Stories from Saturday, January 26, 2019

DANVILLE -- A Hendricks County teenager accused of causing an accident last September that killed a former Greencastle man has been charged with murder. Cody L. Albert, 19, of Danville, who authorities say caused the fatal accident by driving the wrong way down U.S. 40 west of Plainfield, is also facing a charge of operating while intoxicated resulting in death, the Hendricks County Sheriff's Office said Friday...

CLOVERDALE - On Friday at 3 p.m., an Indiana State Trooper observed a white Ford Fusion following too close on Interstate 70 eastbound near the 40 mile marker. The driver of the vehicle was identified as Mindy Wilson, 35, of Mt Vernon, Illinois. During the course of the traffic stop the trooper observed criminal indicators. Consent was received from Wilson for a vehicle search...

PUTNAM COUNTY BOYS Greencastle 55, Tri-West 45 (Brody Whitaker 24 points) South Vermillion 69, North Putnam 37 Cloverdale 61, Delphi 49 (Kyle Thomas 25 points)

Championship Edgewood 53, Greencastle 41 Third Place Indian Creek 58, West Vigo 51 Fifth Place Owen Valley 60, South Putnam 56 Seventh Place Cloverdale 51, Sullivan 50 Ninth Place Northview 69, Cascade 56 Eleventh Place North Putnam 60, Brown County 53...

Greencastle (11-2) vs. Tri-West (5-7) Tipoff: 2:40 p.m. at Bankers Life Fieldhouse. Tri-West coach: Adam Bontreger is in his 10th year at Tri-West. Tri-West so far: The Bruins have lost two straight games and six of their last seven. Tri-West per-game averages: Offense – 59.5. Defense – 61.4...

NASHVILLE — With its leading scorer on the bench for much of the night, North Putnam turned to a freshman tandem Friday night to defeat Brown County 60-53 in a Western Indiana Conference crossover game. Senior Andrew Pickel was in foul trouble early, leaving the Cougars (5-12, 1-4 WIC) searching for other options besides his 19.1 points per game...

All four Putnam County wrestling teams will take part in sectional today. Cloverdale will be competing in the Mooresville Sectional, while Greencastle, North Putnam and South Putnam will do battle at Avon. The top four place winners in each weight class from both sectionals advance to the regional tournament next Saturday at Mooresville...

SPENCER — The South Putnam Eagle boys’ basketball team spotted the Owen Valley Patriots a big lead early in the game, then a furious fourth quarter rally fell short as South fell 60-56 in the Western Indiana Conference Crossover game. Owen Valley picked up fifth place, while the Eagles will have to settle for sixth place...

CLOVERDALE — Freshman Kyle Thomas came up big in the final 83 seconds of Friday night’s seventh-place Western Indiana Conference game, helping the Cloverdale Clovers gain the lead three different times in that stretch to forge a 51-50 win over the Sullivan Golden Arrows...

ELLETTSVILLE — Edgewood’s Mustangs are the Emma Wilson of the Western Indiana Conference in boys’ basketball. In the four-year history of the expanded WIC, Edgewood has won the boys’ basketball title each time — just as the former Tiger Cub runner dominated her races in track and cross country over the past three-and-a-half years...