Stories from Wednesday, May 16, 2018

Ben Gellman is a senior at Greencastle and participates in cross country and track and field. ——— Banner Graphic: How old were you when you first got interested in sports? Ben Gellman: “I think it was in about third grade at Tzouanakis and I started running on the trail behind the school at recess, even though that's not normally what kids do at recess. ...

The following cases were filed in Putnam County courts recently. Criminal Cases Jason L. Prosser, 44, Fillmore, Level 6 felony resisting law enforcement, Class C msidemeanor operating with a Schedule I or II controlled substance in the body, Class C misdemeanor driving while intoxicated, Class A misdemeanor driving with a suspended license, Class C misdemeanor possession of paraphernalia...

County Jail Three people were booked in the Putnam County Jail on Monday. • At 9:05 p.m. Heather Dawn Lehr, 25, Cloverdale, was lodged at the jail for domestic battery. • At 5:39 p.m. Christopher Paul Stapert, 31, Brazil, was taken into custody for driving while intoxicated-refusal and driving with a suspended license...

The Putnam County Museum will once again host the Putnam County Antique Tractor and Machinery Association on Saturday, May 19. The show and demonstrations will begin at 9 a.m. in the parking lot at 1105 N. Jackson St., Greencastle. Among the planned demonstrations will be a stationary hay press and grain milling and other power take-off activities. There will be a thresher and a binder on display, along with various types and ages of tractors and other farm machinery...

“There were a ton of great deals. I bought clothes and a home appliance, and now I’m regretting not buying one of the hats or getting to the brand new bike fast enough.” That’s what one attendee said last year during the eighth annual DePauw Move Out Sale...

NASHVILLE — Like most high school baseball teams this time of year, the South Putnam baseball team has been busy lately due to filling up many days of the schedule with postponements from earlier in the season. The Eagles traveled to Brown County on Tuesday for their fifth game in six days, and fell to the hosts 6-3...

Apparently fed up with his claim that “nobody would listen to him,” a 55-year-old Reelsville man is now facing an arson charge for allegedly setting fire to the camper in which he lived on his daughter’s property. Steven P. Davidson was formally charged with Level 6 felony arson in Putnam Superior Court on Wednesday...

TERRE HAUTE — Rain abbreviated the action in Tuesday evening’s Terre Haute North girls’ track sectional, with just six of the 16 events being completed. The remaining 10 events will be contested today starting at 5:30 p.m.. The highlight in Tuesday’s activity for Putnam County athletes was the girls’ 1,600-meter run, in which defending state champion Emma Wilson won as expected in a time of 4:59.71...

In what has been a cultural touchstone for more than a century, Girl Scouts happily sell cookies each winter to help fund their trips to summer camp. Meanwhile, many Cub Scout troops resort to annual popcorn sales to explode to achieve the same result...