Always a sucker for a good underdog story as a sports writer, Steve Fields is now beating the odds himself. Thursday night he closed the book on a four-year term as a councilman in Greencastle’s Third Ward. But that’s not the end of the story. Fields wasn’t even supposed to be there if you believe his doctors’ prognostications. He wasn’t supposed to be anywhere for that matter...

Acting on a commitment to service within the community, a recent initiative by the Greencastle National Guard Armory has given a boost to two Putnam County food pantries. Driving a light medium tactical vehicle (LMTV), Sgt. Frank Gardner and Staff Sgt. Ignacio Diaz collected non-perishable food items donated by the junior and senior classes at Greencastle High School and Cloverdale High School Friday morning...

While a six-car pile-up isn’t an everyday sight in Putnam County, the good news is that no one was seriously injured in a wreck south of Greencastle early Friday evening.

BRAZIL — Putnam County’s J.T. Chadd received a phone call full of holiday cheer on Friday. He was drawn as the winner of a 2019 RAM 1500 pickup truck raffled this year to benefit the new Indiana Sheriffs’ Youth Ranch for future law enforcement officers and at-risk kids...