Stories from Saturday, January 15, 2022

While no serious injuries have been reported, a fire hydrant was damaged in an incident on Washington Street in Greencastle Friday afternoon. The crash, which was witnessed by Greencastle firefighters, was called in at about 2:15 p.m. and located to the intersection with Spring Street. The road was then closed at Locust Street and College Avenue...

A Greencastle woman was injured in a single-vehicle crash on U.S. 231 near the viaduct just north of the city Saturday afternoon. The Putnam County Sheriff’s Office, Putnam County EMS and the Greencastle Fire Department were dispatched to the incident, which occurred across from County Road 25 South, at about 1:30 p.m...

Do you have grandpa’s squirrel gun squirreled away in the attic? Do you have a powder horn saved from the trash man? Do you have some “shambles” that you need advice about? Are you curious about how our ancestors put meat on the table? In conjunction with the Putnam County Museum exhibit about Reelsville’s master muzzleloading gunsmith Billy Vietor, local gunsmith Howard Kendall will be at the museum to talk, advise and identify shooting- and hunting-related items on Saturday, Jan. 22 at 11 a.m...

Entries are now being sought for the 2022 Putnam County Ag Day Photo Contest. Entrants may send or drop off production agriculture photos taken in Putnam County to the Greencastle Farm Bureau office with attention to Heather Poynter by Friday, Feb. 25...

The family is saddened to announce the passing of Harry Wilson Swank, 85, on Jan. 14, 2022 after a severe COVID illness. Harry was born in New Market on Dec. 18, 1936 to Harold Swank and Nellie I. Neal. He graduated from Crawfordsville High School in 1954...

Bonnie Jean Spurr, 99, of Greencastle, passed away on Jan. 14, 2022 at Asbury Towers. She was the longest living of any relative in either side of the families and the last survivor of the Greatest Generation. Bonnie was born in Sugar Creek on Aug. 2, 1922, the daughter of Claude L. and Pearl (Williams) Lewis...

Oran Rubeck, 101, went to be with the Lord Jan. 13, 2022 at Mill Pond Health Campus. He was born in Owen County on Nov. 4, 1920 to Albert Edward Rubeck and Nora Alice (Hunsicker) Rubeck. He went to Jordan Village School and graduated from Cloverdale High School...