Stories from Thursday, March 16, 2023

A 20-year-old Greencastle man being held for firing a handgun more than a dozen times on the grounds of Castlebury Apartments made his initial appearance in court Wednesday afternoon. And it was a short one. De Andre J. Benjamin, restrained with his hands shackled behind him, appeared before Judge Denny Bridges in a Putnam Superior Court case conducted in the circuit courtroom...

Restrictions on U.S. 231, will begin on or after Saturday, April 1, the Indiana Department of Transportation has announced. It is part of the ongoing major pavement improvement project in Greencastle. The northbound lane will be restricted between State Road 240 and Washington Street. Northbound traffic will be shifted into the existing southbound lane within the work zone, and will be restricted to 10-feet wide...

Carson is a senior at Greencastle and participates in one sport, basketball. ——— Banner Graphic: How important are sports to you, and what have you learned from them? Carson Taylor: “I’ve learned leadership through sports and how to be a good teammate and to work with others.”...

BAINBRIDGE – Greencastle and South Putnam split titles Thursday night at the Putnam County Middle School Girls’ Basketball Tournament held at North Putnam. The Tiger Cubs won the seventh grade title with a 26-5 win over the Eagles while South Putnam’s eighth grade team repeated as county champions after defeating the Cougars 39-24...

Suzanne “Susie” Allen, 88, of Greencastle, passed away on Monday, March 13, 2023. Born June 14, 1934 in Greencastle, she was the daughter of George F. and Mary Frances (Harris) Glore. She was a 1953 graduate of Greencastle High School and St. Vincent’s School of Nursing...

Putnam County Farm Bureau is looking to restart its Young Farmers and Ag Professionals group. An informational meeting on the group is set for 6:30 p.m. on Monday, March 27 at the Putnam County Farm Bureau board room at 1001 N. Jackson St., Greencastle...

You are going to dig this year’s Putnam County Master Gardener Association Garden Fair. Learn and shop at this free event on Saturday, March 18 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Putnam County Fairgrounds. Come out and see three great educational presentations and more than 30 garden related vendor booths, many of which are new this year...

RUSSELLVILLE — Citizens concerned with the ongoing shipment of hazardous materials into Russell Township will meet on Monday, March 20. The group will meet to keep the discussion going after it came to light last month that some of the waste from the February train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, was headed to the Heritage Environmental landfill east of Russellville. The idea is for citizens to create an action plan in response to the shipments...

Picking back up a discussion had a year ago, the prospect of admitting students outside of Area 30 Career Center’s five sending schools was broached Tuesday morning. In bringing the consideration to the Area 30 Board for input, Executive Director Chad Nunley first noted that home-school students have been enrolled before. However, this pertained to students outside of Greencastle, North Putnam, South Putnam, Cloverdale and Eminence, as well as from online schools...

Ten people were booked in the Putnam County Jail recently. Thursday • At 12:51 a.m. Aron J. Monnett, 38, Indianapolis, was lodged at the jail on a local warrant. Wednesday • At 10:38 p.m. Joshua W. Turner, 41, Seymour, was taken into custody on a pair of local warrants...

Robert L. “Bob” Dixon, Jr., 67, of Nashville, Ind., passed away Monday, March 13, 2023 at his home. Bob was born April 28, 1955 in Oxnard, Calif., to Robert L. Dixon, Sr. and Janice (Slack) Shepard. On Oct. 14, 1984, he was united in marriage to Viki L. (Schroeder) Dixon. He was a loyal, long-time member of the Bondslaves MC. He spent many years working for the Putnamville Correctional Facility...

Gale Jean Gidcumb, 63, of Greencastle, passed away on Tuesday, March 14, 2023. Born March 22, 1959 in Greencastle, she was the daughter of Royal Dale and Betty Jean (Crawley) Sillery. Gale was a 1977 graduate of Greencastle High School. Gale had worked at Ascena for more than 20 years, retiring in May of 2022. She was a member of Storehouse Church, formerly the First Assembly of God Church, Greencastle...

The building having sat vacant for more than a decade, the demolition of Jones School begins on Greencastle’s northwest side. With crews from Denney Excavating beginning work earlier this week, almost nothing is left standing of the north hallway of the building as of Thursday morning...

A 41-year-old Bainbridge man with a criminal record of 21 different arrests in 10 states was sentenced Wednesday afternoon following a change of plea hearing in Putnam Superior Court. As a result of a plea agreement, Johnathan E. Hyde pleaded guilty to possession of methamphetamine in an amount of 10-28 grams, a Level 4 felony...