Stories from Wednesday, April 1, 2015

An early morning jogger was responsible for spotting smoke at Immanuel Baptist Church in Wednesday. morning at 5 a.m. While out on his morning run around 5 a.m., Thomas Miller saw smoke at the church, located at 9 Houck Rd. in Greencastle and quickly called emergency services...

An arrest warrant has been requested for one of two suspects charged with trying to steal iPads from the Greencastle Walmart store in the early morning hours of March 21. Failing to show up in Putnam Superior Court Monday afternoon resulted in a warrant for failure to appear being requested for Jolisha L. ...

BRAZIL -- Construction is due to begin on or after Wednesday, April 1 on the U.S. 40 project in Brazil, weather permitting. U.S. 40 traffic will be maintained at all times, the Indiana Department of Transportation (INDOT) announced. The plan for this year is to finish U.S. 40 to State Road 59 and complete the work at the SR 59 intersection...

Indiana Landmarks and Indiana Farm Bureau welcome nominations for the 2015 John Arnold Award for Rural Preservation. The award recognizes the preservation and continued agricultural use of historic farm buildings in Indiana. Anyone, including farm owners, can submit a nomination for the Arnold Award, which will be presented during Farmers' Day festivities on Aug. 19 at the 2015 Indiana State Fair...

The annual Putnam County Realtors Scholarship Bingo will be hosted Saturday, April 11 at the Putnam County Fairgrounds. Doors open at 5:30 p.m. Early bird games at 6 (three games). Main event at 6:30 (15 games). Tickets are $15 in advance, or $20 at the door...

A 31-year-old Greencastle man who had to be coaxed from the attic of his new residence by authorities employing a fire department ladder to reach him is being held on $3,500 cash bond following his appearance Monday in Putnam Circuit Court. Judge Matt Headley entered not-guilty pleas on behalf of Joshua W. ...

CLOVERDALE -- The Indiana Department of Transportation has announced that State Road 42 will close on or after Tuesday, April 7 for a bridge deck overlay project. The 60-day closure is for the bridge over Mill Creek, located nearly three miles east of U.S. 231...

Jeffrey Allan Crouch, 59, of Greencastle, passed away on Tuesday, March 31, 2015. Born Dec. 28, 1955 in Bloomington, he was the son of Richard David and Doris Christine (Spears) Crouch. He married Vicki (Kean) Crouch on June 4, 1974, and she survives...

Members of the Greater Greencastle Chamber of Commerce and the staff downtown Greencastle's newest business addition, Don Julio's, gathered for a ribbon cutting Wednesday afternoon at the new Mexican restaurant on the north side of the courthouse square.

Third grade teacher at Bainbridge Elementary School, Lisa Asher, received a grant to give her classroom an iPad from Horace Mann Insurance.

With political observations ranging from the firestorm of protest over the Religious Freedom law in Indianapolis to the Mideast threat that is Iran to the 2016 presidential election, former U.S. Vice President Dan Quayle was candid in his Tuesday night return to his DePauw University alma mater...