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DePauw senior makes cool donation to emergency food pantry
(Local News ~ 05/29/13)
A pledge by the organizers of DePauw's new campus farm might have gone unrealized if not for the efforts of a graduating senior. While 10-15 percent of the farm's produce is to be given local food pantries, the Putnam County Emergency Food Pantry lacked the refrigerator to store fresh produce...
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Mill Pond Honors Tigers
(Local News ~ 05/29/13)
The Memory Care Unit at Mill Pond presented DePauw Women's Basketball team with a painting of a tiger that they had been working on since the Tigers won the Division 3 National Championship.
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Tiger Cubs golfers wrap up regular season with win against Eagles
(High School Sports ~ 05/29/13)
With sectional play approaching next week, the Greencastle and South Putnam boys' golf teams squared off in a preparatory 18-hole match on Tuesday. The Tiger Cubs came out on top at their home course, winning 310-420. GHS junior Alec Davis was medalist, shooting an even-par 70...
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Putnam County Playhouse begins season with open house
(Local News ~ 05/29/13)
The 52nd season of Putnam County Playhouse will begin with an open house on Sunday, June 2, at the Hazel Day Longden Theatre. The event is free and will take place from 2-4 p.m. Board members will be on hand to answer questions about PCPH. Season tickets and individual tickets will also be on sale that day...
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Reelsville fire department to hold community lunch and concert
(Local News ~ 05/29/13)
The Reelsville Fire Department along with area churches will be hosting a community wide event on Sunday, June 2 from noon- 5 p.m. The event will feature a free chicken noodle dinner from noon -- 2 p.m. The dinner will be held at the Reelsville Fire Station, just south of U.S. 40 in Reelsville. Everyone is invited to attend...
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Scanner May 29
(Police Logs ~ 05/29/13)
Several people were booked into the Putnam County jail recently. At 10 a.m. on Fridday Amy Letrice Murphy, 29, Roachdale, was charged with probation violation. At 12:35 p.m. Stephen Eugene Seketa, 33, Greencastle was charged with probation violation...
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I-70 project will close westbound on-ramp from State Road 243
(Local News ~ 05/29/13)
PUTNAMVILLE -- The Indiana Department of Transportation has announced the resurfacing project on Interstate 70 will close the State Road 243 on-ramp to westbound I-70 beginning Thursday, May 30 at approximately 6 a.m. until 7 p.m. that same day to mill and resurface the ramp...
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Featured Athlete of the Week: Kyler Badten, Baseball, North Putnam High School
(High School Sports ~ 05/29/13)
Kyler Badten, 18, is an accomplished senior at North Putnam High School. He is involved in National Honors Society and is on the suicide prevention team in school and says he doesn't have a favorite food but likes Mexican food the best. His favorite subject is AP biology in school. ...
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Cougars baseball knocked out by Athenian's five-run sixth inning
(High School Sports ~ 05/29/13)
CRAWFORDSVILLE -- North Putnam had already beaten Class 3A No. 6 Crawfordsville once this season. In order to win IHSAA Sectional Class 3A Sectional No. 25, they'd have to do it a second time. They had a chance, but seemingly no matter what the Cougars did in an inning, the Athenians answered each blow with a bigger one en route to a 12-7 win and their eighth straight sectional title...
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Top two 500 finishers have Greencastle ties
(Local News ~ 05/29/13)
INDIANAPOLIS -- With the Indianapolis Motor Speedway less than 40 miles away from downtown Greencastle, Putnam County residents have accurately always felt close to the Indianapolis 500. On Sunday Putnam County had a couple of better reasons than simple geography for its affinity for The Greatest Spectacle in Racing...
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County schools fall short of statewide graduation rate
(Local News ~ 05/29/13)
As 2013 graduation season gets into full swing, the Indiana Department of Education recently released graduation rate information for the 2011-2012 school year. While the state shows an upward trend of graduation rates in the last six years, the results are mixed in Putnam County schools, with each of the four local high schools falling short of the state's graduation rate...
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Emily E. Smith
(Obituary ~ 05/29/13)
Emily E. Smith, 70, Greencastle, passed away on Tuesday, May 28, 2013 at Mill Pond Health Campus. She was born on April 11, 1943, the daughter of Steven and Helen Komgenick. Emily graduated from Stilesville High School in 1961 and went on to graduate from Indiana Business College...
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Local seniors to present recital Sunday at the Green Center
(Local News ~ 05/29/13)
Paul Bryan and Haylie Romer, Greencastle High School 2013 honor graduates, will perform a joint senior piano recital at 7:30 p.m. Sunday, June 2 in the Green Center's Thompson Recital Hall. Both Bryan and Romer are students in the DePauw University Preparatory Program and students of Maureen Carkeek. The Sunday concert will include works by Bach, Beethoven, Chopin, Debussy, MacDowell and Khachaturian...
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