While many a celestial body has been unveiled through the lenses of its rare, antique telescopes, it is McKim Observatory that is a star in its own right. Surviving isolation, lack of attention and insufficient recognition over its 135-year life on Greencastle’s northeast side, the historic DePauw University observatory is considered not only a local gem but a national treasure, members of the Heritage Preservation Society (HPS) of Putnam County were told during their annual meeting Thursday evening at the Putnam County Museum.. ...

INDIANAPOLIS — Staying in business for 100 years is impressive enough. Keeping that business in the family for the entire 100 years? Now that’s really something. Still bearing the family name of founder Clyde Cash and still boasting a Cash as the president and another as the vice president, Cash Concrete Products accepted the Governor’s Century Business Award from Gov. Eric Holcomb on Thursday...

PUTNAMVILLE -- How fast is too fast on the interstate these days? In a 70-mph zone, driving 108 mph will earn you a citation. Not for bravery, but perhaps for stupidity, as a Terre Haute teenager learned Thursday afternoon. According to a report from the Indiana State Police Post at Putnamville, Master Trooper Don Farris issued a reckless driving citation to the 18-year-old Vigo County female traveling through Putnam County along Interstate 70...

It may have taken eight months for a 43-year-old Putnam County man to be charged with attempted murder for allegedly shooting a motorcyclist in the head last July, but his case could come to trial in about a quarter of that time. Douglas Lee "Bam" Allsup Sr. ...