Stories from Saturday, February 3, 2018

County Jail Five people were booked in the Putnam County Jail recently. Friday • At 7:20 a.m. Bryan Eli Scal-Estrada, 25, Camby, was lodged a the jail for driving while intoxicated. • At 1:32 a.m. Travis Anthony Gentile, 27, Indianapolis, was taken into custody for driving while intoxicated, driving while intoxicated with a prior conviction and on a Boone County warrant...

The following cases were filed in Putnam County courts recently. Criminal Cases Billy A. Barnett, 19, Greencastle, two counts of Class A misdemeanor theft Keegan C. Bingman, 18, Greencastle, Class A misdemeanor theft Trystein L. Boswell, 19, Cloverdale, Class A misdemeanor theft...

Bainbridge United Methodist Church recently announced the addition of a new pastor. Pastor Casey Archer and wife Donna have joined the congregation at 302 E. Main St. The church gathers at 9 a.m. for Sunday school each week, followed by worship at 10 a.m...

Friends and family are invited to help Ancel Keller celebrate his 90th birthday on Saturday, Feb. 10 from 2-5 p.m. at the Jefferson Township Volunteer Fire Department in Belle Union. Ancel “Tatch” has lived in Putnam County his entire life. He was the 10th and final child born to Lemma and Anna Keller...

Certainly 2018 began on a bitterly cold note, highlighted by the second coldest New Year’s Day on record at Indianapolis and the coldest start to a year for the region in 90 years, the National Weather Service office at Indianapolis reports. Highs struggled to rise into the single digits after starting the year well below zero. Lows the first week were often below zero...

Registration is now open for the 2018 Nonprofit Learning Series, co-sponsored by the Putnam County Community Foundation. This year’s series is filled with new speakers bringing innovative takes on today’s most pressing nonprofit issues. Geared toward community leaders who staff or volunteer with nonprofit organizations, churches and units of government, and wish to build their knowledge and skills in areas of leadership, finances, marketing and more, this series will offer extended networking and peer learning opportunities.. ...

The City of Greencastle has been working on the railroad all right, but unlike the lyrics to the old song, it’s not been to “just pass the time away.” With much of the South Jackson Street rehabilitation project completed this past fall, work on the actual CSX railroad crossing south of the bowling alley was expected to come next once the weather cooperates...

Crown Point East Chicago Central 45, Crown Point 33 Lake Central 42, Highland 29 Kankakee Valley Kankakee Valley 61, Michigan City 55 Valparaiso 54, Portage 40 Penn South Bend St. Joseph 55, LaPorte 40 Penn 65 SB Riley 35, Concord Elkhart Central 54, Northridge 52...

Brown County (2-14) at Greencastle (11-5) Varsity tipoff: 1:30 p.m. The coaches: Chuck Hutchins is in his fourth year at Brown County. Bryce Rector is in his second year at Greencastle. Season recap: Greencastle has won eight of its last nine games. Brown County’s only two wins have come against Loogootee and Bethesda Christian, and the Eagles have lost eight straight games...

PLAINFIELD – Two individuals and one relay team from Putnam County qualified for today’s Plainfield girls’ swimming sectional finals during Thursday’s preliminaries. Greencastle’s Grace Gillen finished third in both the 50- and 100-yard freestyle events, while South Putnam’s Alex Fanning was fifth in the 100-yard breaststroke...

The Greencastle Youth Softball Association will be having sign-ups starting today. GYSA will be at McDonald’s from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., signing up girls from the ages of four years old to 20 years old for both fast-pitch and slow-pitch leagues...

CLAYTON — Friday was Groundhog’s Day! South Putnam girls basketball fans can relate to the Bill Murray movie with the same name that has a day repeating over and over again. Caitlin Capps hit a game-winning shot last year to propel the Eagles to a Sectional championship, she hit another game-winner, this time in the semi-final game to defeat the Western Boone Stars 54-53. South will play Cascade for the Class 2A Sectional 44 championship tonight...

CRAWFORDSVILLE — Greencastle did not get off to the start it hoped against Southmont on Friday night in the first semifinal game of the Class 3A Crawfordsville sectional. The favored Tiger Cubs fell behind 6-0 to a Mountie team which they had beaten soundly earlier in the season...

INDIANAPOLIS -- A retired Putnam County Extension educator was recently honored by the National Association of Extension 4-H Agents. When the association met for its national conference in Indianapolis, Darrel Thomas was recognized as the Life Member of the Year...