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Featured Athlete of the Week: Brenan Hall, basketball Cloverdale High School
(High School Sports ~ 12/11/15)
Brenan Hall was born on July 21, 1997 to Tracy and Scott Hall. Hall is a senior basketball player at Cloverdale High School who also throws on the track and field team but may switch and run the mile this season. Hall enjoys sports movies and he enjoys listening to a variety on Pandora. He also enjoys burgers from Cheeseburger in Paradise and TGI Friday's...
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Cooper Neese excited to join the Bulldog tradition
(High School Sports ~ 12/11/15)
CLOVERDALE -- Cooper Neese will be a Bulldog. The Cloverdale junior received a full-ride scholarship from Butler Tuesday and Neese verbally committed. Neese previously received offers from University of Evansville, Indiana State and Ball State. The forward visited Butler in early September on an unofficial visit...
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North Putnam's Nauert leads All-County team
(High School Sports ~ 12/11/15)
ROACHDALE -- Putnam County volleyball players have a better idea than most when it comes to playing against North Putnam's Taylor Nauert. Nauert led the county in both aces and blocks and her kills as well has her hitting percentage are both tops in the Western Indiana Conference. Nauert tenacity on the floor as well as her leadership abilities have earned the senior 2015 Banner Graphic Player of the Year honors...
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ISP Putnamville offers active shooter training to communities
(Local News ~ 12/11/15)
PUTNAMVILLE -- In today's world, recent events have shown us that trouble can strike in the blink of an eye and at any location. One of those events is the far to frequent active shooter. For the last few years, Indiana State Police has been providing training and information to Indiana schools to educate students and staff on the options they have during an armed intruder assault...
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Bicentennial Flag
(Local News ~ 12/11/15)
In unison with other locations throughout the state, county officials raise an Indiana Bicentennial Flag at noon on Friday in commemoration of the 199th anniversary of the state's founding. The flags are to fly through Dec. 11, 2016, marking the entirety of the state's 200th year. Helping courthouse custodian Mike Phillips (left) raise the flag were Commissioner David Berry and councilmen Keith Berry and Daryl Thomas. Also present for the ceremony were Commissioner Don Walton and Councilman Dave Fuhrman.
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Defenders of Liberty to hear Cindy Noe Monday
(Local News ~ 12/11/15)
The Greencastle Defenders of Liberty will meet on Monday, Dec. 14 at the Dixie Chopper Business Center at the Putnam County Airport, 102 Ballard Lane, Greencastle. Featured speaker for the 6:30 p.m. public meeting will be Cindy Noe, who served in the Indiana House of Representatives 2001-12. She will cover the Electromagnetic Pulse/EMP threat to the U.S. electrical grid from both a terrorist or geomagnetic disturbance force...
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Richard Allen 'Frog' Swafford
(Obituary ~ 12/11/15)
Richard Allen "Frog" Swafford, 52, of Greencastle, passed away on Wednesday, Dec. 9, 2015. Frog was born on March 14, 1963 in Indianapolis to Robert Lee Swafford and Willa Marie Lutz Swafford. He was a graduate of Lawrence Central High School. Frog was preceded in death by his father and his wife, Sue Ellen Zaring Swafford...
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Kenneth Wayne Sutton
(Obituary ~ 12/11/15)
Kenneth Wayne Sutton, 69, of Cataract, passed away on Thursday, Dec. 10, 2015 at his residence. Born on July 23, 1946 at Indianapolis, he was the son of the late William Nelson Sutton and Ura Beatrice (Golden) Sutton. He was married to Brenda (Spears) Sutton for 47 years, and she survives...
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Pickett - 75th Anniversary
(Local News ~ 12/11/15)
On Sunday, Dec. 20, Mr. and Mrs. Jack Pickett will celebrate their 75th wedding anniversary as devoted husband and wife. High school sweethearts Jack (now 96) and Vivian (95) were married the evening of Dec. 21, 1940 by Rev. Cecil Fellers of First Christian Church...
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Word of Faith Ministries opens doors on Sunday
(Local News ~ 12/11/15)
NEW MAYSVILLE -- Word of Faith Ministries Church will be opening its doors Sunday, Dec. 13 at New Maysville. Services will begin at 10:30 a.m. Everyone is invited to attend this and all services at the church. Pastor Michael Foster will bring the message...
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Putnamville UMC Christmas program set for this Sunday
(Local News ~ 12/11/15)
PUTNAMVILLE -- Pastor Tim Matthews and the congregation of Putnamville United Methodist Church invite everyone to their historic brick church in downtown Putnamville for their Christmas program at 6 p.m. on Sunday, Dec. 13. Pianist and organist Marilyn Burdsall Rush and the choir will present special music. Favorite hymns and Christmas songs will be sung by all...
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Greencastle First Baptist plans Christmas services
(Local News ~ 12/11/15)
Pastor Randy McNeely and the First Baptist Church family have planned a series of services to celebrate the magic of Christmas. On Sunday, Dec. 20 at the 9:30 a.m. worship celebration, the Kingdom Kids children's group will join the Celebration Choir in the special presentation "Journey to Bethlehem" leading to the birth of the Christ child...
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Candlelight Christmas Eve service at Greencastle Christian
(Local News ~ 12/11/15)
Greencastle Christian Church will be celebrating the birth of Jesus with a candlelight Christmas Eve service at 7 p.m. on Thursday, Dec. 24. The Christmas Choir will be singing traditional songs and Pastor John Tischer will deliver a special message...
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Chairs for 'Charity'
(Local News ~ 12/11/15)
The Greencastle High School life skills classroom and Greencastle Middle School Art Club joined together to raise money for the Putnam County Giving tree. Painted and designed by last year's GMS Art Club led by Amy Robinson , the chairs were raffled off among Greencastle teachers and staff. ...
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Bumgardner ready for family time as his GFD tenure ends
(Local News ~ 12/11/15)
In 25 years of 24-hour shifts, three times a week, Greencastle Firefighter Roy Bumgardner knows he missed a lot of time with family over the years. So even as he moves on to another full-time job following his recent retirement from GFD, Bumgardner is looking forward to family time, particularly with wife Dana...
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Roachdale plans further updates
(Local News ~ 12/11/15)
ROACHDALE -- Residents of Roachdale are already enjoying new sidewalks around town and, according to Utility Superintendent Jason Woodall, more improvements are in the works. The Roachdale Town Board met Tuesday to discuss a number of issues, but upgrades to the sidewalks in front of the Roachdale Public Library stood out among the rest...
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Feld's to get historic piece of 9/11 steel
(Local News ~ 12/11/15)
On Tuesday, Dec. 15, representatives from the Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation, an organization begun in memory of a fallen 9/11 firefighter, will pay a special visit to Mike Poor, general manager of Feld's Carpet One in Greencastle, to personally thank him for Feld's support of the Foundation's Building for America's Bravest (BFAB) program...
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Pajama Games
(Local News ~ 12/11/15)
About 50 youngsters and at least one parent take advantage of a chance to wear their pajamas to school Thursday night for Christmas Storytime at Fillmore Elementary School. The evening featured stories read aloud in the library by volunteer Tawni Harris (right), while children like Aiden and Addalyn Brinkman (below, right), six-year-old twins of Brian and Emily Brinkman, employ cut-out props in getting their picture taken. ...
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Court News for 12-12-15
(Court News ~ 12/11/15)
The following cases were filed in Putnam County courts recently. Criminal Cases Diane Carol Shupinsky, 46, Indianapolis, Level 6 felony possession of cocaine Samuel Joseph Weekly, 35, Cloverdale, Class B misdemeanor battery Samuel Joseph Weekly 35, Cloverdale, Class A misdemeanor theft, Class B misdemeanor criminal mischief...
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Barnard home destroyed by pre-dawn fire
(Local News ~ 12/11/15)
BARNARD -- Firefighters from seven different departments responded to a house fire Friday morning in Barnard, located in the northeastern corner of Putnam County. Roachdale Volunteer Fire Department (RVFD) Chief Mike Poole said the department first received a call at 6 a.m. and didn't clear the scene, located along County Road 825 just off State Road 236, for quite some time...
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It Waves for All
(Local News ~ 12/11/15)
With Greencastle Mayor Sue Murray and DePauw University archivist Wes Wilson (right) holding onto the Indiana Bicentennial flag, Rick Long of the City Department of Public Works raises it at noon Friday in front of City Hall, participating in a statewide ceremony commemorating Indiana's 199th birthday as a state. The event kicks off a year-long celebration of the bicentennial year, celebrating 200 years since Indiana was admitted to the Union on Dec. 11, 1816.
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Word of Faith Ministries opens doors on Sunday
(Local News ~ 12/11/15)
NEW MAYSVILLE -- Word of Faith Ministries Church will be opening its doors Sunday, Dec. 13 at New Maysville. Services will begin at 10:30 a.m. Everyone is invited to attend this and all services at the church. Pastor Michael Foster will bring the message...
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Putnamville UMC Christmas program set for this Sunday
(Local News ~ 12/11/15)
PUTNAMVILLE -- Pastor Tim Matthews and the congregation of Putnamville United Methodist Church invite everyone to their historic brick church in downtown Putnamville for their Christmas program at 6 p.m. on Sunday, Dec. 13. Pianist and organist Marilyn Burdsall Rush and the choir will present special music. Favorite hymns and Christmas songs will be sung by all...
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