Stories from Friday, October 20, 2023

Celebrating the 10 years of a local Halloween tradition, Bryce and Becki Arnold again have their annual decorated hay bale display on their property at 3775 E. CR 50 North, Fillmore (Old Right-of-Way Road). This year, a little bit of the Magic Kingdom has come to Fillmore, with Mickey and Minnie Mouse on the bales and Cinderella’s Castle between them...

Without fanfare, the Greencastle City Council took unanimous action at its recent October meeting on second and final reading of ordinances dealing with an $11.4 million city budget, 2024 appropriations and tax rate, salaries of city employees and elected officials’ pay...

County officials know extensive maintenance is necessary on the aging inventory of Putnam County bridges. They just aren’t sure how they want to go about funding it. The Putnam County Council recently began inquiring about taking out bonds to repair its bridges, but the concept of borrowing for the most dire needs while also having ongoing bridge repairs did not sit well with all of the seven-member council...

The reconfigured IHSAA Cross Country State Tournament hits its midway point Saturday as several Putnam County runners will head to the Brownsburg Regional with an eye on making the IHSAA Cross Country State Finals next Saturday. Those coming from the Terre Haute North Sectional know all about the finals course as they ran at the Laverne Gibson Championship Course over the weekend with Greencastle’s Landon Miller winning the sectional title and South Putnam finishing third overall in the boys’ team scoring, advancing together to the regional.. ...

Winning has become infectious at Greencastle in the past few seasons. The girls’ tennis team has won three-straight sectional titles. Girls’ basketball won a sectional and regional title a year ago. Girls’ soccer added a sectional title two weeks ago...

Postseason play has descended upon the gridiron as the IHSAA Football State Tournament begins Friday night. A redux of last week’s season finale between Greencastle and North Putnam will take place, this time at the home of the Cougars, while South Putnam hosts North Central and Cloverdale will be at home to face Riverton Parke...

Amy Kwas, a development leader at The Children’s Museum of Indianapolis, will join DePauw University its vice president for development and alumni engagement on Dec. 4. Serving as vice president of development at The Children’s Museum of Indianapolis for the past seven years, Kwas previously spent 12 years as the executive director of the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, Indiana Chapter...

With the Indiana Extension Homemakers celebrating 110 years of service to the various areas throughout the state, Putnam County Commissioners (seated, from left) David Berry, Tom Helmer and Rick Woodall sign a proclamation recognizing the week of Oct. 22-28 as Extension Homemakers Week in Putnam County...

CLOVERDALE - The Riverton Parke Panthers only attempted six passes but grounded out 295 yards on the ground and took advantage of five Cloverdale turnovers to advance in the IHSAA Football Class A playoffs 39-14. On a crisp, football kind of night, the Panthers took the opening kickoff and marched quickly down the field in five plays, all on the ground. ...

Heavily favored in its IHSAA Football Class A Sectional No. 47 opener Friday night, South Putnam did exactly what it needed to do. The Class A No. 6 Eagles dominated in all three phases of the game for a 52-0 win over visiting North Central. South Putnam (9-1) compiled 408 yards of offense while holding the Thunderbirds (2-8) to just 31...

BAINBRIDGE – If the regular season finale between Greencastle and North Putnam had been a prelude held in a deluge, the rematch to open IHSAA Football Class 2A Sectional No. 37 was a tempest of an entirely different kind Friday night. A rollicking, back-and-forth four quarters of play came down to a 36-yard Ian Williamson field goal, points that gave the Tiger Cubs a 30-29 lead they would protect as the Cougars couldn’t find one more score of their own in the final minutes...

With the first “early decision” college-application deadline looming on Nov. 1, and tuition and room and board at a four-year college costing $27,940 – $57,570 per year, the personal-finance website WalletHub has released its 2024’s Best College & University Rankings report...

Six people were booked in the Putnam County Jail recently. Wednesday • At 2:42 p.m. Jeffrey D. Bindhammer, 30, Reelsville, was booked in on a local warrant. Tuesday • At 8:32 p.m. Gregory A. Boswell, 55, Cloverdale, was lodged at the jail on a local warrant...

The following cases were filed recently in Putnam County courts. Todd Z. Marsee, 57, Coatesville, Level 4 felony possession of methamphetamine, Class A misdemeanor driving with a suspended license with a prior conviction, Class B misdemeanor possession of marijuana...