Stories from Saturday, January 5, 2019

CLOVERDALE -- A traffic stop for following too closely Friday afternoon ultimately resulted in two Ohio women arrested on methamphetamine charges. Indiana State Police reportedly located 15 pounds of methamphetamine in the car during the stop. At 2:55 p.m., an Indiana State Police trooper was working along Interstate 70 when he observed a 2008 Mercury Mariner traveling westbound near the 48-mile marker in violation of following too closely...

Trying to expand on the success he’s found with a chain of restaurants in metropolitan Indianapolis, a former Indianapolis Colt star is now looking elsewhere in Indiana. Perhaps Gary Brackett has his eyes on ... Greencastle? The Putnam County seat is apparently the kind of place Brackett is looking to take his Stacked Pickle franchise next...

FILLMORE -- After its first regular meeting of 2019 Thursday evening, the Fillmore Town Council has a new president, as well as approved the go-ahead to address ongoing parking issues at Fillmore Elementary School. After the council voted Bill Ashcraft to the position, town officials turned their attention to complaints brought to Town Marshal Darrel Bunten regarding parking along the school’s sidewalk and in front of a nearby fire hydrant. ...

It’s official now, Jim Baird won’t be the first -- and probably won’t be the last -- but he’s in a tiny fraternity of men who have served in the U.S. Congress from Putnam County. While initial indications during the 2018 election pointed to the possibility Baird (R-Greencastle) might be the first Putnam County resident to ever serve in Congress if elected, as he was officially sworn in Thursday in Washington, D.C., those claims were laid to rest...

Northview (12-5) at Cloverdale (15-3) The coaches: Zack Keyes is in his fourth year at Northview. Matthew Langdon is in his eighth year at Cloverdale. Oddity: The teams will play again a week from Friday in the Western Indiana Conference championship game...

BOYS Greencastle 61, Northview 52 Edgewood 77, Brown Co. 41 South Putnam 73, Sullivan 67 West Vigo 47, North Putnam 42 Owen Valley 59, Cloverdale 47 GIRLS Cloverdale 60, Owen Valley 52 Northview 49, Greencastle 41 South Putnam 62, Sullivan 46 Brown Co. 53, Edgewood 52...

BRAZIL — In a pair of position battles in the Western Indiana Conference boys’ and girls’ basketball races, the Greencastle Tiger Cubs and Northview Knights split their match-ups Friday night. The Northview girls were able to edge out the Tiger Cubs 49-41 to remain atop the Western Division with a 4-0 mark while Greencastle fell to 2-2. Meanwhile, the Tiger Cub boys outlasted the Knights 61-52 to stay on top of the West with a 3-1 record...

t was a clean sweep for the South Putnam Eagles girls’ and boys’ basketball teams Friday night as they hosted the Sullivan Golden Arrows with the girls winning 62-46 and the boys triumphing 73-67. Both teams showed their toughness, especially the girls, who were 0-10 shooting from behind the arc and turned the ball over 24 times. Despite such shortcomings, the Eagles still shot better than 50 percent on the night...

WEST TERRE HAUTE — North Putnam and West Vigo split a pair of girls’ and boys’ basketball games Friday night in a Western Indiana Conference doubleheader. The North Putnam Cougar girls earned their 10th win of the year in defeating the Vikings 43-39 to climb to 10-8 on the year and 3-1 in the conference. West Vigo is now 3-13 and 0-4 and in the midst of a 10-game losing streak...

Prior to an early-morning executive session of the South Putnam School Board, Craig Newby reads his oath of office as he becomes the body's newest Warren Township representative Saturday inside the South Putnam Administration Office...

SPENCER — Cloverdale’s basketball teams went to Owen Valley on Friday night with different agendas in mind. Both obviously wanted to win, but the stakes were quite different. The Clover girls tangled with the Western Indiana Conference East Division co-leading Patriots for first place, while the Clover boys were trying to get their ship headed in the right direction...