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Cloverdale plans updates to Stardust Road
(Local News ~ 07/19/16)
CLOVERDALE -- Town Manager Wayne Galloway announced that the Cloverdale Redevelopment Commission has been making plans to improve Stardust Road, which experiences a large amount of truck and trailer traffic to and from the C Bar C Expo Center. Although plans are not final and the council has not officially approved the project, the proposed improvements include widening the road to 24 feet with a shoulder, curb and gutter as well as installing turning lanes for Stardust Hills Housing Development and the C Bar C Expo Center.. ...
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City Police seeking public's help in catching two thieves
(Local News ~ 07/19/16)
Images taken from store surveillance video are a little grainy. The suspects' age and size isn't readily apparent. And the vehicle they were driving is of uncertain make and model. Yet Greencastle City Police officials believe the sum of that evidence is greater than its individual parts and that someone in the public is likely to piece together the man, the woman and the gold mini-van in question into an actual identity...
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Brazil U.S. 40 project shifting traffic to newly constructed north side
(Local News ~ 07/19/16)
BRAZIL -- The Indiana Department of Transportation (INDOT) has announced that traffic will be moved onto the newly constructed north section of U.S. 40 in Brazil beginning on or after Saturday, July 23, weather permitting. Alabama Street will be closed beginning on or after Wednesday, July 20 for approximately three days to accommodate the change. Vandalia Street will reopen in its place...
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Greencastle gears up with activities
(High School Sports ~ 07/19/16)
Several activities are upcoming in the next few weeks regarding the athletic programs of Greencastle schools. Middle school students interested in playing football for the GMS Tiger Cubs are encouraged to attend an organizational meeting at 6 p.m. on Thursday at the GMS field (behind the middle school building)...
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Neese, Hoosiers finish four seconds from tourney title
(High School Sports ~ 07/19/16)
ATLANTA -- Imagine the worst way to lose a basketball tournament. Sorry, Cooper Neese and the Indy Hoosiers can top your story -- no matter what it is. The Cloverdale senior and his summer travel squad lost 78-76 to We R1 in the Under Armour Nationals last week in three overtimes, with the game decided on sudden death (first team to score) in the third extra period...
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NP's Smith gets scholar award
(High School Sports ~ 07/19/16)
Madisyn Smith learned a lot from playing basketball at North Putnam over the past five years. A competitive cheerleader since age six, she began playing hoops in eighth grade and looks back upon both experiences as having positively shaped her. "At cheer practice, you practice the same routine all the way through," she said. "Nothing changes, and you memorize exactly what you have to do. Once you memorize those things, it's hard to mess up."...
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Myrna Elaine Chiles
(Obituary ~ 07/19/16)
Myrna Elaine (Dunivan) Chiles, 78, of Brazil, passed away Tuesday, July 19, 2016 at Exceptional Living Center of Brazil with her family by her side. Myrna was born Aug. 12, 1937 in Perrysville, Ind., the daughter of the late Ottis and Bess (Marshall) Dunivan and the stepdaughter of Edna Mae Dunivan...
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Partnership provides more diabetes and endocrinology care in Putnam County
(Local News ~ 07/19/16)
Timothy Shoemaker, MD, a member of Franciscan Physician Network, is now seeing patients every other Thursday at Putnam County Hospital in the newly renovated third-floor Outpatient Specialty Clinic. Dr. Shoemaker, who practices with Diabetes and Endocrinology Specialists in Indianapolis, specializes in Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes, gestational diabetes, pre-diabetes and thyroid and endocrine disorders...
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Meet the 12 finalists for 2016 Putnam County Star
(Local News ~ 07/19/16)
Back for its fourth year on the Dixie Chopper Free Stage at the Putnam County Fair, the 2016 Putnam County Star will feature 12 talented singers vying to succeed 2015 winner Tony Patrick. Four-night competition will take place from Sunday through Wednesday of the fair at 7 p.m. each day...
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School board updates supt. selection process
(Local News ~ 07/19/16)
It was announced during the Greencastle School's monthly public session Monday that the board has narrowed the field of candidates for the position of superintendent. Furthermore, newly scheduled executive sessions are now set to take place Friday, July 22, Saturday, July 23 and Monday, July 25, signaling efforts to stay on schedule with previously announced dates...
- Barns of Indiana Art (Local News ~ 07/19/16)
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New e-ticketing system updated
(Local News ~ 07/19/16)
BAINBRIDGE -- With a number of issues tabled and no claims discussed during July's regular public meeting in Bainbridge, the town's council hadn't much to report. However, among other police updates, Town Marshal Rodney Fenwick reported to the board that the newly-purchased e-ticketing system is becoming operational...
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Lions Club golf scramble set Aug. 6 at Clover Meadows
(Local News ~ 07/19/16)
The Lions Club golf scramble is set for Aug. 6 at Clover Meadows Golf Course. All are invited to come out and enjoy a day of golf and support the local Lions Club. Registration is at 8 a.m. at the golf course. Teams of four may play for $160. Lunch will follow...
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Court News for 7-20-16
(Court News ~ 07/19/16)
The following cases were filed in Putnam County courts recently. Patricia Joanne Shaw, 29, Greencastle, Level 6 felony driving with a BAC of .15 or more with a passenger less than 18 years of age, Class A misdemeanor driving with a BAC of .15 or more, Class A misdemeanor driving while intoxicated endangering a person...
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Putnam County Scanner for 7-20-16
(Police Logs ~ 07/19/16)
Seven people were booked in the Putnam County Jail recently. Monday At 11:34 p.m. Raymond Douglas Gray, 24, Reelsville, was lodged at the jail for criminal recklessness, reckless driving, leaving the scene of a property damage accident and intimidation...
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DNR confirms black bear report in southern Indiana
(Local News ~ 07/19/16)
The Indiana Department of Natural Resources today confirmed the presence of a black bear in and around Corydon in southern Indiana. The bear was first reported around 9 p.m. Sunday. Indiana Conservation Officers received a call from a Harrison County homeowner of a bear going through the caller's garbage...
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Brazil Band continues bicentennial celebration
(Local News ~ 07/19/16)
BRAZIL -- The Brazil Concert Band, directed by Matthew S. Huber, presents Hoosier Band: With Bravura and Bombastoon on Sunday, July 24, beginning at 8 p.m. at Forest Park rain or clear. The Brazil Band continues the Indiana bicentennial with Hoosier composer Charles Duble of Jeffersonville and his "Bravura," Indianapolis composer O.R. Farrar's "Bombasto" and "Indiana State Band" and Fred Jewell's "El Campo."...
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Hoosier DNR bettering fish habitat in aging reservoirs
(Local News ~ 07/19/16)
Fisheries biologists with Indiana Department of Natural Resources Division of Fish and Wildlife are creating new fish habitat in Indiana reservoirs. The 471-acre Sullivan Lake near Sullivan was the first project for the Reservoir Habitat Enhancement Program...
- Trilogy Helps Out (Local News ~ 07/19/16)
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