Stories from Thursday, May 20, 2021

For the first time in almost two years, the public got a glimpse at the latest plans for the Community Center/YMCA project ticketed for Greencastle’s East Side. Approximately 40 persons were in attendance Tuesday night, the majority of whom represented city governmental boards, project stakeholders and those associated with making the presentation at City Hall...

BRAZIL – Play in the IHSAA Northview Girls’ Tennis Sectional commenced with the two Putnam County schools in the field squaring off as Greencastle faced South Putnam Wednesday afternoon. It was a short outing for the Tiger Cubs, who swept the singles spots without dropping a game and quickly picked up the two doubles contests for a 5-0 win and advancement to Thursday’s sectional semifinal...

RUSSELLVILLE — With a short agenda at its regular meeting Wednesday evening, the Russellville Town Council approved a fund for money it is set to receive through the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA). The council approved the fund through Ordinance 2021-1. This is a requirement in order for expenditures to be tracked...

Sitting in perfect rows on the turf of Reavis Stadium, folding chairs await the arrival of graduating seniors on Sunday at DePauw University. Commencement for the class of 2021 is set for 10 a.m. at the stadium rain or shine...

In a highly-competitive contest that featured multiple quality entries, Damaris Zehner and Sue White took the top two spots in the inaugural Greencastle Arts Council creative writing contest. Zehner’s poem “This Fallen World” was awarded first place, while White’s “How It Is” was a close second...

Nothing says the start of summer like the opening of the Greencastle Farmers Market. The market opens for the season this Saturday, May 22 from 8 a.m.-noon on the Putnam County Courthouse Square. A number of long-time vendors will be back, along with some new vendors with new products...

Three bridges — one beyond saving, another closed for two years and a third about to be rehabbed — had the attention of the Putnam County Commissioners on Monday. With ongoing questions about the viability of crossing Pinhook Bridge in an upcoming bicycle race, the county finally gave organizers a definitive “no.”...

TERRE HAUTE – A handful of Putnam County athletes will see their track and field seasons continue next week as the field was thinned out at the Terre Haute North Girls’ Track and Field Sectional Tuesday. Greencastle provided the lone champion of the event as Kennedy Trigg won the long jump with a distance of 16’6.5”...

BAINBRIDGE – The North Putnam Cougars softball team used timely hitting and seven innings of shutout pitching from Kyndal Brewer to hand the South Putnam Eagles a 6-0 loss in Western Indiana Conference action Monday night. With a chance to get to .500 in conference play, the Cougars hosted the Eagles in their conference finale. It was a quick 1-2-3 inning for South in the top half of the inning...

NORTH SALEM — The Indiana Department of Transportation has announced State Road 75 will close on or after Tuesday, June 1 south of North Salem for bridge work and a deck overly. This is over a Branch of Big Walnut Creek, located just north of West County Road 500 North...

ROACHDALE — Motorists in northeastern Putnam County can expect a more complicated commute in the coming months. The Indiana Department of Transportation announced Thursday that State Road 236 will close Monday, May 24 between Lonoke Street in Roachdale to about two miles west of North Salem...

Gregory and Lisa Childress Larkin have established the Gloria Townsend Endowed Scholarship in honor of the DePauw computer science professor who is Lisa’s sister. The scholarship honors Townsend’s decades of service to DePauw and supports her advocacy for students underrepresented in computer science...

CLOVERDALE — An invading horde — an extensive family of nearly 50,000 members called “invasive species” — are growing like weeds in Putnam County and Indiana. Saturday in Cloverdale Community Park, from 10 a.m.-noon, everyone is invited to put an “RIP” on the remains of the invaders. The group Putnam County Remove Invasive Plants (PC-RIP) is a task force of local residents dedicated to education, advocacy and action for removing invasive plants...

Phoenix Closures plans to invest $6.8 million into its Greencastle facility at 2000 S. Jackson St. Adding the new equipment in a project expected to begin in June and be complete by Dec. 31, Phoenix is due to add eight additional fulltime employees, according to a statement of benefits supplied to the City Council in a request for tax abatement...

Vicki Jo Hess, 76, of Brazil, passed away Monday morning, May 17, 2021. She was born in Indianapolis on Jan. 17, 1945 to Joseph Edward Laudig and Mildred Louise (Coffman) Laudig. She is survived by her husband, Charles Hess; two sons, Todd Farris and wife Marla of Greencastle and Troy Farris and wife Jennifer of Brazil; four grandchildren, Ryan Farris and wife Elizabeth, Katie Farris, Jackson Farris and Jenna Farris; one great-grandson, Harvey Farris; and her sisters, Nancy Branneman and Patty Buis.. ...

The following cases were filed in Putnam County courts recently. Chris A. Barker, 53, Cloverdale, Level 5 felony driving a vehicle after forfeiture of license for life Robin A. Pingleton, 55, Cloverdale, Level 6 felony possession of methamphetamine, Class C misdemeanor possession of paraphernalia...

Three people were booked in the Putnam County Jail recently. Thursday • At 2:27 a.m. Elizabeth J. Parrish, 34, Cloverdale, was lodged at the jail for possession of methamphetamine and domestic battery. • At 2:22 a.m. Keith K. Kowalkowski, 32, Cloverdale, was housed at the jail for driving with a suspended license with a prior conviction...