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Alphabet soup may not be on the menu but the old PNC is set become the new KFC. The Greencastle City Council heard that development Thursday night when City Planner Scott Zimmerman explained that the property at 46 Putnam Plaza, last occupied by used car dealer Motorama Auto Center, will be razed and a new Kentucky Fried Chicken establishment constructed on the site of the former PNC Bank...

BRAZIL -- Indiana State Police troopers Friday night assisted the Clay County Community Corrections and Clay County Probation Office with a routine compliance check at Brazil residence that resulted in three arrests, including that of a Greencastle woman...

Tzouanakis Intermediate School will remain closed until further notice. Greencastle Schools Supt. Jeff Hubble notified Tzouanakis parents Friday evening that air quality tests remain high. “Unfortunately, the third air quality test yielded results that make us uncomfortable with opening TZ in the immediate future,” Hubble said...

Wabash College is mourning the passing of Evan Hansen, a Wabash College senior football standout, who died over the weekend. “This is tremendously sad news and all of us at Wabash are grieving Evan and praying for him and his family,” Wabash College President Gregory D. Hess said. “He was a very well-liked young man and a real leader at Wabash. To say that he will be missed is an understatement.”...

Greencastle firefighters came out in force to respond to a house fire located in the Sherwood addition late Friday morning. The Greencastle Fire Department received a call at 9:58 a.m. that dispatched them to 901 Evensview Dr. where the fire had started in the upper part of the residence. Firefighters arrived at the house at approximately 10:05 a.m. and began working to contain the fire. According to GFD's log on the incident, the fire was listed as being under control at 10:32 a.m. GFD stayed at the home until they cleared the scene at 11:33 a.m. In a statement to the Banner Graphic Friday afternoon, GFD Assistant Chief Rob Frank said that a vent fan in a bathroom on the second floor caught fire., which then traveled up to the attic. The fire was contained to the attic, and did not spread to the rest of the house as firefighters extinguished fire fire. The home sustained about $40,000 in total damages. The fire burned a hole in the roof at the back of the house. GFD cut a hole in the front to ventilate the smoke that had gathered inside the home. The home is listed as being owned by Richard and Maurey Martin of Greencastle. Frank said that both were not home when the fire started, and likely arrived after the Banner Graphic obtained initial information on the fire.

Anticipating a big crowd with plenty of questions, the Greencastle School Board will conduct its September meeting in a larger venue. The board will meet at 7 p.m. on Monday, Sept. 24 at Parker Auditorium inside McAnally Center, School Board President Mike White said...

Highlighted by sharing stories of past dispatches, the Greencastle Fire Department hosted a breakfast honoring its retired firefighters at the firehouse on Indiana Street.

MANHATTAN -- A 26-year-old Hendricks County man was arrested in Putnam County Wednesday night after reportedly leading State Police on a pursuit that reach 100 mph at times along Manhattan Road, Indiana State Police at Putnamville reported. Andrew French of Plainfield was westbound on U.S. ...

Driving on a suspended license wound up landing a Brownsburg man in the Putnam County Jail on drug charges Saturday. Deputy Scott Ducker was on patrol in southern Putnam County when he stopped a vehicle traveling northbound on U.S. 231. A license plate check showed that the registered owner had a suspended license...

With the 24th annual celebration just around the corner, Mayor Bill Dory (seat left) proclaims Friday, Sept. 21 as Friendship Day in Greencastle. Meanwhile, Eitel’s & Co. Florist owner Jenny Sullivan (seated right) looks on, already surrounded by several dozen roses.

Two Greencastle men are accused of stealing a minivan Tuesday and later causing a serious accident as they tried to elude police detection. While the crash occurred shortly after 5 p.m., Greencastle Police Officer Kyle Lee had been investigating the theft of a 2005 Toyota Sienna earlier in the day...

Alphabet soup may not be on the menu but the old PNC is set become the new KFC. The Greencastle City Council heard that development Thursday night when City Planner Scott Zimmerman explained that the property at 46 Putnam Plaza, last occupied by used car dealer Motorama Auto Center, will be razed and a new Kentucky Fried Chicken establishment constructed on the site of the former PNC Bank...

Tzouanakis Intermediate School will remain closed until further notice. Greencastle Schools Supt. Jeff Hubble notified Tzouanakis parents Friday evening that air quality tests remain high. “Unfortunately, the third air quality test yielded results that make us uncomfortable with opening TZ in the immediate future,” Hubble said...

BRAZIL -- Indiana State Police troopers Friday night assisted the Clay County Community Corrections and Clay County Probation Office with a routine compliance check at Brazil residence that resulted in three arrests, including that of a Greencastle woman...

Anticipating a big crowd with plenty of questions, the Greencastle School Board will conduct its September meeting in a larger venue. The board will meet at 7 p.m. on Monday, Sept. 24 at Parker Auditorium inside McAnally Center, School Board President Mike White said...

CLOVERDALE — The first day on the job was a productive one for new Cloverdale K-9 officer Maggie. Having just received full certification for narcotic detection the day before, Maggie was spending her first day on the job Wednesday when her handler, Deputy Marshal Levi App, was called to assist Marshal Steve Hibler with a traffic stop...