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UPDATED: Cloverdale bank robbery suspect in custody
(Local News ~ 03/26/15)
CLOVERDALE -- Police have a man in custody suspected of robbing Our Community Bank Thursday afternoon. Thomas A. Baker, 43, is being referred to by investigators as a person of interest in the robbery of the bank, located at 102 S. Main Street in Cloverdale. The Putnam County Sheriff's Department received the call about the bank robbery around 1:30 p.m...
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Man barricades himself in Greencastle house
(Local News ~ 03/26/15)
An Indianapolis man was arrested Thursday after barricading himself in the attic of a house in Greencastle. Joshua Joyner, 34, is being held in Putnam County Jail on a warrant out of Hendricks County. Greencastle Police Chief Tom Sutherlin said a complaint was made at the Greencastle Police Department, and the victim pointed police to the 303 S. Jackson St. address...
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Court News for 03-27-15
(Court News ~ 03/26/15)
The following cases were filed in Putnam County courts recently. Criminal Cases Alex M. Hardcastle, 26, Indianapolis, Level 5 felony operating a vehicle after forfeiture of license for life Amanda Keen, 29, Poland, Class B misdemeanor compulsory school attendance violation...
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South Putnam FFA headed to state contest
(Local News ~ 03/26/15)
By Sabrina Westfall Staff Writer South Putnam Middle/High School had a dozen students place first in at least one category during the District VII FFA contest recently. South Putnam Agriculture teacher Amanda King said several of those first place winners will be going to the state Leadership FFA contest with their speeches, to be interviewed and one student giving a sales presentation...
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Area 30 class turns scrap-heap Amigo into prize-winning vehicle
(Local News ~ 03/26/15)
The Area 30 Career Center Automotive Collision program claimed first place in its class at the recent 2015 Indianapolis World Of Wheels. Students in Rob Worman's Automotive Collision class have been rebuilding a 1990 Isuzu Amigo over the last three years, passing the project from class to class until it was completed in early February 2015...
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Soil study under way at former Cloverdale Hotel
(Local News ~ 03/26/15)
CLOVERDALE -- An environmental study has started on the property of the former Midway Motel in Cloverdale as part of a brownfield grant. Rob Walker, principal geologist with Cardno RTC, told the Cloverdale Redevelopment Commission (RDC) at the regular meeting Wednesday that work has been started to assess any environmental issues at the 2007 N. Main St. location. The property is currently owned by Bud Porter of Fresh Start Properties, who purchased the land in a tax sale...
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Vive la French Club is the cry at GHS
(Features ~ 03/26/15)
Parlez-vous francais? Literally the translation to that means do you speak French? And apparently an unusually large number of Greencastle High School students do. In fact, the school's French Club even boasts a membership of more than 50. And that seems significant among a high school population of 615 pupils, especially one sans a French-speaking community...
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Greencastle students win blogging contest
(Features ~ 03/26/15)
Four Greencastle High School students won a regional writing contest warning against the dangers of drug use. Brooklynn Buchanan, Sam Newcomer, Zach Secrest and Cody Lewis participated in the blog and photo contest for National Drug Facts Week, which was in partnership with the campaign Sam's Watch. The four students worked together under the direction of teacher Pamela Bacon in the Library Media class...
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Academic achievement tradition makes Greencastle proud
(Features ~ 03/26/15)
Indiana practically teems with tradition. Parke County's covered bridges. St. Elmo's shrimp cocktail. Purdue and its astronauts. Deep-fried delicacies at the State Fair. Among Hoosier high schools, there's the 1954 Milan Miracle. Or Carmel and its high school girls' swimming titles that practically dates back to the invention of the pool. Or Concord's annual march to the State Fair Marching Band finals...
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Once, twice, three times a Lilly
(Features ~ 03/26/15)
In the rarefied company of much larger school corporations from Indianapolis, Avon, Columbus and Fishers, the Greencastle Community School Corporation had much reason to celebrate earlier this semester when three GSCS teachers were granted 2015 Lilly Endowment Teacher Creativity Fellowships...
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21st Century Education
(Features ~ 03/26/15)
The world is increasingly punctuated by the presence of technology, a fact that does not seem poised to change anytime soon. And Greencastle schools are being rewarded for their understanding of this, with $100,000 to be exact. The money comes from the Indiana Department of Education and the school is excited as it looks forward to providing students with a modern experience in the classroom...
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Principal Hesler leaving his imprint on GHS attitude, achievement
(Features ~ 03/26/15)
Call Greencastle High School these days and you'll get a quite cheery response. Greencastle High School, where it's always a great day to be a Tiger Cub. It's the embodiment of a new attitude and the indelible stamp Principal Russ Hesler and the new administration have imprinted on the school and the corporation...
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