Stories from Saturday, May 21, 2016

When Kevin Rowe was hired as Greencastle's girls' tennis coach three years ago, he knew it would take a little while to get the program to a championship level. Friday night, three years of hard work by the Tiger Cubs paid off as Greencastle defeated Northview 4-1 to win its first girls' sectional tennis title since 2004...

A grant from the Indiana Attorney General's Office has supplied local officers with a valuable tool to fight the effects of drug overdose. Armed with intranasal doses of naloxone, officers can more readily respond to heroin and other narcotic overdoses...

Dawn Puckett has always been, at heart, a teacher. That's important to remember as community members praise the Greencastle Community Schools superintendent on the occasion of her retirement. Sure, Puckett spent more than a decade on the administrative side of things. And, sure, her career might be best remembered for the poise she showed in the last three-plus years as superintendent, taking over a mid-year vacancy and a school district with a fractured culture...

Timing is everything, many wise men have said. For South Putnam senior Josh Stewart, the timing was just right when his school resurrected its boys' tennis program four years ago after a long absence. Stewart played football in junior high school but didn't want to pursue that sport any further...

Greencastle High School senior Bailey York has signed a commitment to be a member of the cheer team and attend Wabash Valley College this fall. "Bailey has cheered throughout her middle and high school years and I am excited that she is continuing in her college years," GHS head cheer coach Paige Paquin said. "Bailey is a hard worker and it shows within her squad, school and community. She was a great asset to her high school squad and I know she will be a valuable asset to her college squad."...