Stories from Thursday, October 5, 2017

Perry Seth Huxford, 90, of rural Rosedale, passed away on Tuesday, Oct. 3, 2017 at Union Hospital, Terre Haute. He was born in Parke County on Sept. 13, 1927 to Ivan Raymond Huxford and Helen Rebecca (Nowling) Huxford. He married Donna M. DeGroff on Nov. 29, 1945, and she survives...

Evelyn J. Marshall, 85, of Greencastle, passed away Sept. 25, 2017. She was born Jan. 7, 1932, in Indianapolis to John and Evelyn Sedam. Evelyn graduated from Lawrence Central High School and went on to work for PCH as a secretary. She had a great love for animals and adored her children, grandchildren, great-grandchildren and great-great grandchildren...

Raymond C. Bennett, 81, of Roachdale, passed away at 12:50 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 4, 2017 at his home. He was born July 9, 1936 in "Rabbittown" Mecca, Ind., to Charles Fredrick Bennett and Serena Ann (Wise) Bennett. He was preceded in death by his wife of 20 years, Sharon Kay Bennett, who passed away in March of 2015; his brother Stanley; sisters Betty Miller and Marie Baysinger...

The annual Mind Your Health 5K Run/Walk is set, rain or shine, Friday, Oct. 6, starting at 5:30 p.m. at the DePaus Nature Park Welcome Center. All community members are welcome and encouraged to race, run or just have a beautiful walk to help support a worthy cause...

County Jail Ten people were booked in the Putnam County Jail recently. Wednesday • At 8:11 p.m. Donald Ferguson McCormick, 30, Greencastle, was lodged at the jail for criminal mischief and public intoxication. • At 3 p.m. Kay C. Snyder, 36, Gosport, was taken into custody for possession of stolen property...

TERRE HAUTE — The resentencing of a former Putnam County sheriff’s deputy on federal police brutality charges has been reset to November. T.J. Smith, 40, Greencastle, will now be resentenced in the case on Nov. 20 at the U.S. Courthouse in Terre Haute before Judge Jane Magnus-Stinson...

The Indiana Department of Education (IDOE) Wednesday afternoon released the 2016-17 School Accountability Grades. Nearly 25 percent of schools improved one or more letter grades, with the total number of A-rated schools increasing by close to six percent. Overall, 62 percent of schools received an A or B...

With the conclusion of an Indiana tour by an Indiana boy on some Indiana nights, Greencastle native Zach Spicer is seeing “The Good Catholic” get great reviews. He’s seeing a “small film” doing big things. And he can’t wait to do it all over again. The movie, in which the 33-year-old Spicer has the starring role as a priest battling his convictions when an interesting young woman enters his life through the confessional, was shot about as low budget as a film with stars like Danny Glover and John C. ...

With the expected increase in traffic on Tennessee Street near the site of Greencastle Schools’ upcoming transportation center, and with the center’s lack of fences and relatively remote location in mind, the GCSC school board approved during its September board meeting the sale of a bond in the amount of $1.63 million to revamp its security and HVAC measures while working with the city to improve and maintain the soon-to-be-busy street...

CRAWFORDSVILLE – South Putnam’s Eagles won both doubles matches in their first-ever regional appearance, and won the first set in two of the three singles matches before being defeated in all three matches. South Putnam’s Austin Arnold and Tanner Pistelli at No. 1 doubles and Jared Seidler and Noah Emmerich at No. 2 doubles both won in straight sets...

Media coverage: WREB-FM 94.3 will broadcast the game. Special events: Senior Night The coaches: Sam Carnes is in his first season at North Putnam. Mike Meyer is in his 11th year at Greencastle. The history: Greencastle won 28-17 at Bainbridge last year. The series is tied 16-16 over the past 30 years...

Greencastle will be seeking its second straight Putnam County football championship tonight as the Tiger Cubs host North Putnam in the final regular-season game before the Western Indiana Conference crossover matchups and first-round sectional games take place the next two weeks...