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PUTNAMVILLE — A Putnamville inmate was located asleep in a pickup truck Friday evening after seven hours on the lam. Christopher Davis, 34, of Scottsburg, was found sleeping in the vehicle at 8:12 p.m. in the area of 7100 S. CR 25 East...

CLOVERDALE — A Reelsville man passed away Thursday night when he wrecked his motorcycle on Burma Road. Cloverdale Deputy Marshal Levi App told the Banner Graphic Ronald Cummings, 52, appears to have been westbound just west of the entrance to Stardust Hills when he ran off the north side of the roadway...

With Putnam County slated to receive the remainder of its $1.2 million in CARES Act funding soon, local officials will have no trouble in spending the money on a variety of uses. In a special meeting Monday afternoon, the Putnam County Council allotted all but a small amount of the money, chiefly to emergency services within the county...

With 81 new positive cases in the last week, Putnam County has had 776 confirmed cases of COVID-19 since the pandemic began in March. More informative and alarming for local health officials, the rolling positivity rate has been on the rise in recent weeks, with the Indiana State Department of Health reporting a 10.3 percent positivity rate for individuals for the week of Oct. 13-19...

Four Putnam County runners took to the course at Blue River Park as part of the field for the IHSAA Shelbyville XC Semi-State Saturday morning. Cloverdale sophomore Ella Szczerbik and Greencastle freshman Charlie Menzel finished 96th in their respective races while North Putnam senior Grace Elmore concluded her cross country career with a 104th-place finish in the girls’ race and Clover junior Brady Koosman finished 166th in the boys’ race...

An SUV reported stolen from the city’s East Side Friday morning was soon located, overturned in a grassy field. Sgt. Ed Wilson of the Greencastle Police Department was dispatched to an Avenue B address at 7:49 a.m., where the owner reported a 1995 Chevrolet Tahoe had been taken within the previous 30-45 minutes...

By her own admission, Meredith Clifford hasn’t always been one to stand up for herself. She doesn’t like confrontation, avoids it whenever possible. But if there is any blessing to be found in contracting breast cancer last year, it’s that Clifford found her voice...

The penultimate races of the 2020 cross country season will get underway in four locations Saturday morning and for fans of Putnam County athletes, it will be the race in Shelbyville that will draw interest as four runners eye up a chance at reaching the IHSAA Cross Country State Finals next weekend...

CLOVERDALE — Accused of entering a woman’s rented room as she slept and trying to get her to engage in sexual acts, a Cloverdale hotel owner is facing two felonies. Depenbhai Patel, 37, owner of the Cloverdale Days Inn, is alleged to have entered the woman’s room at the hotel on the evening of Oct. 20, at which time she said touched her and tried to get her to grant him sexual favors. She also said he forced her to smoke from a glass pipe believed to have contained cocaine...

CLOVERDALE -- Cloverdale Schools will go back to e-learning through early November after a teacher tested positive for COVID-19. Superintendent Greg Linton made an announcement on the school corporation’s website Thursday afternoon stating that six students and several teachers were traced back to this individual...

With 81 new positive cases in the last week, Putnam County has had 776 confirmed cases of COVID-19 since the pandemic began in March. More informative and alarming for local health officials, the rolling positivity rate has been on the rise in recent weeks, with the Indiana State Department of Health reporting a 10.3 percent positivity rate for individuals for the week of Oct. 13-19...

When Indiana Democratic gubernatorial candidate Dr. Woody Myers and running mate Linda Lawson embarked on a two-day caravan little more than a week until Election Day this past weekend, Myers took one half of the state, while Lawson took the other. While the issues discussed were no doubt very similar, the candidates delivering the speeches could not have been more different...

PUTNAMVILLE — A Putnamville inmate was located asleep in a pickup truck Friday evening after seven hours on the lam. Christopher Davis, 34, of Scottsburg, was found sleeping in the vehicle at 8:12 p.m. in the area of 7100 S. CR 25 East...

Students at South Putnam Middle/High School will be on e-learning this week with COVID-19 cases and a reduced staff leading to the building being closed. Superintendent Bruce Bernhardt made an announcement to parents Monday afternoon that grades 6-12 would go online beginning Tuesday and continue through this Friday. However, neither of South Putnam’s elementary schools will be closed in kind...

With 30 new cases over the last seven days, Putnam County has reported 695 cases of COVID-19 since mid-March. The Indiana State Department of Health released the latest information Monday afternoon, showing the number of cases through Sunday. The county has reported no new deaths in the pandemic since Oct. 7, following a period in which the county had seven deaths in a 22-day period...

By her own admission, Meredith Clifford hasn’t always been one to stand up for herself. She doesn’t like confrontation, avoids it whenever possible. But if there is any blessing to be found in contracting breast cancer last year, it’s that Clifford found her voice...

A cowboy and a space ranger on the road to Fillmore? It’s just this year’s installment of the annual Halloween hay bale display, again brought to us free of charge by Bryce and Becki Arnold. This year, it’s Sheriff Woody Pride and his best pal Buzz Lightyear of “Toy Story” fame...