and the judicial system plays out Monday through Friday at the Putnam County Courthouse...

By ERIC BERNSEE Editor With just days to go now in the 2015 primary filing period, three Third Ward City Council candidates have emerged among a number of developments on the Greencastle political front. Democrat Steve Fields, 60, 11 Wood St., is the lone Third Ward hopeful to date in his party, while a pair of Republicans -- Harold Barger, 65, 310 Fifth St., and Harry Maginity, 70, 648 E. Seminary St., have filed this week for the seat currently held by Democrat Jinsie Bingham...

An Oklahoma man was arrested Monday evening after a traffic stop revealed him to be in possession of methamphetamine as well as multiple stolen items. At 6:05 p.m., Indiana State Police Trooper Yan Dravigne and Probationary Trooper David Cox Jr. stopped a Ford Focus for driving left of center and excessive window tint on eastbound Interstate 70 near the 36-mile marker...