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State Police adding extra patrols over busy holiday period
(Local News ~ 12/21/17)
PUTNAMVILLE -- AAA is predicting more than 107 million Americans -- the most on record -- will be traveling over this Christmas and New Year's holiday period, with the majority traveling by automobile, Indiana State Police at Putnamville are reporting...
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The Best Policy
(Local News ~ 12/21/17)
Exhibiting honesty, Greencastle High School students John Brook (second from left) and Jordan Meyer are the Character Education Program winners for December at GHS. Brook and Meyer were among 16 candidates nominated for the monthly honor by GHS teachers and staff. Presenting them with $25 checks for showing the rest of the student body -- through their words and actions -- what it means to be honest citizens of GHS are Character Education Program co-sponsor Lisa Duggan (left) and GHS Assistant Principal Jennifer Finnerty.
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Extension Homemakers Past County Presidents donate to fairgrounds endowment fund
(Local News ~ 12/21/17)
Representatives of the Extension Homemakers Past County Presidents Club recently presented a donation of $1,000 to the Putnam County Foundation Endowment Fund for the Fairgrounds. One of the major missions of the Extension Homemakers Past Presidents Club is to support local 4-H programs and the work and activities of the Putnam County Extension Service...
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Putnam Prompt Care closed Christmas Day
(Local News ~ 12/21/17)
Putnam Prompt Care will be closed Christmas Day and resume regular business hours on Tuesday, Dec. 26. Normal business hours are Monday-Friday 9 a.m.-9 p.m., Saturday 10 a.m.-5 p.m. and Sunday noon-5 p.m. Prompt Care is located inside Putnam County Hospital. Persons may call 655-2686 for more information...
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PCPL looking for kids to join advisory board
(Local News ~ 12/21/17)
The Putnam County Public Library has announced a new program in which youngsters can share their ideas for making the library a better place. All kids in grades 3-5 are invited to join the Kids’ Advisory Board. The advisory board will meet on Monday, Jan. 8 from 4:30 to 5:30 p.m...
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Putnam Scanner for Dec. 22, 2017
(Police Logs ~ 12/21/17)
Ten people were booked in the Putnam County Jail recently. Wednesday • At 1:51 p.m. Erik Exequiel Cifuentes, 26, Crawfordsville, was lodged at the jail for false identity statement and driving without ever receiving a license. • At 1:13 p.m. Ashley Deann Karish, 34, Greencastle, was taken into custody for possession of methamphetamine, maintaining a common nuisance and possession of paraphernalia...
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City looks to lighten energy load
(Local News ~ 12/21/17)
Following up on its springtime success in converting City Hall from fluorescent lights and old-style lightbulbs both inside and out to LED lighting, Greencastle is planning to do the same at its water plant, wastewater plant and parks property, the Board of Works approved Wednesday...
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Tiger Cubs second in wrestling invitational
(High School Sports ~ 12/21/17)
Greencastle hosted the Holiday Wrestling Invitational on Saturday, placing second among six teams. Monrovia won the tournament with a 5-0 record, while the Cubs were second at 4-1. Sullivan placed third at 3-2, followed by South Vermillion at 2-3, Cloverdale at 1-4 and Turkey Run at 0-5...
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It’s a blue Christmas for trucker Dale Smith too
(Local News ~ 12/21/17)
Elvis Presley has got nothing on Dale Smith. Elvis may have legendarily crooned about having “a blue Christmas without you” and being “so blue just thinking about you.” But Smith is now humming along in a beautiful big, bright blue Christmas present all his own -- a Kenworth truck presented to him Wednesday afternoon emblematic of driving three million accident-free miles for the Greencastle Walmart Transportation Department...
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GCSC board sets calendars for next two school years
(Local News ~ 12/21/17)
Having coordinated the dates with Area 30 Career Center and its other member schools, Greencastle Schools Superintendent Jeff Hubble gave his recommendation this week for next year’s school calendar. Then, in a mildly suprising move, Hubble also recommended the calendar for the 2019-20 school year as well...
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High school basketball previews
(High School Sports ~ 12/21/17)
North Putnam (2-4) at Cascade (3-6) The coaches: Collin McCartt is in his fourth year at North Putnam. Chris DuBois is in his 14th year at Cascade. Season recap: North Putnam has lost three straight since a 2-1 start. Cascade lost its most recent game 55-39 at Greencastle on Tuesday...
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Tiger Cubs see positives in loss to Cascade
(High School Sports ~ 12/21/17)
Bradley Key knows that the girls’ basketball season has its ups and downs, and no team exemplifies that belief more than his Tiger Cubs. The Cubs started the season 0-3, won their next nine games and closed out the pre-Christmas break portion of their schedule on Thursday by falling 49-41 to Cascade for its second straight defeat...
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Sims’ free throws push Cougars past Chargers
(High School Sports ~ 12/21/17)
LINDEN — Sophomore Hannah Sims played like a veteran senior, instead of a sophomore, as she stepped to the foul line with eight-tenths of a second remaining in the game with the score tied at 40 against North Montgomery. All she did was hit the first. Then she hit the second one and the Cougars walked away with a thrilling 42-40 road victory...
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