Stories from Tuesday, October 11, 2016

The Putnam County Public Library will host local author Stuart Fabe to discuss his newest novel, “Evening Comes,” on Wednesday, Oct. 19. The 6:30 p.m. event is free and open to the public. Over the last four decades, Fabe’s creativity has focused on three genres: Photography, weaving and writing...

For a four-hour period on Saturday, Oct. 15, nearly everyone in America will have access to free health screenings, education, services and products as Walmart stores nationwide host Walmart Wellness Day. The event is nationwide and will be taking place at the Greencastle store, as well as the Supercenter in Brazil and several stores in Hendricks County, a Walmart spokesman confirmed...

Members of Greencastle Eagles Lodge 4388 and Putnam County Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) gather as the Eagles show their support for local emergency responders with a $1,000 check...

The following cases were filed in Putnam County courts recently. Carey K. Carr, 50, Indianapolis, Level 5 felony burglary, Level 6 felony theft Cy D. Stoltz, 22, Greencastle, two counts of Class A misdemeanor resisting law enforcement, Class B misdemeanor public intoxication...

BELLMORE -- A Putnam County juvenile was arrested Monday after her car struck and injured a Parke County teenager walking across U.S. 36 to get on his school bus. Parke County deputies, investigating the accident on U.S. 36, east of State Road 59, reported that a 15-year-old male was walking across the highway to board a stopped school bus with its stop arm extended and all emergency lights illuminated...

One recent arrest was reported by Greencastle City Police officers. • 2:44 p.m. Saturday, Jessica Glenn, 31, Cloverdale, was arrested by Officer Josh Smith at State Road 240 and Fillmore Road. Lodged in the Putnam County Jail, Glenn was held on a charge of operating a motor vehicle while under the influence of a controlled substance...

The Gleaners Mobile Food Truck that visits the Bainbridge Community Building parking lot each month has been rescheduled for Saturday, Oct. 29, the fifth Saturday in October. The rescheduled date is due to the 10-day Covered Bridge events from Oct. 14-23 along U.S. 36 and throughout the area...

This month the Putnam County Museum Kids’ Club will be on Saturday, Oct 15 at 11:30 a.m., focusing on Fall Colors: The way the changing of leaves helps the local eco and social systems. Children will be making a craft lantern and having Papa John’s pizza for lunch...

Indiana First Lady Karen Pence hosted the eighth and final award reception for grant recipients of the Indiana First Lady’s Charitable Foundation recently at the Governor’s Residence, where she awarded $38,000 to 40 organizations and charities that serve Hoosier families and children across the state...

While the splash park at Robe-Ann Park was being shut down for the season, park officials feared a gasoline pipeline through Big Walnut Sports Park might create its own splash pad at the facility on Greencastle’s East Side. Park Director Rod Weinschenk told the Greencastle Park Board Monday night that he got a call from the Water Department one recent night about 9:15, advising him that the eight-inch Marathon gasoline pipeline had sprung a leak at the sports park...

Before setting off for fall break, DePauw School of Music invites local music lovers to take a trip with Gabriel Alegria on an Afro-Peruvian musical tour to Music on the Square. The fall Communiversity event, “Jazz on Tap,” takes off at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 14. Tastings and tapas will be provided by Wasser Brewing Co...

Marlin Stutzman, who represents Indiana’s Third Congressional District in the United States House of Representatives, traveled all the way from his farm in the Northeastern Indiana community of Howe on Monday evening, with son in tow, to speak at the Defenders of Liberty monthly meeting...