Stories from Wednesday, September 23, 2020

BRAZIL — It was an absolutely gorgeous day for golf on Saturday at Forest Park as Cloverdale, Greencastle, and South Putnam girls competed for a chance to compete at Smock Golf course in Indianapolis next weekend. Golf is not always considered the most exciting spectator sport, but if you were close to the action on Saturday, the excitement was palpable...

South Putnam moved up to No. 7 in this week's Associated Press Class 1A football rankings, after being No. 8 last week. The Eagles remained at No. 8 in the Indiana Football Coaches' Association poll. Other ranked potential sectional foes or teams with Putnam County connections include:...

After having been run on a weeknight for several years, the Putnam County cross country championships will take place on Saturday this year at South Putnam. The schedule is: 10 a.m. - Girls' varsity race 10:45 a.m. - Boys' varsity race 11:30 a.m. - Middle school boys'/girls' race...

Don Keith Jeffries, 77, of Roachdale, passed away Monday, Sept. 21, 2020. Don was born in Roachdale to the late Earl Wayne and Florence Ellen (Thomas) Jeffries. He grew up in Putnam County on the family farm, and graduated from Bainbridge High School with the class of 1960...

DePauw University will leverage technological lessons learned from responding to the COVID-19 pandemic to attract prospective students and enable faculty members to integrate presentations by successful alumni into courses and career programs. A $1 million grant from Lilly Endowment Inc. will support a four-year initiative...

Putnam County teams hold down the top three spots in the Western Indiana Conference volleyball standings, led by first-place South Putnam at 5-0. Greencastle is second at 5-1, while North Putnam is third at 4-2.