Stories from Monday, May 13, 2019

Lela Esther Richardson, 99, of Plainfield, passed away on Saturday, May 11, 2019, at Cumberland Trace in Plainfield. Lela was born in Fillmore on Dec. 22, 1919, the daughter of Ira and Nellie (Zeiner) Nichols. She was a graduate of Fillmore High School...

The Putnamville State Police Post receives a new maple wood logo Tuesday from the Indiana Department of Correction (DOC), made by Pendleton Reformatory inmates.

The Elks Lodge 1077 in Greencastle is set to host a 1980s-themed adult prom on July 20 at 8 p.m. at the Greencastle Elks Lodge. The night will begin with an opportunity to get your prom picture, followed by appetizers and live music. The Gibson Goodrich Band will play from 8 p.m. to midnight...

CRAWFORDSVILLE – American Flow Control, the valve and hydrant division of American Cast Iron Pipe Co., announced Friday the formation of American Innovation LLC and construction of a new research and development (R&D) facility in Crawfordsville. “We’re thrilled American Innovation has selected Crawfordsville as the destination for its new R&D center,” Elaine Bedel, president of the Indiana Economic Development Corp., said. ...

PUTNAMVILLE -- This month the Indiana State Police Putnamville Post will join law enforcement agencies across the nation to increase enforcement of seat belt laws in the Click-It-or-Ticket effort. Multiple weeks of highly visible patrols will be watching for unrestrained passengers in cars and trucks. This includes both children and adults, the front seat and back and during both day and night...

Citizens of Greencastle and Putnam County are invited to a community meeting to learn more about the proposed community center. The community is also invited to provide its input during the 6 p.m. meeting on Thursday, May 23 at Greencastle City Hall...

One driver was airlifted to an Indianapolis hosptial following serious crash on U.S 231 north of Greencastle Monday morning. Deputy Matt Biggs of the Putnam County Sheriff’s Department reports that a Ford pickup truck that had been southbound down Waterworks Hill crossed left of center and into the path of an Indiana Department of Transportation truck...

Greencastle Township Trustee Steve Butts and his advisory board will make one of their two appointments to the Greencastle Community Schools Board of Trustees in early June. The four-year term in question, the seat currently filled by Mike White, will commence on July 1, 2019 and continue until June 30, 2023...

The following cases were filed in Putnam County courts recently. Criminal Cases Donovan R. Jackson, 45, Poland, two counts of Level 5 felony intimidation with a deadly weapon Michael Anthony Miller, 25, Plainfield, Level 5 felony trafficking a controlled substance with an inmate, Level 5 felony conspiracy to commit trafficking a controlled substance with an inmate...

County Jail Six people were booked in the Putnam County Jail recently. Sunday • At 7:59 p.m. Patrick Steven Zaborski, 48, Greencastle, was housed at the jail on a local warrant. Saturday • At 8:35 a.m. Andrea Lynn Vickrey, 27, Greencastle, was booked in for theft...

Tuesday Baseball — Brown County at South Putnam (5:30 p.m.), Cloverdale at Greencastle (5:30 p.m.) and Owen Valley at North Putnam (6 p.m.) in WIC crossover games. Golf (boys) — South Putnam at North Putnam, 4:30 p.m. Softball — Cloverdale at Sullivan (6 p.m.), Indian Creek at North Putnam (6 p.m.), Cascade at South Putnam (5:30 p.m.) and Owen Valley at Greencastle (5:30 p.m.) in WIC crossover games...

Several individual athletes and relay teams from Putnam County are seeded in the top three for today’s Terre Haute North girls’ track sectional. The top three finishers in each event advance to Tuesday’s Bloomington North Regional, plus any other meeting the designated participant standard...

SPENCER — Greencastle’s Tiger Cubs won their third consecutive WIC golf tournament Saturday at Rolling Meadows GC. Led by Conner Taylor’s 76 and Jaxon Parmley’s 77, the Cubs shot a score of 323 to beat runnerup Northview by 13 shots. Benton Parmley added a 82, while Vincent Martoglio shot a 88 and Tyler Rodgers had a 94...

arol Louise (Stockwell) Null, 81, stepped into glory on Friday, May 10, 2019. She was born on July 15, 1937 in Pontiac, Mich., to Forrest and Ersie (Sandusky) Stockwell...

DePauw University President Mark McCoy will step down at the end of the 2019-20 academic year, having served in that role since 2016. The university announced Monday morning that its board of trustees recently accepted McCoy’s resignation, and that a search for DePauw’s next president is now in the beginning stages...