Stories from Tuesday, January 18, 2022

With the current surge of COVID-19 cases in the community, Putnam County government will again mandate masking in county buildings beginning on Wednesday, Jan. 19. The Putnam County Commissioners made the decision in a 2-1 vote Tuesday morning to require masks as long as the county remains in the red advisory level as determined by the Indiana State Department of Health...

CLOVERDALE – Almost a week prior to Tuesday evening, Greencastle had won the Putnam County Middle School Boys’ Basketball tournament on the floor at Cloverdale Middle School. Fast forward six days as the Tiger Cubs were looking for their second piece of hardware in the WIC Boys’ Basketball Championship game, representing the West half of the conference against East champs Indian Creek...

On senior night at McAnally Center, the Greencastle girls’ basketball team sent out seniors Audrie Brennan, Raigan Chavez and Anna Zellers out in style with a 48-2 victory over the shorthanded Christel House Eagles Tuesday evening. Christel House, a charter school from Indianapolis, started the season with 14 girls. Tuesday, they were down to six players due to injuries. Greencastle got up on them early and often...

CLOVERDALE – The Cloverdale Clovers were coming off two-straight wins and had really improved their defense, but on Tuesday night the visiting Owen Valley Patriots exposed some things on the Cloverdale defensive side of the court. The Patriots knocked down 12 three-pointers and shot 7-of-8 from the field in the fourth quarter to rally to win the game on a four-point play with :00.7 on the clock by Caden Gonser, 58-55...

With the WIC Meet behind them and sectionals looming on the horizon, North Putnam traveled to South Putnam for a quick inter-county wrestling dual Tuesday night. The Cougars nearly made a clean sweep of the night with Ethan Harcourt managing to grab a fall for the Eagles as the visitors won 78-6...

Agricultural producers looking to develop their marketing skills are encouraged to join Purdue Extension this winter for the “Strategic Marketing for Your Farm’s Future” program series. This five-session series will be delivered virtually on Thursday evenings from 7-8 p.m. beginning Feb. 3 and ending March 3...