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Nathan Sutherlin named Putnam County Baseball Player of the Year
(High School Sports ~ 07/11/23)
Greencastle knew it had a strong building block of freshmen coming in ahead of the 2023 season. With a squad short on experience returning, much of the year was around getting a competitive team on the field while also breaking in several players who would serve as the bedrock of the team in future campaigns...
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Putnam Fairgrounds backdrop for Jess Berry’s latest short film creation
(Local News ~ 07/11/23)
Like probably hundreds of former local residents, Jess Berry is coming home for the Putnam County Fair this month. But it’s not the lure of Legionburgers, lemon shake-ups and showmanship contests that is bringing the daughter of Jack and Janae Berry of rural Greencastle home for the annual extravaganza. It’s a chance to tell the world about its simple pleasures and share such on film...
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New AP grade policy approved at Cloverdale Schools
(Local News ~ 07/11/23)
CLOVERDALE — An effort for Advanced Placement (AP) courses to have a greater impact on grade point averages, a new policy for weighing grades as such is being adopted at Cloverdale Schools. Cloverdale High School Principal Sonny Stoltz advocated to the Cloverdale School Board on Monday that with AP and dual-credit courses not having the same level of difficulty, the changes are to better account for students’ successes taking the former...
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Subject takes own life in Woods Edge standoff
(Local News ~ 07/11/23)
A man took his own life Tuesday afternoon following a two-hour standoff with police at his Woods Edge subdivision home. Both the Indiana State Police and Greencastle Police Department confirmed to the Banner Graphic that the incident ended with the man’s death by suicide. Due to the nature of the case, police are not revealing the man’s identity nor many specific details in the case...
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Dining with Diabetes course coming to Roachdale
(Local News ~ 07/11/23)
Do you have Type 2 diabetes? Would you like to learn more about your disease and how to live well reducing your health risks? If so, Purdue Extension has a great program for you. The Purdue Extension-Putnam County office will be offering Dining with Diabetes sessions beginning Wednesday, Aug. 23 at 2 p.m. at the Roachdale Community Center...
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GSMF welcomes Sussman for Bach to Brazil program
(Local News ~ 07/11/23)
The Greencastle Summer Music Festival continues on Wednesday with “New Friends, Part 4,” a musical journey from Bach to Brazil, as DePauw University’s new flute professor Leo Sussman joins the GSMF family of “friends making music for friends” for the first time. Also appearing is Toco Rio, the trio of Linda and Jeff Binder, and Greencastle’s own Ben Hogan, performing Brazilian choro music...
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2023 All-Putnam County Baseball Team
(High School Sports ~ 07/11/23)
C: Brayden Monnett, North Putnam — Led the Cougars with a .397 batting average and 31 hits. Scored 16 runs while driving in 14 runs with two doubles. Struck out 10 times with four walks with an on-base percentage of .417, slugging .423 and OPS of .840. Led the team in fielding with a .969 fielding rate with 93 putouts and 31 assists in 128 chances against four errors...
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INDOT announces restriction on 240 for milling and paving
(Local News ~ 07/11/23)
The Indiana Department of Transportation has announced new, ongoing restrictions on State Road 240 heading east out of Greencastle. Crews will be milling and paving portions of S.R. 240 between U.S. 231 and County Road 475 East. Traffic will be controlled by a flagging operation and/or will be moved to the road shoulders as needed...
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Chip seal operations starting on or after July 26 in Putnam County
(Local News ~ 07/11/23)
Chip sealing operations will begin later this month on U.S. 231 near Greencastle and U.S. 36 near Danville, the Indiana Department of Transportation (INDOT) has announced. U.S. 231 will be temporarily closed from approximately 1.05 miles north of Interstate 70 to approximately 0.22 miles south of State Road 240 starting on or after Wednesday, July 26, weather permitting...
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Putnam Scanner for July 11, 2023
(Police Logs ~ 07/11/23)
One person was booked in the Putnam County Jail recently. Friday • At 10:55 p.m. Patrick O. Yockey, 20, Terre Haute, was booked in for driving while intoxicated and being a minor in consumption of alcohol. Three recent arrests were reported by Greencastle City Police officers:...
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Doris Joan Fogle
(Obituary ~ 07/11/23)
Doris Joan Fogle, 85, of Greencastle, passed away on Monday, July 10, 2023. Born Jan. 11, 1938 in Greencastle, she was the daughter of Wesley and Amy (Buis) Custis. Doris had worked at DePauw University, Clearwater’s Greenhouse and done residential house cleaning. She was a member of the Hanna Street Baptist Church...
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