Stories from Tuesday, December 27, 2016

Wilbur "Dean" Bushong, 86, formerly of Crawfordsville, passed away Monday, Dec. 26, 2016 at Franciscan Health in Dyer, Ind. He was born on Dec. 27, 1929 in New Market to the late William and Helen (Budd) Bushong. Dean graduated from Russellville High School with the class of 1947...

The following cases were filed in Putnam County courts recently. Criminal Cases Brady Lee Simmons, 33, Crawfordsville, Level 6 felony possession of methamphetamine, Class B misdemeanor possession of marijuana, Class C misdemeanor possession of paraphernalia...

County Jail Nine individuals were booked into the Putnam County Jail recently. Friday • At 12:30 a.m., Jairl Luther Grant, 56, of Spring, Texas, was lodged at the jail on a charge of possession of schedule II narcotics. • At 11:15 a.m., Eddie Leon Shelton, 40, of Indianapolis, was booked into the jail on a local warrant...

CLOVERDALE -- Senior Indiana Conservation Officer Matt Landis has been selected by his peers as the District Five Officer of the Year and nominee for the coveted Law Enforcement Division’s 2016 James D. Pitzer Award. A native of Monroe County, Officer Landis graduated from Bloomington High School North. ...

Farm Credit representatives Brittany Wineinger (left) and Tina Hinners present a $1,000 check to Putnam County Emergency Food Pantry volunteers Patricia Hoopengarner, Pat Modlin and Greg Rice recently. Farm Credit is investing the funds in the community to be used to help families in need this holiday season. ...

DePauw University ranks 13th for freshman retention rate in A Chronicle of Higher Education analysis among private, nonprofit colleges and universities in the United States located in towns. DePauw and St. Olaf College, which came in at No. 12, both retained 92.7 percent of their first-year classes, according to the recently released study...

Among the dozens of board appointments the Putnam County Commissioners make each year, five remain open for the term beginning Tuesday, Jan. 3. The commissioners are seeking applicants for a pair of open positions on the Putnam County Convention and Visitors Bureau board as well as one each on the Putnam County Airport Authority board, Floyd Township Fire Protection District and Greencastle Planning Commission...

All signs continue to point to jobs being available in Putnam County -- if you need or want one -- as the new year nears. Local restaurants are posting “now hiring” signs from downtown to Chadd Valley. Other businesses are advertising “accepting applications” on marquees and window panes. Several Greencastle industries are offering jobs with major benefits on all shifts...

Every day at Riley Hospital, a child reaches a milestone that at one time seemed impossible. Eleven years, four open-heart surgeries and one pacemaker after Lexanne Fuchs of Roachdale, was born with a life-threatening heart defect, she found herself living at Riley Hospital for Children in desperate need of a transplant...

TERRE HAUTE — Cloverdale took advantage of 29 free throw opportunities, hitting 20, in holding off South Vermillion in the consolation bracket of the First Financial Wabash Valley Classic on Tuesday afternoon at Terre Haute South. The Clovers managed just three points in the first quarter, as South Vermillion utilized a box-and-one and eventually a triangle-and-two defense to try to limit Clover standouts Cooper Neese and Jalen Moore...

MONROVIA — The Cloverdale girls’ basketball team won the Bulldog Classic on Tuesday with a 38-35 win over rival South Putnam on Tuesday. Cloverdale battled back from a 22-16 halftime deficit with an 11-4 third quarter for a one-point lead at the final stop...

CLOVERDALE -- The Cloverdale School Corporation has been awarded $175,000 from the Indiana Department of Education. The funds were made available as a grant from the 21st Century Community Learning Centers Program, it was announced Tuesday. Superintendent Greg Linton said Cloverdale Schools will use the grant for the Knoy Center. ...