Stories from Thursday, August 27, 2020

In a schedule change that will benefit all four schools, Cloverdale has traded high school football opponents with Seeger for Friday night and will now travel to fellow Class 1A team Madison-Grant instead of Class 3A Twin Lakes. Game time is 7:30 p.m...

All tickets have been sold for Friday night's Northview at Greencastle and North Putnam at Southmont football games. The NP-Southmont game can be seen online at: https://t.co/ziZVjapJIi?amp=1 No ticket information is available yet for the South Putnam at Owen Valley and Cloverdale at Madison-Grant games...

More than once, someone has insinuated they were treated less than hospitably by local police officers. But thanks to dash cameras in their cars and body cameras for each Greencastle City Police officer, those initial complaints were easily laid to rest, City Police Chief Tom Sutherlin told the Board of Works at its recent meeting...

Purdue Extension-Putnam County is teaming up with Putnam County Hospital to offer Steps in September throughout next month. Community members of any age and fitness level are welcome to join in at the Big Walnut Sports Park on Tuesdays at 9 a.m. Groups will meet at the shelter near the restrooms...

DePauw is among the 100 best-value colleges in America, according to Money magazine. Money evaluated data from 750 schools and placed DePauw at No. 89, among Ivy League and top research universities. “Going to college shouldn’t mean a lifetime of debt,” the magazine said. “To find the schools that successfully combine quality and affordability, Money weighed more than 20,000 data points, including tuition fees, family borrowing and career earnings...

The Greencastle Beta Psi chapter of Kappa Kappa Kappa congratulates 2020 Tri Kappa Art Award recipient, Sarah Heithaus from Greencastle High School. Heithaus’ piece titled “Dependent” was selected for this year’s award by Robin Johnson...

Local stakeholders and officials were invited to see the renovations completed at North Putnam High School Tuesday afternoon.

Putnam County Hospital will begin new hours for curbside COVID-19 testing on Tuesday, Sept. 1. The new hours will be Tuesday through Friday from 10 a.m.-6 p.m. and Saturday 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Testing is still by appointment. To schedule an appointment, call the COVID hotline at 301-7019...

Local author Ian Cornell has published a collection of stories Cornell wrote when he was a student at Tzouanakis Intermediate School and Greencastle Middle School. Cornell, 37, wrote many stories as a child for his own and his friends’ and classmates’ entertainment, but had never thought to publish them until now...

EDITOR’S NOTE: Events listed below are taken from school athletic websites. All scheduled events this fall are subject to change at a moment’s notice. Today Golf (girls) — Cloverdale and Monrovia at Plainfield, 4 p.m.; North Putnam at South Putnam, 4:30 p.m...

South Putnam played North Putnam at Oak Ridge Golf Club on Tuesday, winning by a margin of 211-228. South’s Madie Newby won medalist with a score of 49. Alex Steffy added a 50 for the Eagles, while Kortnee Starks had a 52, Bree Mahoney-Sutherland shot a 60, Alie Newby had a 62 and Megan Arnold shot a 69...