The official bicentennial of the State of Indiana is still nearly three months away on Sunday, Dec. 11, 2016. Planning for bicentennial celebrations has been going on since 2011 at the state level and since 2013 here in the county. Lost in those dates, though, is that next Thursday, Sept. 22, might just be the best time to take in the bicentennial experience here in Putnam County...

When Frank Sinatra sang “The September of My Years” half a century ago, he painted a vivid picture. Ol’ Blue Eyes (starting to get a little old himself) was talking about watching life slow down and beginning to wistfully recall the faster times of summer...

Twenty-three people were booked in the Putnam County Jail recently. Monday • At 11:57 p.m. Charles Perry Cooper, 28, Greencastle, was housed at the jail on a writ of body attachment. • At 7:09 p.m....

Six people were booked in the Putnam County Jail recently. Wednesday • At 12:21 a.m. Robert Dale Barger, 32, Greencastle, was lodged at the jail for disorderly conduct, resisting law enforcement and...

City Police A reported shoplifting incident at the Greencastle Walmart store resulted in the recent arrest of a Putnam County teenager, City Police reported. Ashley Mershon, 18, Greencastle, was...