Stories from Wednesday, January 6, 2021

With the turn of the calendar came the chance for Greencastle to get back to winning ways after having dropped six of its last seven girls’ basketball games while Clay City arrived looking to start off a four-game week on the right foot. After a slow start, the Tiger Cubs finished the first quarter on a 7-2 run and held the Eels scoreless in the second quarter, propelling the hosts to a 49-20 win...

Stephen Woodrow Williamson, age 76, of Poland, passed away Jan. 4, 2021. He was born June 16, 1944 to the late Woodrow and Doris (Schroer) Williamson. Stephen married Sue Atkerson on April 9, 1967 and she survives. Stephen was a former Owen County commissioner, was a bus driver for 54 years, a farmer, was on the South Central REMC board of directors for 31 years and was a member of the Clay County Masonic Lodge 83 in Bowling Green...

On Dec. 31, 2020, Todd Andrew Yeagley was greeted by the loving arms of his Heavenly Father and his earthly father who went before him. Todd was born on July 5, 1978 in Indianapolis. His early life was lived in Carmel, where he attended Carmel Clay Schools. Moving to Putnam County with his parents, he then attended North Putnam Schools and was in the class of 1996...

INDIANAPOLIS – Indiana Senate President Pro Tem Rodric Bray (R-Martinsville) has announced the Senate Republican Caucus' legislative agenda for the 2021 session. "My caucus members and I are prioritizing a handful of items that we believe are at the top of the minds of Hoosiers as we continue to evaluate the impact COVID-19 has had on our state," said Bray, who represents the southern half of Putnam County as District 37 state senator...

The January Greencastle Park Board meeting, originally set for Wednesday night at City Hall, has been postponed to the lack of availability of a quorum. The meeting has been rescheduled for this Thursday at 7 p.m. January was to have been the first month the board would meet on its new first Wednesday of the month schedule...