Stories from Friday, January 24, 2020

South Putnam will look to win its first-ever basketball title in the Western Indiana Conference tonight when the Eagles travel to Nashville to meet the East Division champions. The teams met at South Putnam in December, with the visiting Eagles using 19-9 scoring advantages in the first and fourth periods to record the non-conference win...

The DePauw University men’s basketball team beat the Wabash Little Giants 58-53 on Wednesday night in front of a packed arena. The atmosphere of Neal Fieldhouse was electric with both DePauw and Wabash fans filling the stands as the two rival schools went head to head for the first time this season...

Caydhan Stevens is a senior at Cloverdale and participates in football and wrestling. ——— Banner Graphic: How important are sports to you, and what have you learned from them? Caydhan Stevens: “Sports entertain me and keep me occupied from doing anything else. They keep me in good shape, and I look forward to it every day. I’ve been playing since first grade.”...

South Putnam (15-4) at Brown County (13-5) The coaches: Brian Gardner is in his fifth year at South Putnam. Matt Roberts is in his sixth year at Brown County. Recently: South has won 10 of its last 11 games. BC has lost three straight games. Per-game averages: Offense — South 57.7, BC 57.7. Defense — South 45.0, BC 42.1...

BAINBRIDGE — Two gritty boys’ basketball teams battled down to the wire on Thursday night at North Putnam, with the host Cougars not making as many plays as they wished but just enough to hang on for a 56-53 win. Cloverdale coach Patrick Rady got the kind of defensive effort he had been seeking from his team in slowing down the high-scoring Cougars...

BLOOMINGTON (AP) — Joey Brunk scored 14 points, including a key layup with 1 minute left to play, and Jerome Hunter made two late free throws Thursday night to close out Indiana’s 67-63 victory over No. 11 Michigan State. The Hoosiers (15-4, 5-3 Big Ten) have won two straight and four of their last five. It was coach Archie Miller’s 50th win since taking the job three seasons ago...

The City of Greencastle is continuing to work with Republic Services to resolve several recycling issues, Mayor Bill Dory has announced. Republic will be picking up recycling the week of Jan. 26 (even week pick-up) starting on Monday. If a recycling toter is found to have trash or unacceptable materials, it will be picked up as trash, not recycling. The empty recycling toter will be left at the curb to allow residents to start fresh on their recycling effort following the updated guidelines...

Lloyd Byron Fortune, 78, of Greencastle, passed away on Friday, Jan. 24, 2020 surrounded by his family. He was born Sept. 28, 1941 in Orange, Calif., the son of Lambert B. and Eula Mae (Howerton) Fortune. He was a graduate of Huntington Beach High School, Huntington Beach, Calif. He received his associate’s degree in public works form Santa Ana College, Calif., and his ministerial diploma from Life Bible College in San Dimas, Calif...

Donna Tincher, 63, went to the be with the Lord on Thursday, Jan. 23, 2020 at Gibson Hospice in Terre Haute. She was born on Aug. 25, 1956 in Indianapolis, the daughter of Gene and Deloris Torrence. She graduated from South Putnam High School in 1974, and worked for Walmart in her earlier years and later ran a newspaper delivery route for the Banner Graphic...

The Educators Preparing Inspired Change (EPIC) Superintendents Academy recently presented its third cohort last December. Thirteen superintendents from across the state participated in the year-long program in 2019, including North Putnam Superintendent Nicole Singer...

Prime Real Estate Group recently announced two new additions to its growing list of real estate brokers: STEPHANIE FELTNER and AMY ROBINSON. They join Sue McCune, Jana Boggess, Rolynn Ramirez and Eric Wolfe, who was recently recognized as Putnam County’s No. 1 broker for the third year in a row...

A little more than four months from the scheduled opening of the Greencastle Aquatic Center for 2020, the Park Board Thursday approved a three-quarters of a million-dollar bid for Phase One of the $1.6 million renovation project. The board unanimously approved a $767,676 bid from Graves Construction Services, Switz City, to remove the existing slide and replace it with three new slides, along with the associated pumps and piping...

The following cases were filed in Putnam County courts recently. Criminal Cases Jeremy W. Rader, 37, Greencastle, Class A misdemeanor theft Joshua A. Mitchell, 24, Greencastle, Class C misdemeanor possession of paraphernalia Yesenia Gonzalez, 24, Tehama, Calif., Class B misdemeanor possession of marijuana...

Think you know Putnam County history? Chances are, unless your name is Jinsie Bingham, John Baughman, Malcolm Romine and perhaps one or two others, Larry Tippin is out of your league. Though a CPA by trade, Tippin has been known for several years as the county historian, and he shared just a bit of that knowledge Thursday evening during the annual joint meeting of the Putnam County Soil and Water Conservation District and Putnam County Extension...

Operating with a 12-year-old comprehensive plan and zoning laws written in the 1990s, Putnam County officials feel they are in serious need of updates. The question comes down to money. The county spent more than $100,000 on a new comprehensive plan and zoning ordinance in 2008, only to fail to even adopt the zoning portion...

CLOVERDALE -- President Theodore Roosevelt has been quoted as saying, “In any moment of decision, the best thing you can do is the right thing, the next best thing is the wrong thing and the worst thing you can do is nothing.” This mindset set the tone for teachers at Cloverdale Schools as they prepared not to just mitigate an active shooter situation, but to give them and their students the best possible chance to survive...

County Jail Three people were booked in the Putnam County Jail on Thursday. • At 2:25 p.m. Clifton D. Tuell, 55, Cloverdale, was taken into custody for driving while intoxicated. • At 11:48 a.m. Kortinee J. Glenn, 27, Springfield, Ohio, was housed at the jail for possession of methamphetamine...