Stories from Monday, February 3, 2020

Six Putnam County wrestlers placed in the top four at sectional competition on Saturday, earning a spot at the Mooresville Regional this Saturday. Cloverdale competed at the Mooresville Sectional, with Caden Opiela just missing the regional by placing fifth at 152 pounds...

The Greencastle Police Department is making a new request for public help in finding a man missing since before Christmas. Darren Huff, 44, Greencastle, has not been seen since Dec. 21, 2019. “We are asking that the public check their property to include storage buildings, ponds and wooded areas,” a department representative said. “Darren was considered homeless and known to sleep in abandoned buildings and storage units.”...

Larry Joseph Krieg, 65, of Greencastle, peacefully went home to be with the Lord on Sunday, Feb. 2, 2020 at Ascension St. Vincent Hospital of Indianapolis. Larry was born in New Bremen, Ohio on Dec. 1, 1954, the son of Lionel and Ruth (Hummel) Krieg, and was a graduate of New Bremen High School...

Marjorie May Cooper, 91, Greencastle, passed away on Sunday, Feb. 2, 2020 surrounded by her family. Born June 21, 1928 in Brazil, she was the daughter of Lawrence E. and Wanda B. (Johnson) Meadows and was a 1946 graduate of Brazil High School. Marjorie was a secretary at Miller School in Greencastle for 12 years. She had previously been a secretary for attorney Rex Boyd’s office and AT&T (Western Electric) in Indianapolis. She was a member of First Baptist Church, Greencastle...

Greencastle High School has made a name for itself, almost annually capturing academic titles and owning more academic championships than any other school in Indiana. On Saturday, the GHS ethics team brought home another state championship. The GHS Ethics Bowl team competed against 26 teams from 13 schools in the sixth annual State of Indiana Ethics Bowl Contest hosted by DePauw University at its Prindle Institute...

This year marks the 100th anniversary of the passage of the 19th Amendment guaranteeing and protecting women’s constitutional right to vote. The first Community Conversation of 2020 will feature Greencastle City Council members Veronica Pejril and Stacie Langdon, as well as Clerk-Treasurer Lynda Dunbar...

State Rep. Beau Baird (R-Greencastle) is asking fellow lawmakers to examine the benefits of Indiana joining a multistate compact to award prizes for curing diseases. According to Baird, this compact would determine the cost savings for each state in the compact over a five-year period if a cure were administrated. These savings would be pooled, creating a significant incentive for anyone that has developed a cure...

County Jail Five people were booked in the Putnam County Jail recently. Monday • At 6:10 a.m. Timothy J. Conover, 28, Greencastle, was lodged at the jail on a warrant for theft. • At 6:04 a.m. Tyra S. Binder, 22, Indianapolis, was taken into custody for intimidation, resisting law enforcement and disorderly conduct...

The following cases were filed in Putnam County courts recently. Criminal Cases Peter J. Inman IV, 32, Cloverdale, Level 6 felony possession of methamphetamine, Class B misdemeanor public intoxication Joshua D. Hickman, 32, Coatesville, Class A misdemeanor driving with a suspended license with a prior conviction, Class B misdemeanor criminal recklessness, Class B misdemeanor criminal mischief, Class B misdemeanor public intoxication...

A Valentine’s Day-themed Ivy Gallery luncheon is scheduled for noon Wednesday, Feb. 12 in the Ivy Gallery dining room at the Area 30 Career Center off State Road 240 on Greencastle’s East Side. Cost of the luncheon, which is prepared and served by budding chefs of the Area 30 Culinary Arts program taught by Mary Anne Birt, is $11 for a three-course meal...

Shown by Wilson Cattle Co. partner Chad Wilson, WCC Insight F102 captured reserve senior bull calf champion honors at the 2020 National Western Stock Show’s Super Point Roll of Victory (ROV) Angus Show, Jan. 16-17 in Denver, Colo. Wilson Cattle Co., Cloverdale, and Wooden Shoe Farms, Blackfoot, Idaho, own the winning bull.

AT&T fixed wireless internet for rural and underserved locations is now available to residents and small businesses in parts of seven counties in west-central Indiana. This rollout, which is part of AT&T’s participation in the Connect America Fund, began in 2015. ...

Candidates wishing to appear on the primary election ballot on Tuesday, May 5 have only until noon on Friday to add their name to the mix. With the deadline on Friday, the Democrat and Republican ballots will be set for the primary. Candidate packets are available at the Voter Registration Office on the second floor of the Putnam County Courthouse...

McDonald’s customers learn to use to the new kiosks in the Greencastle store lobby during a special unveiling Saturday evening.

After trailing by as many as 10 in the opening half, fourth-ranked DePauw battled back for a 71-61 North Coast Athletic Conference win over visiting Oberlin on Saturday. The Tigers improved to 19-1 overall and 11-0 in the NCAC with their 15th straight win, while the Yeowomen dropped to 7-12 overall and 4-6 in conference play...

Cloverdale and North Putnam met twice in a 10-day period very early in the season, with the Clovers winning a 28-27 battle in the Putnam County championship game on Nov. 23. North Putnam evened the score with a 59-51 homecourt win on Dec. 3. Tonight, the teams will each seek to snap the deadlock for the 2019-20 season when they meet at 6 p.m. in the opening game of the Cloverdale Sectional...

CLINTON — North Putnam and South Vermillion figuratively traded punches all night long on Saturday night in boys’ high school basketball with each team having its stretch of dominance. In the end, one of the smallest players on the court proved to be the difference as the host Wildcats escaped with a 65-62 win...

LIZTON — The Greencastle Tiger Cubs traveled to Tri-West High School on Saturday night for a match up of possible Class 3A Sectional 25 opponents. The Bruins had a 7-7 record coming into the game, but that is deceiving in that six of their seven losses are to 4A teams or Class 3A No. 2- ranked 3A Danville...

Farm and ranch women are generating a cultural tide in American agriculture that is moving management, assets and opportunities to a new wave of farmers across the country. Through Annie’s Project, farm women become empowered to be better business partners or sole operators through networks and by managing and organizing critical information...

The Cloverdale Community Schools students of the month for January were honored at the recent school board meeting recently.