Stories from Tuesday, May 12, 2015

DANVILLE -- Welcoming more than 4,000 visitors over two days last year, the first-ever Mayberry in the Midwest proved to be a rousing success. Expecting more visitors in its second year, organizers want to do even more as they have added another day, more ticketed events and additional free activities to the fun that made last year's festival so popular...

PUTNAMVILLE -- A week of fun activities and recognition unfolded May 4-8 for the staff at Putnamville Correctional Facility (PCF), in celebration and appreciation those who work in the correctional field. "We are proud to salute our state-employed correctional employees, contractual staff, and retiree," PCF Supt. Stanley Knight praised. "We have a team that is so dedicated to making our facility run as safe and secure as possible."...

The Comedy in Crawfordsville series, founded by Neil Snyder and now in its third year, makes its Greencastle debut on Saturday, May 16 at the Eagles Lodge, 207 W. Elizabeth St. The first show will be somewhat of a supercard, with eight comedians hitting the stage throughout the night...

CLOVERDALE -- The Purple Cow will be celebrating its first year of raising funds for a local retreat focused on providing free sabbaticals. The Purple Cow, located on U.S. 231 in Cloverdale, will be celebrating its first anniversary Friday, May 15 from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. with hot dogs, coffee and cookies for patrons...

CLOVERDALE -- Cloverdale Community Schools will be hosting the annual Art Fair Thursday in the elemantary and middle schools. The event is a collaborative effort between the art and music departments at Cloverdale. Art teachers Beth Williams, Janelle Cole and Daniel Varnes, along with music teachers Ann Pruitt and Bill Cole are working together on the school-wide project...

CLOVERDALE -- The Cloverdale Community School Corporation Board of Directors approved a resolution which could allow the school to enter into a lease finance agreement to complete several capital projects. The school is looking to borrow about $1.8 million dollars to complete the series of projects even though the school had been saving money for the projects...

West Central Solid Waste District held its annual Tox-Away Day event at Greencastle High School Saturday.

County Jail Eight people have been lodged at the Putnam County Jail recently. At 10:35 p.m. Friday, Dakota Martin, 25, Quincy, was arrested for failure to appear. At 11:52 p.m. Saturday, James Michael Hurst, 28, Greencastle, was booked for failure to appear...