Stories from Wednesday, January 12, 2022

The Town of Cloverdale has issued a drinking water boil advisory for all customers South of Boone Street. It is recommended that all cooking and drinking water be brought to a complete boil for five minutes before using. Customers are asked to continue boiling all cooking and drinking water until advised otherwise...

A Russellville man is facing six felony counts relating to child pornography found on his person computer. Clayton Osterhoudt, 68, was charged in Putnam Superior Court with Level 4 felony dissemination of child pornography and five counts of Level 5 felony possession of child pornography...

SWITZ CITY – South Putnam junior Austen Branam was 0-4 from the field when he recovered the ball in the corner with time running out against White River Valley. Tied at 39, Branam dribbled once to get a better look at the hoop and sent up his floater. The result was a buzzer beating basket to give South Putnam a needed win, 41-39...

CLOVERDALE – County champions were crowned for the 2021-22 middle school boys’ basketball season Wednesday night in two very different contests at Cloverdale Middle School. South Putnam scored the first 24 points against North Putnam in the seventh grade final and cruised to a 44-8 win while Greencastle held off two second half Cougar rallies to win the eighth grade title 29-17...

CLOVERDALE — With the program still in its nascent stages, administrators and students at Cloverdale Schools are continuing to work through how to implement learning based on a leadership model. Cloverdale Middle School Principal Dawn Tucker gave a brief overview of how the Leader in Me (LIM) initiative is shaping at the elementary and middle school during the Cloverdale School Board’s regular meeting Monday evening...

The Putnam County Soil & Water Conservation District (SWCD) and Purdue Extension in Putnam County is inviting the public to learn about the history of agriculture in Putnam County during their their upcoming joint annual dinner. On Thursday, Jan. 27, Fred Whitford, professor of clinical engagement at Purdue University, will share an entertaining and informative program on the early history of agriculture in Putnam County...

BRAZIL ­— In Clay County Tuesday, the U.S. Marshal Service captured a suspect wanted for the Tennessee murder of a promising rapper in November. According to its website (usmarshals.gov): “After a coordinated investigation by the U.S. Marshals Two Rivers Violent Fugitive Task Force and the Great Lakes Regional Fugitive Task Force, Justin Johnson was captured ...