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WINTER HAVEN, Fla., — After jumping bail on 2003 Putnam County felony charges, two former Groveland residents essentially disappeared. At least the names Derrick Holman and Michele Cox disappeared. Having lived under the names Eric Brewer and Mechele Green for the last 15 years, Holman, 52, and Cox, 48, were arrested Wednesday by Polk County, Fla., officials on a variety of fraud charges...

As a mild Indiana spring evening brought bustling business to Greencastle's downtown Saturday with diners filling local eateries, a couple of Greencastle and Cloverdale prom-goers took the opportunity to use the courthouse and its surroundings as backdrop for a Kodak moment...

The Putnam County Convention and Visitors Bureau’s Tourism Asset Development (TAD) Grant program has invested $66,000 in the last year to support efforts that make Putnam County an even better place to live and visit. Expanding a section of the county’s People Pathways is the most recent TAD Grant investment...

FILLMORE — A Fillmore man faces criminal charges after fleeing the scene of a Wednesday crash that left his passenger seriously injured. Matthew Sykes, 32, was booked in the Putnam County Jail on charges of driving while intoxicated and leaving the scene of a property-damage accident causing serious bodily injury...

Students, faculty and staff at DePauw University were advised via campuswide email Monday afternoon that a handgun was reportedly stolen from a vehicle parked in a campus parking area. The DePauw Police Safety message noted that the handgun, which belongs to a licensed gun owner, was taken from a vehicle parked in the Hogate Hall lot on South Locust Street...

For the second consecutive day Wednesday, student protest stopped a scheduled event on the DePauw University campus. This time it was a press conference at Watson Forum in the Center for Contemporary Media at which DPU President Mark McCoy and Vice President Alan Hill were attempting to provide information concerning the Tuesday night protest during the Jenna Fischer Ubben Lecture at Kresge Auditorium and its aftermath...

Following six bias incidents in a week and two days of student protests, DePauw University administrators are rolling out plans to stop the next round of incidents before they start. Responding to two days of protests on Tuesday and Wednesday as well as a list of demands from the protesters, administrators began announcing the next steps for the community on Wednesday afternoon and Thursday...

Unfurling a banner that read “We are not safe #DePauwKKK,” student protesters interrupted the Tuesday evening Ubben Lecture by actress Jenna Fischer at DePauw University. The actress was about 15 minutes into her presentation with moderator Ken Owen when a whistle blew and a number of students stood up and shouted “I am not safe. We are not safe.”...

DePauw University's slow-motion deconstruction of the house located next to the former site of the campus farm (1521 W. CR 225 South) has continued through the 2017-18 academic year. As part of this year's Earth Week celebrations, community members are invited to visit the project and help themselves to reclaimed materials for reuse in their own DIY home improvement or creative projects at no cost -- but for information about what they intend to do with them...

Scott Stockton is a Republican candidate seeking his second term as Putnam County sheriff. Stockton was born in Putnam County, in the old hospital, and graduated from North Putnam High School. After graduation, he attended Vincennes University, attaining an associate’s degree in law enforcement and later received a bachelor’s degree in criminal justice from Concordia University, magna cum laude...

As a mild Indiana spring evening brought bustling business to Greencastle's downtown Saturday with diners filling local eateries, a couple of Greencastle and Cloverdale prom-goers took the opportunity to use the courthouse and its surroundings as backdrop for a Kodak moment...

Following six bias incidents in a week and two days of student protests, DePauw University administrators are rolling out plans to stop the next round of incidents before they start. Responding to two days of protests on Tuesday and Wednesday as well as a list of demands from the protesters, administrators began announcing the next steps for the community on Wednesday afternoon and Thursday...

Members of the Greencastle and DePauw communities have been invited to stand and march in solidarity against racism. The event will begin at 5:30 p.m. Saturday at Gobin United Methodist Church, at which point participants will meet to make signs for the march...

For the second consecutive day Wednesday, student protest stopped a scheduled event on the DePauw University campus. This time it was a press conference at Watson Forum in the Center for Contemporary Media at which DPU President Mark McCoy and Vice President Alan Hill were attempting to provide information concerning the Tuesday night protest during the Jenna Fischer Ubben Lecture at Kresge Auditorium and its aftermath...

Students, faculty and staff at DePauw University were advised via campuswide email Monday afternoon that a handgun was reportedly stolen from a vehicle parked in a campus parking area. The DePauw Police Safety message noted that the handgun, which belongs to a licensed gun owner, was taken from a vehicle parked in the Hogate Hall lot on South Locust Street...

Talk about your carpe diem moments ... Greencastle High School sophomore Ben Wilkerson didn’t just seize the day -- as the Latin phrase might suggest -- he wrapped a giant bow around it and took it home with him, earning a perfect score on the recent 40-question National Latin Exam sponsored by the American Classical League and National Junior Classical League...

The Putnam County Convention and Visitors Bureau’s Tourism Asset Development (TAD) Grant program has invested $66,000 in the last year to support efforts that make Putnam County an even better place to live and visit. Expanding a section of the county’s People Pathways is the most recent TAD Grant investment...