Stories from Sunday, May 7, 2017

With feet tapping and hearts pounding, contestant Mitch Myers and instructor Hope Scanland danced all the way to victory Saturday night in this year's Dancing with the Putnam County Stars. Named overall champions from a field of 12 dancing couples, Myers and Scanland won the crowd many times over with an exciting routine and wardrobe to match...

The second show of the Putnam County Playhouse season is the Larry Shue comedy "The Foreigner." It will be produced July 13-15 and July 19-22. Director Jim Green will have two sessions of auditions for all roles in the show. The first session will be Sunday, May 14 at 3 p.m. to be followed by a second session on Monday, May 15 at 7 p.m. Both sessions will be in the Rehearsal Center at the Hazel Day Longden Theatre off Round Barn Road in Greencastle...

Cecil K. Koger, 76, of Stilesville, passed away Friday, May 5, 2017. Born Nov. 28, 1940 in Griffin, Ky., he was the son of Oliver Cordell and Susie Alice (Dobbs) Koger. He is survived by his children, Gary Koger and his wife Dede, and Gerald Koger and his wife Sherri; seven grandchildren; one great-grandchild, and a sister,...