Stories from Tuesday, October 6, 2020

ROACHDALE -- A 59-year-old man was arrested Monday evening amidst a child pornography investigation. While police are still uncovering details in the case, Douglas Edwards of Roachdale has been preliminarily charged with one count of possession of child pornography. He was booked into the Putnam County Jail at 8:56 p.m. Monday...

Apparently when federal officials distributed emergency funds to local governments in response to the coronavirus pandemic, they really meant the emergency part. That was the message Putnam County officials got on a recent conference call with state leaders regarding Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act funds...

Known as The Avenues or Commercial Place since at least the 1950s, city officials are pondering a new designation for the Greater East Side area — Traditional Neighborhood District. The proposed new Commercial Place zoning district was one of three items for discussion — with no official action taken — by the Greencastle City Plan Commission at its recent September meeting...

DANVILLE – A quick start was what Greencastle girls’ soccer head coach Scott Monnett said he wanted from his team Tuesday night in its first match of IHSAA Girls’ Soccer Class 2A Sectional No. 25. A goal inside the opening 15 minutes and three goals by 20 minutes was the result as the Tiger Cubs opened tournament play with a 6-1 win over Frankfort...

Though it’s only Day One of early voting in Indiana, the Putnam County Courthouse is already bustling with voters Tuesday afternoon ahead of the Tuesday, Nov. 3 general election. The polling location and line of prospective voters had occupied three sides of the second floor on Tuesday morning...

Taking advantage of the clear weather, neighbors hold an outside drive-by birthday party for Ann Clark on the Windemere Drive cul-de-sac Tuesday morning.

Two area fire departments are among more than 70 rural and volunteer fire departments from 47 Indiana counties awarded more than $320,000 in Volunteer Fire Assistance grants, DNR Director Dan Bortner has announced. The Stilesville Volunteer Fire Department was awarded a $4,190 grant, while the Poland Fire Protection Territory was awarded $5,000...

Phylis Ann Keller Wright, 78, of Brazil, passed away Sept. 29, 2020. Phylis was born Sept. 20, 1942 in Indianapolis to the late Anna and Harold Keller. Phylis worked many years in the trucking industry and then began working for the City of Greencastle in 1993 as a lab technician at the wastewater treatment plant, and commonly said, “They will have to fire me before I will retire.”...

For the 77th consecutive year, millions of youth, parents, volunteers and alumni across the country are celebrating National 4-H Week from Oct. 4-10. This year’s theme, Opportunity4All, is a campaign seeking to give kids more opportunities to do, empowering them with the skills they need to succeed in life and their career...