Stories from Tuesday, May 21, 2019

Tuesday’s Class 2A sectional softball action at Greencastle High School has been postponed indefinitely. Rain forced the postponement of games between North Putnam and South Putnam as well as the late game between South Vermillion and Greencastle. No reschedule date has been set...

Travel around the world of beer and experience a little history, some culture and a few beer styles and flavors you never knew existed without ever leaving the comfort of the Putnam County Public Library. Along the way, learn how beer is made, where the different flavors come from and maybe find a new favorite beer...

MAHWAH, N.J. -- Ascena Retail Group Inc. has announced that its Dressbarn brand has "commenced a wind down" of operations and plans to shut all 650 of the women's clothing stores in order to focus on its more profitable brands. "This decision has no impact on the operations of any of Ascena's other brands and will strengthen the company's overall financial performance," Ascena officials said in a press release...

Putnam County Historian Larry Tippin's popular small-town series, "Rediscovering Putnam County: Tiny Towns and Vanished Villages," will continue Thursday, May 23 at the Putnam County Museum, 1105 N. Jackson St., Greencastle. The 6:30 p.m. program is free and open to the public. More than 40 people have attended each of the previous sessions...

Less than a year after she was appointed, Lisa McCoy is set to leave the Greencastle School Board. McCoy submitted a letter to school board president Mike White prior to Monday's school board meeting, though no public announcement was made. The resignation is effective June 30, which will give McCoy exactly 365 days on the board...

A 43-year-old Putnam County man, scheduled for trial later this month in an attempted murder case, has reached a plea agreement that could send him to prison for up to 16 years. Douglas Lee "Bam" Allsup Sr. of Greencastle -- who was facing charges of attempted murder and aggravated battery causing serious bodily injury in the July 24, 2018 shooting of motorcyclist Christopher R. ...

PUTNAMVILLE -- A 25-year-old Putnamville Correctional Facility (PCF) officer is facing two felony counts of trafficking with an inmate following a recent arrest at the prison facility. Michael Anthony Miller of Plainfield is being held in the Putnam County Jail on charges of trafficking with an inmate involving a controlled substance and conspiracy to commit trafficking of a controlled substance. Both are Level 5 felonies that are punishable by 1-6 years in prison...

Mary Beth Kaiser, Putnam County Hospital director of pharmacy, and hospital CEO Dennis Weatherford (right) receive the Best Practice Award for the past year from Dave Karkiewicz, regional director of operations for Pharmacy Systems Inc. in a recent ceremony.

City Police Two recent property-damage accidents were investigated by Greencastle City Police officers. • At 10:20 p.m. Thursday, a mishap occurred on South Street near Woodhaven Drive as Charles Sage II, 33, Greencastle, was eastbound on South Street, driving a 1999 Mercury Grand Marquis...

The following cases were filed in Putnam County courts recently. Criminal Cases Devennair Gee, 31, Putnamville Correctional Facility, Level 4 felony dealing in cocaine, Level 5 felony conspiracy to traffic a controlled substance with an inmate, Level 6 felony conspiracy to dealing in a Schedule III controlled substance, Class A misdemeanor conspiracy to deal in a synthetic drug or lookalike...

John Garner of the Greencastle Commission on Sustainability and volunteer Marsha Hedrick (below) were on hand giving away free trees Saturday morning, as they help Dean Rossok of Greencastle decide which species to take home with him.

Greencastle city officials and representatives of the Wabash Valley YMCA will provide an update on the proposed community center project in a presentation Thursday night at City Hall. Doors will open at 6 p.m. with the presentation set for 6:30 p.m., Mayor Bill Dory announced...

INDIANAPOLIS — A 21-year-old Eminence man has been sentenced to three years in federal prison for spray-painting anti-Semitic graffiti and lighting fires outside a Carmel synagogue. U.S. Attorney Josh Minkler says 21-year-old Nolan Brewer of Eminence was sentenced Monday evening for conspiring to violate the civil rights of Congregation Shaarey Tefilla. Minkler announced Tuesday that Brewer pleaded guilty to a federal hate crime...

The Putnam County Sheriff’s Department is not only getting former Greencastle Police Officer Kyle Lee but his little dog, too. Although in this case the K-9 Cain is a 90-pound six-year-old German Shepherd. His acquisition by the Sheriff’s Department was approved via Greencastle City Council at its May meeting on a 4-1 vote after a dog fight of a debate over the K-9’s monetary value...