Stories from Tuesday, October 17, 2017

Nancy Grimes Webb, 70, formerly of Greencastle, passed away peacefully on Friday, Oct. 13, 2017 at St. Vincent Hospital in Indianapolis. She was born Dec. 14, 1946 in Greencastle to Tim and Emma Jane (Conklin) Grimes. Nancy was a 1965 graduate of Greencastle High School...

Christian Zeffel is a senior three-sport athlete at South Putnam, competing in football, basketball and track and field. Banner Graphic: Talk about your history in sports, and what you have learned from them. Christian Zeffel: “I started off playing football in kindergarten, then I moved into basketball in elementary school. ...

Last year, Putnam County’s 66 high school varsity sports teams combined to win four sectional titles. Following Greencastle’s sectional volleyball championship on Saturday, Putnam County squads have now already won three titles this fall with the football sectionals set to begin on Friday...

Would you like to learn insights and experiences from an individual who recently traveled to Ontario, Canada? Would you like to learn more about Indiana Extension Homemakers Association? If you answered yes to any of the questions above, you are invited to attend the 2017 International Program hosted by Homemakers Anonymous of Indiana Extension Homemakers Association (IEHA)...

The Putnam County Public Library will host its Pumpkin Painting Party Friday, Oct. 20 from 2 - 3 p.m. Pumpkins provided. Register by calling 653-2755 ex. 121. The library is located at 103 E. Poplar St. in Greencastle.

County Jail Two people were recently booked into the Putnam County Jail. Monday • At 3:21 a.m., Christopher J. Campbell, 49, of Reelsville, was lodged at the jail on charges of possession marijuana and operating a vehicle while intoxicated, • At 9:18 p.m., Corey L. Duff, 20, of Greencastle, was lodged at the jail on a local warrant...

In an ongoing effort to support animal control in the county, Heritage Lake Property Manager Ken Rozelle (left) presents Humane Society of Putnam County President Sandy Grimes and Sheriff Scott Stockton with a donation of $3,000 for use at the animal shelter. ...

The New York Times featured an essay by Joseph Heithaus, professor of English at DePauw University, Sunday. Heithaus and his family are spending his sabbatical in Monteverde, Costa Rica, which was ravaged by Hurricane Nate earlier this month. “We rent a house on the mountain a few miles from the town of Santa Elena and just below the Monteverde Cloud Forest Biological Reserve,” Heithaus writes. ...

Police and firefighters boldly walk among as lifesavers. And now, in Greencastle, they carry life-saving apparatus with them. The Greencastle City Police Department is now armed with five new Automated External Defibrillators (better known as AEDs), while the Greencastle Fire Department is equipped with a new pair of the lifesaving devices, thanks to a recent purchase of 10 AEDs by the City of Greencastle from Cardiac Science...

After more than 30 years on the Greencastle restaurant scene and after surviving a kitchen fire last November, Long John Silver’s Seafood Shoppe appears to have sailed off into the sunset from all indications Tuesday. While no one would comment officially, closed signs were posted both on the Indianapolis Road marquee and drive-through display while employees could be seen loading a rental truck with items from the interior...

Seems like conducting’s in Jerry Torr’s blood. Growing up a Putnam County farm boy, Torr witnessed his father, Kenny, conduct many a cattle auction. As an Indiana lawmaker over the past 20 years, conducting many a caucus or political powwow has been his task...

Greencastle Family & Implant Dentistry will offer free cleaning and exams to breast cancer survivors, patients and their families Tuesday, Oct. 24 and Thursday, Oct. 26 from 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. Call 765-301-9000 to reserve a time. The dental office is located at 813 E. Franklin St. in Greencastle...