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BAINBRIDGE — A house was heavily damaged by fire Thursday afternoon in Bainbridge but no humans are believed to have been injured in the incident. Firefighters were first dispatched to 411 W. Main St. at 12:40 p.m., with five area fire departments ultimately responding...

Greencastle Community Schools is officially looking for a new leader following the announcement that Supt. Jeffrey Hubble will retire at the end of the school year. In a special board meeting Monday evening, the school board formally accepted Hubble’s retirement letter...

Cloverdale High School Winter Homecoming is set for Friday, Jan. 17 at the high school. The Cloverdale basketball teams will take on Cascade in a pair of non-conference contests, the final co-ed doubleheader of the season.

CLOVERDALE — The crash of a Tesla Model 3 into a Cloverdale Township firetruck will be investigated by the U.S. government’s road safety agency. The Associated Press reported Wednesday that the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration will send a special team to Indiana to investigate the crash scene and inspect the Model 3 vehicle involved in the Dec. 29 crash with the parked firetruck on Interstate 70 near Reelsville...

FILLMORE ­-- As two new members on the Fillmore Town Council are becoming acquainted, they have met with questions surrounding the resignation of a recently-elected official. During public comments near the end of the council’s first meeting on Thursday, former council member Robin Duncan confronted Jayna Haldeman, who was recently reinstated as Fillmore’s clerk-treasurer...

Authorities looking for a Greencastle man missing since Dec. 21 searched three locations Sunday but came up empty-handed. Thus the case of missing man Darren Huff, 45, enters its third week. “We searched a lot of places and talked to a lot of people,” Greencastle Police Officer Darrel Bunten told the Banner Graphic, “but we keep coming up empty-handed.”...

An Indiana Landmarks grant to conduct an assessment of the historic O’Hair House has been put to good use, a Heritage Preservation Society of Putnam County official said. Indiana Landmarks recently announced that it had distributed $176,250 to nonprofit organizations in fiscal year 2019 to help preserve meaningful places across the state. ...

First she created the Greencastle Music Fest, which has since grown and flourished into the musical highlight of the summer in Greencastle. Then came First Friday, for which Gail Smith has been a co-collaborator as the monthly event has evolved and prospered into a can’t-miss evening each spring and summer on the square...

REELSVILLE -- The manhunt for a Greencastle man wanted in two counties continued Wednesday evening following a pair of vehicle crashes and a stolen truck. Jeffrey Brown, 41, is wanted on a Putnam County warrant for carrying a handgun without a license as well as a Clay County warrant for failure to appear on a residential entry charge...

In another of those thank-goodness-it-wasn’t-snow wet weekends, the Greencastle area endured more than four inches of rain, the National Weather Service reported. The total amount of rain logged in northwest of Greencastle at 8 a.m. Sunday was 4.04 inches, according to the Weather Service...

Greencastle Community Schools is officially looking for a new leader following the announcement that Supt. Jeffrey Hubble will retire at the end of the school year. In a special board meeting Monday evening, the school board formally accepted Hubble’s retirement letter...

Congressman Jim Baird (R-Greencastle) Thursday announced his candidacy for re-election to Indiana’s 4th Congressional District. “Representing Hoosiers in the 4th Congressional District is an honor and privilege,” Baird said. “During my first year in office I have worked alongside our farmers, veterans, educators and many others to advance policies that strengthen our economy and lead toward a bright future for the next generation. ...

Three vehicles were involved in an accident Wednesday afternoon at the intersection of Vine and Walnut streets near the U.S. Post Office. As of 12:40 p.m., the Greencstle Fire Department and the Greencastle Police Department were on the scene...

The City of Greencastle is continuing to work with Republic Services to resolve several recycling issues, the Mayor’s Office said in a press release Friday. Republic will not be picking up recycling the week of Jan. 12 (even week pick-up). Residents whose recycling is scheduled for pick-up next week should not put their recycling toter out...

A new exhibit which will highlight one of Greencastle’s longstanding businesses will open on Saturday, Jan. 11 at the Putnam County Museum, 1105 N. Jackson St., Greencastle. “Beyond the Bright Red Counter” is a multi-medium exhibit by Konrad Rula, a photographer and a studio art and communications student at DePauw University...

CLOVERDALE — The crash of a Tesla Model 3 into a Cloverdale Township firetruck will be investigated by the U.S. government’s road safety agency. The Associated Press reported Wednesday that the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration will send a special team to Indiana to investigate the crash scene and inspect the Model 3 vehicle involved in the Dec. 29 crash with the parked firetruck on Interstate 70 near Reelsville...