Stories from Wednesday, November 25, 2015

Balanced scoring made the 39-23 victory possible for the seventh-grade Cloverdale boys' basketball team as they defeated Eminence Monday. Ather the close victory over Cascade last week CMS followed with another good performance. Kyle Thomas was the leading scorer for CHS with 13 points and nine assists. Mack Gill scored nine with 14 boards on the evening...

TERRE HAUTE -- The Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College women's basketball team defeated Earlham College on Tuesday to improve to 4-3 on the year. The Pomeroys downed the Quakers 96-88, breaking EC's two-game win-streak against SMWC. Five Pomeroys finished the night in double figures with Greencastle graduate freshman Callan Taylor leading the way with 17 points. ...

The Greencastle High School Girls' Team was recognized by the National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA) with the 2014-15 High School Team Academic Award. The NSCAA annually recognizes high school soccer programs that have excelled in the classroom, in addition to their performance on the field...

The Greencastle boys' basketball team held a five-point halftime lead even with the low free throw percentage but Crawfordsville gained the upper hand in the second half and walked away with the win in the season opener 63-54 Tuesday. The Tiger Cubs won the first half, knocking down eight shots from the field in the first quarter with Ryan Coble scoring nine of his 16 first-half points in the first quarter...

By Mason Asher For the Banner Graphic CRAWFORDSVILLE-- The Greencastle girls' basketball team traveled to Crawfordsville to take on the Athenians. The outcome of the game was never in question as the visitors jumped out to a quick lead and never looked back, winning 72-28...

The 24th annual Holiday Cookie Sale at Gobin Memorial United Methodist Church in Greencastle is set for 8 a.m. to noon on Saturday, Dec. 5. Customers will don a plastic glove and make their own selections from dozens of trays of colorful homemade cookies. They can choose the kind, number and size of the cookies to put in a decorated container...

Did you win a trophy participating for Miller Elementary School in the Greencastle Little Olympics back in days of yore? Does an old Miller School T-shirt still hang in the back of your closet? Got an old school pennant? Class photos? Some pencils or a notebook embossed with "Miller School"?...

October looked a lot like September in the state unemployment rankings released this week by the Indiana Department of Workforce Development. Despite posting a monthly jobless rate just one-tenth of a percentage point higher than that of the state's 4.2 mark, Putnam County yet again finds itself stuck in the bottom half of Indiana's latest unemployment rankings...

CLOVERDALE -- Stopping a car for speeding on Interstate 70 in Putnam County Tuesday morning resulted in drug-related arrests of three Kentucky suspects, Indiana State Police at Putnamville reported. Tuesday morning at 10:15, Indiana State Police Trooper Yan Dravigne stopped a blue 2003 Pontiac car for traveling 90 mph in a 70-mph zone of eastbound I-70 near the 37-mile marker, four miles west of Cloverdale...

What will be designated the most creative entry at this year's Holiday Challenge of Gingerbread Houses Decorations? The Greencastle Parks and Recreation Department invites residents to enter the Gingerbread House Decorating from 3-5 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 2 at City Hall, 1 N. Locust St...

Joy E. (Clark) Gooden, 93 of Williamsport, Ind., went to be with the Lord at 12:19 p.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2015 at St. Vincent Williamsport Hospital. Joy was born on Aug. 19, 1922 in Hedrick, Ind. She was the daughter of the late Orval and Nellie (Morlan) Clark...

Guy Junior Evans, 78, of Greencastle, passed away on Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2015. Born Feb. 5, 1937 in Spencer, he was the son of Guy Albie and Frances M. (Galimore) Evans. He was a 1955 graduate of Spencer High School. He married Marjorie (Ewbank) Evans on March 9, 1957, and she survives...

DePauw School of Music Events Week of Nov. 30--Dec. 6 String and Mixed Chamber Ensembles, Fall Term Recitals I & II Tuesday, Dec.1 at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 3 at 7:30 p.m. Music on the Square, 21 N. Indiana St. Not one but two string and mixed chamber music recitals will be presented at Music on the Square this week, showcasing a diverse collection of student ensembles. ...