Stories from Tuesday, June 18, 2019

Four INDOT workers escaped with only minor injuries when a pickup struck the truck in which they were working was hit by another pickup late Tuesday afternoon. The other drive and his passenger were airlifted to and Indianapolis hospital. At 2:53 p.m., the four workers were in an INDOT truck in the emergency lane at the 48.5 mile-marker with its emergency lights activated...

The Purdue Alumni Club of Putnam County will host its 21st annual golf outing on June 26 at Tiger Pointe Country Club (formerly Windy Hill) in Greencastle. Among the Purdue guests will be Leroy Keyes, named “Purdue’s All-Time Greatest Player,” a member of the College Football Hall of Fame, and NFL player with the Philadelphia Eagles and the Kansas City Chiefs; and Bob Ford, retired Purdue sports broadcaster and a member of the Indiana High School and Purdue University basketball Halls of Fame...

A journalism project that included 2019 DePauw University graduates Brooks Hepp and Tilly Marlatt has won the Student Edward R. Murrow Award for Excellence in Digital Reporting. It’s the third consecutive year the Carnegie-Knight News21 investigative reporting project at the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication at Arizona State University has been so honored...

To the Editor: The class of 1969 would like to take this time to thank the Reelsville Alumni Association for allowing us to celebrate being the 50th and last class to graduate from Reelsville High School, and to be recognized at the 63rd and final annual alumni banquet...

The following cases were filed in Putnam County courts recently. Criminal Cases Stacy D. Lewis, 45, Cloverdale, Class A misdemeanor theft Juan Delarosa Jr., 40, Fillmore, Class B misdemeanor leaving the scene of an accident Dylan M. Smith, 27, Cincinnati, Class B misdemeanor possession of marijuana...

County Jail Three people were booked in the Putnam County Jail Monday. • At 8:19 p.m. Logan Paige White, 22, Brazil, was lodged at the jail on a local warrant. • At 3:13 p.m. Tommy Dean Wright, 31, South Bend, was booked in for resisting law enforcement...

Jack E. Swope, 92, passed away at his home on Sunday, June 16, 2019. He was born in Indianapolis on March 31, 1927 to Charles and Agnes Swope. Jack was a Korean War veteran serving proudly as an Army Staff Sargent. He was married to Thelma (Query) Swope for 57 years, and she preceded him in death on July 13, 2010. Together they owned and operated two very successful businesses in Cloverdale, The Clover Queen Drive-in and Swope Realty and Auction Company...

Solarize Indiana, a grassroots organization that aims to accelerate the transition to clean energy by increasing the number of solar owners across Indiana, will sponsor a free informational and training workshop on Saturday, June 22 at Englewood Christian Church, 57 N. Rural St., Indianapolis...

Members of the Putnam County Amateur Radio Emergency Service and Radio Amateur Civil Emergency Service (ARES/RACES) will be participating in the national Amateur Radio Field Day exercise June 22 – 23 at the Putnam County Emergency Operations Center (EOC), 1600 W County Rd 225 S, Greencastle. The exercise will begin at 2 p.m...

The cause of a house fire that occurred Friday in Washington Township has been proposed after an investigation. According to a report dictated by the Greencastle Fire Department, a dog house burned up due to a heat lamp being placed inside of it. The fire then channeled from the porch into the attic portion of the house...

If the candidate filing period closed today, none of Putnam County’s small towns would have a contested election in November. Fortunately for Putnam County voters, independent candidates still have a week and a half to meet the noon Monday, July 1 deadline to appear on the Nov. 5 municipal ballot...

After heavy rainfall drenched Putnam County over the weekend, the area covered by East County Road 50 South is cloaked in fog Tuesday morning.

The annual Putnam County Girl Scout Pool Party will be on Saturday, June 29 from 6-8 p.m. at the Robe-Ann Park pool. Cost is $4 per person and includes entrance and a “cool snack.” No passes are allowed. Girl Scouts may bring as many guests as they like, whether they are a scout or not...

DANVILLE — A man who stole more than $2,500 from a Danville laundromat is believed to be the same man who did the same to a Bainbridge laundromat in late April. The Danville Metro Police Department reports that very early Saturday morning, a male entered the Danville Super Clean Coin Laundry and “punched” the locks of two currency exchange machines using a tool, fleeing with approximately $2,500 in quarters and cash...