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Greencastle’s Emma Wilson, the two-time defending Indiana state champion in the 3,200-meter run, will not compete for the Tiger Cubs this spring in what would have been her senior track and field season. Craig Jordan, who has served as Greencastle’s track and cross country coach since the fall of 2016, informed the Banner Graphic by telephone on Monday of Wilson’s decision...

Jaxon Roger Parmley has been named the 2019 Lilly Endowment Community Scholar (LECS) by the Putnam County Community Foundation. Putnam County Community Foundation and Greencastle High School officials surprised the senior and his parents John and Jody with an awards presentation Thursday afternoon at the high school...

With a confirmed 107 workers affected by the closure of the Dixie Chopper plant in Fillmore, WorkOne is prepared to step in and help the dislocated workers. As representatives of the Indiana Department of Workforce Development in both the community and the region, the WorkOne offices in Greencastle and Terre Haute are offering assistance and state benefits to the former Dixie Chopper employees...

Calling itself a fast-casual place for burgers, hotdogs, shakes, floats, beer and wine, Taphouse Burgers is set to open Tuesday, Dec. 11 in the former Taphouse 24 site at 24 S. Indiana St.

While the current state of education of local youth continues to be scrutinized, yesterday saw a seemingly passive milestone in the history of public education in Greencastle. The large brick building which currently houses the Spring Tree Square Condominiums on Spring Street was once Greencastle High School, where generations of students studied and graduated from 1918 until 1958. This December marked 100 years since the structure was dedicated...

South Putnam’s new basketball court had special meaning for the winning teams in Friday night’s Western Indiana Conference doubleheader with Greencastle. In the girls’ game, the Tiger Cubs were hoping to have a better performance than their last appearance on that court — in a big loss to Cloverdale in the county tournament championship game...

To the Editor: Kudos to those Putnam County schools that scored above average on the state accountability exams. By now most people know that Greencastle Schools scored average on those exams. Does this performance make them inferior schools? I would like to offer the following in their defense. The situation certainly is not as dire as the president of the Greencastle School Board presented it at their last meeting...

BAINBRIDGE — Marian University doesn’t necessarily rename its most prestigious scholarship in honor of each person who wins it. Apparently Mary Timm is just the proper fit. The North Putnam senior learned Thursday that she has been awarded a St. Mary Academic Scholarship, which is a full scholarship for the entirety of her four-year career at Marian...

CLOVERDALE – You see claims everywhere for freaky fast or blazing fast Internet speeds. Are they really? Yes, some are lightning fast. Cloverdale now owns legitimate bragging rights to claim it is a nationally ranked Top 100 fiber Internet city in the nation, or more specifically the 55th fastest...

The 2018-19 South Putnam Homecoming King will be crowned Friday evening, chosen from senior candidates (from left) Darnell Bennett, Thomas Fanning, Lane Watson and (not pictured) Colton Grundlock. The Eagle girls’ and boys’ teams will host county rival Greencastle in a WIC West doubleheader. The girls’ game tips off at 6 p.m., followed by the homecoming festivities and then the boys’ game...

Greencastle’s Emma Wilson, the two-time defending Indiana state champion in the 3,200-meter run, will not compete for the Tiger Cubs this spring in what would have been her senior track and field season. Craig Jordan, who has served as Greencastle’s track and cross country coach since the fall of 2016, informed the Banner Graphic by telephone on Monday of Wilson’s decision...

While the current state of education of local youth continues to be scrutinized, yesterday saw a seemingly passive milestone in the history of public education in Greencastle. The large brick building which currently houses the Spring Tree Square Condominiums on Spring Street was once Greencastle High School, where generations of students studied and graduated from 1918 until 1958. This December marked 100 years since the structure was dedicated...

CLOVERDALE – You see claims everywhere for freaky fast or blazing fast Internet speeds. Are they really? Yes, some are lightning fast. Cloverdale now owns legitimate bragging rights to claim it is a nationally ranked Top 100 fiber Internet city in the nation, or more specifically the 55th fastest...

Jaxon Roger Parmley has been named the 2019 Lilly Endowment Community Scholar (LECS) by the Putnam County Community Foundation. Putnam County Community Foundation and Greencastle High School officials surprised the senior and his parents John and Jody with an awards presentation Thursday afternoon at the high school...

The cool weather experienced throughout the second half of October continued right on into November, producing one of the colder Novembers in recent memory and highlighting that there would not really be a true fall across the area this year. In fact, other than November 2014, it was the coldest November on record over the last two decades in central Indiana...

FILLMORE -- In its last regular meeting of 2018, the Fillmore Town Council quickly addressed a variety of issues Thursday evening. The first concerned a Community Crossings matching grant that would support repairs on streets which urgently need them. ...

With a confirmed 107 workers affected by the closure of the Dixie Chopper plant in Fillmore, WorkOne is prepared to step in and help the dislocated workers. As representatives of the Indiana Department of Workforce Development in both the community and the region, the WorkOne offices in Greencastle and Terre Haute are offering assistance and state benefits to the former Dixie Chopper employees...