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The old Marsh Supermarket store at 1033 Indianapolis Rd., vacant or only used for storage since the early 2000s, is expected to become a family practice medical clinic/physical therapy facility following action of the Greencastle Board of Zoning Appeals (BZA)...

Awed. Humbled. Grateful. On a day could understandably have been all about him, 2024 Putnam County Lilly Endowment Community Scholar Isaac Hertenstein was not talking about his own accomplishments. Instead, the Greencastle High School senior, son of Matthew and Margo Hertenstein, was thinking of the support he’s received from the Greencastle and Putnam County community...

When it came time to choose a new coroner, the Putnam County Republican Party chose to go with an experienced candidate. During a county-wide caucus on Saturday, the GOP chose Deputy Coroner Todd Zeiner to replace current Coroner Jon Myers, who is set to resign on Friday, Dec. 8. “I am honored to have been chosen as the next coroner for Putnam County,” Zeiner said...

Having worked nearly four decades in the field, Dave Costin has rolled with myriad changes in emergency operations. It has always been about meeting the mission. For his colleagues here and at the state level, he has shaped an emergency response structure that is resilient in its preparedness. All the while, though, it has been aimed toward continuous improvement...

An odd-shaped, 1.16-acre lot at the southeast corner of Warren Drive and State Road 240, essentially orphaned by the development of the sprawling Walmart Distribution Center property behind it, was approved for rezoning by the City Plan Commission at its November meeting...

The forecast deadline for the reopening of Bloomington Street/U.S. 231 in Greencastle came and went Thursday without cause for celebration. The new finish line date, Mayor Bill Dory told the Greencastle Redevelopment Commission (RDC) Wednesday evening, is now Friday, Dec. 8. That’s weather permitting, of course...

Soccer season ended two months ago at Greencastle and winter sports are in full swing. That doesn’t mean the mind of Aleeyah Johnson has wandered to being out on the pitch in the summer, preparing for a new season, a season that will take place in a kit that isn’t purple and grey...

It wasn’t so much that Greencastle lost to Indian Creek in the boys’ basketball nightcap of a four-game day at McAnally Center Saturday. It was the way in which the Tiger Cubs were able to be undone mentally by the Braves once an already physical game was allowed to nearly get out of hand as the visitors used a mini 8-0 burst in the second quarter that turned a tied game into a runaway 74-40 win for the visitors...

For more than a year, an effort has been afoot to give local children a place to go on their very worst day. The local chapter of Isaiah 117 House has been raising awareness and funds to build a home where children go on the day the Department of Child Services has to remove them from a negative situation at home...

Having to wait an extra 10 days to begin its boys’ basketball season, North Putnam traveled to South Putnam to face a home side that was still licking its wounds after a 30-point loss in its season opener to Clay City. The Cougars hit their first three triples of the night for an early lead but the Eagles steadied the ship, didn’t allow the advantage to blossom and turned the game into a see-saw affair until a 15-1 run from the third into the fourth quarter helped the visitors to a 60-50 win...

The old Marsh Supermarket store at 1033 Indianapolis Rd., vacant or only used for storage since the early 2000s, is expected to become a family practice medical clinic/physical therapy facility following action of the Greencastle Board of Zoning Appeals (BZA)...

Awed. Humbled. Grateful. On a day could understandably have been all about him, 2024 Putnam County Lilly Endowment Community Scholar Isaac Hertenstein was not talking about his own accomplishments. Instead, the Greencastle High School senior, son of Matthew and Margo Hertenstein, was thinking of the support he’s received from the Greencastle and Putnam County community...

An odd-shaped, 1.16-acre lot at the southeast corner of Warren Drive and State Road 240, essentially orphaned by the development of the sprawling Walmart Distribution Center property behind it, was approved for rezoning by the City Plan Commission at its November meeting...

Having worked nearly four decades in the field, Dave Costin has rolled with myriad changes in emergency operations. It has always been about meeting the mission. For his colleagues here and at the state level, he has shaped an emergency response structure that is resilient in its preparedness. All the while, though, it has been aimed toward continuous improvement...

When it came time to choose a new coroner, the Putnam County Republican Party chose to go with an experienced candidate. During a county-wide caucus on Saturday, the GOP chose Deputy Coroner Todd Zeiner to replace current Coroner Jon Myers, who is set to resign on Friday, Dec. 8. “I am honored to have been chosen as the next coroner for Putnam County,” Zeiner said...

The forecast deadline for the reopening of Bloomington Street/U.S. 231 in Greencastle came and went Thursday without cause for celebration. The new finish line date, Mayor Bill Dory told the Greencastle Redevelopment Commission (RDC) Wednesday evening, is now Friday, Dec. 8. That’s weather permitting, of course...

It wasn’t so much that Greencastle lost to Indian Creek in the boys’ basketball nightcap of a four-game day at McAnally Center Saturday. It was the way in which the Tiger Cubs were able to be undone mentally by the Braves once an already physical game was allowed to nearly get out of hand as the visitors used a mini 8-0 burst in the second quarter that turned a tied game into a runaway 74-40 win for the visitors...