Stories from Friday, April 28, 2023

Rather routine consideration of elevating a police officer’s status from probationary to fulltime at the April Greencastle Board of Works meeting begat a discussion of the potential need for a school resource officer for Greencastle Community Schools...

Eight students were recognized with a special scholarship at the Putnam County PIE Coalition’s last breakfast of the school year last Friday. For many, it honors an educator who was committed to serving others. Becky Brothers was a student-athlete who graduated from North Putnam and then, by many accounts, was an integral teacher, educator and guidance counselor at South Putnam for three decades. In that time, she had a profound impact on students and colleagues alike...

Along with noting a change in its library card replacement policy, the Putnam County Public Library’s board of trustees also approved a separate lawn care provider Wednesday evening. Thanking board member Barbara Boese for pointing it out in the first place, Director Matt McClelland reported that the library’s snow removal vendor does not provide lawn care. A vendor has provided both services in the past...

By Joey Bennett For the Banner Graphic Ray Bates of Cloverdale looks to defend his Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference 400-meter indoor championship this weekend as the Rose-Hulman Engineers compete in the HCAC Outdoor Championships at Franklin...

Cayden is a senior at South Putnam and participates in two sports, football and track. ——— Banner Graphic: How important are sports to you, and what have you learned from them? Cayden Witt: “Sports are one of the most important things in my life. I’ve been doing them forever. ...

The following cases were filed in Putnam County courts recently. Said S.H. Sayid, 46, San Diego, Level 2 felony dealing in a Schedule I controlled substance, Class A misdemeanor possession of a controlled substance, two counts Level 5 felony dealing in marijuana, Class B misdemeanor possession of marijuana...

Three people were booked in the Putnam County Jail recently. Wednesday • At 5:24 a.m. Christopher D. Howe, 40, Cloverdale, was housed at the jail on a Marion County warrant. Tuesday • At 9:46 p.m. Carroll G. Evans, 48, Indianapolis, was lodged at the jail on a local warrant...

In her 85 years, Reta Mae Clodfelter Pearson brought a lot of joy to her family and friends through food. Whenever her grandkids were coming, she’d spend a week baking – zucchini bread, sugar cream pies, peach and raspberry cobblers. Reta was an old-style country cook and proud of it. She learned from the best, her mom, Madonna Clodfelter. Too bad Reta’s skills didn’t transfer to her kids, Jeff and Lisa. Neither cares a hoot about cooking or baking...

Michael Lee Dean of both Gosport and Lawrence (a suburb of Indianapolis), passed away peacefully Nov. 13, 2022 in Spencer. Mike was born March 14, 1944 in Bloomington to Minor C. Dean and Betty Jo (Shultz) Dean, both originally from Gosport. Mike graduated from Lawrence Central High School in 1962. ...