Stories from Tuesday, May 23, 2023

The Putnam County Fraternal Order of Police is beginning its annual fundraising drive with calls to solicit donations. The 2023 drive began on Monday, May 22. It will run through July 14. Organizers would like Putnam County residents to know that no in-person solicitation will take place without prior telephone arrangements...

From time to time parents comment about the cost of feed for animals or making things for 4-H projects. Sometimes that is followed by a “well, it is still cheaper than sports” type of comment. Hopefully most are doing 4-H to experience a fun way to learn life, career and interpersonal skills. But what if you could learn to invest and actually make money via the 4-H program?...

As is tradition locally, Memorial Day weekend will kick off with commencement ceremonies for all four Putnam County high schools on Friday, May 26 and Saturday, May 27. The graduations will be spaced out for those who want or need to attend more than one ceremony as follows:...

Greencastle saw its tennis season come to a halt Tuesday at the IHSAA Crawfordsville Girls’ Tennis Regional as Sullivan beat the Tiger Cubs for a second time this season 4-1. The tennis year is not entirely over as Allie Landry won her match in three sets at No. 1 singles, holding off Hanna Burkhart 6-1, 1-6, 7-6 (7-4) and will move into the IHSAA Girls’ Tennis Individual Tournament, returning to Crawfordsville Thursday with an opponent to be determined on Wednesday...

NEW MARKET – A promising start for Greencastle soured very quickly against South Vermillion in the first semifinal of IHSAA Softball Class 2A Sectional No. 44 play Tuesday. Yet despite trailing 7-3 after two innings, the Tiger Cubs scratched out a pair of runs in the middle innings and kept themselves afloat but could not come all the way back, falling 7-5...

NEW MARKET – It took longer than some were hoping but North Putnam made sure of its spot in the IHSAA Softball Class 2A Sectional No. 44 final Wednesday with a 16-2 win over hosts Southmont Tuesday night. The Cougars led 10-2 in the fifth but a baserunning snafu and an ill-advised steal in the sixth saw the visitors unable to reach the 10-run plateau until the seventh inning, even if the result itself was not in doubt...

Five people were booked in the Putnam County Jail recently. Saturday • At 8:23 p.m. Jordan B. Atkinson, 28, Clinton, was taken into custody for driving while intoxicated with a prior conviction, driving with a suspended license with a prior conviction and possession of marijuana...

A public meeting designed to provide input for the 2023-27 Greencastle Parks and Recreation Department’s master plan is scheduled for Wednesday, May 24 at Ivy Tech Community College. The public is encouraged to attend the 6 p.m. meeting to help provide information for what will become the five-year master plan for the Parks Department...

Robert “Bob” L. Marley, 83, lifelong Monrovia resident and pillar within the community, passed peacefully from this life on Tuesday, May 16, 2023, surrounded by his loving family while in the care of Hendricks Regional Hospital. He was born at home in Monrovia on April 20, 1940 to the late Clyde and Grace (Benge) Marley. A proud graduate from Monrovia High School class of 1958, Bob secured employment with Indianapolis Power and Light as a supervisor, retiring at the young age of 55 in 1995...

Joseph Leland Shepherd, 14, of Greencastle, passed away on Wednesday, May, 17 2023, surrounded by his family. Leland was born in Greencastle on Dec. 17, 2008, the son of William and Jacqueline Shepherd. Leland lived a life full of smirks, laughs and love. He loved joking around, going for walks, talking to friends, holding babies, playing video games, electronics and hanging out with his best-friend/cousin, Ella Cofer — she was only three months younger...