Stories from Monday, December 5, 2016

CLOVERDALE -- A Poland woman was killed Monday afternoon in a single-vehicle car crash east of Cloverdale. Darlene Whitaker, 18, was westbound on County Road 900 South at around 3:30 p.m. when she lost control of her sedan and collided with a tree.

The 53-point game by Cloverdale's Cooper Neese on Saturday put him into two ties for historical Putnam County records. Neese raised his career scoring total to 1,798 points, and is now tied with 1960 Bainbridge graduate Jeff Blue for Putnam County career scoring honors...

Beverly A. Nichols, 81, of Coatesville, passed away Saturday, Dec. 3, 2016. Beverly was born Jan. 7, 1935 in Putnam County to Maurice Paul and Leona Margaret McCullough. She was a 1953 graduate of Reelsville High School. She was a caring and devoted homemaker to her family and was a member of the Bethel Baptist Church in Fillmore...

Already in line with the statewide GOP sweep that took place on Election Day, Putnam County voters also turned out in similar numbers to their counterparts around the state. With 60 percent of registered voters casting ballots in the General Election, Putnam County was just above the statewide average of 58 percent voter turnout...