Stories from Friday, September 1, 2023

Another administrator has departed Greencastle Community Schools. On Monday, the Greencastle School Board accepted the resignation of Tzouanakis Intermediate School Assistant Principal Katherine Asbell, a longtime GCSC educator. Asbell, who is taking a counseling position with Plainfield Schools, is just two months behind former Tzouanakis Principal Jennifer Rhoades in departing the school...

For the second meeting in a row, the Greencastle Redevelopment Commission heard nothing but good news about the status of the $28 million wellness center/YMCA project. “Dirt work is continuing,” Mayor Bill Dory reported Wednesday evening, adding that the building pad and parking lot sites are now at proper elevation for construction...

With the progress of the Greencastle bicentennial mural barrelling down the line, artist Damien Mitchell does detail work on a Monon streamlined diesel engine that occupies the south portion of the Dick’s Barber Shop wall...

Due to an equipment breakdown Friday morning, the openings of two intersections connected to Locust Street in Greencastle are being delayed...

The first third of the 2023 football season will be complete after Friday night’s contests with the second intracounty game taking place between North Putnam and South Putnam while Greencastle looks for its first win of the season against West Vigo, and Cloverdale looks to accomplish a feat it has not done since 2018 when it visits Brown County...

NASHVILLE – The Cloverdale Clovers did not exactly play a textbook type of pretty game, but they dominated the line of scrimmage and used a big first half to defeat the Brown County Eagles 28-6 in a Western Indiana Conference matchup. The Clovers had five 10-yard or more plays in their first six offensive snaps and jumped out to big lead to pick up the victory...

Sometimes in football you cannot go by stats and time of possession, as was the case Friday night as Greencastle got coach Dave Stephens his first win. Four touchdown passes from Cole Stephens and two scores a piece for Lamar Moore, Brendle Brennan and Anthony Adams led the Tiger Cubs to a 56-18 victory over the visiting West Vigo Vikings...

BAINBRIDGE – There will be much to ponder for both South Putnam and North Putnam after Friday night’s 28-6 win for the visitors. While both teams continued their opposite trends to start the season as the Eagles moved to 3-0 and the Cougars to 0-3, both sides left the field with questions needing answered...

The following cases were filed in Putnam County courts recently. Curtis L. Shelby II, 36, Indianapolis, Level 5 felony possession of methamphetamine, Level 6 felony possession of cocaine Alonzo Higginbotham, 48, Putnamville Correctional Facility, Level 5 felony trafficking a controlled substance with an inmate, Level 6 felony possession of a controlled substance...

Ten people were booked in the Putnam County Jail recently. Thursday • At 1:41 p.m. Dante T. Hodgkin, 30, Indianapolis, was housed at the jail on a court order. Wednesday • At 11:50 p.m. Eric M. Bloom, 27, Greenwood, was booked in for domestic battery...

Janis Marie Irwin went to be with Jesus Christ, her Lord and Savior, on Aug. 30, 2023. She was born in Muncie on July 18, 1952, to Merl and Alberta Green. Her mother survives her. Jani, as she was fondly called by her family and friends, received her LPN from Ball Memorial Hospital in Muncie and then a respiratory therapy degree from Ball State University. She earned a Bachelor of Science in history from Indiana University–Purdue University Indianapolis and from the University of Montana...