Stories from Monday, February 26, 2018

Tourneys run from Feb. 27 to March 3. LAKE CENTRAL Tue.--Hammond Morton (8-12) vs. Highland (12-10) Wed.--Crown Point (9-12) vs. Lake Central (12-10) Wed.--Munster (14-6) vs. Lowell (10-11) Fri.--East Chicago Central (9-10) vs. Winner Game 1 Fri.--Winner Game 2 vs. Winner Game 3...

Orville R. Dickey, 75, of Greencastle, passed away Saturday, Feb. 24, 2018 at Mill Pond Health Campus. Arrangements are pending at Hopkins-Rector Funeral Home, Greencastle.

Nancy Sue Clarke, 58, of New Winchester, passed away peacefully Sunday morning, Feb. 25, 2018 at St. Vincent Hospice in Indianapolis after a short bout with cancer. She was born on Jan. 18, 1960, in Indianapolis, the oldest child of Thomas and Judy Little...

Carolyne E. Sharp passed away on Sunday, Feb. 25, 2018 in Indianapolis. Funeral arrangements are pending at the Bittles and Hurt Funeral Home, Greencastle.

Despite being knocked off in the semifinals of the North Coast Athletic Conference tournament on Friday, DePauw's No. 7-ranked women's basketball team received an at-large berth on Monday for the NCAA Division III national tournament. The Tigers (25-2) will be heading to Illinois Wesleyan to meet Trine (24-3) in the second game, following Illinois Wesleyan (24-3) against Marietta (24-4)...

The Putnam County Hospital (PCH) Cancer Center, in partnership with the Franciscan Health Group, was busy in 2017 with efforts to bring the best possible cancer and hematologic care to local residents. One of its goals is to provide the education and tools to help community members prevent or find cancer at its earliest stages when it can be more easily treated. ...

Dora Elizabeth Burk, 101, of Greencastle passed away early Monday morning, Feb. 26, 2018 at Autumn Glen Assisted Living, Greencastle. Dora was born in Greencastle on June 18, 1916, the daughter of Charles and Hazel (Morgan) Wood. She attended Greencastle High School...

William (Billy) Wells, 57, Indianapolis, passed peacefully with family by his side on Saturday, Feb. 24, 2018. Billy was born in Putnam County on Nov. 26, 1960 to Ray and Merribeth Wells. Billy graduated from North Putnam High School in 1979. Billy spent most of his life as a glass glazer and window frame builder. Most recently he was employed by Commercial Glass...

The Greencastle Parks and Recreation Department has a number of special programs coming up within the next few weeks. On March 2, from 3:30 to 5 p.m. at the Putnam County Public Library’s Kiwanis Room the Greencastle Parks and Recreation Department will be celebrating Dr. Seuss’ birthday...

County Jail Seventeen people were recently booked into the Putnam County Jail. Monday • At 2:42 a.m., Howard D. Lovelady, 24, of Indianapolis, was lodged at the jail on a local warrant. • At 1:38 a.m., Donnie D. Sandusky, 23, of Cloverdale, was booked into the jail on a charge of public intoxication...

RUSSELLVILLE -- The Russellville Community Center will host a soup and sandwich dinner from noon to 1:30 p.m. Sunday, March 4. The menu will include several kinds of soups, grilled cheese, ham salad and chicken salad sandwiches. And, of course, there will be several varieties of desserts. Diners’ free will offerings will be used to keep the Community Center running...

A Purdue University Fruit Tree Program will be offered to residents in Putnam, Parke, Vermillion, Vigo, Clay, Owen, Greene, Sullivan and Monroe county residents Friday, March 2 from 9 a.m.-noon, according to Dana Gadeken, Extension educator with the Purdue Extension, Vigo County...

Putnam County people are tackling homelessness and striving to feed the hungry. But other vital needs exist in the community, and the group Phil the Need Inc. is hoping to fill them, organization President Ruth Myers says. Purpose of the 501C3 group is to provide a free service to residents and homeless disadvantaged people of all ages in Putnam County in cooperation with dozens of other agencies...

In March 2013, Putnam County Comprehensive Services (PCCS) opened Charlie’s Restaurant at 424 Bloomington St. with a mission of creating an inclusive and integrated vocational training site for individuals with developmental and physical disabilities...

The DePauw University School of Music will present a sumptuous period production of Mozart’s 1786 comic opera “Le nozze di Figaro” (or “The Marriage of Figaro”) in four performances this week, Thursday, March 1 through Sunday, March 4, in Moore Theatre at the Green Center for the Performing Arts...

With Round Barn Daycare Center seeking additional funds to purchase learning materials for the children of the center, Putnam County Sheriff Scott Stockton has offered to assist fundraising efforts. When Round Barn Daycare officials informed the sheriff that their fundraising goal was $1,000, he responded in jest that he would kiss a pig if Round Barn met its goal...

Greencastle’s Emma Wilson continues to shine on the indoor track and field circuit, setting a new personal best on Saturday. Competing with the newly-formed “Miles to Go” running club based in Greencastle, Wilson shattered her previous best time by five seconds in recording a 4:50.81 in the Western Indiana Classic III meet hosted by Terre Haute South at DePauw University...

Greencastle junior Callan Taylor and the St. Mary-of-the-Woods Pomeroys women’s basketball team will be competing this week in the United States Collegiate Athletic Association national tournament at Uniontown, Pa. The Pomeroys will be the eighth seed in the eight-team tournament, and meet top-seeded Paul Quinn College of Dallas, Texas, at 10 a.m. on Wednesday in the first round...

INDIANAPOLIS — South Putnam freshman Lee Haywood finished 17th in the one-meter diving competition at Saturday’s IHSAA state finals. Haywood placed 18th among the 32 entrants in the preliminary round, with the top 20 moving on to the finals. His score was 179.80 in the first round...

North Putnam and Cloverdale will begin play tonight in the South Putnam Sectional boys’ basketball tournament, while the host Eagles have a first-round bye and will not open until Friday night. Cloverdale is the three-time defending champion of the sectional, while North Putnam is looking for its first win in a sectional game since March 5, 2014...

Greencastle will take the best record into this week’s Lebanon Sectional, but coach Bryce Rector isn’t in any way taking any of the other teams lightly. He’s only in his second year as a head coach, but has already picked up on the lingo of his more experienced predecessors...

As A.I. robot Sophia and her creator, David Hanson, prepare for a Wednesday appearance at DePauw University, they are making headlines around the world. For example, eMerge Americas, which bills itself as "the premier technology event connecting Latin America, North America and Europe," will include an appearance by Sophia, "the most advanced and celebrated A.I. robot developed by Hanson Robotics." The two-day conference begins April 23 at the Miami Beach Convention Center...