Stories from Wednesday, October 28, 2015

SPEEDWAY -- North Putnam's volleyball team fell in the IHSAA Regional match at Speedway Tuesday but the Cougars didn't go quietly. In the third and final set North Putnam was down 19-11 and fought its way back in it to give the Sparkplugs a scare before finally succumbing to the strong attackers on the Speedway team...

William Arthur "Bill" Earl, 84, of Greencastle passed away on Tuesday, Oct. 27, 2015. Bill was born on April 18, 1931 in Parke County to George Earl and Mildred Aikin Earl. He was a 1949 graduate of Rockville High School, serving as valedictorian of his class...

Mary Bridget Davies, a notable singer-actress from Cleveland, will perform with the popular regional band Ellusion Friday night at The Swizzle Stick on the north side of the courthouse square in Greencastle. The music is scheduled for 9 p.m. until midnight...

The great Germanic tone poem "Death and Transfiguration," by Richard Strauss, and American composer Michael Torke's joyful "Javelin, "written for the 1996 Atlanta Olympics, are the featured works to be performed by the DePauw University Orchestra for its upcoming concert on Sunday...

PLAINFIELD -- Duke Energy is ramping up efforts to protect customers from the long-running scam targeting customers of utility service providers across the country. The company has launched a new social media campaign with content focused on identifying tricks scammers use to get money from customers, and how customers can protect themselves. Duke encourages the public to share these messages to help guard against scam activity...

The Greencastle Park and Recreation Department Halloween 5K Road Run/Walk will be staged Saturday, Oct. 31 with registration beginning at 9 a.m. and the 5K starting at 10. Like the July 4 Rokicki 5K the run/walk will begin and end at Shelter No. 5 in Robe-Ann Park and travel the streets of Greencastle with a loop through the DePauw University campus...

Looking more like Parrotheads bound for a Jimmy Buffett concert, a group of Greencastle teachers pooled their efforts to eagerly immerse themselves in a unique afterschool project last week. About as excited as the kids they teach daily, a group of 10 teachers hit the city pool in Robe-Ann Park to create a music video for the "Tzouanakis Fish Song" that highlights the school's character education program. All in the name of fun and education...

TERRE HAUTE -- United States Attorney Josh J. Minkler Wednesday announced the sentencing of the former Owen County auditor Angela Lawson, 57, Gosport, to 20 months in federal prison by U. S. District Judge William T. Lawrence after her conviction on five counts of theft concerning programs receiving federal funding...

A 25-year-old Avon man is being held at Putnam County Jail following a pursuit starting in Hendricks County with speeds exceeding 100 mph. Nicholas Joseph McAlister allegedly fled from a Hendricks County law enforcement officer after being clocked at a speed of 102 mph in the wrong lane of U.S. 40...