Stories from Monday, March 15, 2021

VAN BIBBER LAKE — Area firefighters were dispatched to the Van Bibber Lake community Monday morning for a house fire that was a total loss. At about 8:50 a.m., eight fire departments were called out on a box alarm to 3200 Van Bibber Lake Estates for a large fire that had engulfed the inside of the home located there...

United Way of Putnam County recently announced an additional $72,200 in grants from its COVID-19 Community Relief Fund for local agencies making an impact on Putnam County residents. The latest award announcement brings the United Way’s total COVID-19 relief for Putnam County to $223,900 in the past year...

Four of a kind beats a traffic flush under city ordinances dealing with some measure of downtown parking. Enacted into local law, the four ordinances were adopted on second and final reading by the Greencastle City Council at its March meeting. They went into effect upon adoption (or more reasonably when the posted signage can be put up)...

GROVELAND — Several agencies are responding to a multi-vehicle accident on U.S. 36. The crash was reported shortly after 8 a.m. as an accident involving multiple vehicle on U.S. 36 east of County Road 725 East. One vehicle was on its side, but scanner traffic indicated all occupants were out of their vehicles...

Donald Lee Little, 81, of Hillsboro, passed away in the Knapp Medical Center, Weslaco, Texas, on Wednesday, March 10, 2021 following a short illness. He was born in Tazewell, Va., to the late Vernie L. and Sara Buck Little. He married his “angel” Lola Marie Snapp on Nov. 3, 1961 and she survives...

WOOSTER, Ohio — DePauw totaled 449 yards of offense and held host Wooster to just 210 on the way to a 37-3 exhibition football win over the Fighting Scots on Saturday. The Tigers jumped out to a 14-0 lead in the first as quarterback Chase Andries scored on a 7-yard run and then tossed a 5-yard scoring pass to Cam Haynes. Haynes was then on the receiving end of an Andries 21-yard touchdown pass with 17 seconds left in the half to push the lead to 20-0...

STATE COLLEGE, Pa., — A one-time DePauw University assistant basketball coach appears to be the next coach of the Penn State Nittany Lions. Multiple media outlets were reporting Monday afternoon that Penn State was espected to hire Purdue assistant coach Micah Shrewsberry for its open men’s basketball position...

With more and more vaccinations for COVID-19 coming and infection rates going down, we’re beginning to see the light at the end of a long tunnel. And we still need the vigilance to carry on with wise decisions and remain aware of the pandemic. With all of that, it’s been taxing, to say the least, on our well-being, and especially mental health. ...

The Greencastle Virtual Music Festival continues this week with “Looking Back and Ahead.” As the world recognizes a year since in-person indoor concerts (and so many other activities) came to a halt due to the pandemic lockdown, festival founder and host Eric Edberg will tell the story of the 2005 beginnings of the Greencastle Summer Music Festival, and how after taking the summer of 2020 off, the concerts resumed as virtual events in October 2020...

County Jail Six people were booked in the Putnam County Jail recently. Monday • At 12:54 a.m. Uriah B. Kortz, 39, Fillmore, was lodged at the jail for invasion of privacy. Friday • At 11:12 a.m. Kirsten L. Phillips, 29, Cloverdale, was taken into custody for possession of a narcotic drug, maintaining a common nuisance and possession of paraphernalia...

School buses were recently a focus for the South Putnam School Board. This was partly on recent mechanical issues, as well as whether there are consistencies between manufacturers. Transportation Director Brad Ogborn gave a rundown of the conditions and mileage of each of the school corporation’s buses to the board during its regular meeting last Wednesday evening...

Patsy Ann DeWeese, age 86, left this life peacefully in her home in Crossville, Tenn., Saturday, March 13. She was born on March 17, 1935 in Poland, Ind.,to the late Joseph Barnett and Florence (Burns) Barnett. She loved to cook, read, travel and spend time with her family...