Stories from Tuesday, September 12, 2017

Phillip R. Northcutt, 61, of Crawfordsville, passed away at home surrounded by his family on Saturday, Sept. 9, 2017. Born on Dec. 7, 1955, in Crawfordsville, Phillip was the son of Robert and Mary Evelyn Northcutt. Upon graduating from Crawfordsville High School, Phillip worked for the family business, Northcutt Gravel Co., of which he eventually became owner. He then worked for 30 years at Indiana Gas/Vectren Energy...

Time is running out for dashing through the sprayers and sprinklers at the Bob York Splash Park this summer. The Greencastle Park Board has given Director Rod Weinschenk permission to close the splash park for the season once the weather hits a stretch of four consecutive days below 80 degrees...

A “Living with Low Vision” meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, Sept. 19 at Putnam County Comprehensive Services, 630 Tennessee St., Greencastle, from 10-11 a.m. The speakers will be Danny Wayne Beemer, from the WILL Center. Feel free to bring a friend or family member to this meeting...

The following cases were filed in Putnam County courts recently. Joshua P. McQuigg, 33, Ninevah, Class A misdemeanor check deception Joyce L. Cline, 71, Reelsville, Class A misdemeanor check deception Dylan J. Hyatt, 18, Brazil, Class B misdemeanor possession of marijuana, Class C infraction open alcoholic beverage container during operation of a motor vehicle...

John M. Hall, 48, of Coatesville, passed away Monday, Sept. 11, 2017. He was born Nov. 13, 1968 to the late John Hall and Joan DeLucca. John is survived by his wife Tina (Goodpaster) Hall whom he married on March 15, 2017. He is also survived by his son John Hall Jr., his sister Pamela Hall and brother Paul Lee...

BELLE UNION -- The Jefferson Township public budget hearing is scheduled for Friday, Sept. 22. The hearing will begin at 6 p.m. in the Belle Union Community Building.

The 2017 Greencastle High School Homecoming king and queen will be crowned at halftime of the Tiger Cubs’ Friday night football game with Cascade. Senior candidates for king and queen are (from left) Jacob Meyer, Rose White, Jack Hutcheson, Layna Robinson, Jake Bennett, Hannah York, Sean Ramey and Esther Hale. The Tiger Cubs and Cadets kick off at 7 p.m. in Harbison Stadium...

The Putnam County Public Library is perhaps best known for its Youth Services department. Parents, mothers in particular, from miles around know that the best way to keep kids occupied is to take them to the Imagination Portal and the ever-capable Manager Krista Mullinnix, with her trusty assistants Taylor O’Brien and Destinee Shipp...

The Greencastle Police Department (GPD) will conduct its annual Car Seat Clinic as a requirement for the Greencastle Police Department Permanent Fitting Station. GPD is again partnering with Putnam County Hospital, (PCH) which will be the hosting site for the clinic...

Dozens of local youngsters enjoy a magic show Tuesday evening as Ronald McDonald visits the Greencastle McDonald’s restaurant on Indianapolis Road. Ronald’s sleight of hand helps turn nine-year-old Bransyn Hanley of Fillmore, into a magic man. Bransyn, who was on hand with his grandparents Kathy and Larry Sibbitt, pulls off the ring trick, while Lillie Stevens, the nine-year-old daughter of Melissa Stevens, of Harmony, ends up with a Ronald McDonald mask as a reward for her assistance in another magic routine.

With more than $100,000 already committed to the effort to build a new bandshell at Robe-Ann Park in Greencastle, attention can now turn to the aesthetics involved in the project. The Greencastle Board of Park Commissioners Monday heard a progress report from Jessica Hartman, president of the Friends of the Park group which is spearheading the bandshell project that has received major donations from such groups as the Greencastle Civic League and the Putnam County Convention and Visitor Bureau and a $50,000 grant from the Indiana Office of Tourism Development and Indiana Office of Community and Rural Affairs.. ...

BRAZIL — North Putnam competed in the Northview Invitational cross country meet on Tuesday, with Caleb Duncan taking fourth place in the boys’ race and Anna Haste leading the Cougars by finishing fifth in the girls’ race. NP coach Kevin Lutes thought all of his runners in the boys’ race went too fast in the first mile...

Abby Walker is a senior at Cloverdale, who is a two-time all-county golf team selection and was on the all-county basketball team last year. Banner Graphic: It’s easy to tell that sports are very important to you. What do you like about them the most, and what have they done for you?...

CLOVERDALE — Greencastle entered Monday evening’s Putnam County golf match as the favorite, based upon having defeated the other county teams in the Western Indiana Conference meet last month. The Tiger Cubs lived up to that standing in the county meet, recording a team score of 194 to edge second-place Cloverdale by six strokes...

Three people were booked in the Putnam County Jail on Monday. • At 2:12 p.m. Jodi Lynn (Burch) Shelton, 37, Reelsville, was lodged at the jail on a court order. • At 11:53 a.m. Anthony Justin Dodson, 33, Coatesville, was taken into custody on a local warrant...