Stories from Tuesday, March 1, 2022

With the turn of the calendar to March comes the IHSAA Boys’ Basketball State Tournament with games Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday this week. The midweek games for the Putnam County teams will all be rematches from this season as Greencastle will look to avenge a loss to Danville while Cloverdale and North Putnam look to double up their season series with Parke Heritage and Cascade respectively...

Cloverdale and Parke Heritage had opening night at IHSAA Boys’ Basketball Class 2A Sectional No. 43 at South Putnam to themselves Tuesday, a rematch of a Jan. 15 meeting that went the way of the former 34-31. The Clovers would nearly hit the same score as the first game but the Wolves were a different beast than the one before, shooting a robust 75 percent from inside the arc and beginning its race back to the state finals with a 58-33 win...

Celebrate the coming of spring at the Putnam County Master Gardener Association’s Garden Fair from 9 a.m.-3 p.m. on March 19 at the Putnam County Fairgrounds. The Garden Fair is free and has something for everyone — education, garden-related shopping, kids’ activities, free trees and a chance to buy a tasty homemade lunch made by our master cooks...

Motorists on Interstate 70 in West Central Indiana are encouarged to be vigilant during an upcoming patching project. The Indiana Department of Transportation has announced that a patching project on I-70 in both directions is scheduled to begin on or after Friday, March 4...