Stories from Thursday, May 9, 2019

Marjorie Helen (Keck) Bachert, 90, of Roachdale, passed away Tuesday, May 7, 2019 at her residence. She was born on June 10, 1928 in Ladoga to the late Estel E. and Mildred L. (Spencer) Keck. She was married to Roy Lee Bachert, he preceded her in death May 30, 2008...

Nancy Carlene Huffman, 76 of Bainbridge, passed away on Tuesday, May 7, 2019. She was born on Sept. 29, 1942 to the late Carl and Cecilia (Evrard) Stoyeff in St. Louis, Mo. Nancy married Alton Lyn Huffman on Dec. 23, 1960 at St. John's Lutheran in Arnold, Mo. He preceded her in death...

The WIC boys' track scheduled for Thursday at South Putnam has been postponed to Friday. Starting time is still 5:30 p.m. The Putnam County boys' golf tourney called off for today, will be rescheduled later this month. South Putnam girls' tennis home match with Owen Valley scheduled for Thursday has also been moved to Friday...

David Franklin Pearson, 82, of Cloverdale, formerly Indianapolis, passed away early morning on Thursday, May 9, 2019. David was a loving husband, father, grandfather and great-grandfather. He was born February 12, 1937 in Bloomfield, to Edith (Fuller) Pearson and Leslie Ray Pearson. His siblings were Gary (Joann), Tom (Paulette) and infant Kevin. Parents and brothers preceded him in death...

BRAZIL — A night after losing 5-0 to powerful Northview in Western Indiana Conference baseball action, South Putnam traveled to Clay County on Wednesday and won a non-conference matchup 4-3 over the Class 4A Knights. Tanner Pistelli pitched a complete-game victory for the Eagles, allowing seven hits and striking out four hitters while walking just two...

ELLETTSVILLE — After the Western Indiana Conference girls’ track and field meet was re-scored on Tuesday to fix several errors in field events, Putnam County competitors emerged even more dominant than originally thought. A story in Wednesday’s Banner Graphic did not reflect the modified results since they were not received until the day after the meet...

County Jail Six people were booked in the Putnam County Jail recently. Wednesday • At 8:25 a.m. Tony Allen Williams, 56, Cloverdale, was housed at the jail on a local warrant. • At 12:45 a.m. Christopher Todd Smith, 27, Greencastle, was booked in for criminal trespassing...

The recent DePauw University panel discussion featuring the last four Putnam County prosecuting attorneys will be shown on the Greencastle cable access channel this weekend. Moderated by Professor Bruce Stinebrickner, the panel features current Prosecutor Tim Bookwalter and former prosecutors Matt Headley, Bob Lowe and Del Brewer...

Having gleaned all the knowledge they can out of the place, some enterprising North Putnam High School seniors have placed the school for sale. At least that’s what the craigslist post says. Posted late Wednesday morning on the classified advertisement site, the listing has North Putnam High School for sale for $2,019, a special amount for these seniors...

On Thursday, May 9 Bob Hood made his stop in Greencastle at Putnam County Hospital as part of his 3 Country Ride. The 3 Country Ride is a charity event that is riding from Tijuana, Mexico, across 15 U.S. states, and ends in St. Stephens, Canada, to benefit the Breast Cancer Research Foundation (BCRF)...

What’s a typical Election Day like for a member the Putnam County Election Board? There isn’t anything typical about it. Veteran board members Bud Sharp and Jack Sutton like to joke about sitting on their rear ends and even asking Putnam County Clerk (and third Election Board member) Heather Gilbert to bring cots in for them...

With a high of 80 degrees Wednesday, the warmest day of the year so far found DePauw University Prof. Beth Benedix’s existentialism class taking advantage of the weather with its “Existentialpalooza” on the East College lawn.

About 8 a.m. Thursday, Putnam County emergency responders were dispatched to a report of a serious motor vehicle accident on U.S. 40 near the Putnam-Hendricks county line. Prior to the accident an observant motorist had called law enforcement, the Putnam County Sheriff’s Department noted, to report a vehicle driving at a high rate of speed westbound on U.S. 40, east of Mt. Meridian...