Stories from Tuesday, September 8, 2015

The would-be grant seeker accused of pocketing more than $33,000 in Putnam County animal shelter funds appeared in Putnam Circuit Court Tuesday afternoon. Ronald Dorian Brown, 46, Indianapolis, was booked into the Putnam County Jail at 12:30 p.m. Friday on one theft charge and two counts of deception...

CATARACT -- An Indianapolis man was pronounced dead Monday after he did not resurface after swimming at Cataract Falls. Witnesses say the victim, Mario Luis Cardozo, was swimming when he appeared to tire and disappeared beneath the surface. The area has multiple signs prohibiting swimming where the incident took place...

LINTON -- A 40-year-old Putnam County man is in jail in Greene County, facing multiple felony charges after an aborted traffic stop in Linton ended with a police pursuit. A late Friday night police pursuit that ended in a bean field northeast of Linton after causing thousands of dollars in crop damage and landing one man in jail on several felony charges...

The 54th season of Putnam County Playhouse will close with a production of Ken Ludwig's mystery-comedy "The Game's Afoot" beginning Thursday night on the Hazel Day Longden Theatre stage off Round Barn Road on Greencasle's East Side. It will be presented Thursday, Friday and Saturday, Sept. 10-12 and again Sept. 16-19. All performances begin at 8 p.m...

By Carey Fox For the Banner Graphic PUTNAMVILLE -- Shane Cottle was crowned the "King of Non-Wing" sprint cars on Saturday night at Lincoln Park Speedway as he held off a determined challenge from Chad Boespflug over the final four laps to gain the victory and the $2,000 payday. ...

Celebrate pre-history with hands-on activities, a Miami Nation drum circle and spear throwing during Shades State Park's Archaeology Day on Saturday, Sept. 12. Gather at the Hickory Shelter from 10 a.m. to noon to try out primitive life skills, such as basket weaving, primitive fire starting, rope making and working with clay. ...

County Jail Five people were booked into the Putnam County Jail recently. At 11:25 a.m. Friday, Jason Michael Wallace, 34, Poland, was arrested for reckless driving, possession of marijuana, domestic battery, strangulation and on two local warrants...

MANSFIELD -- The historic Mansfield Roller Mill will stage its Cornbread and Beans Day Celebration in the village of Mansfield on Saturday, Sept. 12. The event will be conducted in and around the mill from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. The throwback celebration of summer's end is expected to be much bigger than previous celebrations...

A. K. Fielding, historian, writer, artist, illustrator and educator, will be the speaker at the Greencastle Defenders of Liberty meeting on Monday, Sept. 14 The 6:30 p.m. meeting will be held at the Putnam County Airport, Dixie Chopper Business Center, 102 Ballard Lane, Greencastle...

The Putnam County Soil and Water Conservation District will host a public local working group meeting on Thursday, Sept. 17 at 6 p.m. at the USDA Service Center, located on 1007 Mill Pond Lane, Greencastle. The meeting is being hosted on behalf of the United States Department of Agriculture's Natural Resource Conservation Service (NRCS)...

Where once the Goodwill store repurposed clothes and household goods, an intriguing new enterprise is spreading goodwill through music and "communiversity." Music on the Square (aka M2), the DePauw University undertaking in the old Greencastle Goodwill store at the corner of Indiana and Franklin streets on the east side of the courthouse square, is off and running and recently hosted its first major public event, the inaugural Wine and Opera program...

After a strong performance in the first half Tuesday, the Greencastle boys' soccer team gave up three scores in the second half and fell to Southmont 3-2 for its second loss of the season. "The first half we passed really well," GHS coach J.D. Simms said. ...

It was another interesting match when the Greencastle boys' tennis team took on WIC West divisional rival and potential sectional opponent Northview at home. The two teams have had some wild matches in recent years, including last season's sectional championship in which GHS took the win...