Stories from Friday, February 4, 2022

The Danville girls' basketball sectional has adjusted its schedule due to the postponement of Wednesday night's first round games. Greencastle, which was scheduled to play Friday, will now play Tri-West at 6 p.m. Saturday evening. The sectional final is now scheduled for Tuesday at 7 p.m...

Has the Omicron variant peaked in Putnam County? It depends on which metric you believe. Either way, COVID-19 cases in Putnam County remained well above the threshold for a red rating from the Indiana State Department of Health for the week ending Monday, Jan. 31...

With snow having stopped falling over night and road crews able to make headway, Putnam County officials upgraded the local travel status to a watch Friday morning. As of 10:30 a.m., the Putnam County Commissioners and Putnam County Emergency Management Agency changed the travel status from a warning to a watch, which is more lenient about motorists being on the roads...

Over the years I’ve enjoyed watching how other people read the newspaper. Do they grab it, shake it out and stare at the front page? Do they immediately search for the obituaries, not really to see if they’ve made the deadline but to check on acquaintances and neighbors...

It could have been a whole lot worse. That is the prevailing sentiment after a winter storm dumped 6-7 inches of snow on Putnam County between Wednesday evening and early Friday morning. Yes, travel was extremely treacherous at times, but folks largely stayed off the roads...

Doug is a senior at North Putnam and participates in three sports, football, wrestling and baseball. ——— Banner Graphic: How important are sports to you, and what have you learned frrm them? Doug O’Hair: “Sports are pretty important for me. I’ve been playing organized sports practically my whole life to this point. ...

Lowell Charles Snapp, 90, of Roanoke, formally of Brazil, passed away Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022, at his residence. Lowell was born in Coatesville on Nov. 13, 1931, the son of David McKinley and Mini (Walton) Snapp. Mr. Snapp attended Garrard Chapel in Bowling Green for many years. He worked for General Motors at Allison Transmission in Indianapolis for 25 years until his retirement...

VAN BIBBER LAKE — As if a house fire wasn’t enough for one day, one of the Clinton Township Volunteer Fire Department trucks got stuck in the snow later on Thursday. The eventful day began just after midnight, when Clinton firefighters were dispatched to a house fire...

The following cases were filed in Putnam County courts recently. Richard E. Jones, 38, Indianapolis, Level 5 causing serious bodily injury when driving a motor vehicle with an ACE of .08 or more, Level 5 felony causing serious bodily injury when driving while intoxicated, Class A misdemeanor driving while intoxicated endangering a person, Class A misdemeanor driving with an ACE of .15 or more...

Four people were booked in the Putnam County Jail recently. Tuesday • At 11:36 a.m., Zachary O. Lyle, 42, Clinton, was lodged at the jail for domestic battery and strangulation. Monday • At 5:04 p.m. H. Tom Tomlinson, 43, Fillmore, was taken into custody for possession of methametphamine...