Stories from Saturday, September 2, 2017

URBANA, Ill. — A Putnam County man pleaded guilty in an Illinois court Thursday to one count of unlawful use of weapons, admitting he had a device containing more than a quarter-ounce of an explosive substance in a July incident. Jeremiah Bridges, 39, of Greencastle, was arrested July 12 in Rantoul, Ill., after authorities found his 12-year-old son alone in a farm truck in which an explosive device and loaded weapons were also discovered...

BRAZIL — No. 15-ranked Greencastle won its second Western Indiana Conference game of the season with a 4-0 victory over Northview on Thursday. “The team displayed its best performance of the season,” Greencastle coach J.D. Sims said. “We controlled the ball and played smart throughout a majority of the game.”...

Greencastle played another strong defensive game Friday night at Harbison Stadium, holding West Vigo to just 87 yards rushing and 117 passing, while coming up with three turnovers. But it wasn’t enough to win. After three quarters of scoreless football, West Vigo scored twice in the fourth quarter to hand the Tiger Cubs their first loss of the season, 14-0, in the opening Western Indiana Conference contest for both teams...

ELLETTSVILLE — Rallying from a 10-point deficit Friday night, the Cloverdale Clovers posted their first win of the football season and their initial victory of the coach Tom Winders era. The Clovers traveled to Edgewood for the Western Indiana Conference football game that started at 7:30, but Cloverdale didn’t really start until 7:50. The Clovers spotted the Mustangs an early 10-0 lead, but roared back to win, 19-10...

ROACHDALE — South Putnam was looking to get back on track Friday night after losing last week, while North Putnam was looking for its first win of the season. The Cougars put up 20 first-quarter points, eventually scoring on their first four possessions to defeat the Eagles 48-21...

Calling the Jones School redevelopment project “a catalyst for change” on Greencastle’s northwest side, the City Plan Commission unanimously approved a rezoning request for 3.08 acres of the property at its August meeting. Emma Jones Village, a proposed senior rental community being developed by Milestone Ventures -- the same folks who successfully converted Miller School into senior apartments -- is designed to include 13 one-bedroom units and 12 two-bedroom units within the school building constructed in 1954 and add-on construction to the northeast side.. ...