Stories from Tuesday, March 14, 2023

A Greencastle man was taken to the Putnam County Jail Tuesday morning after displaying and later firing a gun at a local apartment complex. Police were called to Castlebury Apartments at 8:42 a.m. for a male displaying a handgun near the playground...

The final Putnam County Farm Bureau Legislative Update session of the 2023 Indiana Statehouse session is scheduled for Saturday, March 18 in Greencastle. Expected to attend to chat with constituents about pending and recently passed legislation are District 44 State Rep. Beau Baird and District 24 State Sen. John Crane and District 37 State Sen. Rod Bray, all Republican lawmakers...

While Elise Lausee will be going north to play softball at the collegiate level, teammates Sydney Lantzy and Emma Hunter will be heading east and west respectively to also keep their bats hot and gloves in play. Lantzy signed earlier this month to make the move to Mount Saint Joesph University while Hunter will go the opposite direction to Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College for the 2023-24 school year...

Despite the Monon Bell game being a local institution, there are times where there has been a lack of local flavor in the game itself. South Putnam will try to help address the issue in the future, first at Wabash with Ethan Harcourt signing to join the ranks of the Little Giants on the gridiron starting in the 2023-24 school year...

Both Greencastle and North Putnam will have a chance at a county title on Thursday as the Tiger Cub seventh grade and Cougar eighth grade teams won in the opening round of the Putnam County Girls’ Middle School Tournament Tuesday. In the opening game, Greencastle used a 9-2 second quarter to create the space it needed to secure a 29-23 win while in the second game, North Putnam scored with 20 seconds remaining to knock off the hosts 27-25...

Eagles 4388 will be having corned beef and cabbage all day until it is gone free to members on Friday March 17. Come in and enjoy food and friends. For anyone wanting to join the Eagles, now is the time for new members to sign up. On Saturday March 18, Frequency band will be entertaining from 8 p.m. to midnight...

The next Living with Low Vision meeting will be Tuesday, March 21 at Putnam County Comprehensive Services from 10-11 a.m. The guest speaker will be Putnam County EMA Director Dave Costin. He will talk about safety and resources during severe weather...

The Faith, Hope and Love Food Pantry, hosted by Lifespring Church, will be closed on Saturday, March 18. The pantry will reopen on Saturday, April 1.

Six people were booked in the Putnam County Jail recently. Friday • At 4:58 p.m. Christopher D. Hunter, 32, Coatesville, was housed at the jail on a court order. • At 2:36 p.m. David A. Byers, 41, Greencastle, was booked in on a pair of local warrants...

Organist Albrecht von Gaudecker will perform an organ concert at St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church this Sunday, March 19 at 4 p.m. Gaudecker will present works by Samuel Scheidt, Johann Sebastian Bach, Jeanne Demessieux, Louis Vierne and others. A free-will offering will be collected to benefit the Putnam County Non-Food Pantry...