Stories from Thursday, August 8, 2024

A Greencastle man has pleaded guilty to the May 2023 slaying of his wife. On Thursday morning, 73-year-old Joseph Rosa entered a change of plea in Putnam Circuit Court. He is set for sentencing by Judge Matthew Headley at 1 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 26...

STILESVILLE -- The Indiana State Police Putnamville Post is investigating a crash between a passenger vehicle and a pickup truck Wednesday afternoon at the junction of U.S. 40 and State Road 240, claiming the life of an area man. Preliminary investigation by Trooper Hunter McCord indicated that at approximately 4:20 p.m., a 2004 Lexus driven by Kent Smith, 67, Coatesville, was attempting to go eastbound on U.S. 40 from southbound State Road 240...

With paving under way on the U.S. 231 project in downtown Greencastle, workers from Rieth-Riley shovel hot asphalt at the intersection of Washington and Jackson streets southwest of the Putnam County Courthouse Wednesday afternoon. Essentially a rugged trench between sidewalks for several months, U.S. 231 is beginning to look like a road again as the asphalt surface begins to be built back up and smoothed out by rollers.

Six antique paintings by a local artist and county official of the early 20th century will stay in the hands of the Putnam County Museum, where they’ve been for the last six years. Having recently indicated their intent to request the paintings by Elisha Cowgill returned after a loan to the museum, the Putnam County Commissioners reversed course Monday morning...

With school starting earlier and earlier every year and lifeguards disappearing at a faster rate accordingly, the Greencastle Aquatic Center is annually caught in a scheduling bind. This year the calendar had barely rolled over to August before the city pool season was over, and that is a cause for concern among Greencastle Park Board members and park employees...

As students head back to the classroom, the Putnam County Sheriff’s Office is reminding motorists to be on the lookout for school buses in the community. Although school buses are one of the safest modes of transportation, injuries and fatalities do occur outside of or near the buses. Most often, these tragedies occur because a motorist has failed to slow down and obey the bus’s stop sign or to follow local traffic laws...

With one defendant in a February robbery and shooting cause already having changes his plea, the second is set to do the same. On Thursday, Aug. 1, Jon L. McGuff, 26, Reelsville, entered a guilty plea to most serious of the five charges he was facing — Level 2 felony burglary with a deadly weapon. The other charges in the case were all dismissed...

CLOVERDALE — The Cloverdale girls' golf team nearly got off to a winning start to the 2024 season Thursday night, falling three strokes shy of defeating Monrovia 217-220 at Clover Meadows GC. Autumn Wheeler led the Clover effort with a round of 50, followed by rounds of 56 from Aliyah Maldonado and Celeste Terrell and a round of 58 from Aliyah Burroff. Payton Watkins shot 59 while Alyzah Welton carded a 71...

INDIANAPOLIS – The Indiana State Fair has a full day of celebrating The Beatles during the State Fair, and just announced another celebration coming this September. The State Fairgrounds will host a 60-year anniversary celebration on Tuesday, Sept. 3 in the Indiana Farmers Coliseum. The 1964 “Seems Like Yesterday’ event will feature a live listening session of the original audio from the 1964 performance, followed by a performance by the band 1964, performing The Beatles’ original set list...