Stories from Thursday, June 13, 2019

A large barn is a total loss following an early morning fire that engulfed the whole structure. At approximately 2:05 a.m. Thursday, the Greencastle Fire Department was dispatched to 2947 E. CR 275 South, which is south of Big Walnut Sports Park...

Greencastle High School is turning to a former standout player at Roncalli High School and Marian University in Indianapolis as its next girls’ basketball coach. Kellie Kirkhoff, 23, played at Marian University from 2014-18 after a standout career at Roncalli High School...

Robert D. Jones, 83, of Roachdale, passed away Wednesday, June 12, 2019 at his residence. He was born in Universal on June 26, 1935 to the late Arthur L. and Laura (Cox) Jones. He married Jane E. (Hutchison) Jones on March 27, 1953 in New Goshen. She passed away on Nov. 2, 2011...

NORTH SALEM — The Indiana Department of Transportation recently announced State Road 236 will close just under half a mile east of State Road 75 on or after Tuesday, June 25, weather permitting. The project will remove the bridge over the abandoned railroad and lower the road approximately seven feet to improve sight distance and enhance the safety for the motoring public...

County Jail Nine people were booked in the Putnam County Jail recently. Thursday • At 1:08 a.m. Brent Michael Buttery, 23, Greencastle, was booked in for invasion of privacy. • At 12:39 a.m. Kyal Anthony Campbell, 27, Terre Haute, was lodged at the jail on a local warrant...

Local families are invited to “Rev Up Your Imagination” for the Friends of the Putnam County Public Library’s seventh-annual Touch-a-Truck event. Touch-a-Truck will take place from 9 a.m.-noon Saturday in the Greencastle High School lower parking lot...

KIEL, Germany — U.S. Marine Corps Staff Sgt. Steven Mason, a native of Bainbridge, is participating in the Baltic Operations (BALTOPS) exercise with 18 other nations. “I’m looking forward to training with international partners and learning more about other cultures,” Mason said...

South Putnam High School graduates will soon be recognized on a system more in line with college graduates. Principal Levi Yowell presented a plan to the South Putnam School Board outlining a transition from honoring only the valedictorian and salutatorian of each class to a Latin honors system used at colleges and universities...

The shared connection between two people — a DePauw University professor and a Holocaust survivor who both lost their fathers when they were young — leads to a compelling story on creating a new conversation for Holocaust survivors and their stories...