Stories from Friday, April 10, 2020

Bryce Rector’s Greencastle Tiger Cubs had one of the state’s longest winter break droughts last season, playing their last game of 2019 on Dec. 21 and not taking the court again until Jan. 10. Rector and athletic director Doug Greenlee have taken a huge step toward balancing the team’s schedule and eliminating that huge gap between games by gaining re-entry to the First Financial Wabash Valley Classic at Terre Haute...

Macie Couch is a senior at Cloverdale and participated in softball. She was the 2019 Putnam County “Pitcher of the Year.” ——— Banner Graphic: How important are sports to you, and what have you learned from them? MC: “Sports have been very important to me, and they have been a way for my dad [Mark] and I to bond. ...

While storms that rolled through Putnam County Wednesday night caused extensive power outages in the county, the problems were all nearly fixed as of Friday morning. According to outage information provided by the county’s three major power suppliers, only a single customer in the Fillmore area remained without power as of 8:20 a.m...

Conducting its first virtual session with Google Hangouts Wednesday evening, the South Putnam School Board approved a resolution to continue pay for classified employees and full-time substitute bus drivers. Superintendent Bruce Bernhardt specified that these employees would be paid through the end of this school year at their normal rate...

Anthony Leal and Sydney Parrish each has earned the top award in Indiana high school basketball. Leal, a 6-5 senior guard from Bloomington South, has been named IndyStar Indiana Mr. Basketball for 2020 in online voting of media and boys’ varsity coaches conducted overseen by the Indiana Basketball Coaches Association and All-Star game director Mike Broughton...

Putnam County officials announced Friday there are currently 33 confirmed COVID-19 cases in Putnam County. This marked an increase of three over Thursday’s reported figure, as well as two more than the Indiana State Department of Health (ISDH) figure from Friday morning...

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Anthony Leal nearly produced the perfect finish. The Bloomington South senior led his team to a 26-0 record, the only unbeaten team in Indiana. He broke the school's career scoring record and helped the Panthers win their sixth straight sectional title. He announced he'd play for his hometown Hoosiers. And Leal seemingly was primed for a Class 4A title run — until the tournament was canceled amid the COVID-19 pandemic...

John Steven Brasher, 67, of Greencastle, passed away at his residence on April 5, 2020 surrounded by his family. John was born in Muncie on June 13, 1952, the son of William and Audrey (Bostick) Brasher, and was a graduate of Muncie Central High School...

William “Joe” Joseph App, 82, of Greencastle, passed away on April 8, 2020 at Putnam County Hospital. William was born in Mooresville on Oct. 15, 1937, the son of Kenneth Benjamin and Margaret Evelyn (Collier) App, and graduated high school in Indiana...