Stories from Friday, April 19, 2024

As road construction crews expand the affected area of the U.S. 231 road construction project in Greencastle Friday morning, even more chaos on the streets of the city ensues. While southbound traffic on Jackson has no left turn onto Washington, westbound Washington traffic has no left turn onto South Jackson...

After giving up two runs in the top of the first inning, Sam Gooch and Treytin Long combined to throw six scoreless innings and Greencastle shutout Linton the rest of the way, picking up a 10-2 win Friday night. A single and error set up the Miners to score twice in the first as an errant throw allowed one run to score before a groundout pushed a second run in...

Timed to recognize Earth Day on April 22, Putnam County Artist Matt Rees will complete his second woodblock print in a series of four he is creating to support the Friends of the Park endowment. Etched by hand then printed one color at a time, Rees’ delicate process of creating woodblock prints is centuries-old, and his second print depicts a barn owl hunting alone at night in Fortune Woods, inside the Big Walnut Nature Preserve northeast of Bainbridge...

The following cases were filed in Putnam County courts recently. Tabetha D. Judd, 35, Plainfield, two counts of Level 5 felony trafficking a controlled substance with an inmate, Class A misdemeanor possession of a controlled substance Chandler R. Hyten, 27, Fillmore, Level 6 felony resisting law enforcement using a vehicle...

Five people were booked in the Putnam County Jail recently. Wednesday • At 10:27 p.m. Shane R. Hill, 47, Cloverdale, was taken into custody for driving while intoxicated endangering a person and leaving the scene of an accident. • At 4:22 p.m. Brittney A. Thacker, 38, Terre Haute, was housed at the jail on three local warrants...

Sandra E. Smith, 58, of Brazil, passed away on April 18, 2024 in Indianapolis following a brief illness. She was born on Nov. 15, 1965 in Greencastle, the daughter of Tim Floyd and Sandra Lanam. Sandra married Billy E. Smith on Dec. 31, 1992. Sandra loved shopping, going to yard sales and Goodwill, spending time with her grandkids and her cats, Zeb and Squeak...

Virginia Mae Neese, 90, of Brazil, formerly of Greencastle, passed away on Thursday, April 18, 2024. The daughter of Herschel and Lyma (Cooper) Jones, Virginia was born on Dec. 31, 1933 in Reelsville. She married Arthur Neese Jr. on April 27, 1957 and began a family, having three boys and a girl...

Ruby Hess went to be with the Lord on April 4, 2024 at home in Cloverdale. Ruby was born May 9, 1930 in Bowling Green, Ky., to Jerry and Nelly Vickous. She married John Hess on Oct. 17, 1948. He preceded her in death. They had six children, Zandra, Connie, John, LaVonne, Debbie and Tom. She had 12 grandchildren, 30 great-grandchildren and 11 great-great-grandchildren...