Stories from Friday, May 13, 2016

Visitation for Annabelle Jones will be on Thursday, May, 19 from 4-8 p.m. at Miller-Jones Mortuary (1835 N. Perris Blvd., Perris, CA 92571). Funeral services will be on Friday May 20 at noon in the chapel of Miller-Jones Mortuary. Interment will follow at Riverside National Cemetery...

"I love, and I will always love DePauw." That's what Brian W. Casey shared Thursday night at the conclusion of a dinner in his honor. "I loved being your president," he told a crowd of students, faculty, staff and alumni who gathered in the DePauw University Memorial Student Union Building...

Two people were booked in the Putnam County Jail on Thursday. At 1:10 p.m. Donald Dale Smith, 41, Greencastle, was housed at the jail for domestic battery. At 1:40 p.m. Brandi Christine Marshall, 34, Bloomfield, was taken into custody on a warrant...

Winners of recent VFW Good Citizen awards at North Putnam Middle School include (from left) sixth-grader Zachary Purdue in March, seventh-grader LexAnne Fuchs in April and eighth-grader Clarissa Gibson in May.

A Putnam County native is among the 2016 initiates of Phi Beta Kappa at DePauw University. ANGELA S. HACKER of Cloverdale was initiated into the Indiana Alpha Chapter, which was chartered at DePauw in 1889. Phi Beta Kappa, founded in 1776, is the oldest and most respected honorary society in the United States...

Nathan and Brookelyn Eubank graduated from Indiana University on May 7, 2016. Nathan graduated with distinction while earning Bachelors of Arts degrees in both psychology and criminal justice. He also commissioned as a second lieutenant into the United States Army on Sunday afternoon...

Wendell and Norma (Johnson) Hurst were married on May 12, 1951 at First Baptist Church on Spring Street by Dallas Rissler. On Thursday, they celebrated their 65th wedding anniversary. They have two sons, Kenny and Mike, along with six grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren...

The Putnam County Hospice and Palliative Care Association will sponsor "Starting Important Conversations" on Thursday, May 19. The program is scheduled for noon to 2 p.m. in the third-floor classroom at Putnam County Hospital. Lunch will be provided...

The Putnam County Council will not be meeting on its regular date in May. Normally the third Tuesday of each month, the council meeting has been rescheduled to Thursday, May 26. The meeting will still take place at 6:30 p.m. on the first floor of the Putnam County Courthouse...

BAINBRIDGE -- In response to ever-changing times and the ease of online bill paying, the Town of Bainbridge has recently updated its website to better serve its residents and create a more-efficient work flow for its employees. Clerk-Treasurer Monica Bray, during her first term in the elected position, has already made some big impacts for the town in addition to its technical capabilities...

BRAZIL -- A 47-year-old former Greencastle man found guilty last month in Clay County of trying to break into a female's home, then threatening her and taking a machete to her vehicle, is appealing his 25-year sentence in the case. A notice of appeal has been filed with the Indiana Court of Appeals on behalf of Kevin E. Terry, Clay County officials have confirmed...

That overused, almost indefinable notion of disrespect -- which seems to fuel so many personal disputes that it has evolved into a modern-day excuse for violence -- appears to be at the root of a fatal shooting incident in Putnam County...

DePauw University has received a $20 million gift from Don and Barbara Daseke for the DePauw Trust and other vital initiatives at the liberal arts college, President Brian W. Casey announced. The gift was revealed as a surprise addition to the current Campaign for DePauw Thursday night during a dinner honoring the president...

The board heard a report delivered by Dan Sulkoske of Kramer and Kramer, a project management company, on improvements to the school corporation's athletic facilities. After moving and installing a new salt bin, Sulkoske is now focused on repairing the track and installing a stormwater curb on the northeast corner of the football field. In its current state, the track has minor cracks from dry rotting that could be filled in, but the rubber needs replacing...