Stories from Thursday, May 23, 2019

Two Putnam County teams had their seasons end on Wednesday night in the Class 2A Sectional 44 semifinals, but one advanced to the championship game. North Putnam defeated South Putnam 7-5 on a walk-off home run, while Greencastle lost to defending sectional champion South Vermillion 11-1 in five innings...

CLOVERDALE — When a police call comes with a healthy dose of levity (not to mention calcium, protein and vitamin D) you have to milk it for all it’s worth. That’s what has been happening on Facebook since the Putnam County Sheriff’s Department posted Wednesday evening about an “udderly ridiculous” call deputies responded to earlier in the week...

The second annual Forest Hill Cemetery Memorial Day 5K is set for Monday, May 27 at 8 a.m. This non-competitive family 5K walk and run is a donation event with no entry fee required to participate. All proceeds go toward improving the veterans section of the city owned cemetery...

James W. "Jim" Jones, 76, Greencastle, passed away Wednesday evening, May 22, 2019 in his home, surrounded by his loving family. He was born in Coatesville on Feb. 19, 1943, the son of Wilbur and Frances I. Wallace Jones. He was a 1961 graduate of Amo High School where he was a star athlete...

The last time the Putnam County Commissioners talked 2019 paving projects, the news was pretty bad. Bids from Wabash Valley Asphalt showed that the county would have to spend nearly its entire 2019 road budget on new hot mix asphalt projects, leaving limited funds for the chip-and-seal work that is actually used for a majority of the mileage...

Hoosier voters are beginning to receive postcards in the mail from the Secretary of State’s Election Division. The card reminds Hoosiers that Election Day is Tuesday, Nov. 5. The office is mailing these postcards as part of a statewide voter list refresh. The goal is to identify outdated and inaccurate voter registration information to improve the accuracy and integrity of Indiana’s voter registration list...

County Jail Four people were booked in the Putnam County Jail recently Wednesday • At 2:01 p.m. Kristy Lynn Sparks, 40, Greencastle, was taken into custody on an out-of-county warrant. • At 1:42 p.m. John Burris Michael, 71, Greencastle, was housed at the jail for driving while intoxicated-refusal...

DePauw University has received $2 million in gifts to support construction of a new first-year residential quad, President D. Mark McCoy has announced. Support from Jeffrey L. Harmening and Lisa Morse Harmening, both Class of 1989, and Douglas I. Smith, Class of 1985, and Ann Smith, will advance a first-year housing master plan for DePauw’s South Quad...

Taking advantage of a pleasant 80-degree afternoon in Greencastle on Thursday, Kristin Tippin and her one-year-old daughter Quinn snuggle on the bench outside the Putnam County Senior Center on the north side of the Courthouse Square.

RUSSELLVILLE -- With upcoming roadwork as the first item of business on the Russellville Town Council’s agenda Tuesday evening, one statement brought a measure of excitement to town officials: “The money is in the bank.” Clerk-Treasurer Martha Mandleco informed the council that funds for major road repairs in the town through a Community Crossings grant had been secured, and that preliminary construction stages are slated to begin on May 28. ...

When the major reconstruction of U.S. 231 through Greencastle takes place in 2021 or 2022, the city is expected to tackle some significant infrastructure work of its own. “I’ve been talking to INDOT (the Indiana Department of Transportation) about the major reconstruction project,” Mayor Bill Dory told the City Council at its May meeting, “and part of that will involve replacing our Jackson Street waterline and possibly some additional waterline on Washington Street.”...

The following cases were filed in Putnam County courts recently. Criminal Cases Cory E. Smith, 33, homeless, two counts of Level 6 felony failure to register as a violent offender or sex offender, Level 6 felony theft with a prior conviction, Class B misdemeanor unauthorized entry of a motor vehicle...