Stories from Monday, May 28, 2018

Eleven Putnam County high school football standouts have been chosen to play in the Wabash Valley Football Coaches Association All-Star Game next month. For seven of them, the game will help serve as sort of a mid-summer training camp as they get ready to go on to play college football in the fall...

Mildred Irene Bailey, 87, of Cloverdale, went to be with the Lord Friday, May 25, 2018. Born March 10, 1931 to the late Chester and Susan (Osbourne) Anderson. Mildred married Ora K. Bailey June 25, 1949 he preceded her in death Jan. 9, 2002. She is also survived by her children Gary K. ...

Virgenna Maxine (Brammer) Boyce, 94, passed away Saturday, May 26, 2018 in Brazil. She was born in Brazil on July 27, 1923 to the late Otis and Mary (Trenary) Brammer. Maxine graduated from Brazil High School in 1941 and married her husband Kenneth Leroy Boyce on Aug. 20, 1941...

CLOVERDALE -- Seems like every day the local news leads off with another story about a shooting in Indianapolis or sadly, a mass shooting at a school or place of business somewhere in America. With all the rhetoric about guns, it’s important to know your legal rights and how the law protects you and your family...

Some friendly competition will join the usual music and food at the June edition of First Friday as a pair of games take center stage in downtown Greencastle this Friday. Franklin Street will feature both pickle ball and cornhole in addition to the usual First Friday fun...

The Putnam County Community Foundation, represented its president, Ken Eitel, will present a check from the Foundation’s endowment for the Greencastle Summer Music Festival to founding artistic director Eric Edberg and the festival’s executive director Chris Flegal as the festival kicks off its 2018 season Wednesday evening. A free concert performance by local blues singer Tad Robinson and his band will start the season...

With the announcement of three new administrators dominating most of the attention at the June meeting of the Greencastle School Board, another big piece of news got lost in the shuffle. Late in the meeting, Superintendent Jeff Hubble made an announcement that he and others had hoped he might make during first semester...

Ronald Keith Pettit, 76, of Greencastle, passed away on Tuesday, May 15, 2018. Born May 11, 1942 in Putnam County, he was the son of Harold and Mary (Goodman) Pettit. Ron retired from Bridgeport Brass, where he had worked as a machinist. He was a member of the Moose Lodge and a former member of the American Legion...

PUTNAMVILLE – Carson Short picked up a victory in the Hoosier Tire Midwest Sprint Car Series at Lincoln Park Speedway Saturday evening. The Illinois driver ran fifth at Bloomington Speedway the night before as the holiday weekend got started with the Josh Burton Memorial event on the red clay...

Greencastle High School’s boys’ basketball coaching staff will have a three-day summer skills camp from June 20-22. Boys and girls entering grades 1-8 in the fall are invited to attend the evening camp. Grades 1-4 will have camp from 5-6:30 p.m., while sessions for grades 5-8 will be from 7-8:30 p.m. All sessions will be in McAnally Center...

South Putnam will have its summer youth boys’ basketball camp during the first two full weeks in June. The camp will run from June 4-7 and June 11-14, with students entering grades 2-5 next fall going from 9 to 10 a.m. and students entering grades 6-8 having camp from 10 to 11:15 a.m...

South Putnam will have its 5th annual youth/middle school football camp on June 18-21 from 6-8 p.m. for incoming students in grades K-8. Coach Nathan Aker and his staff will be directing the camp, which emphasizes proper fundamentals such as blocking, USA Heads Up tackling, Hawk tackling, receiving, passing, ball security, long snapping, kicking/punting and — most importantly — leadership and character development...

A day of reverence at Forest Hill Cemetery opened with a bit of fun and fitness as approximately 70 runners and walkers took part in the inaugural Friends of Forest Hill Memorial Day 5K on Monday. After the race, many of the runners cleared out, though several made their way up the hill for the traditional Memorial Day Service...