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(Police Logs ~ 05/14/14)
County Jail Several people were booked into the Putnam County Jail recently. At 2 a.m. on Friday, William Christopher Spears, 30, Greencastle, was arrested for theft and criminal trespassing. At 10:15 a.m., Keith Allen Shepherd, 37, Greencastle, was charged with a probation violation and residential entry...
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Tiger Cubs beat Eagles in county softball matchup
(High School Sports ~ 05/14/14)
Sometimes, a bit of a helping hand is all a team needs to finally make a breakthrough. Greencastle's softball squad had chances in the first four innings to score but needed an assist from South Putnam to finally push runs home in the sixth and seventh innings for a 6-4 win...
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Senior night at Greencastle sees tough loss for tennis
(High School Sports ~ 05/14/14)
On senior night in Greencastle, the Lady Tiger Cubs' tennis team lost a heartbreaker 3-2 to West Vigo on Monday. Honored seniors included Rosio Gomez, Elise Merrell, Courtney Smallwood, and Melody White. The Lady Tiger Cubs started the match off well, with Bailey Zapp winning the No. 3 singles match 6-2, 6-1. No. 1 and No. 2 singles matches went to West Vigo...
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Meek shines as Cloverdale softball gets huge home win
(High School Sports ~ 05/14/14)
CLOVERDALE -- Cloverdale's softball team swung its way to victory Monday over Covenant Christian. Lauren Meek pitched a shutout game and the Clovers topped the Warriors 13-0. Meek says that it was her screwball and her riseball that was giving the Warriors trouble, however when it comes to winning late in the season, Cloverdale's focus is on the offensive end...
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Vertabel Tweedy York
(Obituary ~ 05/14/14)
Vertabel Tweedy York, 82, of Greencastle, passed away on Tuesday, May 13, 2014. Vertabel was born on March 4, 1932 in Wolcott, Ind., to Henry and Viola Sutton Tweedy. She was a 1950 graduate of Greencastle High School. She attended grade school at Clinton Center and one year at Olivet Nazarene College in Kankakee, Ill...
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Flags to be flown at half-staff Thursday
(Local News ~ 05/14/14)
Governor Mike Pence is directing flags at state facilities statewide be flown at half-staff Thursday in honor of Peace Officers Memorial Day, which honors federal, state and local officers killed or disabled in the line of duty. President Obama signed a proclamation ordering flags nationwide to be flown at half-staff on Thursday, May 15...
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Make way for more GHS Academic Super Bowl titles
(Local News ~ 05/14/14)
Greencastle High School officials will have to put their thinking caps on to solve a dilemma created by the academic successes of their own students. At least that's certainly a nice problem to have, however. For the second straight year, GHS brought home a pair of state titles Saturday in the 27th annual Indiana Association of School Principals (IASP) Academic Super Bowl at Purdue University...
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Alum Cullison returns to lead DePauw's Prindle Institute
(Local News ~ 05/14/14)
Andrew M. Cullison, a 2001 graduate of DePauw University who is currently associate professor of philosophy at State University of New York at Fredonia, has been appointed director of DePauw's Janet Prindle Institute for Ethics and associate professor of philosophy. The appointment is effective July 1...
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Summer Music Festival schedule announced; Thursday reception postponed
(Local News ~ 05/14/14)
The Greencastle Summer Music Festival has announced its 2014 schedule, featuring informal events every Tuesday at 8:15 p.m. at Starbucks, and full concerts every Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. in Gobin Memorial United Methodist Church. All events are free and open to the public, beginning Tuesday, May 27 in Starbucks and Wednesday, May 28 in Gobin, continuing through Wednesday, Aug. 20...
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Fair queen entry forms due Friday
(Local News ~ 05/14/14)
Entry forms for the 2014 Putnam County Fair Queen contest are due to the Extension Office no later than Friday, May 16 at 4 p.m. Potential contestants can find entry forms at www.putcofair.org/fair.html, at the extension office, or contact director Rachel Goold-Wilson at 721-7477 or rachel.g.wilson@gmai.com...
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Entire Big Walnut Sports Park site now belongs to city
(Local News ~ 05/14/14)
Big Walnut Sports Park, which began as an all-volunteer effort in 1988 and has been providing Greencastle and Putnam County youth sports a valuable venue ever since, now belongs to the City of Greencastle. The announcement that the nearly 80-acre park on the Greencastle's far East Side has been deeded over to the city was made at Tuesday night's monthly City Council session...
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South Putnam hosts wet, sloppy county tournament
(High School Sports ~ 05/14/14)
A wet night at South Putnam High School Tuesday couldn't slow down the sprinters of Putnam county. The event finished too late for publication but did see the Greencastle girls take the win with 108. South Putnam took second place with 66.5. Cloverdale had 42 and the North Putnam girls rounded out the wet and cold meet with 29.5. On the boys' side South Putnam got the win with 74. Cloverdale and Greencastle tied for second with 64 and North Putnam got fourth with 42...
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