- Santa’s Helpers (Local News ~ 12/22/17)
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Court News 12-23-17
(Court News ~ 12/22/17)
The following cases were filed in Putnam County courts recently. Richard M. Woods, 41, Indianapolis, Level 5 felony nonsupport of a dependent child Thomas G. Schneider, 41, Coatesville, three counts of Level 5 felony nonsupport of a dependent child Claude N. Terrell IV, 44, Indianapolis, Level 5 felony nonsupport of a dependent child...
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Putnam Scanner 12-23-17
(Police Logs ~ 12/22/17)
Five people were booked in the Putnam County Jail on Thursday. • At 7:33 p.m. Tyler Aaron Alsup, 33, Coatesville, was lodged at the jail on a local warrant. • At 5:53 p.m. Ferron Michael Yerdon, 47, Jasonville, was taken into custody for possession of marijuana...
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New, expanded hours for library Community Help Desk
(Local News ~ 12/22/17)
The Putnam County Public Library, 103 E. Poplar St., Greencastle, is expanding its Community Help Desk hours for 2018. The Community Help Desk will now be open additional evening hours and on Wednesdays to make getting tech help more convenient. The library’s Community Help Desk has a computer technician available to diagnose and help repair computers and electronics. ...
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ISP adding extra patrols over holidays
(Local News ~ 12/22/17)
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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Former Parke County sheriff, wife killed in accident with drunk driver
(Local News ~ 12/22/17)
ROCKVILLE — A former Parke County sheriff and his wife have died following a head-on collision with a reported drunk driver south of Rockville late Thursday night. Authorities said 74-year-old Michael Eslinger and his 73-year-old wife, Darla Eslinger, died in the crash along U.S. 41. They were passengers in an SUV being driven by their 17-year-old granddaughter, who was injured in the accident...
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DePauw student debt second-lowest in state
(Local News ~ 12/22/17)
An analysis by LendEDU finds that students at DePauw University graduate with the second lowest level of debt among all Indiana colleges. “Using data licensed from Peterson’s, we calculated the average student loan debt per borrower for the Class of 2016,” Jeff Gitlen, content marketing analyst for LendEDU, reported. “This is the most recent and accurate data available for the Class of 2016.”...
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Applications for PCCF grants online
(Local News ~ 12/22/17)
The Putnam County Community Foundation has announced that applications for Community and Endowment Builder Grants are now online. “The days of paper grant applications at the Community Foundation are over,” Dean Gambill, director of Community Development, said...
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21st FOP Santa Drop efforts brighten Christmas
(Local News ~ 12/22/17)
With making Christmas a little brighter for some less-fortunate Putnam County youngsters their mission, officers from the local chapter of the Fraternal Order of Police Thursday perfectly executed the 21st edition of Operation Santa Drop. Their reward?...
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An eye on time
(Local News ~ 12/22/17)
Noting how archaic Putnam County's system of tracking employees' time worked is, Commissioner Rick Woodall was sure there had to be a better way. "The county currently does time keeping in the 1970s, the 1950s," Woodall said this week. "We write stuff down on paper and then manually enter it."...
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