Stories from Thursday, June 21, 2018

State Sen. Rodric Bray (R-Martinsville) will serve on four study committees, council and subcommittees during the summer and fall to help prepare lawmakers for the 2019 legislative session. Bray, who represent District 37 which includes the southern half of Putnam County, will serve on the following panels:...

SAWs, a mission of the Greencastle Presbyterian Church that provides ramps, safety steps and railings to disabled Putnam County residents, has openings in its schedule for 2018. Starting immediately, SAWs will be accepting requests for projects to be completed on or after July 28...

Putnam County Hospital has announced that beginning July 16, it will have a rheumatologist joining the hospital staff. Dr. Hassan I. Ahmad, MD (board-certified internal medicine, board-eligible rheumatology) grew up in Fishers and completed his undergraduate degree from University of Michigan...

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 following cases were filed in Putnam County courts recently. Criminal Cases Drew Burger, 28, Putnamville Correctional Facility, two counts of Level 6 felony trafficking with an inmate outside a facility, habitual offender enhancement Douglas Lee Allsup, 42, Greencastle, Level 6 felony auto theft...

ROACHDALE -- The Roachdale Town Council will conduct a special meeting at 7 p.m. Monday, June 25 at the town hall, 205 N. Indiana St., Roachdale. The Council will consider the appointment of a new town marshal, update the 2018 Salary Ordinance and conduct any other business to properly come before the Council...

County Jail Nine people were booked into the Putnam County Jail recently. Wednesday • At 10:24 a.m. Joshua James Wright, 28, Greencastle, was taken into custody on a local warrant. • At 3:19 a.m. Matthew Sloan McCubbing Jr., 22, Crawfordsville, was housed at the jail for invasion of privacy...

District 44 State Rep. Jim Baird (R-Greencastle) has been selected to serve on the Interim Study Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources. Baird said in the upcoming months, the committee will examine several topics, including the regulation of industrial hemp, industrial hemp products and the manufacturing of low THC hemp extract...

DePauw University is one of 33 colleges and universities nationwide to receive a five-year, $1 million 2018 grant from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) Inclusive Excellence program. The goal of the award is to improve persistence and success for underserved STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) students at DePauw by enacting systemic change that will benefit all students...

With funding from the county now in the works, plans can move forward for a new structure at the Putnam County Humane Shelter. The plan is to build an open-air 129-by-30 foot structure behind the main building. The new building will give dogs shelter from the weather — be it sun, rain, snow — at times when they have to be outside...

Two giving Greencastle couples shared the Putnam County Community Foundation’s two highest honors Wednesday night. Joy and Bill Marley, longtime shepherds of the People Pathways project, received the 2018 Spirit of Philanthropy Award, the highest honor bestowed by the Foundation, during its annual meeting at the Inn at DePauw...

Two college-bound softball standouts lead the 2018 all-Putnam County softball team. Greencastle’s Julia Mundy, who will play next year at Division II Saginaw Valley State University, is the county Pitcher of the Year. Mundy pitched 131 innings for the Tiger Cubs this spring, striking out 163 batters and walking just 43...