Stories from Friday, September 22, 2023

ROACHDALE — Multiple North Putnam students were recently recognized with AP (Advanced Placement) Scholar honors, as well as one in the National Merit Scholarship Program. Jubilee Majors was named a Commended Student in the latter, she being one of about 34,000 through the nation. While not continuing in this year’s competition, they placed among the top 50,000 students who entered by taking the 2022 PSAT as National Merit’s qualifying test...

The very first Putnam County use of a relatively new state law could put a 41-year-old Greencastle man behind bars for 40 or more years. Making his initial appearance in court Wednesday afternoon, Jacob N. Skinner became the first person in Putnam County ever charged with dealing in methamphetamine causing death, a Level 1 felony punishable by 20-40 years in prison...

It is a little more than five years since I went out to my first structure fire as a reporter. It was an attic fire that, while the damage was limited, nonetheless called for a box alarm. An actionless shot of the scene. Apart from the Greencastle Fire Department being the local agency, no mention of then-Operation Life, police and volunteers who showed out. A less-than-half-baked telling of how the response took place. I had no notion then of what a box alarm meant...

The ballroom of the Indianapolis Marriott East might as well have been Putnam County East last Friday evening. During the 2023 Indiana Emergency Response Conference Awards Dinner, local agencies earned five different honors. Notable on the evening was the role veteran Roachdale Fire Chief and PMH Ambulance Service Director Mike Poole played in it all, as he had a hand in three of the honors — Volunteer Fire Chief of the Year, Basic Life Support Provider of the Year (non-fire based) and the Heroic Rescue of the Year.. ...

Scenes from the annual Banner Graphic "Salute to First Responders," which was published as a special insert to the Friday, Sept. 22 edition. Check out some of the hard work, honors and training in which our local responders have taken part over the last year.

For a second-straight year, Alie Newby will represent South Putnam at the IHSAA Washington Girls’ Golf Regional. The only difference this year will be that Newby will be doing it solo, having attended last year’s regional with older sister Madie, the younger Newby shooting 99 to the elder sister’s 100...

The 2023 football season has now passed the midway point and with it comes the second of three non-intra county weeks with the Putnam County schools split between home and road games. Greencastle and Cloverdale will take lengthy trips this week as the Tiger Cubs head to Brown County while the Clovers will make a long jaunt to Decatur County to face South Decatur...

BAINBRIDGE – North Putnam rallied back from a two-score deficit to take the lead, only to have Cascade circle the wagons and pull out a 49-39 non-conference victory Friday night. Things looked promising for the Cougars early on but two first quarter fumbles on promising drives cut short North Putnam’s momentum, turnovers that would prove to be costly later in the game...

NASHVILLE – Complete domination by the Greencastle Tiger Cubs was the theme on Friday night in Nashville as the Cubs defeated the Brown County Eagles 84-0 in a Western Indiana Conference football game. The Tiger Cubs had 10 possessions and scored 10 touchdowns. They averaged 22.3 yards per play on just 26 plays with 18 of those plays being a first down...

WESTPORT – Cloverdale understood that its primary task upon arriving at South Decatur Friday night was to find running back Corbin Johnson and keep him under wraps. The Clover defense bent several times but also kept the Cougars out of the endzone on all three of their 10-plus play drives...

The following cases were filed in Putnam County courts recently. Stephen Marinko, 59, Los Angeles, Level 3 felony possession of methamphetamine Jude E. Zasada, 62, West Hollywood, Calif., Level 3 felony possession of methamphetamine Ryan A. Brush, 46, Greencastle, Level 4 felony possession of methamphetamine...

Seven people were booked in the Putnam County Jail recently. Wednesday • At 2:36 p.m. Anthony L. Anderson, 33, Cloverdale, was lodged at the jail for public intoxication. • At 6:16 a.m. Kevin B. McCloud, 58, Indianapolis, was housed at the jail for driving while intoxicated...

He was born at the hospital on Hillsdale Avenue, grew up in a house on Hillsdale Avenue, and married his high school sweetheart who also grew up on Hillsdale Avenue. He graduated from Greencastle High School in 1957. He attended DePauw University and pledged Phi Gamma Delta. He continued his studies at Indiana University in Bloomington and completed his degree in English from Aquinas College in Grand Rapids, Mich...