Stories from Thursday, December 13, 2018

TERRE HAUTE – For millions of children worldwide, Christmas Day 2018 will be a day for which they have anxiously awaited their many seasonal gifts. But for Cloverdale graduate Cooper Neese, Santa Claus will deliver his present nine days early as the sharp-shooting guard will finally get to make his debut with the Indiana State Sycamores on Sunday after a long wait. ISU plays at Texas Christian at 5 p.m. in a preliminary round of the Hawaiian Airlines Diamondhead Classic. The game will be broadcast on ESPNU.

ROACHDALE — Even the November news that Roachdale would receive $325,457 in Community Crossings money was tempered a bit by the denial to fund another project. Town officials learned last month that while grant funding had been approved to cover 75 percent of the project to resurface Indiana Street from the railroad crossing north to the town limits and Washington Street from Meridian Street to East Street...

Mary Timm is on quite a roll. Just days after receiving a full-ride scholarship from Marian University in a surprise ceremony, the North Putnam High School senior has landed another honor in being named 2018 Putnam County DAR Good Citizen winner by Washburn Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR)...

Greencastle High School will join an elite group of Indiana schools tonight with the presentation of a banner from the Champions Together program. Greencastle will become the second Putnam County school to be so honored, as North Putnam already has earned the designation...

Sullivan (4-0, 2-0) at Greencastle (4-1, 1-1) The coaches: Jeff Moore is in his 29th year at Sullivan. Bryce Rector is in his third year at Greencastle. On the air: WREB-FM 94.3 will broadcast the game. So far: Sullivan has beaten South Knox 57-50, Northview 61-45, Shakamak 55-47 and North Putnam 82-50...

The Putnam County Public Library will be closed on Monday, Dec. 24 and Tuesday, Dec. 25 for the Christmas holiday. The library, located at 103 E. Poplar St., Greencastle, will also close at 5 p.m. on Monday, Dec. 31 and will be closed on Tuesday, Jan. 1 for the New Year’s holiday...

County Jail Ten people were booked in the Putnam County Jail recently. On Tuesday: • At 9:49 p.m. Coty Allen Gray, 23, Indianapolis, was housed at the jail on a pair of local warrants. • At 6:22 p.m. Nicholas Eugene Wendell, 37, Greencastle, was booked in on a local warrant...

The local Goody’s department store on the city’s East Side will be closing in the next few months. However, shoppers will see a similar chain store taking its place. Management at the Greencastle location recently announced that the store would be replaced by a Gordmans store, part of a chain that sells similar goods at off-prices...

CLOVERDALE -- Decorating for the holidays can be an arduous task for many. Hanging lights and setting up plastic snowmen, and just making sure it all stays together, incurs taking time and assuming a few unmitigated risks. But for one Cloverdale military veteran, the annual task is a labor of love. It also manifests as part of a passion in spreading the Christmas spirit in his hometown...