Stories from Tuesday, April 21, 2020

Putnam County officials announced Tuesday that there have been 53 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the county. This marks an increase of two cases since Monday’s update, and the first increase since Saturday. The Putnam Co. Health Department (PCHD) on Monday compiled an overview of cases in the county...

Tyler Wade, by all accounts the youngest City Council member ever when he was appointed at age 25 in the fall of 2014, has resigned his at-large seat, effective May 29. Wade, now 30, has accepted a new position as associate director of regional admissions at Wabash College, which requires him to relocate to Dallas...

A man died Tuesday morning of an aparent self-inflicted gunshot wound along the side of U.S. 231. Just after 9 a.m., local police were called to the area just south of U.S. 40, where a caller had reported a person lying in front of a pickup along the side of the road...

INDIANAPOLIS — Gov. Eric Holcomb on Monday issued a revised Stay At Home order that lasts through May 1 and is designed to limit interactions among Hoosiers to increase containment of COVID-19. As of Monday, 11,686 people had tested positive and 569 people had died from the disease in Indiana. There are now positive tests in 92 of 92 counties...

Joe D. Hart, 76, passed away Sunday, April 19, 2020. He was an engineer for Thompson Consumer Electronics and was a member of Kingsway Christian Church. Joe was a coach for Avon baseball for many years while residing in Avon...

Karen Wood, 83, of Greencastle, passed away on Saturday, April 11, 2020 at Putnam County Hospital. Karen was born in Putnam County on Aug. 23, 1936, the daughter of Harold and Virginia (Myers) Birt. She was a graduate of Greencastle High School. Mrs. Wood was a longtime member of First Baptist Church and the Greencastle High School Alumni Association...

Unable for the last several weeks to interact with their residents the way they normally would, staff members at Asbury Towers take a stroll around the Greencastle retirement community Tuesday afternoon holding signs of love and support for the residents. Bearing messages such as “Love you” and “We will get through this together” and “Asbury Strong,” staff members also communicated with residents who had their windows open.

Richard G. “Dick” Funk, 87, of Greencastle, passed away on April 20, 2020 at 6:35 a.m. at his home following a brief illness. He was born June 30, 1932 in Bowling Green, the son of Herman and Beatrice Norman Funk. Dick graduated from Bowling Green High School with the class of 1950...