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PREP ROUNDUP: Cubs beat Indian Creek for third place
(High School Sports ~ 10/05/18)
TRAFALGAR — The Greencastle Tiger Cubs finished in third place in the Western Indiana Conference volleyball standings after defeating Indian Creek 3-0 in the crossover match Thursday night. Greencastle won by scores of 25-13, 25-18 and 27-25 to improve to 17-6 on the season...
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Northview tops Cloverdale 3-0 to win another conference title
(High School Sports ~ 10/05/18)
CLOVERDALE — The Western Indiana Conference volleyball championship contest was played Tuesday night in front of a raucous crowd at Cloverdale High School. The Northview Knights won their second consecutive WIC title by defeating the Cloverdale Clovers in three games, 25-19, 25-23, and 26-24...
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SOCCER SECTIONALS: Cubs top Northview to reach sectional finals
(High School Sports ~ 10/05/18)
Greencastle is going for its second straight Class 2A boys soccer sectional championship on Saturday night at Dee Monnett Field. And the rematch with West Vigo is just what coach J.D. Sims hoped for when the tournament draw was announced. “When we came into the sectional I wanted to play the teams that beat us (in the regular season) because we lost to West Vigo (5-1) and we lost to Northview (5-4). ...
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County football to be decided tonight; many titles up for grabs on Saturday
(High School Sports ~ 10/05/18)
Tonight’s Greencastle-North Putnam football game will not only be played to decide second place in the West Division of the Western Indiana Conference, but will also crown the Putnam County champions. Conference-wise, Greencastle can wrap up second place in the West with a win, and would host the winner of tonight’s Edgewood-Cascade game next week for third place...
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Week 8 high school football previews, WIC standings, Putnam County stats
(High School Sports ~ 10/05/18)
The coaches: Mike Meyer is in his ninth year at Greencastle. Sam Carnes is in his second year at North Putnam. On the airwaves: WREB-FM 94.3 will air the game. Special events: North Putnam will have its homecoming festivities. So far: Greencastle beat Crawfordsville 9-0, Cloverdale 28-18, West Vigo 23-12, South Putnam 12-0, Cascade 49-26 and Sullivan 29-28 before losing 42-9 to Northview last week. ...
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Theater group in holiday mode
(Local News ~ 10/05/18)
Silver Linings Players will present their version of “The Gift of the Magi,” from the short story by O. Henry at nursing homes in and around Putnam County this holiday season. Bill Wieland plays William Sydney Porter, aka O. Henry, with Martha Wharton cast as Della Young. Bob Jefferson takes the part of James Dillingham Young...
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Color Them All Winners
(Local News ~ 10/05/18)
Joining Greencastle Fire Department Fire Safety Officer Christy Miller (back, left) in front of the GFD Smoke House are winners of the 2018 fire safety coloring, poster and art contest in Greencastle schools.
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Court News for October 6, 2018
(Court News ~ 10/05/18)
The following cases were filed in Putnam County courts recently. Criminal Cases Jason A. Cafouras, 40, Avon, Class A misdemeanor criminal trespass, Class B misdemeanor disorderly conduct Major Murphy, 28, Greencastle, three counts of Class B misdemeanor criminal mischief...
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Putnam Scanner for October 6, 2018
(Police Logs ~ 10/05/18)
County Jail Four people were booked in the Putnam County Jail recently. Friday • At 12:04 a.m. David Gene Etheridge, 63, Clay City, was lodged at the jail for driving with a BAC of .15 or more. Thursday • At 2:48 p.m. Travis Anthony-Lee Rooney, 28, Niles, Mich., was taken into custody on two counts of battery by bodily waste...
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Visit Costa Rica via PCPL travel series
(Local News ~ 10/05/18)
Putnam County Public Library invites the public to share the next destination in the PCPL Travel Talks series on Wednesday, Oct. 10 at 6:30 p.m. Joe and Jenny Heithaus will present a slide show and talk about the natural and human wonders their family encountered while traveling in Costa Rica and Nicaragua and living in Monteverde, a mountain village named by Quakers in the early 1950s...
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Grammy-winning ensemble Conspirare coming to Green Center
(Local News ~ 10/05/18)
Craig Hella Johnson will conduct the Grammy Award-winning ensemble Conspirare in what has been described by the Washington Post as “a brilliant, heartfelt performance” of “Considering Matthew Shepard” for DePauw University’s Green Guest Artists Series at 8 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 10 in Kresge Auditorium...
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All Fired Up
(Local News ~ 10/05/18)
The annual Greencastle Fire Department open house draws a large crowd to the firehouse Thursday evening for tours of the building and equipment and a free dinner of hotdogs or chili dogs.
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Trailer load of clothes destroyed in semi fire
(Local News ~ 10/05/18)
PUTNAMVILLE -- A semi driver escaped injury Thursday night when the trailer he was hauling on Interstate 70 in western Putnam County caught fire and was destroyed in the blaze. Ervin Mitchell, 48, of Douglasville, Ga., was westbound on I-70 near the Putnam-Clay county line when he discovered the trailer he was towing was on fire near the 31-mile marker near the Putnamville exit...
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Spook-tacular window decorating contest coming to life downtown
(Local News ~ 10/05/18)
A monstrous art event will come to life this Halloween in Greencastle, as teams and individuals paint the downtown orange and black. Windows around the square will be decorated by kids of all ages, and winners will receive prize packages for spookiest creation, best hometown spirit and more...
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Royal Family
(Local News ~ 10/05/18)
Escorted by her father David Nelson, North Putnam High School senior Shalyn Nelson is crowned 2018 homecoming queen at halftime of Friday night’s 19-7 North Putnam loss to Greencastle.
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Shooting complete, Indiana Film Race in post-production
(Local News ~ 10/05/18)
After recently completing a whirlwind tour visiting different landmarks in five counties, three film teams competing in the Indiana Film Race are now piecing what they have captured into a story. By any estimation, the films will be the product of what has been a refreshing demonstration of grace under pressure, as well as determination and perseverance...
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