Stories from Saturday, October 14, 2017

Mr. and Mrs. Carl and Marty Coons of 1489 E. U.S. 40, Cloverdale, are celebrating their 50th wedding anniversary with an open house hosted by their children on Saturday, Oct. 21 at the South Putnam High School cafeteria. The couple was married Nov. 25, 1967 in Terre Haute by Rev. Marcus Myers. She is the former Marty Jo Fenoglio of Clinton...

The following cases were filed in Putnam County courts recently. Donald R. Sherman, 42, Greencastle, Level 6 felony strangulation, Class A misdemeanor domestic battery Robert Wilson, 50, Cloverdale, Level 6 felony driving while intoxicated, Level 6 felony driving with a BAC of .15 or more, Class A misdemeanor driving with a BAC of .15 or more, Class C misdemeanor driving with a BAC of .08 or more...

Two people were booked in the Putnam County Jail on Thursday. • At 10:43 a.m. Roger Patrick Lopez, 47, Cloverdale, was lodged at the jail for possession of methamphetamine, possession of marijuana and possession of paraphernalia with a prior conviction...

GREENCASTLE, PA. -- Matthew Smith, a Borough of Greencastle, Pa., councilman will leave Sunday on a three-week awareness and fundraising mission, riding his bicycle on a 2,500-mile journey that will take him through Greencastle, Ind., and ultimately to Las Vegas. All in the name of promoting child abuse awareness...

The recent trend in mimicking local numbers for scam phone calls struck a local emergeny agency this week. On Thursday, at least two local residents got a call from what appeared to be Putnam County 911 Dispatch on their caller ID. Not only did the calls have the name of the agency, it also came from 653-5115, the non-emergency number for dispatch...

Drug Take Back Day is scheduled for Saturday, Oct. 21 from 9 a.m. to noon in the upper parking lot at Greencastle High School, 910 E. Washington St. The Greencastle Police Department (GPD) is again teaming up with the DEA (Drug Enforcement Administration) to take unwanted, expired or unused medications out of peoples’ homes and medicine cabinets...

Kaitlin Burns and her son Grahm attend Ivy Boo at Ivy Tech Community College Friday evening. About 300 people attended the inaugural community event.

Some long overdue repaving is currently in progress along Anderson Street from Bloomington Street to Wood Street in Greencastle. While new and smooth, that blacktop surface likely will be the only change East Anderson Street residents will witness for the foreseeable future...

NASHVILLE — For two teams nicknamed “Eagles,” it shouldn’t have been surprising that they combined to throw the ball a combined total of 59 times on Friday night. South Putnam’s Eagles got on the scoreboard first and last, but the Brown County Eagles used a 21-point outburst in the second quarter to break the game open in a 28-12 victory to close out the regular season...

ELLETTSVILLE — In a matchup of Western Indiana Conference football teams to determine seventh and eighth place in the overall standings, Greencastle traveled to Edgewood Friday night. With traffic heading to Edgewood backed up for miles, the game was delayed for approximately 10 minutes. Police had traffic stopped, not letting anyone through, which is just what the Tiger Cub defense would do to the Mustang offense...

CLOVERDALE — It was a sight to see in Cloverdale Friday night as the Clovers hoisted the county bucket after knocking off the North Putnam Cougars 23-19 for the first time since 2004. The Clovers (4-5, 3-2 WIC East) finished 0-3 against county teams in the regular season but all were within reach. Coach Tom Winders felt if his team had one more shot, they could pull of the victory. They did just that on Friday and in the first half it was not even close...

Nora Lee (Burger) Nichols, 86, of Greencastle, passed away Thursday, Oct. 12, 2017 at Asbury Towers of complications from Alzheimer's disease. Nora was born Oct. 3, 1931 in St. Joseph County to the late Iva (Keller) and Charles Burger. She was preceded in death by her brother, Dale Burger, of South Bend; brother-in-law Joe Brown, Jasonville; brother and sister-in-laws Cecil and Kathleen Nichols, M.G. ...

Betty Ann (Judy) Harmless, 92, died peacefully on Oct. 7, 2017 at Autumn Glen Assisted Living in Greencastle. She was preceded in death by her parents William Fant Judy and Goldie Sears Judy, her loving husband Howard Martin Harmless and six sisters, Madonna Donelson, Wanita Lich, Gail Brown, Katherine Templeman, Iola Kelly, Edna Bee Scobee and a brother, Clinton Fant Judy. A surviving brother, Thomas Judy (Betty Ann) resides in Greencastle...

A vehicle fire along westbound Interstate 70 at the 48-mile marker in Putnam, seven miles east of Cloverdale, was investigated by the Cloverdale Fire Department and other local emergency agencies Saturday afternoon. No report was immediately available from anyone who was at the scene, however...