Stories from Wednesday, May 4, 2016

With a solid primary win behind him, Commissioner Don Walton is ready to get back to work. The Republican incumbent garnered 53 percent of the vote in defeating challenger Mike Clark 3,234-2,847 in Tuesday's primary election. While the 388-vote margin may have been closer than Walton would have liked, the incumbent had the lead after three reporting precincts and watched his lead grow steadily throughout the night...

Campaigning under the slogan "the stakes are too high for politics as usual," John Crane made that notion come to life Tuesday by upsetting incumbent District 24 State Sen. Pete Miller in the Indiana Republican Primary. Crane made a strong Putnam County showing Tuesday, coming within 88 votes of the incumbent here, but lambasted Miller in Hendricks County -- which they both call home -- by more than 3,000 votes to roll to victory...

Indiana Landmarks and Indiana Farm Bureau welcome nominations for the 2016 John Arnold Award for Rural Preservation. The award, which will be presnted at the 2016 Indiana State Fair, recognizes the preservation and continued agricultural use of historic farm buildings in Indiana...

Austin Judy and Logan Grim each shot a 39 to lead the North Putnam boys' golf team to a win over Covington and Fountain Central on Monday to improve to 7-1 on the season. "I was real proud of our guys," NP coach Shawn Alspaugh said, noting that his team shot its best score of the year. "I felt like we did a much better job of taking advantage of the course, and actually converting scoring opportunities into some low scores. "...

BRAZIL -- Tuesday marked the fourth conference game out of five for both Greencastle and Northview as the Western Indiana Conference slate nears its conclusion. Both teams entered play with banged-up lineups, but it was Northview that got the most bang out of its offense in an 8-6 victory...

County Jail Two people were booked in the Putnam County Jail recently. At 10 a.m. on Friday, Ted Matthew Warren, 34, Martinsville, was lodged at the jail for possession of cocaine. At 12:40 a.m. on Sunday, Victor Solano, 18, no city listed, was charged with being a minor in consumption of alcohol...

Christian Women's Fellowship of First Christian Church will host a bake sale at the Greencastle Moose Lodge from 8 a.m.-noon on Saturday, May 7. The event is scheduled in conjuntion with the Kiwanis pancake breakfast. A selection of baked items will be available for purchase...

MANHATTAN -- On Thursday, May 5 Krambo's Kustom Kolors at Manhattan Road and U.S. 40 will be hosting its first bike night of the season. Krambo's will be having a ham-and-bean dinner that is open to the public. All donations will be going to Andrew Smith to assist him in his recovery...

Businesses and individuals along the Historic National Road are getting ready for the annual U.S. 40 Yard Sale. This year's event will take place June 1-5 on U.S. 40 from Baltimore to St. Louis. There will be approximately 824 miles to look for bargains, antiques, fresh produce, furniture and more...

Less than three months after being arrested with five others in a Putnam County drug bust, a 28-year-old Cloverdale man has admitted to two of the six felony counts filed against him. Appearing before Putnam Circuit Court Judge Matt Headley Monday for a change-of-plea hearing, Clarence W. Gilmore pled guilty to dealing in methamphetamine, a Level 4 felony, and theft, a Level 6 felony...

Citizens filled the second-floor lobby of the Putnam County Courthouse to hear the results of the Indiana Primary Election nearly an hour before the results came in. The limited seating and the hum of excited conversation was just a small reflection of what had been going on all day at the various polls...

The DePauw Percussion Ensemble, directed by Bonnie Whiting, will present a program of contemporary solo and chamber works for percussion on Wednesday, May 4 at 6:30 p.m. at the Richard E. Peeler Art Center on the DePauw University campus. The performance is presented in conjunction with the Department of Art and Art History's annual Senior Art Exhibit and with StereoType: New directions in typography, a groundbreaking exhibition exploring the intersections of technology and design, currently on display in The Galleries at Peeler.. ...

Dick O. Reed, 86, of Blakesburg, passed away Wednesday, May 4, 2016 at Hendricks Regional Hospital, Danville. He was born Aug. 23, 1929 in Selma, Ind., to the late Walker and Oma (Odle) Reed. On Oct.14, 1950 he married Carolyn Plumber. She preceded him in death in April 2010...

Linda D. Sutherlin, 56, of Greencastle, passed away on Monday, May 2, 2016. Born Feb. 27, 1960 in Brazil, Ind., she was the daughter of Donald and Adrenne (Mathews) Patterson. Linda was a graduate of Greencastle High School and received her nurse's training from Ivy Tech...

Greencastle swept the Putnam County track meet titles at South Putnam on Monday evening, winning the girls' event by a wide margin and edging out Cloverdale to take the boys' title. In the girls' meet, the Tiger Cubs amassed 118 team points to outdistance runnerup North Putnam's 51...