Stories from Thursday, June 6, 2019

ROACHDALE — An incident early Thursday morning left a young man and young woman with serious bodily injuries. At 3:44 a.m., police were called to South Indiana Street in Roachdale for an unconscious female found in the road. Upon the arrival of emergency personnel, which included Roachdale Police, Putnam County Sheriff’s Department, Bainbridge Police, Roachdale Fire Department, PMH Ambulance and Operation Life Ambulance, a male was discovered in a car a short distance away...

The sixth annual Charlie Johnston Memorial Ride is set for Saturday, beginning and ending at the Fillmore Fire Department. Sign-in begins at 9 a.m. with kickstands up at 11 a.m. Cost is $25 per bike, which includes lunch. The ride will benefit the Greencastle Police Department and the Fillmore Fire Department...

REELSVILLE — A bridge deck overlay project will force the closure of County Road 325 West over Interstate 70 for approximately one month. The closure is expected to close on or after Thursday, June 13, the Indiana Department of Transporation announced Wednesday...

The following cases were filed in Putnam County courts recently. Criminal Cases Lindsey Lea Deal, 35, Reelsville, Level 3 felony possession of methamphetamine-28 or more grams Andrew Lee Boucher, 45, Columbus, Level 3 felony driving a vehicle after the forfeiture of license for life...

Mill Pond Health Campus is now leading its Independence from Hunger Food Drive benefiting the Putnam County Emergency Food Pantry. Help those facing hunger by dropping off non-perishable food items, donating money to the pantry and encouraging others to contribute. Follow Mill Pond on Facebook and Twitter to keep up with the drive’s progress...

The Brazil Concert Band will present “On The Corner Of King and Broadway” on Sunday, June 9 at 8 p.m. in Forest Park, rain or shine. The Brazil Concert Band, with director Matthew S. Huber, will perform the themes from three Broadway musicals this week and band favorites by composer Karl L. King...

A Thursday celebration had been planned as a resident of Hickory Creek at Sunset was set to turn 100. Unfortunately, Helen Josephine “Jose” Pogue passed away Wednesday evening at age 99, about three hours shy of officially reaching the milestone. Despite the sad occasion, the staff at Hickory Creek looked at the positive in celebrating a long life...

Now that the 2018-19 high school sports season has officially come to close, it’s prime season for tying up some loose ends that haven’t been forgotten — just delayed. I have been chipping away at my pile of college athletes signing stories/photos over the past week since things started to slow down, but still have several left to get done...

CLOVERDALE — When Cloverdale played a high school baseball doubleheader at White River Valley in early April, Clover senior Parker Watts had no idea how much that day would change his life. The Clovers lost both games to the Wolverines, but — unbeknownst to Watts — a recruiter from Vincennes University was present to scout a player from the home team...

MONTGOMERY — Greencastle knew it had a tough chore at hand on Thursday in the Washington Regional boys’ golf tournament, and the difficult Country Oaks course proved to be an even more rugged foe than the other 17 competing teams. The Tiger Cubs finished their season 15th in the regional, shooting a 360...

INDIANAPOLIS – The annual ritual known as “Signing Day” that occurs at many high schools across the country typically involves student-athletes agreeing to play a sport at a college or university that has recruited them, usually in exchange for a scholarship...

INDIANAPOLIS — A Clinton funeral director whose 2017 crash in Putnam County made headlines had his state license revoked on Thursday. Scott L. Miley reports in the Tribune-Star that the State Board of Funeral and Cemetery Service on Thursday ruled that Matthew Fitzthum, 52, “showed professional incompetence in two separate cases filed against him by consumers.”...

County Jail Six people were booked in the Putnam County Jail on Tuesday. • At 11:41 p.m. Susan Michelle Ewing, 62, Greencastle, was lodged at the jail for disorderly conduct and intimidation. • At 11:20 p.m. Andrew Lee Boucher, 45, Columbus, was taken into custody for driving as a habitual traffic violator...

FILLMORE — A Putnam County Operation Life ambulance was damaged Wednesday evening when it collided with a pickup truck in Marion Township. At 6:18 p.m., Spencer A. Stevens, 31, Crawfordsville, was southbound on County Road 750 East in the 2017 Dodge Ram ambulance...

Nancy Ellen Perry, 75, of Cloverdale, passed away on Wednesday, June 5, 2019. She was born Dec. 30, 1943 in Point Pleasant, W. Va., to the late Robert and Pauline (Johnson) Fowler. Nancy married John Perry and he preceded her in death. Nancy was retired from DePauw University, and was a member of the Speedway Baptist Church, the Red Hat Society, Cloverdale Homemakers and a 50-year member of the Eastern Star...