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Rady has special feelings for Wabash Valley Classic
(High School Sports ~ 12/23/19)
TERRE HAUTE — The First Financial Wabash Valley Classic is in its 20th year when action begins on Thursday in the 16-team event. Teams from Indiana and Illinois will compete for four days, with the champion to be determined on Monday night. Terre Haute North is the defending champion and is a perennial favorite, with coach Todd Woelfle owning a personal 39-5 record in the event since taking over the Patriots 12 years ago...
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Saturday's high school basketball scores
(High School Sports ~ 12/23/19)
PUTNAM COUNTY Greencastle 55, Cloverdale 45 North Putnam 78, Riverton Parke 58 Parke Heritage 67, South Putnam 31 STATEWIDE SCORES Alton, Ill. 62, Castle 58 Angola 49, Fremont 41 Avon 65, Center Grove 59 Barr-Reeve 58, Metro-East Lutheran, Ill. 36 Bloomfield 50, White River Valley 48...
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South’s Steffy breaks two records as Eagle boys win county title
(High School Sports ~ 12/23/19)
Greencastle’s girls and South Putnam’s boys emerged as the team champions at Saturday’s Putnam County swim meet at DePauw University. Among the individual highlights were South Putnam’s Evan Steffy smashing individual meet records in the 100 breast and the 200 freestyle and also leading a meet-record performance in the medley relay by the Eagles...
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Cubs bounce back to get past Cloverdale
(High School Sports ~ 12/23/19)
CLOVERDALE – The Greencastle Tiger Cubs traveled to Cloverdale on Saturday night for a Putnam County battle of boys’ high school basketball. The Cubs pounded the boards in a physical contest and used a big second quarter from Brody Whitaker to pick up a 55-45 win. The training staffs of both teams will need to break out the ice packs as the Cubs improved to 5-2, while the Clovers fell to 4-3...
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Cougars sweep Riverton Parke
(High School Sports ~ 12/23/19)
MECCA — Every basketball coach likes to win the final game before Christmas break, and North Putnam’s teams were able to make their coaches happy with victories at Riverton Parke on Saturday night. The Cougar girls overcame a slow start to dominate the second quarter 28-5 in a 62-31 victory for their third straight win...
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Putnamville offender implicated in case involving father and former correctional officer
(Local News ~ 12/23/19)
With a former correctional officer already convicted and his own father awaiting trial, an inmate was recently charged in a May trafficking incident at Putnamville Correctional Facility. Late last week, Prosecutor Tim Bookwalter formally filed a Level 5 felony charge of trafficking a controlled substance with an inmate against 21-year-old Algier Flippin Jr...
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Robert Dale Bell
(Obituary ~ 12/23/19)
Robert Dale Bell, 89, passed away on Monday, Dec. 23, 2019 at his daughter’s home in Center Point,surrounded by his family. He was born in Brazil, Ind., on Oct. 30, 1930 to the late George and Martha (Muncie) Bell. He attended Brazil High School and then served his country in the United States Army during the Korean Conflict...
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Solid Wood
(Local News ~ 12/23/19)
On behalf of the International Wood Collectors Society, local representative William Cockrell presents cordless drills and sanders recently to 4-H grand and reserve champions in the woodworking and woodcraft projects.
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Bainbridge Town Council to host special meeting Dec. 27
(Local News ~ 12/23/19)
BAINBRIDGE — The Bainbridge Town Council will host its final meeting of 2019 at 10 a.m. on Friday, Dec. 27. The meeting is being conducted to sign off on any final claims for the year.
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Court News for December 24, 2019
(Court News ~ 12/23/19)
The following cases were filed in Putnam County courts recently. Criminal Cases Michael A. Kirk, 28, Murrieta, Calif., Level 6 felony possession of methamphetamine, Class C misdemeanor possession of paraphernalia, Class C misdemeanor driving with a Schedule I or II substance in the body, Class C misdemeanor driving while intoxicated...
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Putnam Scanner for December 24, 2019
(Police Logs ~ 12/23/19)
County Jail Nine people were booked in the Putnam County Jail recently. Monday • At 8 a.m. Chancelor M. Britton, 28, Rockville, was housed at the jail for driving while intoxicated. Sunday • At 6:03 p.m. Michael L. Phillips, 46, Terre Haute, was booked in for driving while intoxicated, possession of marijuana and possession of paraphernalia...
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State Police taking part in Operation CARE over holidays
(Local News ~ 12/23/19)
Millions of Americans will be traveling over this Christmas and New Year’s holiday period, with the majority traveling by automobile. What this means for Hoosiers is more traffic on Indiana’s roadways. To help ensure the safety of all motorists, the Indiana State Police will be participating in Operation CARE -- or Combined Accident Reduction Effort -- through Jan. 2...
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Helping Others
(Local News ~ 12/23/19)
Celebrating charity in the community, Walmart donates $2,000 to Opportunity Housing of Putnam County to make rental repairs last Thursday afternoon.
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Residents asked to recycle Christmas trees
(Local News ~ 12/23/19)
Christmas Tree-cycling is a way for residents of Putnam, Montgomery and Parke counties to give back to the earth. By recycling their holiday trees, residents help divert landfill-bound Christmas trees to fish and wildlife habitats, erosion control and mulch for trees and walking paths...
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Greencastle woman, 19, facing six charges after Sunday crash
(Local News ~ 12/23/19)
A 19-year-old Greencastle woman might be spending the Christmas holiday in jail after her arrest Sunday morning on six charges. Kaiglynn Harvey was arrested at 6:40 a.m. Sunday by Greencastle City Police Officer Elsiana Crosby following a one-vehicle accident in the 900 block of South Jackson Street...
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Santa’s on His Way
(Local News ~ 12/23/19)
Santa has made plenty of visits around Putnam County in recent days, from the Cloverdale parade to Cookies with Santa at Bainbridge to his arrival at the courthouse in Greencastle.
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Jobless rate same as state
(Local News ~ 12/23/19)
Average. Exactly the same as the state average. That’s how the Putnam County unemployment figure for November stacks up. The latest mark is 3.2 percent, four-tenths of a percentage point better than third of the overall Indiana county jobless rankings...
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Merry and Bright
(Local News ~ 12/23/19)
A colorful example of the holiday spirit, an enchanted forest with a frozen-over pond and a couple of reindeer brightens up the courtyard of Cole Apartments along East Washington Street in Greencastle.
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Cougars cling to first place in Cup standings
(High School Sports ~ 12/23/19)
North Putnam saw Cloverdale cut into its lead a little bit in the Putnam County Cup all-sports competition. The Cougars are still in first place, with 23 points, while Cloverdale used a second-place finish at the recent county wrestling meet to trim the North Putnam lead to six points...
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Basketball sectional, Western Indiana Conference standings
(High School Sports ~ 12/23/19)
GIRLS (ranked by winning percentage) 3A SECTIONAL 25 At Danville 2A SECTIONAL 44 At Cloverdale BOYS 3A SECTIONAL 25 At Greencastle 2A SECTIONAL 43 At Southmont GIRLS East Division West Division Remaining divisional games January 10 Owen Valley at Cloverdale...
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