Stories from Thursday, February 20, 2020

The Center for Spiritual Life at DePauw University will welcome author and lecturer Austin Channing Brown for the annual Mendenhall Lecture on Tuesday, March 3. The 7:30 p.m. lecture is free and open to the public, and will be held at Gobin Memorial United Methodist Church...

John Charles “Chuck” Tilton, 81, Coatesville (Heritage Lake), passed away Monday morning, Feb. 10, 2020 at his residence. He was born in Rensselaer on Oct. 28, 1938, the son of John and Sophie Sommers Tilton. He had worked as a high school teacher and was also a coach and a mentor. He had also worked in sales and marketing around Chicago...

To the Editor: Auschwitz. It’s a name that many of us recognize as the most notorious of the Nazi death camps, though it may not be as commonly known that it was the largest among six extermination camps and one of approximately 20,000 concentration and work camps throughout Europe...

WCC Primrose F40 captured reserve grand champion owned female at the 2020 Dixie National Roll of Victory (ROV) Angus Show, Feb. 9 in Jackson, Miss. Wilson Cattle Co., Cloverdale, and HVF Cattle Farm LLC, Magnet, Ind., own the May 2018 daughter of PVF Insight 0129.

County Jail Seven people were booked in the Putnam County Jail recently. Wednesday • At 2:39 p.m. Shane R. Kilgore, 43, Cloverdale, was taken into custody for theft. • At 2:04 p.m. Brian P. Morris, 22, Terre Haute, was housed at the jail for trafficking with an inmate...

The following cases were filed in Putnam County courts recently. Criminal Cases Thomas E. Schultheis, 53, Cloverdale, Level 6 felony battery against a public safety official, Class A misdemeanor resisting law enforcement, Class B misdemeanor criminal mischief...

BRAZIL — The name of the victim in Sunday’s shooting has been released by the Indiana State Police. He is Robert P. Blystone, 31, of Brazil. According to Matt Ames, Public Information Officer for the Indiana State Police, that is all the information that will be released at the current time...

Debra Jeanne Poynter went to be with Jesus on Feb. 20, 2020. She was born to Johnny and Charlene Hasselburg on May 20, 1958 in Indianapolis. She was preceded in death by her parents. She was survived by the love of her life, Woody Woodrum, and her children: Roy Poynter (Tiffany) and Rachele Poynter; her siblings: Jeri Sue Stitzer (Carl), Chris Hasselburg (Sudie), George Hasselburg (Judy), Sue Ferrand (Bill), Joney Lewis (Jeff), Johnny Hasselburg (Bre), Johnica Roach (Charlie), Ashlynne Kyle (Jeremy), and Jonetta Overstreet (Declan); her grandchildren, Desirae, Gage, Jayden, Jaymen, Lilly and Roy; three great-grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews.. ...

INDIANAPOLIS -- Senate President Pro Tem Rodric Bray (R-Martinsville) welcomed Commissioner for Higher Education Teresa Lubbers and participants, graduates and representatives of the 21st Century Scholars Program to the Senate Tuesday to present them with Senate Concurrent Resolution 5, which recognizes the 30th anniversary of the program’s founding...

A local community tennis association is helping improve local tennis programs with a pair of generous recent donations. West Central Indiana Community Tennis Association (WCICTA) gifted commercial-grade ball machines to the tennis programs at Greencastle High School and South Putnam High School...

A Quincy man is facing a criminal misdemeanor charge after a sheriff’s deputy caught him traveling 106 mph on U.S. 231 South. Around midday Thursday, Deputy Scott Ducker was southbound on U.S. 231 just south of U.S. 40 when he observed a northbound 2000 Ford Mustang at a high rate of speed. Radar indicated the vehicle was traveling 106 mph in a 55 mph zone...

Under the gaze of the Board of Works, Greencastle firefighter candidate Peter Moorton stood his ground at the front of City Hall’s council chambers. He handled a few easy questions with keen aplomb as Board Works members Trudy Selvia, Craig Tuggle and Mayor Bill Dory queried him but strained to see what was going in the back of the room and outside...

The Putnam County Regional Airport will receive a federal grant to assist with the reconstruction of its apron. The $64,447 grant was announced Wednesday as part of $2.26 million awarded to airports throughout Indiana for safety and infrastructure improvements...

TERRE HAUTE — Evan Steffy of South Putnam turned in the best preliminary time in the 100-yard breaststroke at Thursday night’s Terre Haute South boys’ swimming sectional at the Wabash Valley Aquatic Center. Steffy was also a member of South’s 200-yard medley relay team that also turned in the best time of the night along with teammates Grant Cordell, Kyle Cunningham and Zion Harris...

RUSSELLVILLE -- Possibly setting a new record for having the shortest meeting Wednesday evening, the Russellville Town Council considered various issues on its agenda. With Councilwoman Cathy Jones absent, the council approved a uniform allowance for the town marshal and deputy marshal. Both will receive $250 apiece, separated out at two different intervals...