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Thursday marks anniversary of first local COVID death
(Local News ~ 03/22/21)
March 25 will mark the one-year anniversary of the first recorded death from COVID-19 in Putnam County. Health Officer Dr. Adam Amos and the Putnam County Health Department are encouraging residents of the county to take a moment to reflect on how COVID-19 has affected their communities this Thursday...
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PCH provides nearly 100 one-shot vaccines to local educators, others
(Local News ~ 03/22/21)
For months now, the debate has raged in the state: When should teachers become eligible for the COVID-19 vaccine? So, when educators finally became eligible last week and Putnam County Hospital got a shipment of the Johnson & Johnson one-dose vaccine, the fit was obvious for hospital officials...
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South Putnam grad dead in Clay County shooting
(Local News ~ 03/22/21)
POLAND — A Saturday shooting in eastern Clay County left a Poland man dead. Ronald B. Williams, 35, died of multiple gunshot wounds. Formerly of Reelsville, Williams was a 2005 South Putnam High School graduate. The suspect in the shooting, Teddy L. Gibson, 44, Indianapolis, was taking into custody by the Indiana State Police SWAT team shortly after 3 p.m. Sunday. He was booked in the Clay County Justice Center...
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Greater East Side rezoning gets initial OK from City Council
(Local News ~ 03/22/21)
A measure to lessen some building requirements and create a Greater East Side zoning district has earned its initial approval from the Greencastle City Council. Acting at its March meeting, the Council unanimously approved Ordinance 2021-6 on first reading, setting up the potential for adoption on second reading at the Council’s April meeting (7 p.m. Thursday, April 8)...
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Development Center unveils new office on Ivy Tech campus
(Local News ~ 03/22/21)
When the Greencastle/Putnam County Development Center began looking for a new home for the first time more than 30 years, it seemed natural that it would stay downtown. The Development Center had made its home at the Partnership Center — also home to the Putnam County Community Foundation and, at times, the Putnam County Chamber and the Putnam County Convention and Visitors Bureau — since 1986...
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Leo Weeks safely in Iceland, nowhere near eruption
(Local News ~ 03/22/21)
ISAFJORDOR, Iceland — While the recent eruption of a long dormant Icelandic volcano made for some interesting visuals in news reports, most in Putnam County have no direct link to the North Atlantic island nation. However, Leo Weeks, a 2018 Greencastle High School graduate, has been studying in Iceland this semester...
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Imagination Library awarded $25,000 grant
(Local News ~ 03/22/21)
After a nearly yearlong pause, the Friends of the Putnam County Public Library’s Imagination Library program will resume with a $25,000 grant from United Way of Putnam County. The program allows any Putnam County child between birth to the age of five to sign up and receive a free book every month...
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Long-range planning in wings for North Putnam
(Local News ~ 03/22/21)
ROACHDALE — After learning more about how North Putnam Schools stacks up with other area school corporations, school leaders are considering longer-term plans. The North Putnam School Board briefly touched on conducting such planning as well as a demographic study during its regular meeting Thursday evening...
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Cox named new ISP Putnamville Post commander
(Local News ~ 03/22/21)
PUTNAMVILLE — Indiana State Police Superintendent Douglas Carter recently announced the promotion of Sgt. David Cox to the rank of lieutenant to serve as district commander of the Putnamville State Police Post. Cox earned this promotion through a written examination and a competitive interview process. ...
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Brenda Jean Elliott
(Obituary ~ 03/22/21)
Brenda Jean Elliott, 59, of Ladoga, passed away on Friday, March 19, 2021 at St. Vincent Hospital in Indianapolis. She was born on March 28, 1961 in Crawfordsville to the late David L. Alexander and Carolyn (Lay) Priddy. She married Joe Edwin Elliott on May 10, 1980, and he preceded her in death on June 29, 2020...
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Max Dean Blackmore
(Obituary ~ 03/22/21)
Max Dean Blackmore, 84, of Coatesville, passed away Friday, March 19, 2021 at Hendrick Regional Health Hospital in Danville. Max was born in Danville, Ind., on Dec. 10, 1936, a son of the late John M. and Mary B. (Montgomery) Blackmore. He married the love of his life, Darlen Shillings, in October of 1956...
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‘Foot-stomping hippie music’ for Wednesday virtual concert
(Local News ~ 03/22/21)
The Greencastle Virtual Music Festival celebrates the start of spring Wednesday this week with a 7:30 p.m. program featuring Molly and Brian Keith Wallen performing a variety of songs in their unique “foot-stomping hippie music” style. Filmed in Greencastle’s Gobin Church, this week’s program is a co-presentation with the Sunny Side Concert Series, which is organized and hosted by Bobbie Lancaster for Mill Pond Health Campus and funded in part by a grant from the Putnam County Community Foundation.. ...
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Congressman Baird votes no on House amnesty bill
(Local News ~ 03/22/21)
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Indiana Fourth District Congressman Jim Baird (R-Greencastle) voted no on H.R. 6, or the American Dream and Promise Act. “As our country faces a crisis along our southern border, a crisis that President Biden has created, it is unthinkable that Congress would grant amnesty and encourage millions of more migrants to illegally enter the country,” Baird said. ...
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DePauw closes football season with 41-7 win
(College Sports ~ 03/22/21)
Chase Andries rushed for three touchdowns and threw for another, while the defense held Greenville to just a second-quarter touchdown on the way to a 41-7 win on Nick Mourouzis Field at Blackstock Stadium Saturday. The Tigers finished the 2021 spring with a 2-0 record, while the Panthers fell to 0-1...
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Playhouse sets additional auditions for ‘Hunchback’
(Local News ~ 03/22/21)
Two additional sessions of auditions for the musical “The Hunchback of Notre Dame” have been scheduled by director Shelly McFadden. The first will be Sunday, March 28 at 3 p.m. and the second will be Monday, March 29 at 7 p.m. Both sessions will be in the Rehearsal Center at the Hazel Day Longden Theatre in Greencastle...
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American Rescue Plan is not wasteful
(Letter to the Editor ~ 03/22/21)
To the Editor: The headline in the Tuesday, March 16, 2021 issue of the Banner Graphic is worth repeating: “Putnam communities to get more than $10 million.” The article provided these details: • Bainbridge: $160,000. • Cloverdale: $450,000. • Fillmore: $110,000...
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Putnam Scanner for March 23, 2021
(Police Logs ~ 03/22/21)
Eight people were booked in the Putnam County Jail recently. Sunday • At 3:12 a.m. Tyler J. Henry, 27, Greencastle, was lodged at the jail for disorderly conduct and public intoxication. • At 1:09 a.m. Madison E. Rothrock, 31, Brazil, was taken into custody for driving with a suspended license...
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Non-food pantry distribution set Saturday
(Local News ~ 03/22/21)
The Putnam County Non-Food Pantry will be distributing non-food items from noon until 3 p.m. on Saturday, March 27 at St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church, 520 E. Seminary St., Greencastle. This will be a drive-through distribution of products only. Easter treat bags will be given out to children...
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Gleaners mobile distribution set Thursday
(Local News ~ 03/22/21)
CLOVERDALE — A Gleaners Food Bank Mobile distribution will take place Thursday, March 25 at the C Bar C Event Center, 253 Stardust Rd., Cloverdale. The 3-5 p.m. distribution event is open to anyone in the surrounding counties. It is a no-contact drive through event...
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Local athletes receive IBCA, WIC honors
(High School Sports ~ 03/22/21)
Several local athletes have been honored recently with six receiving recognition from the Indiana Basketball Coaches Association and another, plus a coach, from the Western Indiana Conference. North Putnam’s Mason Brooks and South Putnam’s Chloe Custis were both recently named the IBCA Academic All-State First Teams of their respective sports while Eagle Bree Mahoney-Sutherland, Cougars Dane Spencer and Reghan Christy and Greencastle pair Nick Sutherlin and Brody Whitaker were all named to the Honorable Mention All-Academic team.. ...
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