Stories from Thursday, March 14, 2019

Following a day of heavy rainfall and high winds in the area, a large ash tree spans the driveway of the Selvia residence on East Franklin Street after it was blown over Thursday afternoon.

A new concert series is set to kick off in the coming week with a goal of making homelessness awareness and fundraising more than simply a seasonal concern. The first Hope for the Homeless concert to benefit Beyond Homeless Inc. is set for 7 p.m. Thursday, March 21 at Wasser Brewing Co., featuring Gus Moon and War Radio...

Any 4-H’ers exhibiting any beef, dairy, goats, poultry, rabbits, sheep and swine must complete the Youth Quality Care of Animals (YQCA) to exhibit these species of livestock. The YQCA is a quality assurance program similar to Junior Pork Quality Assurance (JPQA) program that swine members have completed for many years in order to be allowed to sell swine. ...

After years of frustration following the closure of the Wendy’s fast food restaurant in 2014, the MaCaronis Grill officially opened to the public Thursday morning.

MORTON -- Union Chapel United Methodist Church will host a Community Fellowship Dinner at the church on Monday, March 18, with serving from 5-7 p.m. The menu will include spaghetti, bread, salad, desserts and drinks. The meal with be free of charge, so come as guests, enjoy the meal, and fellowship with friends and neighbors...

The monthly Greater Greencastle Chamber of Commerce Business After Hours program will be sponsored by the Putnam County Community Foundation and feature introductions of its new director and staff on Thursday, March 21 at Music on the Square, 21 N. Indiana St., Greencastle...

PLAINFIELD -- Another Interstate 70 traffic stop Wednesday morning resulted in two arrests and the confiscation of a reported $3.5 million in drugs. At 11:33 a.m., an Indiana State trooper stopped a vehicle on Interstate 70 eastbound, near the 66-mile marker in Hendricks County, for a traffic violation of following too closely...

County Jail Seven people were booked in the Putnam County Jail recently. Wednesday • At 10:58 a.m. Tina N. Tiedemann, 28, Greencastle, was lodged at the jail on a court order. • At 10:12 a.m. Charles Allen Alexander, 33, Indianapolis, was taken into custody on a local warrant...

The following cases were filed recently in Putnam County courts: Criminal Cases Chastity Bradford, 35, Fillmore, Level 6 felony auto theft Electa T. Cancilla, 61, Greencastle, Class A misdemeanor driving with a BAC of .15 or more, Class A misdemeanor driving while intoxicated endangering a person...

A new face has appeared in the Putnam County area as Sgt. Matt Ames was recently promoted to public information officer (PIO) for the Putnamville District of the Indiana State Police. Ames will be speaking at the next Community Conversation, scheduled for 6:30 p.m. Thursday, March 21 at the Greencastle Ivy Tech Campus, Room 212...

CLOVERDALE -- After a later start and a large crowd had gathered, the Cloverdale School Board heard input on a major move with regard to updates and improvements at all facilities in the corporation during its monthly meeting Monday evening. Being the only item on the agenda that addressed such long-term projects which it has previously appraised, the board considered the urgency of specific renovations as determined by CCSC Maintenance Director Jeff Underwood...

On their way to visit Putnam County Hospital for a recent Career Day field trip, a dozen youngsters and their teachers from the Cloverdale Head Start program make like one of the classic scenes from the movie

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Indianapolis Colts general manager Chris Ballard reverted to his old free-agent playbook. He re-signed his own players first. Instead of making a big first-day splash, he barely made a ripple on the second day. And he’s probably not finished yet...

BAINBRIDGE — North Putnam and South Putnam split a pair of games on Thursday night in the Putnam County middle school girls’ basketball tournament. The Cougars won the seventh-grade title by a 20-10 margin, while South claimed the eighth-grade crown with a 24-15 win...