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Eight months after an unusual shooting incident that initially appeared to be a motorcycle accident, charges of attempted murder and aggravated battery have been filed against a 43-year-old Greencastle man. Charges were filed Monday in Putnam Circuit Court against Douglas Lee "Bam" Allsup in the July 24, 2018 shooting of Christopher R. ...

GROVELAND — North Putnam students were not hurt when a school bus was rear-ended Tuesday morning. Bainbridge Police Officer Jes Seipel reported that at approximately 7:30 a.m., the bus driven by Joseph Conniff, 71, Fillmore, was stopped in the westbound lane of U.S. 36 near the BP station in Groveland...

TERRE HAUTE -- A 20-year-old Reelsville man died in a chain reaction crash Saturday evening on Interstate 70 near the 11-mile marker. The Indiana State Police are investigating the incident, which involved two semi tractor-trailers and five passenger vehicles...

Two northern Putnam County bridges have been closed indefinitely after failing inspections last week. County Highway Supervisor Mike Ricketts reported that engineers had inspected Bridge 45 in Jackson Township and Bridge 71 in Floyd Township on Thursday and decided it was best to close both...

Putnam County Sheriff’s Department deputies reported a property-damage accident occurring near County Road 125 North and County Road 25 East Thursday evening.

The closing of College Avenue is no open-and-shut case for the Greencastle City Council. Admonishing DePauw University officials for being unresponsive to previous questions and not coming forward with a request to close College between Hanna and Olive streets until their timetable was already narrow, the City Council Thursday night voted to table first reading of an ordinance to vacate that portion of the north-south street...

There’s both good news and bad news on the Greencastle community center/YMCA front. First, of course, the good news (it’s always better to lead with that) ... City Attorney Laurie Hardwick said site acquisition appears to be on the horizon. “We hope land acquisition will move forward next month,” Hardwick told the Greencastle City Council at its March meeting during the midst of a conversation on the community center’s status...

Site preparation work is scheduled to begin next week at the southwest corner of Locust and Olive streets, where the first of four proposed residence halls for DePauw University’s first-year students is set to be built. “The new residence hall will begin transforming South Quad and the first-year living experience at DePauw,” Bob Leonard, vice president for finance and administration, said. ...

PUTNAMVILLE -- How fast is too fast on the interstate these days? In a 70-mph zone, driving 108 mph will earn you a citation. Not for bravery, but perhaps for stupidity, as a Terre Haute teenager learned Thursday afternoon. According to a report from the Indiana State Police Post at Putnamville, Master Trooper Don Farris issued a reckless driving citation to the 18-year-old Vigo County female traveling through Putnam County along Interstate 70...

And the consensus is, this kid is pretty smart. By correctly spelling the word “consensus” in the 21st round on Saturday at Sarah Scott Middle School in Terre Haute, Noah Couch won the Wabash Valley Regional Spelling Bee. In doing so, the sixth-grader earned the chance to represent South Putnam Middle School and the Wabash Valley in the Scripps National Spelling Bee in Washington, D.C...

GROVELAND — North Putnam students were not hurt when a school bus was rear-ended Tuesday morning. Bainbridge Police Officer Jes Seipel reported that at approximately 7:30 a.m., the bus driven by Joseph Conniff, 71, Fillmore, was stopped in the westbound lane of U.S. 36 near the BP station in Groveland...

Two northern Putnam County bridges have been closed indefinitely after failing inspections last week. County Highway Supervisor Mike Ricketts reported that engineers had inspected Bridge 45 in Jackson Township and Bridge 71 in Floyd Township on Thursday and decided it was best to close both...

It remains unclear how seriously county officials are taking a citizen’s proposal of taxing rock hauled out of Putnam County quarries. However, the manager of one such quarry is hoping they will seriously consider the impact on his and other businesses...

There’s both good news and bad news on the Greencastle community center/YMCA front. First, of course, the good news (it’s always better to lead with that) ... City Attorney Laurie Hardwick said site acquisition appears to be on the horizon. “We hope land acquisition will move forward next month,” Hardwick told the Greencastle City Council at its March meeting during the midst of a conversation on the community center’s status...

PUTNAMVILLE -- How fast is too fast on the interstate these days? In a 70-mph zone, driving 108 mph will earn you a citation. Not for bravery, but perhaps for stupidity, as a Terre Haute teenager learned Thursday afternoon. According to a report from the Indiana State Police Post at Putnamville, Master Trooper Don Farris issued a reckless driving citation to the 18-year-old Vigo County female traveling through Putnam County along Interstate 70...

It may have taken eight months for a 43-year-old Putnam County man to be charged with attempted murder for allegedly shooting a motorcyclist in the head last July, but his case could come to trial in about a quarter of that time. Douglas Lee "Bam" Allsup Sr. ...

And the consensus is, this kid is pretty smart. By correctly spelling the word “consensus” in the 21st round on Saturday at Sarah Scott Middle School in Terre Haute, Noah Couch won the Wabash Valley Regional Spelling Bee. In doing so, the sixth-grader earned the chance to represent South Putnam Middle School and the Wabash Valley in the Scripps National Spelling Bee in Washington, D.C...