Stories from Friday, August 27, 2021

Imagine the fate of poor Marsa Gipson, an innocent 28-year-old Arcadia woman, 30 years ago today. It’s 1:15 in the morning on Aug. 27, 1991 as she and a male companion make their way through the darkness in Gipson’s Chevrolet Camaro, nearing the Manhattan Road overpass on Interstate 70 in western Putnam County as they head to Terre Haute to rendezvous with her two children, ages 9 and 10...

Putnam County has now confirmed 4,649 total cases since the start of the pandemic. The positive percentage rate is now at 13.5 percent. Putnam County is now at a level orange according to the ISDH website. The Indiana Department of Health was stationed at Robe Ann Park for three days. ISDH tested 889 individuals for COVID and vaccinated 122 individuals...

Sports historians look back at the 1961 New York Yankees for their M&M boys, Mickey Mantle and Roger Maris who electrified fans that summer with a big home run chase. The South Putnam Eagle volleyball team has their own version of the M&M tandem. Marietta McGinnis and Brie Miller evoke similar excitement. ...

Carole Ann (Bucksot) Larson, 77, of Evansville, passed away on Wednesday, Aug. 18, 2021 at her home. She was born on Dec. 18, 1943 in Hammond, Ind., to the late William and June (Habben) Bucksot. Carole attended Crossroads Christian Church and loved her Monday evening Cancer group. She was an original charter member of Four Seasons United Methodist Church...