Stories from Friday, February 6, 2015

CLOVERDALE -- A call by a concerned motorist landed two Sullivan County men in jail Thursday afternoon. At around 3:30 p.m., Putnam County 911 Dispatch received a call from a driver saying that a pickup truck was all over the road on U.S. 231. Cloverdale Police Officer James Martin located the vehicle and attempted to make a traffic stop. However, he called for assistance when the driver refused to stop...

With no last-minute surprises surfacing Friday morning, the ballot for the 2015 City of Greencastle primary election is now set. The latest addition to the ballot came Wednesday when Tanis Monday, 33, of 18 Highland St., filed as a Democrat candidate for the Fourth Ward seat on the City Council...

Conducting its first meeting of 2015, the Greencastle Board of Zoning Appeals dealt with more organizational matters than zoning issues Tuesday night. The BZA added a new member, Brian Cox, who was sworn in at the outset of the meeting by Mayor Sue Murray...

ALICE MOORE of Greencastle, a member of the class of 2016 at Washington and Lee University, has earned dean's list status for the recently ended fall term 2014. Dean's list status at Washington and Lee represents a term grade-point average of at least 3.4 on a 4.0 scale...

Jacqui Ellis of the financial services firm Edward Jones recently traveled to St. Louis to attend a "Business Development Workshop" and training session, which brings together Edward Jones financial advisors who have achieved a certain level of success in the financial services business...

CLOVERDALE -- Renovation work at Town Hall is forcing the Cloverdale Town Council to reschedule its regular February meeting. The council will now meet at 7 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 19. The furnace of the town building at 154 S. Main St. will be removed on Saturday, leaving the building without heat for at least four days. This makes it impossible to meet on the regularly-scheduled date of Tuesday, Feb. 10...

Inspection of a supposed disabled vehicle Friday morning just west of the Putnam-Clay county line turned into a drug investigation, Indiana State Police at Putnamville reported. About 9:30 a.m., ISP Trooper Brandon Mullen came upon what he thought was a disabled vehicle along westbound Interstate 70 near the 29-mile marker, 12 miles west of Cloverdale...

Jessika Lynne O'Hair, 28, of Coatesville, passed away on Wednesday, Feb. 4, 2015. Jessika was born on Sept. 15, 1986 in Lafayette, La., to Brian P. O'Hair and Charleen A. Faller O'Hair. She was a 2005 graduate of North Putnam High School, and had been employed by Brannon, Sowers & Cracraft in Indianapolis...

An opportunity for a need to quench a local desire was shared with the Greencastle Park Board Thursday night. With Mayor Sue Murray on hand during the Park Board's monthly meeting at City Hall, the subject was the special redevelopment projects being considered by the city to extend the life and usefulness of its TIF (Tax Increment Financing) district...

Want to make a valentine for that secret someone? Need one for mom or dad? Then join the Greencastle Parks and Recreation Department for an afternoon of fun and make a valentine. Create your own or be guided by Park Department intern and DePauw University student Maribel Diaz...

More than 50 people attended an organizational meeting of local bee enthusiasts recently at the Dixie Chopper Business Center at the Putnam County Airport. The group voted on a name for its organization and settled on the Putnam County Beekeepers Association...

Described by associates as compassionate, dedicated leaders, a pair of tireless workers for the youth of Putnam County were honored by the P.I.E. Coalition. Bestowing annual awards during a dinner at Autumn Glen, P.I.E. board member Renee Marsteller honored a pair of individuals who best support the coalition's efforts for alcohol, tobacco and drug prevention, intervention and education...