Stories from Monday, May 14, 2018

INDIANAPOLIS -- After the dust settled Monday on a one-day special session of the Indiana General Assembly, Rodric Bray (R-Martinsville) was elected as the new president pro tem of the State Senate. Bray, who represents the southern half of Putnam County (as far north as the south side of Washington Street in Greencastle), was selected by Indiana Senate Republicans selected to succeed outgoing President Pro Tem David Long...

Rick Ray Sutherland, 54, Greencastle, passed away Saturday, May 12, 2018 at Hendricks County Regional Hospital. Rick was born in Terre Haute on Aug. 3, 1963, the son of Donald Ray and Ellen Kay (McKinley) Sutherland. He was a graduate of Terre Haute South High School...

As we prepare for warmer weather, I would like to inform everyone on the importance of drinking water. Plain drinking water has zero calories, and is beneficial for our health. In fact, water can help maintain our body weight and/or aid in reducing our calorie intake...

The Bainbridge Improvement Society will again host the Gleaners Mobile Food Truck at the Bainbridge Community Building from 10-11:30 a.m. on Saturday, May 19. The event is a week earlier than normal in May due to Memorial Day weekend. Participants should bring their own boxes or food bags to fill with their selections. There is no age or ID requirement. Anyone in need is welcome...

The following cases were filed in Putnam County courts recently. Criminal Cases Mark A. Boehm, 39, Greencastle, Level 6 felony residential entry, Class A misdemeanor criminal mischief, Class B misdemeanor criminal mischief Alex Matthew Gaston, 27, Greencastle, Level 6 felony battery against a public safety official, Class B misdemeanor public intoxication...

City Police Five weekend arrests were made by Greencastle City Police officers. • At 11:23 p.m. on Sunday, Todd W. Sheets, 62, Greencastle, was stopped by Officer Alec Pettit on Washington Street near Madison. Sheets was taken into custody and transported to the Putnam County Jail for driving a vehicle while intoxicated...

Get outside and get healthy this year at the most beautiful fitness centers in the state — Indiana’s state parks. The Indiana State Parks Fitness Challenge is a great way to track your progress. The challenge encourages visitors to walk, run, bike, paddle or swim at least 25 miles inside one or more of Indiana’s state park properties. If you’re a horseback rider, you can participate by riding at least 100 miles on state park or reservoir horse trails...

The 2018 recipient of DePauw University’s Walker Cup, awarded annually to the senior who has contributed the most to the university community during his or her four years on campus, is Peter Gorman, a Bonner Scholar from Chicago. Gorman was presented with the award by President D. Mark McCoy during the annual University Awards Convocation Meharry Hall of historic East College...

With 90-degree temperatures on Monday, we might feel summer creeping in but it's basically already arrived for the Greencastle Parks and Recreation Department. "We are in May, and the aquatic center opens on Memorial Day Weekend (Saturday, May 26 to be exact), so our summer starts now," Park Director Rod Weinschenk said...

Putnam County Tox-Away Day will be conducted Saturday, May 19 at Area 30 Career Center (off Calbert Way, across from Greencastle Walmart). The annual Tox-Away Day effort is scheduled from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. (rain or shine). Residents are asked not to arrive prior to 7:45 a.m. as it interferes with event set-up and creates traffic congestion. The event is organized to get people in and out as quickly and safely as possible, but lines should be anticipated...

PUTNAMVILLE — The pits were full and the breezes were warm at Lincoln Park Speedway this weekend as 123 cars unloaded over five classes. Brownsburg’s A.J. Hopkins repeated as the sprint car victor by topping a field of 21 other cars. Ethan Barrow picked up a win in the 305 Race Saver winged sprint car feature in the series debut at LPS. Jamie Lomax avoided the rain in Illinois and made his first 2018 Putnamville trip a memorable one with a UMP Modified victory...

South Putnam will host an Indiana High School Athletic Association girls’ tennis sectional from Wednesday through Friday this week. The Eagles will open the tourney on Wednesday by meeting Owen Valley at 5:30 p.m. Greencastle will play South Vermillion in Thursday’s first semifinal match at 5:30 p.m...

ELLETTSVILLE — Greencastle’s Jake Bennett shot a three-under-par 69 to lead the Tiger Cubs to an impressive 25-shot victory in the Western Indiana Conference tourney on Saturday at Rolling Meadows GC. Bennett shot a two-under par 34 on the front nine and a one-under-par 35 on the back nine...

The Cloverdale Clover softball team won their third straight Putnam County championship on Saturday with a 5-0 defeat of the Greencastle Tiger Cubs. Macie Couch threw a five-hit shutout as the Clovers used a four-run third inning to garner the championship and the Putnam County “paddle”...

Greencastle entered Saturday’s Putnam County baseball tournament looking for something to turn things around. The Tiger Cubs had a record of 5-14, which had included 10 losses by the 10-run rule — including a streak of five straight outings. The youthful Cubs — with four freshmen in their starting lineup, including three of their first five batters — grew up a lot on Saturday and knocked off North Putnam and Cloverdale to capture the county title...