Stories from Tuesday, September 5, 2023

An elderly Greencastle woman for which a statewide Silver Alert was declared was found Tuesday morning. First responders located Juanita Austin, 91, in the Dunbar Heights area at about 10:20 a.m. She was found to not be seriously injured, with dehydration being the main concern...

The DePauw University Green Center for the Performing Arts will open its 2023-24 Green Guest Artist concert series with a performance by the New York City-based Founders ensemble on Wednesday, Sept. 20, at 7:30 p.m. in Kresge Auditorium. The group’s multifaceted “Dreamland” program, featuring creative arrangements of classics from Duke Ellington to Rimsky-Korsakov to Radiohead, alongside the poetry of Edgar Allan Poe, Gertrude Stein and Maya Angelou, celebrates the rich diversity of contemporary culture.. ...

BAINBRIDGE — The Putnam County Board of Zoning Appeals will again consider a special exception for Cold Spring Solar Farm with another special meeting set for 6 p.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 12. Like the August special meeting on the matter, it will take place at the Bainbridge Community Center, which allows for more room than the Commissioner’s Courtroom at the Putnam County Courthouse as well as putting it closer to the Russell Township location proposed for the solar project...

BAINBRIDGE — The North Putnam Cougar boys’ soccer team was able to get two goals in each half, in a game delayed for a lengthy time by lightning, to remain undefeated and atop of the WIC standings with a 4-1 victory over the West Vigo Vikings Tuesday evening...

BAINBRIDGE – The North Putnam Cougar volleyball set the tone early in a Western Indiana Conference match against the West Vigo Vikings. The Cougars dominated the first two sets of the match winning easily, then after dropping the third, rallied and put the nail in the coffin...

Five people were booked in the Putnam County Jail recently. Friday • At 6:02 a.m. Loren C. Lewis, 56, Henderson, Ky., was lodged at the jail on a court order • At 5:44 a.m. Dennis L. Kent, 46, Cloverdale, was taken into custody on a local warrant...

John G. Black, 80, Aurora, Colo., formerly of Greencastle, passed away on Aug. 31, 2023, at Castle Rock Assisted Living. Born Feb. 20, 1943, in Greencastle, he was the son of Edwin Gifford and Mary Jane Black. He was a 1961 graduate of Greencastle High School and went on to attend Wentworth Military Academy in Lexington, Mo...

Amelia L. Crodian, 89, of Greencastle, passed away peacefully on Sept. 3, 2023, surrounded by her family. Amelia was born in Jamestown on July 10, 1934, the daughter of Burl and Ruth Sperry. On Oct. 17, 1954, Amelia married Hubert W. Crodian. Together they had four daughters, Diantha (Tony) Thornburg of Crawfordsville, Susan Crodian and Debra (Donald “Rum”) Rumley of Greencastle and Sharon (Marty) Wertz of Crawfordsville, and were blessed with one grandchild, Michael Rumley, Greencastle. ...