Stories from Saturday, March 4, 2023

NEW MAYSVILLE — A home in Jackson Township is a total loss following a blaze that called out four volunteer fire departments Saturday morning. With the dispatch time at about 5:50 a.m., Roachdale volunteer firefighter Brian Poole arrived first at 9392 N. CR 825 East to the porch area and the back side of the home fully involved. Heavy wind eventually led to the fire consuming the whole structure...

Less than a week after the resignation of First Ward Greencastle City Councilman Adam Cohen, the seven-member Council is whole again. Russell Harvey, a 16-year resident of Greencastle, was named Friday afternoon by Putnam County Democrat Chairman Kim Fidler to succeed Cohen for the remainder of the final year of his fourth four-year term. Cohen resigned due to health issues...

BAINBRIDGE — Two are dead after a large tree fell on their vehicle while traveling on County Road 500 North Friday evening. The Putnam County Sheriff’s Office, Putnam County EMS and firefighters from the Bainbridge Volunteer Fire Department were dispatched at about 7:20 p.m. for a tree on a vehicle. They arrived to find the vehicle crushed by a 65-foot-tall ash tree...

NEW MARKET – With four minutes left in Saturday’s championship game of IHSAA Boys’ Basketball Class 2A Sectional No. 44, North Putnam had its biggest round of momentum after taking a 27-25 lead over Parke Heritage. The Wolves took what had been an 11-2 run in stride and finished the game on a 12-0 run of its own to deny the Cougars a sectional title with a 37-27 win...

Mary L. (Hubble) Boller, 84, of Greencastle, passed away Friday, March 3, 2023, at Asbury Towers in Greencastle. Mary was born in Indianapolis to the late Walter V. and Edna (Riddle) Hubble. On May 28, 1956, in Greencastle, Mary married James Curtis Boller. He preceded her in death in 2011...