BAINBRIDGE — After seeing an 8-3 lead disappear in the sixth, North Putnam’s softball team scored twice in the bottom half of the inning and kept Monrovia at bay to pick up its first win of the season Friday. Emma Williams hit a two-run home run and Brilye Schmitz added a solo shot in the first inning to give the hosts a 3-0 lead, only to give all three runs back by the top of the third inning...

Rain was not enough to dissuade some excited youngsters from taking their share of sweet treats during the Reelsville Volunteer Fire Department’s Easter egg hunt Saturday afternoon. Meanwhile, seven-year-old Isaac Hastings of Reelsville picks up one of his eggs...

Albeit slowly, the Greencastle Community Center/YMCA project is moving along, the City Council was told at its April meeting. The next step in the project, City Attorney Laurie Hardwick reported, is going out for proposals for construction management services on the project...

The Putnam County Health Department has announced a second mass vaccination clinic, set for Saturday, April 17 at South Putnam High School. The site will be administering the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine, available to anyone 18 years and older. Second dose appointments will be necessary 28 days later...

The Greencastle Arts Council, in collaboration with the Putnam County Museum, is currently accepting submissions to the second annual Putnam County Adult Visual Arts Exhibition: “Living Local.” Deadline for online submission of work is May 16. The exhibit, which will take place at the museum, is scheduled to open on July 1 and conclude with a closing reception for the artists Sunday, Sept. 26 from 2-4 p.m. Both the exhibit and the reception are open to the public...

“Celebrating Communal Covid Creativity” is the theme of this week’s 7:30 p.m. Wednesday Greencastle Virtual Music Festival event, A livestreamed discussion and performance, it is available on Zoom at http://gvmf.live, simultaneously rebroadcast at facebook.com/greencastlevirtualmusic and at youtube.gvmf.live...

An out-of-county man was arrested Saturday morning after a drunk-driving incident in which both a street sign and a mailbox were damaged. At about 7:25 a.m., Putnam County Dispatch received a report of a vehicle westbound on Veterans Memorial Highway that had disregarded the stop at the intersection with Jackson Street. It was noted that the vehicle had done so at a high rate of speed...