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Tired of losing police, fire and other personnel to better-paying municipalities, the Greencastle City Council has commissioned a salary study. On a split vote, the Council agreed to engage the marketing research firm New Focus to undertake a study of the salaries of six or seven communities. Cities such as Plainfield, Avon, Brownsburg, Crawfordsville, Danville, Bluffton and Angola were listed as possibilities...

ROACHDALE -- Continuing a line of success in the art department at North Putnam High School, another Putnam County art student has been recognized at the national level. Junior Curtis Matthias was recently honored as a national finalist for his poster celebrating National Poetry Month, which takes place every April...

When they could be out at other gigs of their own, as many as 25 area musicians will instead be donating their time to raise money and awareness for Beyond Homeless Inc. this Saturday at Wasser Brewing Co. As a culmination to National Hunger and Homeless Awareness week, the downtown brew pub will be hosting the third annual Hope for the Homeless benefit concert from 7-10 p.m. with a number of special guests highlighting the bill...

Bristol Watkins of Quincy is one of three winners of the Banner Graphic Halloween coloring contest.

CLOVERDALE — The closest local race of the 2019 municipal election may not be over just yet. Based on Election Day tabulations, incumbent Cloverdale Clerk-Treasurer Cheryl Galloway defeated challenger Vanessa Carr by just two votes, 143-141. However, Carr is challenging the outcome of the election, filing a petition for a recount in Putnam Circuit Court on Tuesday — the final day such a request could have been made...

A 31-year-old Greencastle man is facing voyeurism charges after it was discovered he reportedly used a planted cellphone to videotape women using the port-o-let bathrooms during the Monon Bell football game Saturday. Logan Campbell is facing charges of voyeurism, a Level 6 felony in which the alleged perpetrator “peeps”using a camera, and a Class A misdemeanor count of public voyeurism...

A Florida man was taken to a Terre Haute hospital after he lost control of his semi on Interstate 70 and plunged down an embankment, coming to rest in a creek. At about 6 a.m. Thursday, Michael D. Holliday, 61, Jacksonville, Fla., was westbound near the 35-mile marker of I-70...

INDIANAPOLIS -- Cloudy weather with a period of light rain did not at all dampen the spirits of at least 16,000 teachers from across Indiana as they rallied for public education funding Tuesday. Among them were three contingencies from Putnam County, with teachers from the Greencastle, Cloverdale and South Putnam school corporations taking part in the day-long event centered around the Indiana Statehouse in Indianapolis...

The November Students of the Month are honored during the recent Cloverdale School Board meeting.

CLOVERDALE -- With a much smaller audience than usual attending its regular meeting for November, the Cloverdale Town Council discussed various issues on this month’s agenda. An issue which had the council working through its options was appointing new representatives to the Putnam County Convention & Visitors Bureau...

Beloved television shows from the 1960s are all the rage these days, so what better old situation comedy for Greencastle High School to stage than “The Addams Family.” The musical will be presented Thursday, Friday and Saturday, Nov. 21-23 at 7:30 p.m. in Parker Auditorium at GHS...

Hamilton Center has announced the opening of Grace Clinic Health Professional, a primary and behavioral health clinic and community wellness provider serving Putnam and Vigo counties. In Greencastle, the clinic is open at 239 Hillsdale Ave. from 9 a.m.-1 p.m. on Thursdays. The Terre Haute clinic, 620 8th Ave., is open 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday...

Members of the Clinton Township Fire Department display their winning trophy after being selected the best chili at the annual Putnam County Fire Departments Chili Cook-off Saturday at the Bainbridge Community Center.

DePauw Theatre continues its season this week with the critically-acclaimed play “The Wolves,” written by Sarah DeLappe. Productions run from Thursday, Nov. 21 to Saturday, Nov. 23 at 7:30 p.m. each evening. The run will conclude with a matinée at 1 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 24. The play will be staged at Moore Theatre in the Green Center for the Performing Arts...

On Nov. 16, members of DePauw University and Wabash College Phi Delta Theta Fraternity chapters presented the game ball to officials prior to the start of the 126th Monon Bell Classic. The ball was relayed on foot and bike between the two campuses this past Friday in advance of the football game...

Anyone interested in taking part in the 2020 Putnam County and DePauw Relay for Life is invited to a callout meeting on Thursday, Nov. 21 from 6:30-8 p.m. The event will take place in the Kiwanis Room of the Putnam County Public Library. The Relay for Life Event Leadership Team is excited about the coming year’s event but is needing community and campus participation to make the event as successful as possible...

Poet Marcelo Hernandez Castillo will be featured in the next installment of the DePauw University Kelly Writers Series, set for 7:30 p.m. Wednesday in the Peeler Arts Center auditorium. Castillo’s debut poetry collection “Cenzontle” won awards because its lyricism, imagery and emotion earned them...

Purdue University Extension and University of Illinois Extension are collaborating to offer the annual Bi-State Crop Management Conference, being held at the Beef House Restaurant at 16501 Indiana State Road 63, Covington on Friday, Dec. 6. Registration begins at 8:30 a.m. EST (7:30 a.m. CST), and the presenters will begin promptly at 9 a.m. EST...

BAINBRIDGE – World War II veteran Marion Saucerman thought he was coming to Bainbridge to hear some music Saturday at Lifespring Church. Instead he was one of 21 Putnam County servicemen awarded Quilts of Valor in an annual ceremony conducted by the ladies of the One Stitch at a Time quilt club...

The 37th annual Holiday Home Tour, presented by Delta Theta Tau sorority, is set for 1-5 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 24. Tickets for the tour are currently on sale for $8 per person and are available at Myers’ Market, Eitel’s Florist, Almost Home, Chicago’s Pizza and from any Delt member...

Beta Psi Chapter of Tri-Kappa sorority in Greencastle will host its 28th annual Breakfast with Santa on Saturday, Dec. 7 at Deer Meadow Primary School. The program is scheduled 8-11 a.m. with breakfast served until 10:30 a.m.  Cost of admission is $5 per person (adult or child)...

The Energy Assistance Program through Western Indiana Community Action Agency Inc. began on Nov. 1, . This federally-funded program is designed to help low-income families with the high costs of home energy. Income eligible families are provided a one-time benefit to their heating and electric accounts to offset some of the cost of utility bills during the winter months...

Introducing Army veteran Raymond McCloud Saturday, Quilts of Valor emcee Tim Tillotson said “you couldn’t ask for a better veteran in Putnam County.” McCloud, now a 30-year member of the Putnam County Fair Board, was drafted into the U.S. Army in 1971 at the height of the Vietnam War...

For all that goes into a game the magnitude of the Monon Bell Classic, it can ultimately come down to one big play.

The Putnam County Non-food Pantry, hosted by St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church, will be distributing items from 12:30-3 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 23 in the parish hall at 520 Seminary St., Greencastle. In order to be eligible for these items, persons must bring proof of Putnam County residence. Those who bring their own bags may select an additional item from the table...