Stories from Saturday, December 10, 2016

Even in taking a shotgun blast to his ballistic vest late Saturday afternoon, a Cloverdale Police officer was able to return fire, wounding the suspect, and then administer medical treatment on his assailant until paramedics arrived. The officer, 27-year-old Luke Brown, was taken to a Terre Haute hospital, treated and released later Saturday night. The suspect, 48-year-old Jeffrey R. Hunter, remained in an Indianapolis hospital as of Sunday evening...

Greencastle hosted Southmont in a high school swimming meet on Thursday night, with Southmont winning the boys’ meet 98-78 and the teams earning a tie in the girls’ meet . “We knew this would be a close meet, and both girls and boys came out ready to race,” Greencastle coach Kent Menzel said. “The tie for the girls was heartbreaking, but that’s how swimming goes. Any race for either team could have tipped the balance.”...

ROACHDALE — North Putnam came out on the short end of a pair of matchups of struggling teams Friday evening. In the girls’ game, Sullivan topped North Putnam 46-12. In the boys’ contest, the Golden Arrows defeated the Cougars in a closer affair, 50-44...

CLOVERDALE — Cloverdale welcomed the Indian Creek Braves to town on Friday night as part of a Western Indiana Conference doubleheader, and the high-scoring Braves emerged with a pair of wins. The Indian Creek Braves boys came out firing and got out to a 13-0 lead before the Clovers scored their first points, and continued their hot shooting throughout the game to take the victory, 97-76...

Most basketball coaches consider getting off to a good start in each game as a key element to having success. Friday night’s Western Indiana Conference doubleheader between Greencastle and South Putnam provided evidence to support that theorem, as the Tiger Cubs took a 12-0 lead in the girls’ game on their way to a 54-43 win and South Putnam opened the boys’ game on an 11-0 run en route to a 55-44 victory...

PUTNAMVILLE -- A male visitor was arrested Thursday at the Putnamville Correctional Facility for reportedly attempting to pass drugs and other contraband to his incarcerated younger brother. Alan Rogers, 32, of Monticello, was booked into the Putnam County Jail on a pair of Level 5 felonies, attempted trafficking with an inmate and possession of suboxone...

Warming up to Santa Claus as the Man in Red visits Autumn Glen Assisted Living Facility in Greencastle earlier this week, four-year-old Benson Roberts chats up Mr. Claus. The youngster is the son of Lindsey and Glenn Roberts of Heritage Lake. The holiday evening also included Christmas music by Jill Dombrowski and the 4-H Junior Leaders.

Greencastle’s newest police officer -- the 90-pound, four-legged German Shepherd Cain -- is already taking a bite out of crime, the City Council learned Thursday night. Cain accompanied GPD Officer/K-9 handler Kyle Lee and Police Chief Tom Sutherlin to the podium at the front of City Hall to introduce the K-9 officer to the Council and those in attendance at the December monthly meeting...