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Following an extensive investigation by the Indiana Secretary of State, Cloverdale Police Department and the Putnam County Prosecutor’s Office, a Putnam County car dealership owner has been arrested and convicted of counterfeiting. Christopher Rairdon of Cloverdale Auto Exchange had previously been charged with counterfeiting, check deception, forgery, theft and corrupt business influence...

A crash that occurred on the city’s east side Thursday morning was initially a mystery. However, it later resulted in the arrest of a local woman after she fled the scene of the incident. According to Sgt. Ed Wilson of the Greencastle Police Department, she was eastbound on Washington Street when the vehicle moved into the other lane. The driver then overcorrected and struck a utility pole before coming to rest at the entrance to Stadium Drive...

PUTNAMVILLE — The largest single-day spike in county COVID-19 cases since the beginning of the pandemic appears to have its origin in a recent increase in cases at Putnamville Correctional Facility...

With no concrete details as to how the incident occurred, a wrecked car blocked Stadium Drive on the city’s east side Thursday morning...

Following a surge of 43 new cases when COVID-19 statistics were reported on Thursday, Putnam County added nine new cases in Friday’s statistics. The sudden spike was largely attributed to...

Thanks to the efforts of a local Boy Scout, those facing hardship in Greencastle and two other Putnam County communities have more places where they can find food. Over the past few months, Hunter Miller, a member of Troop 99 and currently a sophomore at Culver Military Academy, has been building, installing and stocking mini-pantries as part of his Eagle Scout project...

Over a tasty Hoosier tenderloin and an ice-filled glass of tea the other afternoon, I listened to a story we all should hear. A friend of mine stopped by the table to chat, and what he shared with me admittedly scared the daylights out of me. He is a COVID-19 survivor. Caught the dastardly disease, battled it for several weeks, recovered and is doing pretty well now...

Confused about what is meant by “implicit racial bias”? Implicit biases are associations made by individuals in the unconscious state of mind. No one is immune from having unconscious thoughts and associations, but becoming aware of implicit racial bias can help us to then address the issue and work to overcome it. The Greencastle League of Women Voters invites you to their Continuing Community Conversation on Implicit Bias on Wednesday, Aug. 12 at 7 p.m...

After a pair of Putnam County Plan Commission meetings, a Putnam County Commissioners meeting and no shortage of contentious discussion, a decision on rezoning the Heritage Lake Marina property will wait another two weeks. Faced with the final decision Monday on whether to affirm the Plan Commission’s advisory approval of the rezone, the commissioners chose to table the issue in order to do more discussion...

Putnam County officials announced Thursday there have been 277 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the county. Of the 43 new cases four were Putnam County Community members. For a further breakdown of casesb visit www.coronavirus.in.gov. The positive case number also may include positive cases at the state correctional facility located in Putnam County. ...

Following a surge of 43 new cases when COVID-19 statistics were reported on Thursday, Putnam County has added 13 new cases in the days since. The sudden spike was largely attributed to a recent outbreak at Putnamville Correctional Facility. The prison, which over the course of several days had jumped from 35 cases to 87, added six new cases in its Friday reporting, bringing its total to 93. As of Monday, no new cases had been added at the prison since Friday...

Following an extensive investigation by the Indiana Secretary of State, Cloverdale Police Department and the Putnam County Prosecutor’s Office, a Putnam County car dealership owner has been arrested and convicted of counterfeiting. Christopher Rairdon of Cloverdale Auto Exchange had previously been charged with counterfeiting, check deception, forgery, theft and corrupt business influence...

Thanks to the efforts of a local Boy Scout, those facing hardship in Greencastle and two other Putnam County communities have more places where they can find food. Over the past few months, Hunter Miller, a member of Troop 99 and currently a sophomore at Culver Military Academy, has been building, installing and stocking mini-pantries as part of his Eagle Scout project...

Confused about what is meant by “implicit racial bias”? Implicit biases are associations made by individuals in the unconscious state of mind. No one is immune from having unconscious thoughts and associations, but becoming aware of implicit racial bias can help us to then address the issue and work to overcome it. The Greencastle League of Women Voters invites you to their Continuing Community Conversation on Implicit Bias on Wednesday, Aug. 12 at 7 p.m...

A crash that occurred on the city’s east side Thursday morning was initially a mystery. However, it later resulted in the arrest of a local woman after she fled the scene of the incident. According to Sgt. Ed Wilson of the Greencastle Police Department, she was eastbound on Washington Street when the vehicle moved into the other lane. The driver then overcorrected and struck a utility pole before coming to rest at the entrance to Stadium Drive...

Following a surge of 43 new cases when COVID-19 statistics were reported on Thursday, Putnam County added nine new cases in Friday’s statistics. The sudden spike was largely attributed to...

The Fillmore Community Volunteer Fire Department will host the Putnam County Antique Tractor & Machinery Association during its next monthly breakfast on Saturday, Aug. 15. The breakfast will go from 7 a.m. to 11 a.m. On the menu will be biscuits and gravy, pancakes with syrup, sausage, bacon, scrambled eggs, orange juice, coffee and water...