Stories from Monday, June 22, 2015

A Putnam County Sheriff's Department (PCSD) deputy has resigned following a weekend incident in which he tested positive for alcohol consumption after damaging his police car in a single-vehicle crash. Deputy Tyler Turner met with Chief Deputy Phil Parker regarding the issue Monday morning...

Mr. and Mrs. Tracy McCallie of Cloverdale would like to announce the engagement of their son Zachary McCallie to Samone Pettit, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Michael Pettit of North Vernon. The wedding is set to take place Saturday, June 27 in Zionsville...

Participants in the 11th annual Youth Theatre Workshop Shakespeared! will present a production of Shakespeare's "The Merry Wives of Windsor" on Saturday, June 27. The production will begin at 7 p.m. at the Putnam County Playhouse Hazel Day Longden Theatre off Round Barn Road in Greencastle...

Donald R. Allen, 80, Port Charlotte, Fla., former of Cloverdale and Reelsville, passed away Friday, June 19, 2015 at the Tidewell Hospice House in Port Charlotte. He was born Nov. 5, 1934 in Parke County on Tick Ridge at Rosedale, the son of the late Everette and Clara "Alice" Lunsford Allen...

South Putnam, North Putnam and Cloverdale FFA chapters, with the Putnam County 4-H Junior Leaders, will be presenting an agriculture safety day Tuesday. The agricultural safety day is being presented in memory of the late Riley Sutherlin. South Putnam FFA sponsor Amanda King said students have been working to organize this educational event with funds donated through the Riley Memorial Fund...