Stories from Wednesday, October 23, 2024

Greencastle Mayor Lynda Dunbar took time out of her day on this past Tuesday to enjoy a bike ride with a family and their kids on the way home from Tzouanakis Intermediate school. The ride was part of what a group of Greencastle families are calling “Bike Commute with a Kid.” The purpose of the event is to raise awareness about street safety and the need for improved infrastructure as the city undergoes its comprehensive plan rewrite. ...

Two things came as real surprises in a Tuesday meeting to update the community on a planned $100-plus million effort to transform the landscape of downtown Greencastle. The first was how quickly that transformation will take place. The second was who has been chosen to lead that effort...

ROACHDALE - North Putnam High School now has its leadership team officially in place. At the regularly scheduled October school board meeting, the board approved Katherine Hamstra as the new assistant principal. Hamstra will work alongside Amanda Williams, who was hired as the full-time NPHS principal at the September school board meeting. She moves into the position from North Putnam Middle School where she was a seventh-grade English teacher...

Dixie Chopper released its new Silver Eagle Stand-on zero-turn mower at the recent 2024 Equip Expo in Louisville. The Silver Eagle Stand-on is a brand-new stand-on series designed for the commercial contractor. The new model from the Fillmore-based makers of the “World’s Fastest Lawn Mower” comes equipped with a 27-horsepower Kawasaki FX engine and a robust pump and wheel motor drive system. The PK pumps from Hydro-Gear float with the engine and deck to ensure belt tension stays constant...

Chaplain (Maj.) Ben Stallings (U.S. Army, Ret.) passed away Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2024, at 73 years of age from complications related to dementia. He was born Dec. 5, 1950, in Tampa, Fla., to Eugene Zollie Stallings and Sarah Myrtice McMillan Stallings. ...

MORTON -- Lane closures that will impact U.S. 36 near Morton have been announced by the Indiana Department of Transportation. Beginning on or after Monday, Oct. 28, crews will be reducing U.S. 36 between County Road 600 West and County Road 775 West down to one lane...