Stories from Sunday, March 3, 2024

Madison Township and Greencastle firefighters ensure that hot spots are extinguished after a report of a structure fire Sunday evening...

Four times the DePauw Tigers have run into Hope College in the NCAA Division III Women’s Basketball Tournament and four times they have come up short. In a second round meeting to start March, the Tigers fell to the Flying Dutch 70-55 at Neil Fieldhouse Saturday night...

The conundrum of how to deal with Parke Heritage in the postseason goes on for North Putnam. For the fourth time in five seasons, the Cougars reached the final of IHSAA Boys’ Basketball Class 2A Sectional No. 44 opposite the No. 16 Wolves. And as with the other meetings, North Putnam couldn’t solve how to take down Parke Heritage as the Wolves held the Cougars to single-digit scores in the first three quarters on the way to a 49-34 win at McAnally Center Saturday night...

Peyton Ray Walker, 26, of Greencastle, passed away on Thursday, Feb. 29, 2024. He was born Aug. 23, 1997 in Greencastle, the son of Kyle and Laurie (O’Neal) Walker. Peyton was a 2016 graduate of Greencastle High School and loved playing football for the Tiger Cubs...

Mrs. Nancy Jane Teske Carlson peacefully passed away on Feb. 28, 2024 in Hanover with her family by her side. She was born on Nov. 18, 1929 in Niles, Mich., to Rudolph Martin Karl Teske and Freida Meta (Reddin) Teske. She grew up in Antigo, Wis., where her parents owned and operated a men’s clothing store...

Melba E. Turner, 90, of Greencastle, passed away on Friday, March 1, 2024. She was born May 14, 1933 in the Republic of Panama, the daughter of Woodie and Maya Baldwin. She was a graduate of Greencastle High School in the class of 1954. Melba married Ora C. Turner Jr. and was a homemaker...