Stories from Tuesday, January 26, 2016

PUTNAMVILLE -- An outbreak of influenza at Putnamville Correctional Facility, coupled with antibiotic-resistant bacteria, has been identified as the cause of death of an inmate on Friday. In a Tuesday afternoon press conference, officials from the Indiana Department of Correction and Indiana State Department of Health identified the illness as H1N1 influenza...

The Greencastle Parks and Recreation Department will host a Brickmania: Birthday Bash Sunday, Jan. 31 at City Hall. The 1-4 p.m. event is being staged to celebrate the birthday of the Lego building block. Special Lego collections will be on exhibit and youngsters will have an opportunity to free-build with the Park Department's assortment of building blocks piled high on the City Hall floor...

Freedom proved fleeting for a 34-year-old Putnam County man this week. Dane A. Archer, released from jail just five days earlier to enter outpatient addiction treatment, was arrested again Sunday night and now faces four charges relative to residential and vehicle entry...

She loves Donald Trump more than me? Well, not exactly, but John Stevens Jr., the Crawfordville singer-songwriter who garnered national attention with his 2014 song and video "She Loves Peyton Manning More Than Me," is trying his hand at politics with the new song and video "Who Wants to Be My President."...

Evelyn (McBride) Sutherlin, 86, of Acworth, Ga., formerly of Greencastle, passed away Tuesday, Jan. 26, 2016. Arrangements are pending at the Hopkins-Rector Funeral Home, Greencastle.

Lewis Terry Gose, 61, Greencastle, passed away on Monday, Jan. 25, 2016 at Countryside Meadows at Avon. He was born on June 11, 1954 in Putnam County, and was the son of the late Lloyd Gose and Esther Alice (Allen) Gose. He was tool-and-die maker. He is survived by his sisters, Madonna Alice Gose, Greencastle, and Gladys Olds, Clayton; his niece, D. ...

Joyce E. Ragan, 70, of Greencastle, went to be with The Lord on Monday, Jan. 25, 2016 at IU Health West Hospital, Avon. She was born April 3, 1945 in Punxsutawney, Pa., and was the daughter of the late Clyde and Ruby (McCullough) Pierce. She had worked as P.R. Mallory's for several years and retired from the Size Wise Clothing Store in Greencastle...

Putnam County Comprehensive Services (PCCS) conducted its first Kiwanis Aktion Club of Putnam County meeting on Tuesday, Jan. 19. The Aktion Club's mission is to provide adults with disabilities an opportunity to develop initiative, leadership skills and to serve their communities...

The following cases were filed in Putnam County courts recently. Criminal Cases Erica B. Clodfelter, 32, Greencastle, Level 6 felony unlawful possession of a syringe, Class A misdemeanor possession of a controlled substance, Class A misdemeanor theft...

County Jail Several people have been booked in at the Putnam County Jail recently. At 8 p.m. on Friday, John Dickson II, 37, Indianapolis, was lodged at the jail by court order for domestic battery and battery with bodily injury. At 10:10 p.m. Shane Allen Willey, 25, Cloverdale, was booked in for motor vehicle theft...

His name synonymous with local fire service for nearly a quarter-century, Bill Newgent hasn't just been a fixture in the Greencastle Fire Department. He's been instrumental in statewide fire service advancements and important in the aftermath of such catastrophes as the Henryville, Ind., tornado and the East Coast devastation left behind by Hurricane Sandy...