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A large barn is a total loss following an early morning fire that engulfed the whole structure. At approximately 2:05 a.m. Thursday, the Greencastle Fire Department was dispatched to 2947 E. CR 275 South, which is south of Big Walnut Sports Park...

Greencastle High School is turning to a former standout player at Roncalli High School and Marian University in Indianapolis as its next girls’ basketball coach. Kellie Kirkhoff, 23, played at Marian University from 2014-18 after a standout career at Roncalli High School...

FILLMORE — A truck driver turned factory worker turned baker and owner of a local Putnam County bakery. Three combinations you wouldn’t expect to mix well, but in actuality, this mix has created a masterpiece. In Fillmore, a new bakery is making waves. Tom Arthur is the baker and owner of Tom’s Cookies & Stuff, making cookies and other baked goods from to turtles to Bundt cakes to banana bread to even cheesecakes...

Having already whittled the number of candidates from five down to three, on Monday night Greencastle Township Trustee Steve Butts and the township advisory board chose to retain Mike White on the Greencastle School Board. In a split vote of the advisory board, White was chosen from among three finalists that also included Russell Harvey and Ed Wilson...

An investigation is being conducted after the upper part of a home in Washington Township caught fire before 11 a.m. Friday morning. According to a report dictated by Capt. Jack Giles of the Reelsville/Washington Township Fire Department, Putnam County firefighters, as well as law enforcement and medical personnel, were dispatched on a box alarm to 6990 W. CR 450 South on the north side of the township at about 10 a.m...

Four INDOT workers escaped with only minor injuries when a pickup struck the truck in which they were working was hit by another pickup late Tuesday afternoon. The other drive and his passenger were airlifted to and Indianapolis hospital. At 2:53 p.m., the four workers were in an INDOT truck in the emergency lane at the 48.5 mile-marker with its emergency lights activated...

Besides the problems an extraordinarily rainy spring caused for farmers, it also did no favors for the condition of roads in Putnam County. A record-setting rainfall on Saturday made the local road situation even worse. A day of heavy rains left streams swollen to beyond their banks and even over roads in certain parts of Putnam County...

Gov. Eric Holcomb ceremonially signs State Rep. Beau Baird’s bill into law Thursday at the Statehouse.

Noble Fry of Roachdale will celebrate his 99th birthday on Thursday, June 20. He operated a dairy farm for 50 years and produced corn and soybeans. Noble has participated in Putnam County Farm Bureau, Pork Producers, Putnam County Fair Board and was a 4-H leader. He is a North Putnam FFA “Hero.”...

Having opted for the first time last year not to leave any money on the table, the Greencastle City Council has again agreed to capture the maximum assessed value possible from the TIF (tax increment financing) district. Asked to approve a Greencastle Redevelopment Commission (RDC) letter requesting $100 million as the amount of assessed value to be captured from the Greencastle Economic Development Area — the TIF district — for 2019 payable in 2020 the City Council instead chose in a split decision to capture the full 100 percent of the available AV.. ...

Gov. Eric Holcomb ceremonially signs State Rep. Beau Baird’s bill into law Thursday at the Statehouse.

FILLMORE — A truck driver turned factory worker turned baker and owner of a local Putnam County bakery. Three combinations you wouldn’t expect to mix well, but in actuality, this mix has created a masterpiece. In Fillmore, a new bakery is making waves. Tom Arthur is the baker and owner of Tom’s Cookies & Stuff, making cookies and other baked goods from to turtles to Bundt cakes to banana bread to even cheesecakes...

Having already whittled the number of candidates from five down to three, on Monday night Greencastle Township Trustee Steve Butts and the township advisory board chose to retain Mike White on the Greencastle School Board. In a split vote of the advisory board, White was chosen from among three finalists that also included Russell Harvey and Ed Wilson...

Four INDOT workers escaped with only minor injuries when a pickup struck the truck in which they were working was hit by another pickup late Tuesday afternoon. The other drive and his passenger were airlifted to and Indianapolis hospital. At 2:53 p.m., the four workers were in an INDOT truck in the emergency lane at the 48.5 mile-marker with its emergency lights activated...

Putnam County Hospital medical staff, its board of trustees, longtime friends and family gathered for a special lunch at the hospital to honor Dr. Robert Heavin, who was awarded the 2019 Doc Hollywood Award. On Wednesday, “Doc” Heavin traveled to French Lick Springs to receive his official award at the Indiana Rural Health Association annual conference...

Having opted for the first time last year not to leave any money on the table, the Greencastle City Council has again agreed to capture the maximum assessed value possible from the TIF (tax increment financing) district. Asked to approve a Greencastle Redevelopment Commission (RDC) letter requesting $100 million as the amount of assessed value to be captured from the Greencastle Economic Development Area — the TIF district — for 2019 payable in 2020 the City Council instead chose in a split decision to capture the full 100 percent of the available AV.. ...

If anyone noticed a lot of Indiana State Troopers in town Tuesday, there was a reason. The ISP SWAT team conducted tryouts for a new position for their central team at the Putnam County Sheriff’s range. The ISP SWAT team was originally developed in 1975 with only seven team members. ...