Stories from Tuesday, April 30, 2024

Two Putnam volunteer fire departments will soon be able to get new equipment through a statewide funding initiative. The Indiana Department of Homeland Security (IDHS) announced last week that 66 such departments, including Madison Township and Reelsville, will receive $10 million in funding toward personal protection equipment (PPE)...

Increased traffic on city side streets is causing new road needs to arise. The City of Greencastle announced shortly after 2 p.m. Tuesday that West Franklin Street has been closed for eastbound traffic only between Market Street and Jackson Street. The announcement, which came via social media, noted the street department was working to repair a large hole in the area...

Gary Gilliam didn’t set out to be writer. In fact, Gilliam would probably tell you that he is not, in fact, a writer. And yet, the Vietnam veteran is on the agenda to give an author talk this coming Tuesday, May 7, at the Putnam County Public Library to discuss his memoir, “So Help Me God.”...

With the amount of educational and athletic opportunities in post-secondary education, finding a pair of students joining the same school is uncommon enough. For two students to also join the same athletic program at the same school is rarer still but St. Mary-of-the-Woods will be the beneficiary of the decisions made by North Putnam seniors Evan Polley and Callee Riggle as the Cougar pair will be joining the Pomeroy track and field program starting in the 2024-25 school year...

Edgewood 6, Greencastle 4 A late Tiger Cub rally fell short as the Mustangs used big innings in the second and third to knock back the visitors Tuesday evening. Greencastle started with a 1-0 after Nathan Sutherlin’s groundout brought in Sam Gooch in the top of the first...

CLOVERDALE – Cometh the Putnam County Track Meet, cometh the trophies back to Greencastle. The Tiger Cubs held serve to win both county titles for a fourth-straight year with the boys clearing the field by a wide margin, compiling 101 points to South Putnam’s 66 while the girls topped the standings on 86 points, 15 points ahead of second-place North Putnam on 71...

Ten people were booked in the Putnam County Jail recently. Monday • At 1:52 a.m. Thomas C. Caldwell, 32, Danville, was lodged at the jail on a local warrant. • At 1:51 a.m. Anthony R. Tiller, 33, Terre Haute, was taken into custody on a local warrant...