Stories from Thursday, October 12, 2017

On Saturday, Oct. 14, South Jackson Street will be closed from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. to allow the project contractor to make up for weather delays that occurred this week, Greencastle Mayor Bill Dory has announced. Work will take place on Jackson Street from Veterans Memorial Highway south to the city limits, weather permitting...

Post-season competition in boys’ soccer, volleyball, cross country and football continues this weekend for several Putnam County athletes. Here is a look at each sport: Greencastle (16-1-2) will compete in the Heritage Hills Regional on Saturday against Silver Creek (11-6-2) in the second semifinal match...

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. Tom Winders is in his first year at Cloverdale. The history: North Putnam won 27-9 at Cloverdale on Sept. 15 and holds a 29-9 advantage over the past 30 years...

MONROVIA — Cloverdale advanced to the semifinals of the Monrovia Sectional volleyball tournament on Thursday night with a 3-0 win over North Putnam. Cascade defeated South Putnam 3-2 in the other semifinal match. Cloverdale and Cascade will play in Saturday’s second semifinal match, following the host Bulldogs against tournament favorite Covenant Christian...

Melanie J. Norton, vice president for development and alumni engagement at DePauw University since June 2013, will leave the university next month to establish an independent philanthropic consulting practice, Norton Philanthropic Counsel. Norton, who returned to DePauw four years ago after a previous stint, has served the university a total of eight years...

Following the their announcement as winners during the annual Greencastle Fire Department open house, fire prevention contest winners proudly display their prizes...

John Joseph “Joe” Mathis Jr., 91, of Mission, Texas, died on Oct. 7, 2017. Joe was born on Jan. 25, 1926, in Harmony, Ind., to John J. Mathis Sr. and Nellie (Cunningham) Mathis. He was educated in the Harmony school system. He served in the United States Navy during World War II as a torpedo man in the Pacific from the summer of 1943 until the end of the occupation in Japan...

Seven people were booked in the Putnam County Jail recently. Wednesday • At 7:21 p.m. Robert Lee Wilson II, 50, Cloverdale, was lodged at the jail for driving while intoxicated with a prior conviction and driving while intoxicated. Tuesday...

COATESVILLE -- At the request of the Indiana Gaming Commission (IGC), the ASPCA (American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals) is assisting with the removal of more than 100 birds from a property alleged to be associated with cockfighting in Hendricks County...

Following approval by the Cloverdale Town Council Tuesday evening, Levi App is sworn in as the newest member of the Cloverdale Police Department, taking the oath of office from Clerk Treasurer Cheryl Galloway (center) as wife Samantha App holds the Bible.

Ivy Tech state bigwigs took time out of their no-doubt busy schedules recently to visit Greencastle and offer glowing remarks about the unique Associate Accelerated Program -- or ASAP -- at the Ivy Tech Greencastle campus. Both Ivy Tech President Sue Ellspermann and Chancellor Kathy Lee were on hand at the home of Dave and Sue Murray to help celebrate the ASAP program that offers an affordable associate’s degree that can be achieved debt-free in 11 months for less than $10,000...

One month after detailing a plan in which it would close a major portion of South Jackson Street -- including the section in which the VFW post lies -- for the Monon Bell football game on Veterans Day, Nov. 11, DePauw University asked to rescind that request...

With a design inspired by covered bridges around the area, the proposed new Robe-Ann Park bandshell appears to be a hit with Greencastle Park Board members. For the second straight month, Jessica Hartman, president of the Friends of the Park group that is spearheading the bandshell replacement project, made a presentation at the Park Board’s monthly meeting. ...