Stories from Tuesday, March 24, 2020

To help local families which have been most impacted by the spread of COVID-19 and the measures prompted by it, the United Way of Putnam County has established a fund driven by community donations. The nonprofit organization states that 39 percent of Putnam County families struggle to meet their most basic needs. This includes households which are above the federal poverty level but cannot afford a bare-bones budget, as well as those below it...

LITTLE POINT --- The Indiana Department of Transportation has announced that the right lane on Interstate 70 westbound will be closed beginning Monday, March 30 at 5 p.m. The closure will be from the 52- to the 54-mile marker, beginning 11 miles east of Cloverdale, or just east of Little Point (Exit 51)...

The Indiana Department of Transportation has announced a patch and resurfacing project will begin on or after Wednesday, April 1, weather permitting. Milestone Contractors L.P. was awarded the $11.9 million contract for four separate but related projects...

FILLMORE – A 29-year-old Greencastle woman was injured in a one-vehicle accident Friday night on Old Right of Way Road at the northwest edge of Fillmore. Chelsea A. Steele, 211 S. County Road 100 East, was flown to St. Vincent Hospital, Indianapolis via Stat Flight Helicopter following the 7:35 p.m. accident...

District 37 State Sen. Rodric Bray (R-Martinsville) welcomes Kara Bault of Cloverdale to the Statehouse to serve as a Senate page during the 2020 session.

County Jail One person was booked in the Putnam County Jail on Monday evening. • At 6:15 p.m. Dean M. Mattingly, 71, Cloverdale, was lodged at the jail for domestic battery, strangulation and theft. City Fire The Greencastle Fire Department recently performed two medical assists...

CLOVERDALE -- With some calling in and others reaching out online, the Cloverdale School Board addressed paying employees during the school shutdown Tuesday evening. The board considered a resolution authorizing Superintendent Greg Linton and any designees to “take any and all action as such person deems necessary or desirable ... to ensure the safety and well-being of our school community for the remainder of the current school term ...”...

This is another in a series of articles on how local businesses are currently coping with the coronavirus and its related issues. Want an idea of how Headley Hardware is approaching the uncertainty of the COVID-19 pandemic? Drive past the Indianapolis Road business and check out the sign...

With the traditional ways of reaching people shut down during the COVID-19 pandemic, ministers throughout Putnam County and around the country are learning on the fly of new ways to minister to their congregations and communities. Once such solution is being practiced Tuesday evening at Greencastle Christian Church, where children’s minister Hannah Newlin is handing a “Faith to Go” pack to congregation member Craig Armitage...

In response to the ever-changing COVID-19 pandemic Putnam County government is undergoing further changes for the coming two weeks and perhaps beyond. In a memo to county department heads on Tuesday afternoon, County Attorney Jim Ensley announced the plan to be implemented by individual departments...

The Putnam County Community Foundation continues to monitor the COVID-19 pandemic and how it is impacting the local community. To best serve Putnam County during this challenging time, the Community Foundation has determined a course of action outlined below...

The NCAA made more than $1 billion last year, almost $867 million from the men’s Division I basketball tournament, and most of that from a massive television rights deal with CBS and Turner that runs through the 2032 tournament. The cornonavirus not only wiped out the games, but it will create some unexpected red ink on the NCAA’s balance sheet this year. Exactly how much is to be determined...

DePauw senior guard Sydney Kopp of Hinsdale South High School in Burr Ridge, Ill., has added to her long list of honors as she has been selected the 2020 Jostens Trophy winner which recognizes outstanding student-athletes in Division III basketball for excellence in the classroom, on the court, and in their respective communities...

Trent Ross is a senior at Greencastle and participated in tennis and basketball. ——— Banner Graphic: How important are sports to you, and what have you learned from them? Trent Ross: “Sports have always been a very important part of my life, and they have shaped who I am since I was a little kid. I’ve learned the importance of working hard to achieve something, and never giving up even when things don’t go well for you.”...

Good fortune on a fall break trip to Minnesota helped Greencastle senior soccer standout Jakob Foss to choose Gustavus Adolphus as his home for collegiate soccer. “I hadn’t really considered going there until my dad [Pedar] and I went to Minnesota on fall break,” Foss said on his signing day. “We talked to the coach and I absolutely loved it there. I loved the culture of the team and the campus, and it’s a very friendly and inviting place. I’m super excited to be going to Gustavus.”...