Stories from Friday, November 16, 2018

PUTNAMVILLE — South 43 Water Association announced Friday morning that the boil order for all Putnamville area customers has been lifted. Water Superintendent Jeff O’Neal has been notified that test results have confirmed the water is safe to drink...

Charles T. Croan, 89, Fillmore, passed away Thursday afternoon, Nov. 15, 2018 at Mill Pond Health Campus in Greencastle. He was born in Indianapolis on Feb. 5, 1929. He was married to Etta Ruth McNew Croan for 47 years, and she preceded him on April 25, 2006...

Timothy Lee "Newty" Cheatham, 23, of Greencastle, passed away on Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2018. He was born Feb. 21, 1995 in Greencastle, the son of Treva J. (Jackson) Willis and Timothy Alan Cheatham. He had attended Greencastle High School. Timothy had worked with various contractors in the area...

Friends of the Putnam County Public Library will be holding its used electronics sale on Saturday, Dec. 8 from 9 a.m. until noon -- or until supplies sell out -- in the Kiwanis meeting room at the library, 103 E. Poplar St., Greencastle. All items for sale will cost between $1 and $20 and include old technology retired by the library or donated by patrons...

For displaying respect through their words and actions, Greencastle High School seniors Brenden Heard and Vivian Savage are acknowledged as Character Education Program Star Students for October.

The DePauw University Orchestra, led by music director Orcenith Smith, and the University Bands, conducted by Craig Paré, will present the school’s annual Thanksgiving week concert this Sunday, Nov. 18 at 4 p.m. in the Green Center’s Kresge Auditorium...

Marcella May Samsel celebrated her 100th birthday on Friday. She was born in Cass County on Nov. 16, 1918. Marcella remains a loving mother, grandmother, great-grandmother and great-great-grandmother. She still lives at home still with family on the same farm her and husband ran for many years...

A selection of the work completed over the last four years by ALEXIS VARVEL is on display in the Franklin College Senior Art Show, which runs through Tuesday, Nov. 27. Both Varvel and fellow senior Raheim Whitlow spoke about their artwork during an opening reception this past week...

The following cases were filed in Putnam County courts recently. Criminal Cases Prince-Rodjrel Yamobi, 47, Putnamville Correctional Facility, Level 4 felony prisoner possessing a deadly weapon, Level 5 felony battery with a deadly weapon Matthew J. Eaton, 21, Putnamville Correctional Facility, Level 4 felony prisoner possessing a deadly weapon, Level 5 felony aiding, inducing or causing an offense-battery with a deadly weapon...

City Police Greencastle City Police are investing an alleged shoplifting incident at the Walmart Supercenter at 5:33 p.m. Sunday. According to Officer Joseph Smith’s report, a 39-year-old female customer reportedly used a $1 bar code off a different item to illegally scan $145.42 in miscellaneous items at the U-scan station...

A live wax museum, sponsored by the Fillmore Elementary School PTO, recently featured students in grades 3-5 dressing like their character in doing do a book report on a famous person.

When the Indiana State Board of Education unanimously approved the school accountability grades this week, it was excellent news for three county schools. South Putnam’s Fillmore Elementary School, North Putnam High School and Cloverdale High School were all rated as A schools for the 2017-18 academic year...

After coming out of a more involved meeting Wednesday evening, the South Putnam School Board will have to consider some important decisions regarding South Putnam athletics and recent updates. After it had addressed other various issues on the agenda, the board turned over the floor to South Putnam Athletic Director Tom Starnes, who provided feedback and input regarding sponsorship of new scoreboards, as well as maintenance of the sports fields...

Have you ever observed — perhaps very recently — that weather in Indiana seems to be passing straight from summer into winter, skipping over fall entirely? You’re not alone. Even a weather professional puts it into those terms. “We didn’t really get a fall, did we?” RTV6 meteorologist Kyle Mounce asked South Putnam Middle School sixth-graders Friday afternoon. “It kind of seems that way in Indiana lately — we seem to get only two seasons, summer straight into winter.”...