Stories from Wednesday, November 8, 2017

Chrystal Evelyn Marks, 92, of Plainfield, passed away Wednesday, Nov. 8, 2017. She was born May 1, 1925 to the late Herman and Vivian Walls. She was a homemaker. She was preceded in death by her husband, Robert J. Marks. Survivors include her children, James C. ...

PUTNAMVILLE -- Troopers from the Putnamville Post received an enhancement to their ongoing traffic enforcement efforts Wednesday morning. Indiana State Police Sgt. Lee Wright from the ISP Aviation Section piloted his Cessna 172 Skyhawk to the Putnamville District, joining forces with Putnamville District officers Sgt. Jared Nicoson, Master Troopers Jason Owen and Gary Winters and Senior Trooper Bill Bradbury...

North Putnam and South Putnam split a pair of eighth-grade boys’ basketball games on Monday night. North Putnam won the “A” game 39-21. South Putnam led 6-4 after one quarter, but the Cougars came back with a strong second quarter and took a 19-12 halftime lead...

Game time: 7:30 p.m. varsity tipoff. The coaches: Jarrod Duff is in his second year at North Putnam with a record of 2-23. Kevin Rounds is in his second year at Monrovia with a record of 10-15. So far: North Putnam won its opener 28-26 over North Vermillion on Saturday, and lost 39-36 to Crawfordsville on Tuesday...

CLEVELAND — The DePauw women and Wooster men have been tabbed as the favorites for the 2017-18 North Coast Athletic Conference basketball seasons, based on balloting from the league coaches. DePauw, which won its fifth NCAC women’s championship last winter, earned eight of the nine first-place votes cast by league coaches for 76 total points...

This month, several locations in the multi-county West Central Indiana Area Team will serve as drop-off sites for the Samaritan’s Purse project, Operation Christmas Child — joining nearly 5,000 U.S. locations collecting gift-filled shoeboxes for children in need around the world...

Respect character trait winners for the month of October in the Greencastle High School Character Education Program are Vivian Savage (second from left) and Tessa Hutcheson. GHS Assistant Principal Jennifer Finnerty (left) and Character Education Program co-sponsor Lisa Duggan present the awards to Savage and Hutcheson...

State Treasurer Kelly Mitchell and State Sen. Jim Merritt discussed the need to raise awareness of text-to-911 and the Indiana Lifeline law in a recent press conference at DePauw University. Treasurer Mitchell, who also chairs the Statewide 911 Board, explained that Hoosiers and those visiting Indiana can text messages to 911, and that this can be good for those with a handicap or in a situation where a voice call would be dangerous...

The Greencastle Parks and Recreation Department has some fun programs coming this month. Toddler Turkey Time is set for Thursday, Nov. 16 from 9:30 a.m. to 11 a.m. at the Bob Bottoms Center, 605 Crown St. (across from Ridpath School). Toddlers ages 2-5 and parents enjoy Thanksgiving-themed crafts, snacks and more ($3 per child)...

The following cases were filed in Putnam County courts recently. Kent J. Jackson, 42, Greencastle, Level 6 felony criminal confinement, Class A misdemeanor battery resulting in bodily injury Mark A. Rush, 39, Cloverdale, Level 6 felony domestic battery...

Three people were booked in the Putnam County Jail on Tuesday. • At 10:08 p.m. Mark Anthony Rush, 39, Cloverdale, was lodged at the jail for domestic battery. • At 4:45 a.m. Correna Yvonne Arthur, 49, Martinsville, was taken into custody on a local warrant...

Mary Allison’s memorial to her daughter Molly which began more than 125 years ago continues to do good things for the students of Putnam County. Every year each of the eight Putnam County elementary schools receive a sum of $1,000 from the Mary Allison Children’s Trust Fund. Teachers and counselors at each school determine how the money is spent. It can be used for any purpose as long as it benefits the students of their school...

On the heels of an October event featuring two members of the Greencastle City Council, the next Community Conversation will feature a Putnam County commissioner. Second District Commissioner Rick Woodall will be on hand to answer citizens’ questions about the workings of county government at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 14 at the Putnam County Public Library...

It’s literally safety first for Indiana State University senior safety management major Miriah Cherry of Greencastle. The 21-year-old South Putnam High School graduate has captured first place in a national competition for creating the best safety video, ISU officials announced Wednesday...

A new addition to the playground at Tzouanakis Intermediate School in Greencastle is the Buddy Bench, conceived and created by fourth-grader Lillian Welch (center), who shows off the finished product to buddies Zoe Cope (foreground) and Clare Langdoc during a recent class break...

Big dreams. Little dreams. Impossible dreams ... It was time to think about the future when the Greencastle Park Board pondered its five-year master plan recently. Since nobody from the general public showed up at City Hall to provide in-person feedback on how the Greencastle Park and Recreation Department might approach that master plan -- a valuable tool for future grant possibilities and funding in general -- it was up to Park Board members themselves to dream a little dream, birds singing in the sycamore trees and all that.. ...

A softball coach from Saginaw Valley State saw Julia Mundy play in a summer travel tournament three years ago. From there, a relationship was built — and on Wednesday the Greencastle senior standout signed the official paperwork to join the Division II Cardinals of the Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference...