Stories from Wednesday, December 5, 2018

The Associated Press Top 10 Indiana high school boys basketball teams, with first-place votes in parentheses, records, rating points and previous rankings: Class 4A Others receiving votes: New Albany 29, Elkhart Memorial 25, Munster 22, Chesterton 19, Penn 18, Lawrence Central 15, Lawrence North 7, Mishawaka 6, Brownsburg 6, Hamilton Southeastern 6...

Jalyn Duff is a senior at Greencastle and participates in volleyball, basketball and softball. ——— Banner Graphic: How important are sports to you, and what have you learned from them? Jalyn Duff: “Growing up, my dad [Jarrod Duff] has always been a coach so he took my brother [Duke] and I to the gym to practice every day. ...

Zella F. Frazier, 95, of Greencastle, passed away on Tuesday, Dec. 4, 2018. She was born April 8, 1923 in Indianapolis, the daughter of Riley C. and Myrtle (Poynter) Poole. Zella was a cashier at L.S. Ayres and Wuertz Variety Store for several years. She was a member of the Greencastle Christian Church...

Larry Keith Wells, 75, of Greencastle, passed away on Saturday, Dec. 1, 2018. He was born Sept. 10, 1943 in Greencastle, the son of Louis Eugene and Eula Grace (Hutcheson) Wells and was a 1961 graduate of Reelsville High School. Larry was a driver for Eye Specialist of Indiana. ...

Greencastle’s girls’ basketball team has approached the proverbial “hump” against its top opponents this season. But, as in previous defeats to Benton Central, Cloverdale and Tri-West, the Cubs could not get over that hump against Class 3A No. 7-ranked Danville on Tuesday night...

With a confirmed 107 workers affected by the closure of the Dixie Chopper plant in Fillmore, WorkOne is prepared to step in and help the dislocated workers. As representatives of the Indiana Department of Workforce Development in both the community and the region, the WorkOne offices in Greencastle and Terre Haute are offering assistance and state benefits to the former Dixie Chopper employees...

County Jail Seven people were booked in the Putnam County Jail recently. Wednesday • At 1:55 a.m. Trisha Edna Stavedahl, 38, Warsaw, was booked in on a writ of body attachment and an out-of-county warrant. • At 1:49 a.m. Gregory Justin Hazlett, 36, Greencastle, was lodged at the jail on a local warrant...

The DePauw women’s basketball team jumped out to a 25-point lead in the opening eight minutes of its North Coast Athletic Conference contest against visiting Wittenberg and held off a second-half surge to take a 61-52 win Wednesday evening. The host Tigers, ranked 23rd by d3hoops.com and 24th in the coaches’ poll, improved to 5-2 overall and 2-0 in NCAC play, while Wittenberg dropped to 4-4 overall and 1-1 in the conference...

INDIANAPOLIS — If North Putnam boys’ basketball coach Collin McCartt could script in advance how a game was going to be played in terms of style, he wouldn’t have picked the style of Wednesday night’s game at Covenant Christian. The host Warriors pressed relentlessly, crashed the boards with reckless abandon and hit an incredible percentage from 3-point range in recording a 96-45 win to hand the Cougars their first loss...

While the current state of education of local youth continues to be scrutinized, yesterday saw a seemingly passive milestone in the history of public education in Greencastle. The large brick building which currently houses the Spring Tree Square Condominiums on Spring Street was once Greencastle High School, where generations of students studied and graduated from 1918 until 1958. This December marked 100 years since the structure was dedicated...

Doris Eileen (Hutcheson) Watson, 78, of Avon, passed away following a six-year battle with colon cancer on Nov. 30, 2018 at 10:18 p.m. at Majestic Care. Doris was born in Putnam County on Aug. 10, 1940, the daughter of Woodrow and Thelma (Berry) Hutcheson. She was a 1958 graduate of Bainbridge High School...