Stories from Tuesday, March 8, 2022

Two new Greencastle City Police officers will soon be patrolling the local community, thanks to recent action by the Board of Works. The first of those, Billy DeWitt, was sworn in Monday morning as a probationary officer. He was selected by the Greencastle Board of Works and Safety following the recommendation of the GPD Board of Captains to fill the 17th police position that was added in the 2022 budget...

DePauw University shared the good news last week that with Covid-19 levels continuing to drop, the university’s Covid status had been lowered to yellow. Soon after, DePauw School of Music followed with an eagerly awaited invitation to the Putnam County Festival Choir to resume rehearsal on campus...

Standing out even among a gang of fellow green-clad walkers, Nathan Lewis looks the part Saturday in the Sham Rock 5K in Greencastle. With around 200 runners and walkers, the event served as a fundraiser for the annual Greencastle Summer Music Fest, which is scheduled for August on Courthouse Square...

Putnam County government will soon be banking with a locally-based institution. Meeting as the Board of Finance along with County Treasurer Kathy Minnick Monday, the Putnam County Commissioners voted unanimously to move the county’s accounts to First National Bank, which is headquartered in Cloverdale and has three branches in Putnam County...

ROCKVILLE -- Two Putnam County residents are under arrest after an incident involving both drugs and alcohol. Rockville police officers say the incident took place Thursday afternoon near U.S. 41 and U.S. 36. Officers were working an aggressive and dangerous driving patrol blitz when they stopped a 2000 Dodge Dakota for a traffic violation. The department K9 Thor reportedly alerted officers to a further search...

Are you sick of Covid and confused as to where we are headed now? Bring questions to the Kiwanis Room at the Putnam County Public Library on Thursday, March 10 at 7 p.m. for a community conversation about the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. Sara Burnett public health nurse of the Putnam County Health Department, will be giving a presentation about the state of Covid in the Greencastle community and will be taking questions from the audience...

Five people were booked in the Putnam County Jail recently. Friday • At 3:38 p.m. Joshua A. Smith, 39, Terre Haute, was lodged at the jail on a pair of local warrants. • At 3:21 a.m. Patrick M. Kimes, 23, Fillmore, was taken into custody on a warrant...

Literally putting the creek in Creek Road, the waters of Big Walnut Creek swell into the Madison Township road Monday following heavy overnight rains. While flooding in the low-lying area is nothing new, the propensity for high waters to close both Creek Road and County Road 375 West south of Oakala Covered Bridge could cause trouble later this year...

LIMEDALE — Traffic will be restricted as well as closed for a time Wednesday, as crews install a drainage tile underneath Manhattan Road. The work, which will require a crane for installation, will keep traffic restricted to a single lane just south of Limedale for much of the day, with the road closed completely for about two hours.

Henry David Fraizer, infant child of Michael D. Fraizer and Elizabeth Costin, passed away on March 7, 2022. Survivors include his parents; a brother, Brantley Fraizer; his grandparents, Jill Cook (Jamey), Mike Fraizer (Jessica Saucerman) and Gwen Costin (Mike Lancaster); and great-grandparents, Beverly Costin,...