Stories from Saturday, October 17, 2015

County Jail Four people were booked into the Putnam County Jail recently. At 12:45 p.m. Thursday, Eric Von Cammon, 55, no city listed, was lodged at the jail on a hold for another county. At 5:25 p.m. Christopher Wayne Johnson, 37, Poland, was arrested for possession of paraphernalia and possession of marijuana...

The following cases were filed in Putnam County courts recently. Criminal Cases Sigmund Augustus Croan, 23, Greencastle, Class A misdemeanor theft Divorces Tabatha R. Allen and Montaey L. Allen, both of Greencastle Civil Cases Ryan L. Stonebraker vs. State of Indiana: Petition to restore driving privileges...

All seasons must come to an end. However, how a team handles a loss in its final game of the regular season says more than what can be observed in the stat book. The fighting Clovers (1-8, 1-5 Western Indiana Conference) took on the visiting Wildcats of South Vermillion (3-6, 2-4 WIC) Friday in a battle for ninth place overall in the Western Indiana Conference...

ROACHDALE -- North Putnam made the plays early in the WIC football crossover game for third place against Sullivan. However after the Cougars jumped to a 14-0 first-half lead, the Golden Arrows put the clamps on and scored 27 unanswered points to earn the victory Friday...

CLAYTON -- Led by a solid defensive performance and a rushing attack from Kyle Shaffer and Brandon Gierke, South Putnam was able to close out its regular season with a 35-21 win at Cascade on Friday. Shaffer led all rushers with 179 yards on 20 carries and three touchdowns. Gierke only carried the ball seven times but still managed 93 yards and a touchdown...

Putnam County Public Library Board members and staff will be hosting a series of community forums throughout the county to gather input for the updated strategic plan. Director Grier Carson noted the five-year strategic plan is updated periodically and each time the public is invited to learn more about the library's current projects in order to provide input for future projects...

Go figure, city finances and salaries for 2016 were center stage this week for the Greencastle City Council. Acting on the second and final readings of three separate city ordinances at its October meeting, the Council unanimously approved 2016 salaries of the elected officers of the city and the 2016 salaries of city employees as well as appropriations and tax rates for the year 2016...

Perhaps it seemed a bit too on the nose that Kevin Crafton opened his homecoming show with the song "Home" on Friday night, but the Greencastle native was happy to be home and he wasn't shy about saying it. With a personal and self-deprecating show at the Inn at DePauw, Crafton closed a rousing second installment of the Greencastle Songwriters Showcase...

Nineteen-year-old Dakota Crocker of Brazil escaped injuries after flipping an SUV on a country road Friday night. Officials were dispatched to South County Road 200 West, also known as Creek Road, at 5:55 p.m. to a call of an inverted vehicle. A young man had reportedly struck a pothole on the county road, causing the vehicle to flip into a ditch...