Stories from Wednesday, February 23, 2022

With the Eagles boys’ basketball team taking the court for its regular-season finale Friday, South Putnam will host winter homecoming festivities. Following the 6 p.m. junior varsity contest, the 2022 homecoming king and princes will be crowned...

Potential inclement weather Thursday saw Greencastle and Monrovia agree to move up their nonconference boys’ basketball game to Wednesday evening at McAnally Center. Sporting identical 6-16 records, it came as no surprise that the Tiger Cubs and Bulldogs were hard to separate through a half of basketball but a 9-0 start to the second half and 11-straight points from Cole Hutcheson in the fourth quarter helped the hosts to a 53-40 win...

Benjamin G. Arnold, 79, of Cloverdale, passed away on Monday, Feb. 21, 2022 surrounded by family. He was born Oct. 3, 1942 to the late Leland and Florence (Ware) Arnold. Ben married Barbara J. (Evans) Arnold, and she preceded him in death Feb. 6, 2016. Ben was also preceded in death by his sister, Glenna Stapert...

Roger Dale Clouse, 59, of Poland, passed away on Monday, Feb. 21, 2022. He was born Dec. 1, 1962 to Charles and Doris (Pruitt) Davenport. Roger married Cynthia (Harrell) Clouse on May 18, 2014, and she survives. Roger was a 1981 graduate of Monrovia High School. After high school, Roger served in the U.S. Navy from 1981 through 1987, and was a member of the Knights of The Silver Sword and belonged to other historical groups...

On Feb. 12, students from Cloverdale Middle School and Cloverdale High School traveled to Bloomington North High School to compete in the annual Solo and Ensemble contest hosted by the Indiana State School Music Association (ISSMA). The contest is an event where students have the opportunity to work on extra music as a soloist or in small groups...