Stories from Tuesday, May 10, 2016

Angela Kay (Hubbard) Hancock, 43, of Greencastle, passed away Saturday, May 7, 2016 at Regional Hospital in Terre Haute. She was born July 7, 1972, in Linton to Jerry Hubbard Sr. and Barbara (Hubbard) Hill. She got her nursing degree from Ivy Tech in 2001 and worked for Summerfield Health Care in Cloverdale...

Vicky L. Williams, 63, of Cloverdale, passed away April 29, 2016 at St. Vincent Hospital, Indianapolis. She was born May 6, 1952 in Greencastle.She was the daughter of the late Donald and Mary (Seymour)Williams. She is survived by her daughter, Laurel Swink and husband Thomas, Cloverdale; siblings Darlene Whicker and husband Carl, Simpson, Ill., and Donald K. Williams; grandchildren Artre'vion Henderson, Kayla Henderson, Reyna Swink and Taven Swink...

Marilyn Sue Holman, 66, of Greencastle, passed away Monday, May 9, 2016 at St. Vincent Hospital, Indianapolis. She was born March 15, 1950 in Greencastle. She was the daughter of the late Rex and Charlene (Guy) Minnick. She is survived by her children, Kim Fidler, Greencastle, Donna Corder, Greencastle, Mary Looper and husband David, Cloverdale, Donnie Sandusky Jr., Cloverdale, and James Sandusky, Greencastle; 12 grandchildren; 11 great-grandchildren; her siblings, Debbie Clark and husband Dan, Fillmore, Mike Ford and wife Donna, Alabama, Karen Grantz and husband Frank, Virginia Beach, Va., Marianne Greeson and husband Kevin, Martinsville, Rexanna Hamm and husband Matt, Gosport, Donnie Minnick and Jerry Minnick, Gosport, Kevin Minnick and wife Jeannie, Gosport, and Melissa Vanetti and husband Bo, Greencastle.. ...

James F. Sanders, 76, of Hope, died May 7, 2016 at Miller's Merry Manor in Hope. Before retirement he was an engineer in the mechanical engineering industry. He was a good artist and loved woodworking. Born July 30, 1939 in Winslow, Ind., James was the son of Charles Franklin Sanders and Dorothy Jean Butler Sanders...

City Police A 26-year-old Greencastle man is facing theft charges after reportedly shoplifting items from Walmart and then posting them for sale on the Facebook yard sale site. At 5:06 p.m. Saturday, Logan Maybaugh was arrested at a Castlebury Apartments unit by Office Kyle Lee after Walmart officials spotted merchandise on Facebook that they knew had been stolen from their store recently...

As part of the Envision Grant bestowed by the Putnam County Foundation to its Heritage Preservation Society (HPS) in 2015 for Historic District nominations, HPS is now also receiving an Endangered Places Fund grant from Indiana Landmarks for the nominations...

BRAZIL -- South Putnam came up a couple of key hits short in Tuesday's 7-1 Western Indiana Conference loss at Northview. Despite facing Northview's Braydon Tucker, an Indiana University commit as a sophomore, the Eagles had their chances to add more than just the single run they scored in the opening frame...

In one of its final tuneups before Thursday's Putnam County meet and Saturday's Western Indiana Conference meet, North Putnam's boys' golf team defeated Danville 168-187 in the rain on Monday at Twin Bridges. Medalist was Adam Barber of Danville with a 38, while Preston Porter and Jake Holtze each had a 41 to lead North Putnam...

When Greencastle girls' basketball coach Brad Key looked over the criteria for the Pat Aikman Character and Leadership Award, he knew exactly who he should nominate. Tiger Cub senior Allison White was recently named as one of five winners of the award from the Indiana Basketball Coaches Association, which is named after the long-time former director of the Indiana-Kentucky All-Star series sponsored by the Indianapolis Star...

In coordination with Michelle Obama's Reach Higher initiative, seniors at Greencastle High School recently wore shirts, sweaters and hoodies proudly displaying the respective universities each plans to attend this fall. The program, titled National College Signing Day, comes straight from the top as the First Lady endeavors to encourage graduates to attend college and "complete" their overall education...

A horse-riding aficionado since the age of six, South Putnam senior Dylan Watson (front, center) signs with Missouri Valley College Thursday with intentions to join the school's award-winning rodeo program. Surrounded by his family and future coach, Watson fils out, what is believed to be, the first-ever Putnam County student-recruitment signing for rodeo. ...