Stories from Tuesday, September 8, 2020

A 53-year-old Greencastle man died in an apparent accident while working on an antique truck Monday evening. Emergency responders were called to a home on South County Road 250 East Monday evening for a man trapped under an automobile. Responders arrived around 7 p.m. to find Lawrence "Andy" Dickey trapped under the truck, unresponsive...

The following cases were filed in Putnam County courts recently. Stephanie Vinson, 34, Indianapolis, Level 4 felony possession of methamphetamine, two counts of Class A misdemeanor possession of a controlled substance, Class A misdemeanor carrying a handgun without a license...

Eight people were booked in the Putnam County Jail on Thursday. • At 10:57 p.m. Candice J. Lumpkin, 38, Coatesville, was lodged at the jail for criminal trespass. • At 9:21 p.m. Jacob D. Cherry, 29, Greencastle, was booked in for driving while intoxicated...

Six local pantries who are all members of the Putnam County Food Pantry Coalition came to the Purdue Extension Putnam County office recently to pick up non-food pantry items. These items included soaps, shampoos, skin care and other products to help local residents who are current pantry clients...

Andrea Nichole Higgins, 26, of Bainbridge, passed away Aug. 19, 2020 at Mill Pond Health Center. The family of Andrea Higgins will be having a memorial service at the Bainbridge Community Building from 4-7 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 12. Flowers may be dropped off until 4:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday afternoon...

Seeing a need for being able to provide water to students, Buzzi Unicem recently donated a pallet of bottled water to Central Elementary School. Principal Todd Gowen wrote to the Banner Graphic that the drinking fountains at Central Elementary had to be disabled due to COVID-19 safety protocols. He noted that teachers were purchasing water for when students either forgot or could not afford a water bottle...

Frances L. Sparks, 76, of Fillmore, passed away Sept. 3, 2020. She was born April 6, 1944 in McKeesport, Penn. She was retired from Damar Services, where she worked 28 years as a skills training technician. Previous to that, she had worked for 22 years at Midland Glass Company...

Edward Allen Shelton, 85, of Roachdale, passed away peacefully on Thursday evening, Sept. 3, 2020 at home with his loving family by his side. “Lil Eddie” was born March 4, 1935 in Arlington County, Mo., to a large family. Growing up, he was one of eight children and despite his mother’s best attempts to get him into his sisters’ socks, Lil Eddie never succumbed to the pressure and led a long, happy and successful life...