Stories from Monday, February 12, 2018

The Legislative Update series focusing on legislation making its way through the Indiana General Assembly will have its second session of 2018 on Saturday, Feb. 17. The 8 a.m. public program will be conducted in the board room of the Putnam County Farm Bureau office, 1001 N. Jackson St., Greencastle...

PUTNAMVILLE -- Unsafe lane movement by a vehicle on Interstate 70 Monday afternoon resulted in a traffic stop that led to the arrests of two Colorado men on drug charges. At 2 p.m. Monday, an Indiana State Police trooper from the Putnamville Post stopped a 2016 Toyota sedan for that unsafe movement on eastbound I-70 near the 36-mile marker in western Putnam County, five miles west of the Cloverdale (U.S. 231) exit...

After defeating North Putnam 53-39 on its home court, the South Putnam junior varsity boys’ basketball team celebrates winning the Putnam County Tournament. Ty VanSickle led the Eagles with 17 points in the title game. South Putnam made it to the championship game with a 50-44 win over Greencastle in which Garrett Heavin had a team-high 16 points...

GAMBIER, Ohio -- Seventh-ranked DePauw trailed Kenyon by as many as 13 points in the third quarter, but the Tigers outscored the Ladies 37-12 over the final 15:41 to take a 61-49 North Coast Athletic Conference victory on Saturday. With their 19th straight win, the Tigers improved to 23-1 overall and 15-0 in the NCAC and wrapped up their sixth NCAC title in seven seasons. Kenyon dropped to 18-5 overall and 11-3 in conference play...

Tipoff: 7:30 p.m. The coaches: Eric Danforth is in his second year at North Montgomery. Collin McCartt is in his fourth year at North Putnam. Season recap: North Montgomery lost to Frankfort on Friday to break a two-game winning streak, and had lost six straight games previous to then. North Putnam has lost its last two games and four of its last six...

The girls’ basketball season ended on Saturday with South Putnam’s defeat in the Speedway Regional, setting a benchmark of success as currently the flagship high school team sport in Putnam County. With three of four teams winning at least 15 games, and the other making tremendous strides, girls’ basketball is alive and well. Despite the graduation of several key seniors, returning players bolstered by the foundations built at the lower levels make continued success look to be a certainty...

SPEEDWAY – For the second straight year, South Putnam ended its girls’ basketball season in the semifinal round of the Speedway Regional with a subpar shooting performance. The Eagles were able to hit just 10 of 44 field goal attempts, including 2 of 19 from 3-point range, in falling 65-40 to No. 8-ranked Triton Central on Saturday afternoon...

County Jail Fifteen people were booked in the Putnam County Jail recently. Monday • At 4:01 a.m. Zachary David Johnson, 18, Gosport, was lodged at the jail for interference with the reporting of a crime, battery, public intoxication and being a minor in consumption of alcohol...

The Putnam County Public Library will host a Tablets and Smartphones Class from 5:30-7:30 p.m. on Monday, Feb. 26 for those who need help with a new smartphone or tablet or are considering making a purchase. The group will discuss the different types of devices available, including the Apple iPad and Android-based Google tablets and smartphones. ...

CLOVERDALE -- American Legion Post 281 will host a sweetheart dance on Saturday, Feb. 17. The live band “Frequency” will play from 8 p.m. to midnight. The post is located at 501 S. Main St. in Cloverdale.

The DePauw University Permanent Art Collection houses more than 200 “portraits,” the majority of which have never been on display during their time with the university. “Controlled Identity,” a new exhibit that opened this week at DePauw’s Richard E. Peeler Art Center, offers a space and a time for such objects to not only be seen, but to be showcased...

Do you have type 2 diabetes? Are interested in learning more about obtaining a healthy lifestyle? Would you like to learn more about your disease and how to live well reducing your health risks? If so, Purdue Extension has a program for you. The Purdue Extension Putnam County office and Putnam County Hospital are partnering to offer Dining with Diabetes sessions beginning Tuesday, March 6 from 6-8 p.m. ...

Since the month of February is when everyone is to celebrate Black History Month, let’s look at more of the story behind a recently vandalized historical marker in Indianapolis. Marshall Walter (Major) Taylor was born on Nov. 26, 1878 in Indianapolis. His father’s name was Gilbert Taylor and his mother’s name was Saphronia Kelter. Marshall’s family additionally consisted of two brothers and five sisters...

Students of the Area 30 Career Center once again did their school proud and performed at the top of the regional SkillsUSA competition that took place recently at Vincennes University. Lainey Willis (North Putnam High School), Jesse Denny (Greencastle High School) and Ryan Muse (NPHS) took first, second and third place, respectively, in electronics technology...

INDIANAPOLIS -- Indiana Secretary of State Connie Lawson is introducing the newly updated Indianavoters.com website. The newly updated website has streamlined the voter registration process, enables voters to share they are registered on social media and will provide election night results...

CLOVERDALE -- Four men were recently arrested on charges of resisting law enforcement, criminal trespass and robbery after stealing a pair of shoes from a Cloverdale minor and then hiding in the Cloverdale High School parking lot. Samuel L. Hutchins, 18, of Indianapolis; Kylynn T. ...

The Legislative Update series focusing on legislation making its way through the Indiana General Assembly will have its second session of 2018 on Saturday, Feb. 17. The 8 a.m. public program will be conducted in the board room of the Putnam County Farm Bureau office, 1001 N. Jackson St., Greencastle...

For the second straight month, the Greencastle City Council has engaged in some spirited conversation about the opioid crisis that has much of Indiana and the United States in its ugly grip. While Police Chief Tom Sutherlin revealed at the January session that statistics show the use of methamphetamine, not opioids, remains the No. 1 drug problem in Greencastle, he told city leaders at their February meeting that the city has now experienced its first heroin-related overdose...

Two of Indiana’s most respected voices in the nation and around the world -- former U.S. Congressman and 1952 DePauw University graduate Lee H. Hamilton, and former U.S. Sen. Richard G. Lugar -- will visit DePauw Thursday, Feb. 15 to discuss today’s political and everyday discourse and what it might take for lawmakers, and their constituents, to embrace civility...