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With a challenge to a GOP candidate for Greencastle City Council now settled, the candidacies of two Democratic nominees have been challenged with the Putnam County Election Board. On Friday morning, Republican Chairman Beau Baird filed paperwork to challenge the candidacies of Democrat Steve Snyder for the Fourth Ward council seat and Democrat Dave Murray for one of the three at-large council seats...

“He serves best who serves the truth.” This sentiment adorns a patinaed bronze monument near historic East College, one that celebrates the founding roots of a professional organization committed to promoting freedom of the press and journalistic integrity...

Bringing their repertoire of ‘90s and ‘00s country favorites to the stage, When Country Went Pop headlines a night of country music at Greencastle Music Fest downtown Friday.

The North Putnam Alumni Association will be hosting a 50-year celebration of North Putnam High School at this year’s alumni banquet on Friday, Sept. 13. All alumni and guests are encouraged to attend, and anyone who has an interest in North Putnam Schools is also welcome...

Myers’ Market will donate 10 percent of all grocery purchases purchased on Thursday, Sept. 5 to the Friends of the Library. The Friends of the Library will use all donated funds to support the Imagination Library which puts a book in the hands of children from birth through five years old each month...

A panel of national and local healthcare experts are coming together at the Washington Township Park Pavilion Center, 435 Whipple Ln., Avon, on Tuesday, Sept. 10 from 6 to 8 p.m. for an informative program about health care in America. Everyone is invited and there is no cost to attend...

Cathryn Ensley, chairman of the local Imagination Library, accepts a check from Putnam County Comprehensive Services’ Aktion Club, a division of Kiwanis International...

The chapter of Delta Theta Tau awards two grants each year to local students...

The Greater Greencastle Chamber of Commerce will take a bit of a trip back in time for the August Business After Hours. Doc’s Inn at 126 E. Washington St., Greencastle, will host the 5-7 p.m. networking event on Tuesday, Aug. 27. Doc’s Inn is a 126-year-old Queen Anne Victorian home registered as a national historic site...

The congregation of First Baptist Church, Greencastle, is excited to welcome Pastor Tom Blodgett as its new associate pastor of youth and families. Tom and his wife Brianne are relocating from Janesville, Wis., along with their three children, Jameson, Cayden and Madison...

A 2015 Cloverdale High School graduate, BAILEE STEVENS, has graduated with honors from Transylvania University in Lexington, Ky. She majored in writing, rhetoric and communications and minored in biology. While at T.U., Bailee was a four-year lacrosse athlete and played basketball one year. ...

Nobody is injured following a fire which occurred inside an apartment building on Anderson Street in the early hours of Thursday morning. A call came into the Greencastle Fire Department station at approximately 2:20 a.m. that apartments at 607 Anderson St. were on fire, and that multiple living units were involved...

In a very short special meeting convened without an audience, the South Putnam School Board approved to advertise South Putnam Schools’ tentative budget for 2020 Wednesday evening...

A recent challenge of one candidate for the Greencastle City Council will not stand. However, challenges to two other candidates are likely to be made on the same grounds. On Wednesday, the Putnam County Election Board conducted a hearing in which Republican Cody Eckert’s candidacy for the Fourth Ward council seat was challenged on two different fronts...

With his photo “Soybean Harvest Sunset” deemed one of the top agricultural photos in the state for the last year, Noah Poynter of Greencastle (center) is honored by Lt. Gov. Suzanne Crouch and Department of Agriculture Director Greg Kettler recently at the Indiana State Fair.

RUSSELLVILLE -- After a long period of continual water loss within the town, Russellville officials are now more at ease after a major breach was recently identified and repaired. Clerk-Treasurer Martha Mandleco said that Alliance of Indiana Rural Water came and “listened” to the town’s water meters last month. As it turned out, Alliance relayed that a large water leak was located behind the Russellville Town Hall...

The final Tox-Away Day of 2019 will be held on Saturday, Sept. 14 from 8 a.m.-1 p.m., rain or shine, at the Parke County Fairgrounds in Rockville. Participants will not have to leave their cars as skilled personnel will unload items in a safe drive-through environment...

In the spirit of promoting health and social skills through engaging with the outdoors, Putnam County Hospital recently donated $750 to North Putnam Middle School’s sixth-grade class for its annual trip to Camp Tecumseh.

Banished from the kingdom by the wicked and vain Lord Farquaad, fairy tale creatures find themselves in the swamp where the ogre Shrek has previously lived alone in the Putnam County Playhouse production of “Shrek the Musical.”

CLOVERDALE — POET Biorefining announced Tuesday it will idle production at its bioprocessing facility in Cloverdale. The process of idling the plant will take several weeks, after which the plant will cease processing of more than 30 million bushels of corn annually...

Still facing three felony charges for a Sunday incident in which a bullet from his gun grazed another’s head, a Greencastle man will not be charged with attempted murder. Instead, Ryan Payne, 27, faces formal charges of Level 5 felony intimidation with a deadly weapon, Level 5 felony battery with a deadly weapon and Level 6 felony criminal recklessness with a deadly weapon...

Social media networks have swarmed over American culture, bringing both new opportunities and numerous drawbacks. “Social Media: A Double-Edged Sword” will look at how social media has impacted the nation’s human interactions. This Community Conversation will take place at the Putnam County Public Library on Monday, Aug. 26 at 6:30 p.m...

Coming off of the storm that rolled through Sunday evening, heavy rainfall struck Putnam County once again early Tuesday afternoon. However, this one came with very strong wind gusts that brought down several trees and power lines in the area. Emergency personnel secure one such scene near where Indiana Street and Shadowlawn Avenue meet as a large tree is suspended precariously over the roadway...

In an effort to reduce the number of feral kittens, the Humane Society of Putnam County operates a TNR (trap, neuter, release) program. The Human Society provides a TNR assistance voucher to residents of Putnam County, which will pay 100 percent of the cost of neutering these cats. In some situations, they can offer assistance in trapping and transporting these animals...

The Cox family reunion will be held on Sunday, Aug. 25 at shelter #1 at Robe-Ann Park in Greencastle. The reunion will start at noon. Everyone is asked to bring a covered dish. For more information, call Jerry Cox at 653-6985.