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Putnam County Prosecutor Tim Bookwalter has announced criminal nonsupport charges against 25 individuals. The total amount of child support arrearages alleged is $305,056.24. The individuals and amounts of alleged child support arrearages are as follows:...

An investigation by the Indiana Department of Correction (IDOC) recently ended in the Sept. 15 arrest of Barbara Kapaun, 52, of Vigo County. Prison officials investigated Kapuan, a correctional officer, after receiving allegations that she was involved in an inappropriate relationship with an offender at the Putnamville Correctional Facility...

CLOVERDALE -- The meeting space in the Cloverdale Town Hall was at capacity Tuesday evening as both Town Manager Wayne Galloway and Town Attorney Daniel Hoffman came under fire with regard to recently issued non-compliance citations. The owners of four buildings on Main Street, which sustained wind damage earlier this year, came before the Cloverdale Town Council with complaints that these citations were unfair. ...

The county takeover of Putnam County Operation Life has largely become a question of “how” and not “if.” A topic of conversation for Putnam County leaders at various times since a joint session of the Putnam County Commissioners and Putnam County Council in April...

An investigation by the Indiana Department of Correction (IDOC) recently resulted in the Sept. 10 arrest of Bahia Bunge, 29, of Owen County. The investigation developed information alleging Bunge was attempting to traffic drugs into the Putnamville Correctional Facility while visiting an offender on Sept. 9. As a result of the investigation, more than three dozen strips of suspected Suboxone were recovered...

Less than 30 seconds after local police entered the gym, it was all over. Taking part in an active shooter response full-scale exercise, four local officers worked quickly, efficiently in taking out the two “suspects.” Two officers were shot but the wounds likely would not have been fatal...

With the Tiger Cubs already taking care of business on the football field, the only homecoming drama left at halftime Friday is the crowning of the homecoming court.

Homecoming is set for Friday at Greencastle High School, with the Tiger Cubs set to take on Park Tudor in football. Besides hallway decorating and a Friday pep rally, the 2019 Homecoming queen and king and their court will be crowned at halftime of the 7 p.m. game. King candidates include (front from left) Nick Sabin, Joe Baker, Hector Lezama and Brayden Baxter. Queen candidates are (back) Kinzee Wilson, Brittany Ricketts, Rainey Birge, Macy Clark and Allison Stevens...

For the third year in a row Bon Appetit has won the Taste of Putnam County, besting more than 20 other restaurants and vendors in the Sept. 6 contest in conjunction with Greencastle First Friday.

The Indiana Department of Transportation (INDOT) has announced a thin deck overlay project that will begin on U.S. 231 on two bridges on or after Monday, Sept. 23. One bridge is located approximately one mile south of U.S. 36 over Owl Creek, and the other is located nearly three miles north of U.S. 36 over Ramp Creek...

After the entire design of a massive mural on the south side of Greencastle was sketched out in recent days, the westernmost silo at S & W Feed Center explodes with color Thursday afternoon as mural artist Key Detail’s eagle design really begins to take shape just off of the corner of U.S. 231 and Veterans Memorial Highway.

The Putnam County Health Department has received a supply of overdose rescue kits from the Indiana State Department of Health (ISDH) in an effort to help prevent fatal opioid overdoses. The kits contain naloxone hydrochloride, a non-narcotic medication that reverses the life-threatening respiratory failure that is usually the cause of overdose deaths. Naloxone is also known by the trade name Narcan...

CLOVERDALE -- The meeting space in the Cloverdale Town Hall was at capacity Tuesday evening as both Town Manager Wayne Galloway and Town Attorney Daniel Hoffman came under fire with regard to recently issued non-compliance citations. The owners of four buildings on Main Street, which sustained wind damage earlier this year, came before the Cloverdale Town Council with complaints that these citations were unfair. ...

An Indiana State Police trooper assigned to the Drug Enforcement Section’s Criminal Interdiction Unit made a significant drug seizure on Interstate 70 near State Road 39 on Wednesday. Just before 3 p.m., the trooper pulled over a semi-tractor trailer for commercial motor carrier compliance check. During the course of the stop, the trooper noticed indicators of potential criminal activity...

An afternoon rally by students and faculty at DePauw University, as well as local residents, tried to put a spotlight on the issue of climate change Friday. Making their way from Stewart Plaza on DePauw’s campus to the Putnam County Courthouse, approximately 300 people turned out for the march. A model of the globe written on with messages was at the front of the line, along with a banner that read “There is no Planet B.”...

An investigation by the Indiana Department of Correction (IDOC) recently resulted in the Sept. 10 arrest of Bahia Bunge, 29, of Owen County. The investigation developed information alleging Bunge was attempting to traffic drugs into the Putnamville Correctional Facility while visiting an offender on Sept. 9. As a result of the investigation, more than three dozen strips of suspected Suboxone were recovered...

Students are organizing the DePauw community in support of the worldwide climate strike on Friday, Sept. 20. The demonstration begins at 11:30 a.m. on Stewart Plaza, in the heart of the DePauw University campus. Following a rally on the plaza, participants will march to the courthouse square in downtown Greencastle...