Stories from Friday, March 20, 2015

Greencastle's middle school wrestling team came out victorious in the County Tournament at Cloverdale on Wednesday. Team and individual scores and game stats were unavailable and will be posted online.

BAINBRIDGE -- The Bainbridge Town Council approved a recommendation to move forward with the Indiana Municpal Power Agency (IMPA) solar park at its March meeting. A purchase agreement will see IMPA purchase the 4.82 acres of land located at 320 W. Vine St. for the same price the city originally paid for it: $39,765...

Putnam County Farm Bureau will sponsor its third in a series of three 2015 Legislative Update programs on the current session of the Indiana General Assembly Saturday morning, March. 21. The free program will begin at 8 a.m. at the Greencastle Farm Bureau office, 1001 N. Jackson St...

A white male in his mid-20s was apprehended Thursday afternoon after he abandoned the stolen truck he was driving in a corn field and fled on foot, catching the corn field on fire in the process. The suspect, whose identity has not yet been confirmed, was eventually discovered by Roachdale Marshal Mike Mahoy's K9 Deputy Toby...

There's a new sheriff in town, and Thursday afternoon he shared his goals and observations with local business leaders. Addressing the quarterly Greater Greencastle Chamber of Commerce luncheon audience at the Inn at DePauw, Sheriff Scott Stockton reflected on his first three months of reshaping the Putnam County Sheriff's Department....

Martha Lea "Marty" Davis, 72, of Toone, Tenn., formerly of Greencastle, died Thursday, March 19, 2015, at Jackson Madison County General Hospital in Jackson, Tenn. Born June 6, 1942, Martha enjoyed flower gardening, canning and swimming. She also loved to cook and spend time with her children and grandchildren...

ROACHDALE--It was a busy day for middle school girls' basketball teams when all four county schools competed in the Putnam County Tournament Thursday. North Putnam hosted two close games with a rematch between North Putnam and Cloverdale in the seventh-grade match up, ending 27-16 in Cloverdale's favor and a come-from-behind victory from Greencastle over South Putnam 38-28 in the eighth-grade game...

Greencastle High School junior Jacob Kessler recently served as an Indiana House Page during the 2015 session of the Indiana General Assembly, meeting State Rep. Jim Baird and witnessing how laws are made firsthand.

Beech Grove United Methodist Church will host special services on Palm Sunday, Good Friday and Easter Sunday. The church will host guest speaker Emily Barlow at 11 a.m. on Palm Sunday, March 29. Barlow does mission work with junior high and high school students in Santa Cruz, Bolivia...

Three North Putnam Middle School students have been presented with VFW Citizenship Awards in recent months. The honored young ladies include (from left) December winner Jada Stine, sixth grade; January winner Allison Staples, seventh grade; and February winner Mackenzie Walls, eighth grade.

Putnamville United Methodist Church will host an Easter Egg Hunt at 11 a.m. on Saturday, April 4. Age groups will be preschool, kindergarten through second grade and third through sixth grade. There will be prizes for all age groups. Older youth and adults who wish to hide eggs should be at the church at 9:30 a.m...

Criminal Cases Jacob M. Alexander, 22, Poland, Level 6 felony auto theft, Class A misdemeanor possession of paraphernalia Jessica M. Burris, 26, Greencastle, Level 6 felony escape Austin L. Buttery, 22, Bainbridge, Level 6 felony possession of methamphetamine, Level 6 felony receiving stolen auto parts, Class A misdemeanor possession of paraphernalia, Class B misdemeanor possession of marijuana...

A 47-year-old Zionsville man has been sentenced to 70 months in federal prison for robbing five Indiana banks, including facilities in Poland, Eminence and Ladoga. Appearing in U.S. District Court at Indianapolis on March 13, Alan Wayne McCormick pleaded guilty to five counts of armed bank robbery...

Putnam County Public Library will be offering three computer classes in April. The computer classes being offered are lecture classes instead of our usual hands-on classes and are designed to introduce patrons to the Internet. On Thursday, April 2, Introduction to the Internet will introduce patrons to search engines, browsers and some of the best websites on the Internet...

An Easter brunch and egg hunt are scheduled for Saturday, April 4 at Mill Pond Health Campus in Greencastle. The Easter egg hunt will begin at 11 a.m., while the brunch will go from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the facility, located at 1014 Mill Pond Lane, Greencastle...

Greencastle junior Paige Bragg competed in the Indiana Elite North vs. South All-Star game Saturday, March 14. Also nominated were Tiger Cubs Callan Taylor, Jessica Lenihan and Lauren Bridgewater, however each chose not to participate. Playing in the class 3A junior division, Bragg totaled 10 points, two steals, a rebound with no turnovers for the North in its 60-47 win over South...

County Jail Two individuals have been placed into the custody of the Putnam County Jail recently. At 4:01 a.m. Friday, Brandy Lynn Turner, 41, Greencastle, was arrested on charges of trafficking inmate contraband, resisting law enforcement, disorderly conduct and battery with bodily injury...

After evading law enforcement in a stolen vehicle, accidentally igniting a cornfield on fire and injuring himself while attempting to flee on foot Thursday afternoon, Daniel A. Bruce, 30, Terre Haute, is recovering at St. Vincent Hospital in Indianapolis...

As part of a $100,000 grant awarded to Greencastle Community School Corporation (GCSC) from the Indiana Department of Education, Tzouanakis Intermediate School will be the next up for ongoing technology integration at GCSC. After having made leaps and bounds with the 1:1 technology program that put an iPad into the hands of students in grades six through 12, GCSC is looking to expand touchscreen educational tools to younger kids in the district...

Funding new software for Putnam County 911 Dispatch will take a little more than digging under the couch cushions. The Putnam County Commissioners and Putnam County Council met in joint session Friday, discussing multiple approaches to the $960,702.42 upgrade...