Stories from Tuesday, April 25, 2023

Honestly, I don’t know whether to file this latest misadventure under “Why do these things always happen to me” or “Isn’t life in a small town grand” category. Let me set the stage: I was in need of some weekend cash and wanted a roll of quarters as well, so I went to the drive-through at First National Bank the other morning...

Even as unwelcome morning frosts continue to linger in Central Indiana, summer is just around the corner. Further proof arrived with the announcement of the full lineup for Parkfest, the Greencastle Civic League’s annual summer music festival that runs each Tuesday evening in June and July (except Tuesday, July 4) at Robe-Ann Park...

It’s not often siblings end up at the same college or university as one another coming out of high school. It’s rarer still for them to be athletes at a school, let alone end up on in the same program. For Chase Carrington, the chance to rejoin brothers Logan and Brach at Marian University was too good to pass up as the Greencastle senior will be joining the Knight football program starting in the 2023-24 school year...

Georgia Johnson Best, the oldest resident at Autumn Glen Assisted Living in Greencastle, turned 100 years on Saturday, April 22. The Greencastle-born Best, who graduated from Greencastle High School in 1941 says, “I wonder sometimes if anyone I went to school with is still alive. I did go to my 50th reunion.”...

CLOVERDALE - The Owen Valley Patriots pounded out seven extra-base hits, including home runs from Ashlyn Boltinghouse and Andi Burkhart, to hand the Cloverdale Clovers a 15-0 defeat in Western Indiana Conference softball action Tuesday evening. It took little time for the hard-hitting Patriot offense to fire up...

It is tough to win games when you dig yourself into a hole. The South Putnam Eagles found that out on Tuesday night. The host Eagles gave up a five-run first inning and a four-run third and could never recover as they fell to the Sullivan Golden Arrows 9-4 in a Western Indiana Conference high school baseball game...

Tuesday’s rematch of the Putnam County Softball Tournament final didn’t need to go 12 innings to determine a winner between Greencastle and North Putnam. The Cougars handled that in the latter four innings, turning what was a 2-0 deficit into a 6-3 win over the Tiger Cubs...

April is National Volunteer Appreciation Month. At the Putnam County Community Foundation, and most other Putnam County nonprofits, we rely on our volunteers to successfully carry out our mission. In a community of our size, we find that it’s often the same people who show up for volunteer roles for a variety of different causes. ...

PUTNAMVILLE -- Ongoing restrictions will be in place on or after May 2 on U.S. 40, between State Road 243 and South County Road 25 East for a bridge work near Putnamville, the Indiana Department of Transportation (INDOT) has announced. U.S. 40 will be down to two lanes during the project. Traffic will be maintained by a temporary barrier wall...

The Christian Motorcyclists Association will sponsor its annual Run for the Son fundraiser ride on Saturday, May 6. Registration will begin at 9 a.m. at Krambo’s, 4248 W. U.S. 40, Manhattan. The ride will begin at 10 a.m. and cover about 80 miles. Registration fee is $25 and will include a door prize. All registration fees will be used to support mission work around the world...