Stories from Monday, May 29, 2017

The following cases were filed in Putnam County courts recently. Criminal Cases McKenzie King, 20, Pana, Ill., Class B misdemeanor battery Travis G. Gray, 27, Fillmore, Class A misdemeanor driving with a suspended license Alicia Jackson, 19, Anderson, Class C misdemeanor possession of paraphernalia...

Annoying, frustrating and irritating are a few of the words you could use to describe the rain the last few weeks. For farmers, the rain has caused them numerous headaches, put them behind schedule, and potentially cost them money. With that being said, here are a few helpful tidbits of information from Purdue Extension Specialist concerning late planting...

By mayoral proclamation the period May 29 through June 4 has been proclaimed Green Light Art Studios Week in Greencastle. Celebrating six months of operation, Green Light Art Studios, a division of Putnam County Comprehensive Services (PCCS), invited its community partners to a presentation of the mayoral proclamation by Greencastle Mayor Bill Dory Friday at the PCCS Center...

The town council of Roachdale has announced it will be hosting a special, public meeting on Wednesday, May 31 at 7:30 p.m. The public session will be held at town hall, located at 205 N. Indiana St., Roachdale. A public comment section will be included, as well as town marshal, utility superintendent, clerk-treasurer and town council items...

A dinner and raffle will be held Friday, June 2 at 5 p.m. at the IBEW 725 Hall at 5675 E. Hulman Drive in Terre Haute. The event will benefit Josh Hammond, recently diagnosed with terminal stage 4 lung cancer, and his wife, daughter (6) and son (2)...

For the third successive year, the DePauw University School of Music will host Silkroad’s Global Musician Workshop (GMW). The 2017 workshop, which will bring nearly 100 participating artists and faculty musicians to Greencastle, will reconvene on the DePauw campus Tuesday, May 30, and continue for seven full days, including six straight nights of live music in two venues...

Popular hometown group War Radio, known for its performances every First Friday inside the Swizzle Stick will bring its act outside this month for the June First Friday event. After inclement weather sidelined many of the activities in May, RE/MAX Cornerstone returns in June as First Friday co-sponsor, along with Conspire: Contemporary Craft...

CLINTON — North Putnam put forth a huge seventh-inning rally that fell one short in a 5-4 defeat to No. 13-ranked Southmont in the semifinals of the South Vermillion baseball sectional on Monday afternoon. Southmont led 5-0 after six innings, but the Cougars had the top of their order coming to bat in the top of the seventh...

BLOOMINGTON — While Emma Wilson was the only state finalist qualifier for Greencastle at last week’s regional meets, Tiger Cub coach Craig Jordan was also pleased with the performance of his other competitors. “As a team, everyone came out and performed well,” Jordan said of the girls’ regional competitors. “All of our ladies in the 4x800 were close or exceeded their personal bests...

Hundreds of Indiana high school girls have completed the 1,600-meter run in track and field competition this spring. Yet among the thousands of races run by those athletes, none of them has finished faster than Greencastle sophomore Emma Wilson. After her regional record-setting performance at Bloomington North on Tuesday, Wilson is now the top-seeded 1,600 runner going into Saturday’s IHSAA state finals at Indiana University...

The Greencastle Arts Council is planning its third annual meeting for the First Friday in June. The celebration of local arts will be held at Grounded Coffee Shop on the east side of the Square from 5-7 p.m. on June 2. In addition to an exhibit of works by local artists, the event will include jazz by pianist Claude Cymerman, cash bar and refreshments, including specialties from Completely Nuts & Candy Co...

Putnam County Hospitalwill offer Genius 3D Mammography exams, developed by Hologic Inc., a worldwide leader in Women’s Health. Utilizing advanced breast tomosynthesis technology, Genius exams are clinically proven to significantly increase the detection of breast cancers, while simultaneously decreasing the number of women asked to return for additional testing...