Stories from Thursday, March 3, 2022

For the first time since a spike in cases began nearly two months ago, Putnam County is out of the highest level of COVID-19 advisory, as determined by the Indiana State Department of Health. With numbers below the thresholds for the most severe rating for the second straight week, Putnam was officially classified as orange when the ISDH released its weekly metrics on Wednesday...

With February about to morph into March and the City Plan Commission meeting passing the four-hour, 15-minute mark, a decision to table a Planned Unit Development (PUD) project for Greencastle’s northeast side put an end to the marathon session Monday night...

As facility upgrades at Greencastle Community Schools move closer to becoming reality, the biggest piece of that puzzle took a big step forward in February. In a special meeting earlier in February, the Greencastle School Board awarded a contract to Weddell Brothers Construction, Bloomington, to perform extensive upgrades at Greencastle High School and McAnally Center in the amount of $26,585,400...

Taking part in Read Across America festivities Thursday at the Putnam County Public Library, Greencastle Assistant Fire Chief Rob Frank reads “The Good Egg” by by Jory John and Pete Oswald to a group of local children...

Seth is a senior at North Putnam and participates in three sports, soccer, swimming and golf. ——— Banner Graphic: How important are sports to you, and what have you learned from them? Seth Thompson: “Sports to me are pretty important. They drive me to do better in school to actually play them. I’ve also learned hard work does pay off and have realized that this year.”...

At Monday’s North Putnam school board meeting, an answer was finally delivered as to who would steer the ship for the Cougar football program. Scott Moore was hired as the new head coach, having spent the past five years as defensive coordinator at Seeger High School and a year as a defensive backs coach at Lafayette Jeff after finishing his football playing days at Franklin College...

St. Paul the Apostle Catholic Church, 202 E. Washington St., Greencastle, will host its first of two Lenten fish fries this Friday. The 4-7 p.m. Knights of Columbus Fish Fry Friday event is both dine-in and carry-out. The price is $8 for adults, $4 for children 12 and under...

Debra Lynn Williams, 62, of Fillmore, passed away March 2, 2022. She was born Oct. 27, 1959 in Crawfordsville to the late Edgar and Evelyn (Arnold) Cassida. Debra dearly loved her grandchildren. Her hobbies included being with family and friends, watching birds and wild animals, playing cards and crocheting, and she laughed and loved her life partner Ernie...

Patricia Ann Pitman, 86, of Roachdale, passed away on Monday, March 1, 2022 at her residence. She was born on June 17, 1935 to the late William H. and Juanita (Gleason) Klein. She married Oscar Pitman on Sept. 3, 1971 in Danville. He survives. Patricia was a loving wife and mother. She enjoyed all kinds of music, piano, mandolin and singing. She also enjoyed reading, games, playing with her grandchildren, and just spending time with her family...

Charles K. .Kramer July 24, 1934 - March 2, 2022 Charles K. Kramer, 87, of Rockville, passed away Wednesday, March 2, 2022, at Life’s Journey Hospice in Avon. He was the owner of Chuck-A-Luck’s Auto Sales. He was born July 27, 1934, in Indianapolis to the late George Kramer and Georgianna Burns Seifert...

A Terre Haute-based surgeon is now seeing patients at Putnam County Hospital. PCH welcomed Dr. Janie Myers of Myers Surgical Associates for a recent meet-and-greet with community members. Myers is the only fellowship-trained laparoscopic general surgeon in Terre Haute who is robotically trained. She has started two robotic surgery programs...

Outstanding students at Olney Central College recently received academic honors for the fall 2021 Semester. Among these was Greencastle High School graduate NICK SUTHERLIN, who was named to the chancellor’s list, having attained a grade point average of 3.9...

The latest episode Tiger Cub Pawcast from is now available for download and listening. The March episode features a discussion about the recently approved GHS Fab Lab and Ridpath Principal Emily Johnson discussing Project Lead The Way. There is also a two-minute professional development for teachers...

The following cases were filed in Putnam County courts recently. Duran L. Ray, 45, Indianapolis, level 6 felony failure to register as a sex or violent offender Kandice G. Shalayev, 37, Greencastle, Level 6 felony possession of methamphetamine Dereck A. Burchett, 43, Greencastle, Level 6 felony possession of methamphetamine, Class C misdemeanor possession of paraphernalia...

Castlemakers, Greencastle’s non-profit makerspace dedicated to creating an innovative community of makers, plans events for students and adults during the coming weeks. CoderDojo, a free computer coding club for youth 7-17, will be Saturday, March 5. Drop in anytime from 1-4 p.m., when software professionals will be there to help with what the students may be interested in. This month has a robotics theme...

Five people were booked in the Putnam County Jail recently. Wednesday • At 11:52 a.m. Richard S. Ruble, 45, Indianapolis, was taken into custody for nonsupport of a dependent child. • At 9:13 a.m. Andrew B. Hays, 24, Brazil, was housed at the jail for possession of marijuana and possession of paraphernalia...