Stories from Friday, December 21, 2018

Several Putnam County football standouts were named on Thursday to the Associated Press all-state football squad, with at least one from each school earning recognition. Highlighting the honorees was Greencastle senior Gavin Bollman, who was a first-team defensive end...

When my wife and I watch a movie at home, we enjoy going online to the Internet Movie Database to read the background information and trivia compiled there. We also enjoy watching the “behind the scenes” or “inside story” episodes on various TV shows or movies...

FRIDAY Cascade (2-7) at North Putnam (3-4) The coaches: Chris DuBois is in his 15th year at Cascade. Collin McCartt is in his fifth year at North Putnam. So far: Cascade has lost four straight games. North Putnam broke a four-game losing streak on Saturday with a win over Riverton Parke...

DePauw’s young basketball team ran into a quicker and more athletic Hiram College that was simply on fire from three-point range Thursday night. And as good as the Tigers have been at times in their 6-3 start, Hiram was much better in an 81-66 win at Neal Fieldhouse...

The South Putnam Lady Eagles headed into Christmas break with a true team win on Thursday night against the Cascade Cadets. The host Eagles picked up contributions from various players and used an efficient offense to pick up the 59-40 victory. South went inside to the post and scored from a variety of spots on the floor as well as getting 25 points from their bench on the night. The Eagles improved to 7-6 on the season, while the Cadets fell to 3-9...

BAINBRIDGE — Playing basketball goes much better when teams are relaxed and play with confidence. North Putnam’s Cougars have definitely acquired those two qualities lately, and the results are showing it. The Cougars won their fourth game in the last five outings on Thursday night, defeating North Montgomery 51-39...

Like the age-old gravediggers who came before him, Jon Rice's noble efforts are as inconspicuously carried out as the quiet cemetery surroundings in which he works. Yet when genealogists and researchers google Find a Grave, Rice's labor of love often pays off with the cemetery, location and photograph of the particular gravestone in question...

DePauw’s women’s basketball team, ranked 21st in the latest d3hoops.com poll and 22nd in the coaches’ rankings, never trailed on the way to a 65-35 win over Kean at the Daytona Beach Shootout on Thursday. The Tigers moved to 7-2, while the Cougars dropped to 4-6...

The DePauw men’s basketball team shot 61.5 percent from the field and placed five scorers in double figures in a 91-77 North Coast Athletic Conference win over visiting Allegheny Friday. The Tigers improved to 7-3 overall and 2-3 in the NCAC, while the Gators dropped to 4-7 overall and 0-5 in conference play...

PLAINFIELD – It’s been a cold start to the winter season, and Duke Energy is once again assisting qualifying customers who may struggle to pay their winter energy bills. The company is contributing $500,000 for low-income customer energy assistance through its Helping Hand program...

The following cases were filed in Putnam County courts recently. Criminal Cases Jason L. Jones, 39, Greencastle, Class A misdemeanor invasion of privacy Laura A. Lukenbill, 66, Greencastle, Class A misdeanor driving while intoxicated endangering a person, Class C misdemeanor driving while intoxicated...

County Jail Four people were booked in the Putnam County Jail on Thursday. • At 10:09 p.m. Jonathan Cole Muse, 26, Huntington, was lodged at the jail on a local warrant. • At 4:57 p.m. William John Smith, 27, Bloomington, was taken into custody on a petition to revoke probation...

As part of their mission to make a difference, Walmart, Sam’s Club and the Walmart Foundation have donated more than $34 million in cash and in-kind contributions to non-profit organizations in Indiana during FY18. These donations support Hoosier programs focused on hunger relief, healthy eating, workforce development and disaster preparedness...

If you are dreaming of a White Christmas for this year, then read on for some historical information on the occurrence of a White Christmas in central Indiana. There are several ways to define a White Christmas. For the purposes of an historical look back, we’ll include a White Christmas as any day that has either at least a trace of snow on the ground, or experiences at least a trace of snow falling that day. ...

Does 16 years on the Putnam County Council sound like a long time? Try 46 years of serving the people of Putnam County in some capacity. Having reached both of these impressive numbers, Putnam County Council President Darrel Thomas presided over his final meeting on Tuesday night...

Members of the Putnam County Fraternal Order of Police conduct their annual Santa Drop effort Thursday with officers from all local departments taking Christmas presents to 52 children not only in Greencastle but such locations as Russellville, Poland, Coatesville and Cloverdale.

PUTNAM COUNTY Cascade 71, North Putnam 42 STATEWIDE SCORES Anderson Prep Academy 82, Ft. Wayne Smith Academy 72 Attica 52, Lafayette Catholic 18 Avon 69, Southport 55 Bellmont 60, S. Adams 29 Benton Central 63, N. White 41 Bluffton 61, Norwell 34 Borden 61, Madison Shawe 59, OT...