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UPDATED: Football scrimmages set for Friday night
(High School Sports ~ 08/11/16)
Putnam County high school football teams will participate in controlled scrimmages on Friday night, with three schools playing at home and one on the road. The schedule is: 7 p.m. -- Southmont at Greencastle, Cloverdale at South Vermillion, Indianapolis Lutheran at South Putnam...
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Parole denied for David Smith
(Local News ~ 08/11/16)
INDIANAPOLIS -- The Indiana Parole Board has denied an early release to one of the four men sentenced to four life sentences for a 1977 western Indiana home invasion that left three teenage brothers and their step-brother dead. David Smith appeared before the parole board this week, nearly 39 years after he was convicted of the four counts of murder in the Hollandsburg shotgun slayings of four members of the Keith and Betty Jane Spencer family: Gregory Brooks, 22, and brothers Raymond, 17, Reeve, 16, and Ralph Spencer, 14.. ...
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TDS Telecom pays it forward, donates former headquarters
(Local News ~ 08/11/16)
ROACHDALE -- TDS Telecom, a telecommunications company that has served west-central Indiana and other areas of the Midwest since 1969, has decided to donate its former regional headquarters in Roachdale to the community after downsizing to a much smaller building across town on North Meridian Street...
- Video: Morning News Update for Thursday, August 11, 2016 (Local News ~ 08/11/16)
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Michael 'Shane' Hallett
(Obituary ~ 08/11/16)
Michael "Shane" Hallett, 47, Greencastle, was born on Feb. 12, 1969 in Lafayette, Ind., and went home to be with our Lord and Savior on Saturday, Aug. 6, 2016. He was the son of Jerry Hallett (Diana Hallett), Crawfordsville, and Linda Stephens Witham (James Witham), North Fort Myers, Fla...
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Inauguration of President Mark McCoy to highlight Old Gold Weekend, Oct. 27-29
(Local News ~ 08/11/16)
The formal installation of D. Mark McCoy as DePauw University's 20th president and the dedication of Hoover Hall will be two of the highlights of Old Gold Weekend, Oct. 27-29. All members of the DePauw community and friends of the college are invited to attend several events, including the inauguration of President McCoy, set for 10:30 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 29, in Kresge Auditorium in the Green Center for the Performing Arts...
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Local dragsters win titles at Crossroads Dragway
(Other Sports ~ 08/11/16)
TERRE HAUTE -- Another hot weekend at Crossroads Dragway started off with a PINK Ladies Series Race and a Scheid Diesel Friday Night Race. Denise Joslin of Terre Haute was the winner in the PINK race over two-time winner Leslie Vaughn, also of Terre Haute...
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DePauw taps former player as its new baseball coach
(College Sports ~ 08/11/16)
Blake Allen, a former DePauw student-athlete and assistant coach and most recently baseball assistant at Vanderbilt University, has been named DePauw's head baseball coach. Allen served two stints (2004-08 and 2015-16) for a total of five seasons with the Commodores with responsibilities that included first base coach, assistant hitting coach, bullpen coach and catching coach...
- Scorpion Shares (Local News ~ 08/11/16)
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Brazil Band to salute Van Buren High School
(Local News ~ 08/11/16)
The Brazil Concert Band, under the direction of Matthew S. Huber, will present "Hoosier Band: Blue Devils and Broadway" Sunday, Aug. 14 at Forest Park, rain or clear. During this week's 8 p.m. concert, the band will recognize graduates of the former Van Buren High School at Harmony, the Blue Devils, with their school song and several Broadway favorites...
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Putnam Scanner for 8-12-16
(Police Logs ~ 08/11/16)
Six people were booked in the Putnam County Jail recently. Tuesday At 5:48 p.m. Tony D. Starr, 33, Reelsville, was lodged at the jail on a local warrant. At 2:36 p.m. Jacob Tyler Wright, 25, Greencastle, was taken into custody on a warrant for domestic battery and invasion of privacy...
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Bainbridge car show moved, motorcycle show still on
(Local News ~ 08/11/16)
The upcoming Car and Motorcycle Show in Bainbridge has been slightly altered due likely inclement weather. Instead of the taking place this Saturday, Aug. 13, the car show portion of the event will now be hosted on Saturday, Aug. 20. However, the motorcycle portion of the event will take place as scheduled on Sunday, Aug. 14...
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Water issues occupy town hall meeting
(Local News ~ 08/11/16)
ROACHDALE -- Among other public concerns such as alleyways, crosswalks and property cleanups, comments of water quality by many of Roachdale's residents quickly took over the town's public session Tuesday. After initiating the monthly meeting, which saw a packed house, Council President Zach Bowers and the rest of the board were harshly criticized by several of the town's citizens...
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Boilermakers bring road show to DePauw
(College Sports ~ 08/11/16)
Four tour buses and a U-Haul. It's not the punchline to an unspoken joke, but what it apparently takes for a Division I football team to move its practice two counties and nearly 60 miles to the south. The Purdue University football team spent Thursday in Greencastle utilizing the DePauw University facilities for two-a-day practices...
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Krambo's credits volunteers for 'epic event'
(Letter to the Editor ~ 08/11/16)
To the Editor: Thank you for running the story on Krambo's seventh annual Da$h 4 Cash. The ride was a huge success for Miss Morgan Sheese. We would like to thank over 500 bikers that rode out for the day, the businesses that opened their doors for the ride, and the countless people who helped this day be so successful...
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PCPL Adult Summer Reading Program
(Letter to the Editor ~ 08/11/16)
To the Editor: As part of our continuing commitment to all forms of literacy, the Putnam County Public Library recently held an adult summer reading program. The library would like to thank our sponsors for the many generous prize donations for our participating patrons: The Friends of the Library, Snap Fitness and Walmart...
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Delay roadside spraying program for brush
(Letter to the Editor ~ 08/11/16)
To the Editor: To Citizens of Putnam County: Please request to delay funding for use of "custom herbicides" on our county roads by attending the Putnam County Council meeting at the Courthouse (Tuesday, Aug. 16) at 6:30 p.m. and/or contacting the Putnam County Commissioners and PCC members...
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From the Hoosier gene pool, these values rock
(Column ~ 08/11/16)
Over the years, some major Olympic moments have been indelibly etched in our memories. Kerri Strug sticking the landing for gymnastics gold at Atlanta in 1992. Bruce Jenner (we can still call him that, right?) being handed an American flag and dramatically punctuating his decathlon gold with it in Montreal in 1976...
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Downtown becoming an event not to miss
(Editorial ~ 08/11/16)
As they lovingly say on the North Side of Chicago these days on shirts and signs ... "It's happening." And piece by piece, like the creation of a good sports team, downtown Greencastle has been coming together with more varied business offerings and activities...
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Shrum's 51 paces Clovers over Northview, Linton
(High School Sports ~ 08/11/16)
CLOVERDALE -- The Cloverdale girls' golf team opened its season in a big way on Tuesday, defeating Northview and Linton in a three-way match at Clover Meadows. The Clovers finished with 210 strokes, while Northview was second with 228 and Linton was third with 245...
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It's a keeper
(Local News ~ 08/11/16)
Football and basketball come most readily to mind when we think of major high school sports, but after an impressive season, the fans of South Putnam High School might just want to add another sport to that list: Bass fishing. Since February, 13 South Putnam High School students have been working hard to prove that fishing can be just as taxing and competitive as any other sport; and you don't have to know much about fishing to see that they're doing a good job of it...
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