Stories from Tuesday, January 25, 2022

With three candidates for sheriff and two candidates each for a pair of other county offices, the May 3 primary election is taking shape on the Republican side. While Jerrod Baugh, Steve Hibler and Dwight Simmons have all been campaigning for the Republican nod since last summer, only Hibler had formally filed as a candidate as of last week...

Deer season may be over, but poaching season is year-round. Two juvenile bald eagles shot. Five deer illegally taken in one evening. These are just seven of too many poaching losses in West Central Indiana alone. “Conservation Officers can’t be everywhere,” says Indiana Conservation Officer Max Winchell...

The South Putnam Eagle girls’ basketball team faced a daunting challenge, hosting the state-ranked No. 9 Cadets of Cascade Tuesday night. The Cadets lived up to their ranking behind 18 points from Abby Parsons and 11 points from Sydney Warran as the visitors went on to pick up a 54-31 on South Putnam’s senior night...

The Greencastle Lady Tiger Cubs used a big night from Emma Hunter and key plays from their seniors in the fourth quarter to pick up a victory over the visiting Monrovia Bulldogs, 42-38. Hunter scored a game-high 24 points on 6-of-9 shooting from behind the arc while seniors Raigan Chavez and Anna Zellers made leadership plays in the late stages of the game to improve the team’s record to 5-16, while the loss dropped the Bulldogs to 7-15...

Having outgrown its downtown storefront, Bear Threads Boutique cut the ribbon on its new location, 819 E. Franklin St., in 2021. Owner Kristin Tippin cut the ribbon on the new location with the support of Beth Evans (left) and Brian Cox of the Putnam County Chamber as well as fiance Landon Kaelber and children Quinn and Calvin...