Stories from Friday, January 25, 2019

Greencastle has made huge strides in terms of its competitiveness in the Western Indiana Conference boys’ basketball race during Bryce Rector’s three seasons at the helm. Two years ago, the Tiger Cubs finished last in the WIC West Division and beat Brown County 55-42 to escape 12th place in the final league standings...

When a retailer is noted for only closing for Christmas and part of Thanksgiving, customers expect that when they show up, the doors will be open. This is especially true in the middle of the day on a Friday. So it was a bit mysterious to would-be shoppers who showed up at the Greencastle Walmart Supercenter during the noon hour on Friday when they found the retailer had been closed...

DePauw trailed 24th-ranked Wittenberg by two points with less than 30 seconds left in overtime, but Nick Felke hit a 3-pointer with 22 seconds left and added two free throws with eight seconds remaining to help DePauw to a 77-75 North Coast Athletic Conference win over the visiting Tigers on Wednesday night...

A new feature will begin next week in the Banner Graphic sports section, one that will look to spotlight “feel good” stories about people either loyal to their schools, battling back from injuries or making contributions in ways not recognized as often as they should be...

The coaches: Bryce Rector is in his third year at Greencastle. J.B. Neill is in his third year at Edgewood. On the air: WCLS-FM 97.7 will broadcast the game. Online link is: https://radio.securenetsystems.net/v5/index.cfm?stationCallSign=WCLS WIC impact: The winner is the league champion...

Tod Windlan applied a commonly-used analogy to his Greencastle girls’ performance against South Vermillion. “We couldn’t draw water if we were standing on the pier,” he said. In spite of his team’s numerous missed shots from point-blank range, the Tiger Cubs closed out the regular season successfully with a 45-39 win over the Wildcats and gave five Cubs playing their final home game a rousing sendoff on Senior Night...

Jacquelyn McDonald, 72, passed away Thursday, Jan. 24, 2019 at Union Hospital in Terre Haute with her family at her side. She was born in Brazil, Ind., on April 9, 1946 to the late William and Doris (Muncie) Kidwell. Jackie attended Hammond High School, and married James McDonald on Nov. 4, 1966, who preceded her in death...

The Putnam County Public Library will host Stardust: A Photography Exhibition on Friday, Feb. 2. The 6-8:30 p.m. fundraising event, featuring the photography of the local author and artist Stuart Fabe, will be staged in celebration of February First Friday. The after-hours event will also feature music by cellist Eric Edberg, a cash bar and light hors d’oeuvres...

Putnam County Sheriff Scott Stockton has announced that the Indiana Sheriffs’ Association will again be awarding college scholarships to qualified high school seniors or college students pursing a degree in criminal justice studies. There will be approximately 40 scholarships awarded for $750 each to qualifying students throughout the state...

The following cases were filed in Putnam County courts recently. Criminal Cases Brian Lusk, 25, Putnamville Correctional Facility, Level 3 felony conspiracy to deal in a narcotic drug in the presence of a minor, Level 5 felony trafficking with an inmate...

County Jail Two people were booked in the Putnam County Jail on Thursday. • At 10:32 p.m. Anthony Keith McDonald, 33, Cloverdale, was lodged at the jail on a Marion County warrant. • At 5:48 p.m. Timothy O’Neill McKenna, 43, Indianapolis, was booked in on a court order...

Exactly the state average. That’s how the Putnam County unemployment figure for December stacks up this month. The latest mark is 3.4 percent, two-tenths of a percentage point better than the county’s November number, yet four rungs lower in the overall Indiana county jobless rankings...

Crowned the 2019 queen and king of Cloverdale Hardwood Homecoming, seniors Makenzie Allen and Ezra Kelso take to center court to receive their honors Friday night.

An accident last fall has a local man asking if the Putnam County Highway Department needs a new technique for cutting roadside ditches. Randy Bee said he was southbound out of Bainbridge on County Road 200 East in a farm truck when he met a car. Bee said he pulled to the edge of the road and stopped for the car to pass. However, as he was began to pull forward, the edge of the blacktop gave way into the ditch, causing his wheel to fall into the 20-inch ditch...

With lyrics detailing how he was born in a small town and that he can breathe in a small town, and that’s probably where they’ll bury him, Hoosier rock star John Mellencamp says he’s “seen it all in a small town.” But he’s got nothing on Putnam County’s Larry Tippin...