Stories from Thursday, June 14, 2018

CARMEL — Greencastle’s Jake Bennett was consistent with his scores at the IHSAA boys’ golf state finals this week, matching his 82 on Tuesday with a similar score on Wednesday to finish tied for 58th overall among 100 golfers. Not exactly finishing where he had hoped, but realizing afterward that he had achieved a great accomplishment to get so far.

The jury trial of the first of four men charged in an April 2017 home invasion is on recess until Monday, June 18. The trial of Justin Cherry, 29, of Indianapolis, began on Monday, June 11 and continued for two days until recess was called on Wednesday morning...

Would you like to be considered for higher paying jobs? Area 30 Career Center will be hosting an event on Thursday, June 28 to share information about getting free industry certifications. Persons are eligible for these certifications if they are going to college, working or unemployed...

Greencasle and Cloverdale’s high school football programs will have blood drives next week in conjunction with the Indianapolis Colts Leadership Challenge. Greencastle’s blood drive will be Monday in the lobby area at McAnally Center. Times to donate are available from 2:30 to 8 p.m. To register, go to:...

The following cases were filed in Putnam County courts recently. Criminal Cases Travis Rooney, 28, Putnamville Correctional Facility, two counts of Level 5 felony battery by bodily waste Dillion Smith, 24, Putnamville Correctional Facility, two counts of Level 5 felony battery by bodily waste...

County Jail Nine people were booked in the Putnam County Jail recently. Wednesday • At 9:16 p.m. Jennifer Marie Buttery, 25, Waveland, was booked in on a local warrant. • At 8:40 p.m. Chad Matthew Fiscus, 32, Greencastle, was lodged at the jail on a local warrant...

This summer, 25 different charitable organizations, scholarships and endowments are participating in the Putnam County Community Foundation Share the Dream program. The fundraising program offers proportionally awarded grant prizes to participants who receive at least 10 donations of $25 or more between May 1 and Aug. 31. Each of the 25 organizations will be highlighted in this series...

The Putnam County Community Foundation annual meeting will take place on Wednesday, June 20 at The Inn at DePauw. Sponsored by Prime Real Estate Group, Hendricks Power Cooperative and Wabash Capital, the annual meeting celebrates the positive impact of philanthropy and philanthropists in our community...

Emergency training is certainly familiar to both emergency responders as well as school officials. However, conducting such training in conjunction has been less common in the past. This fact made a recent functional exercise involving multiple local agencies and five school corporations a new and valuable step for those involved...

Greencastle’s Emma Wilson will be competing in two events this weekend at Bloomington in the USATF Junior Outdoor Track and Field Championships, seeking a berth on the USA National Team that will compete in the World U20 Championships at Tempere, Finland, next month...

At the precise moment she was being appointed to a new role in the community, Lisa McCoy was on stage at Putnam County Playhouse Thursday night, singing and dancing her way through the musical "Annie." But it was the Greencastle City Council that was thinking about tomorrow, acting on a motion by Councilman Steve Fields and voting 5-0 with two abstentions to appoint McCoy to a four-year position on the Greencastle School Board...