Stories from Friday, November 29, 2019

Mary Irene Douthitt Hendrickson, 91, passed away Wednesday, Nov. 27, 2019 at Cloverleaf Healthcare in Knightsville. She was born in Marion County on Dec. 23, 1927 to the late Jesse Wm. and Grace (Dickson) Douthitt. Mary graduated from Greencastle High School, and spent most her life pursuing a career in real estate...

Steven Marc Jack, 56, went to be with the Lord Nov. 26, 2019 at Meadow Manor East in Terre Haute. He was born Dec. 2, 1962 in Brazil to the late Wayne and Agnes (Girton) Jack. Steven graduated from Greencastle High School in 1981, then proudly served his country in the United States Navy for eight years. After leaving the Navy, Steven worked as a truck driver for many years...

City Fire The Greencastle Fire Department responded to two recent dispatches: • At 3:07 p.m. on Wednesday, GFD was dispatched to Humbert Hall for a fire alarm. Firefighters arrived at 3:10 and were advised that the alarm was set off due to maintenance being performed. GFD left at 3:23 p.m...

State Rep. Beau Baird (R-Greencastle) is seeking public input ahead of upcoming roundtable meetings with several state agencies to discuss issues and projects affecting Putnam County and surrounding communities. Baird, as well as local elected officials and key stakeholders, will meet in Greencastle with representatives from the Indiana Department of Transportation (INDOT), the Indiana State Department of Health (ISDH) and the Indiana Department of Child Services’ (DCS) Region 9 agency...

Although they probably won’t unwrap it until 2021 or 2022, Greencastle officials are getting quite an early Christmas present from the Indiana Department of Transportation (INDOT). A scheduled U.S. 231 “major overhaul” in the coming couple of years is slated to include waterline work from the railroad tracks on the north side of the city to the courthouse square and down to Bloomington Street...

After traveling at speeds estimated as high as 140 mph Thursday, a BMW is loaded on a wrecker and removed from Interstate 70 in Putnam County. Witnesses estimated and the driver himself stated that speeds were in excess of 140 mph just prior to him losing control of the car and striking a semi, the Putnam County Sheriff’s Department reported on its Facebook page.

ROACHDALE -- In celebration of National Philanthropy Week and volunteerism in Putnam County, an essay contest which highlights individual community involvement supports local charities each year. After standing out in a final pool of eight students, North Putnam seventh-grader Monroe Beaman was recently announced as the winner of the 2019 Darrell Wiatt Family Philanthropy Essay Contest...

Like a Thanksgiving feast of turkey and dressing and all the requisite trimmings, this thankful-for column has been a holiday tradition for me, especially in the 20 years or so in my first go-round as your editor. For one reason or another, deadline pressure mostly along with fewer editions resulting in less editorial space, I just stopped doing it...