Stories from Friday, January 11, 2019

VINCENNES — Wednesday was a pretty good day for Jalen Moore. In the morning, the Cloverdale graduate was named the National Junior College Athletic Association player of the week for the period of Dec. 30-Jan. 6 for his 33-point, 11-assist effort for Olney Central College against Kaskaskia...

UPDATED: The winter storm expected to hit late Friday/early Saturday has caused postponement of all three high school athletic events involving Putnam County teams on Saturday. The girls'/boys' basketball doubleheaders scheduled for Friday night will still be played...

On the move. Gov. Eric Holcomb likes to be in motion. It was true in a literal sense on Friday, in a day that started on the job in Indianapolis, then west to Terre Haute for a major jobs announcement in Terre Haute, back east to Greencastle and the Putnam Inn, a favored local stop for the governor...

GRANVILLE, Ohio — DePauw closed the first half on an 18-2 run before outscoring Denison, 45-11, in the second half on the way to a 78-29 North Coast Athletic Conference road victory. The Tigers, ranked 19th by D3hoops.com and 20th in the latest coaches’ poll, improved to 13-3 overall and 7-0 in the NCAC, while the Big Red dropped to 8-7 overall and 4-3 in conference play...

CLOVERDALE - The Putnam County middle school basketball championships were decided on Wednesday night at Cloverdale Middle School. Seventh grade The North Putnam Cougar seventh-grade basketball team used a balanced attack with hot shooting to win the title for the second straight year...

EMINENCE — After having a week away from the basketball court – at least in terms of game action – the South Putnam girls’ basketball team dove into its longest stretch of the season. Four games in eight days can be taxing on a team, especially with it coming in the last quarter of the year, but it wouldn’t be known from the way the Eagles have performed over that span...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Eric Ebron has seen the forecast for Saturday’s divisional playoff game between the Indianapolis Colts and Kansas City Chiefs, where even the most optimistic of meteorologists are pegging the chances of rain or snow at about 50 percent...

Having operated without a county microfilm department for more than four months, Putnam County will soon have the State of Indiana do such work for it. In recent years, with the increasing digitization of records, necessary microfilm work has dwindled to the point that before former director Cheryl York resigned in August, her job was only part time...

On his way back from a morning engagement in Terre Haute, Governor Eric Holcomb (left) and First Lady Janet Holcomb (right) make an afternoon stop in Greencastle at the Putnam Inn, visiting briefly with restaurant owner Rhonda Brotherton...

William "Brent" Mager, 58, of Greencastle, went to be with the Lord Friday, Jan. 11, 2019. He was born in Putnam County to the late Bill and Florence (Clark) Mager of Greencastle. He worked at Putnam County Comprehensive Services and the late Torr's Restaurant...

“The liberal arts education provides the broad base and the foundation in ethics, in cultural agility, and in creativity that leaders need,” DePauw University President D. Mark McCoy said in a speech Thursday in Tokyo, Japan. “When paired with robust experiential opportunities and numerous opportunities to rise from failure early and often, we develop leaders the world needs.”...

INDIANAPOLIS — Radon, a radioactive gas that occurs naturally in most soil, is the second-leading cause of lung cancer and the No. 1 cause among non-smokers. It is responsible for more than 20,000 lung cancer deaths in the U.S. each year, according to U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) estimates...