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A Cloverdale man is facing a laundry list of charges stemming from a series of incidents Monday. Accused of driving while intoxicated, resisting arrest to the point of burning an officer with a cigarette and being in possession of a significant amount of methamphetamine, Stacy D. Lewis, 47, has been charged with three felonies and three misdemeanors...

Four Putnam County high school seniors have been named as finalists for the Putnam County Community Foundation’s 2021 Lilly Endowment Community Scholar. This prestigious award goes to an outstanding graduating high school senior in Putnam County. The Lilly Endowment Community Scholar will be awarded a full-tuition scholarship including a $900 book stipend per year, for four years to any accredited school in Indiana...

BROWNSBURG – Cloverdale will send its girls’ cross country team on to the Ben Davis Regional after a fourth-place finish at the IHSAA Brownsburg Cross Country Sectional Saturday morning. The Clover squad, which included fifth-place finisher Ella Szczerbik, Lily Monnett, Abigail Nees, Daphanie Geiger, Jessica Geiger and Sydney Willis, will be joined on the west side of Indianapolis by 11 other Putnam County runners this coming Saturday...

INDIANAPOLIS — Four Putnam County runners advanced to the IHSAA Shelbyville Cross Country Semi-State after taking part in the Ben Davis Regional Saturday morning. Cloverdale’s Ella Szczerbik and Brady Koosman, Greencastle’s Charlie Menzel and North Putnam’s Grace Elmore will race next week at Blue River Park after finishing among the top-10 individuals without an advancing team in the regional...

FILLMORE — A 14-mile pursuit on Putnam County roads was enough to land a Fillmore woman in jail Friday. When her mother kicked the arresting officer at the end, she also found herself under arrest. Jade Ward, 19, and Tonya Boggs, 42, both of Fillmore, were each booked in the Putnam County Jail on a variety of misdemeanor and felony charges...

CLOVERDALE -- After pushing for online bill pay for utility customers, Cloverdale Clerk-Treasurer Kelly Maners is looking to more improvements at the Cloverdale Town Hall. Among those the Cloverdale Town Council heard from Maners during its regular meeting Tuesday evening include an updated sound and video system in the meeting room as well as tablets for each council member...

Grace is a senior at North Putnam and participates in three sports: cross country, swimming and track and field. ——— Banner Graphic: How important are sports to you, and what have you learned from them? Grace Elmore: “Sports have been absolutely essential to my high school experience. I’ve learned so much about teamwork and myself. I would not be who I am without them.”...

With 30 new cases over the last seven days, Putnam County has reported 695 cases of COVID-19 since mid-March. The Indiana State Department of Health released the latest information Monday afternoon, showing the number of cases through Sunday. The county has reported no new deaths in the pandemic since Oct. 7, following a period in which the county had seven deaths in a 22-day period...

Police personnel responded to a car-versus-truck incident on U.S. 231 near Plessinger’s Hill Friday morning.

Acknowledging Extension Homemakers in the community, Putnam County Commissioner Rick Woodall signs a proclamation recognizing the week of Oct. 18-24 as Indiana Extension Homemakers Week in Putnam County...

With 30 new cases over the last seven days, Putnam County has reported 695 cases of COVID-19 since mid-March. The Indiana State Department of Health released the latest information Monday afternoon, showing the number of cases through Sunday. The county has reported no new deaths in the pandemic since Oct. 7, following a period in which the county had seven deaths in a 22-day period...

A Cloverdale man is facing a laundry list of charges stemming from a series of incidents Monday. Accused of driving while intoxicated, resisting arrest to the point of burning an officer with a cigarette and being in possession of a significant amount of methamphetamine, Stacy D. Lewis, 47, has been charged with three felonies and three misdemeanors...

FILLMORE — A 14-mile pursuit on Putnam County roads was enough to land a Fillmore woman in jail Friday. When her mother kicked the arresting officer at the end, she also found herself under arrest. Jade Ward, 19, and Tonya Boggs, 42, both of Fillmore, were each booked in the Putnam County Jail on a variety of misdemeanor and felony charges...

Campaigning for office in 2020 looks different than it ever has in the past. The COVID-19 pandemic has fundamentally changed the way the country does business, and politics is no exception. For District 4 congressional candidate Joe Mackey (D-Lafayette), that meant adjusting on the fly back in March. Fortunately for the challenger, he had some young volunteers up to the challenge...

Acknowledging Extension Homemakers in the community, Putnam County Commissioner Rick Woodall signs a proclamation recognizing the week of Oct. 18-24 as Indiana Extension Homemakers Week in Putnam County...

A 21-year-old DePauw student hit by a car Wednesday morning near the Greencastle Post Office was transported to the hospital but escaped serious injury. The incident occurred shortly before 9:30 a.m. as Jacob Correa of Greencastle was crossing Walnut Street at Vine Street on a skateboard...

South Jackson Street is open again on Greencastle’s southwest side after several weeks of construction and local detours. The extensive culvert work by DePauw University south of Hanna Street resulted in a storm sewer being installed beneath South Jackson in a project that saw its share of anomalies...