Stories from Wednesday, May 29, 2019

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Fourth District Indiana Congressman Jim Baird (R-Greencastle) has voted in favor of the Setting Every Community Up for Retirement Enhancement Act of 2019 (H.R. 1994), a bipartisan measure that encourages Americans to save earlier and more for retirement, and lowers the Gold Star families tax for children of fallen military service members...

The Putnam County Sheriff’s Department is currently investigating a reported home invasion in Section Three of the Van Bibber Lake community northwest of Greencastle. According to a press release from the department, sheriff’s deputies responded to a 911 call at 3:17 a.m. Tuesday morning from a homeowner who reported that two masked men, at least one of whom was probably armed, broke into his home while he was sleeping and demanded money...

County Jail Eight people were booked in the Putnam County Jail recently. Sunday • At 1:40 a.m. Jasmine Lee Smith, 19, Greencastle, was lodged at the jail on a Montgomery County warrant. Saturday • At 9:53 p.m. Charles Wesley Richard Powell, 31, Cloverdale, was taken into custody for battery resulting in bodily injury...

With the Indiana Office of Community and Rural Affairs conducting a regional conference in Greencastle on Thursday, Lt. Gov. Suzanne Crouch will appear as part of the event. Crouch will be the keynote speaker in the sixth of six regional conferences that have taken place in recent weeks...

Without even a touch of grey in the sky, Tosh Everson of the Greencastle Civic League cuts the ribbon on the Robe-Ann Park Bandshell Tuesday night with a crowd of fellow volunteers who made it possible, including city officials, Friends of the Park representatives, those who designed, engineered and built the structure and financial supporters. With the “official” part of the evening out of the way, Dreadful Greta brought a set of Grateful Dead covers to the stage for its first official performance.

The Putnam County Sheriff’s Department must pay back more than $77,000 to an Arizona man after seizing cash from his vehicle in a February 2018 stop. The Indiana Court of Appeals ruled on the case recently, determining that the money was unlawfully seized from the vehicle of Alvin L. Lewis and turned over to the federal government...

Preparations are taking place for the 15th Annual Mary Allison Children’s Trust Golf Outing scheduled for July 12 at Clover Meadows Golf Course.

The 58th season of Putnam County Playhouse will begin with an open house on Sunday, June 2. The event is scheduled from 2-4 p.m. at the Hazel Day Longden Theatre off Round Barn Road in Greencastle. At that time individual tickets for all shows in the season will be on sale. Season tickets can also be purchased that day...

Richard W. Mitchener, age 65, Coatesville, passed away Wednesday, May 29, 2019. He was born in Blackford County, the son of Donald and Charline Craw Mitchener. He was the owner of Mitchener Construction for over 40 years. Rick loved fishing, hunting and the New York Yankees, and was a member of the Masonic Lodge...