Stories from Thursday, May 18, 2006

County officials may find themselves chasing their tales when it comes to collecting the local dog tax. Responsibility for that tax collection has been removed from township trustees and is now in the hands of the county, attorney Scott Hoff told the Putnam County Council. ...

Engineering and planning for several city projects including widening of Indianapolis Road and development of a new lift station south of the city, were the focus of the Board of Works Wednesday. "We want to try to move on this," Mayor Nancy Michael said of the Indianapolis Road project, which would widen the street and make improvements to curbs and sidewalks from Wood Street to 10th Street...

Construction could start in early to mid June on a new Gas America station on Indianapolis Road at 10th Street. Gas America vice president Keith White told the BannerGraphic the family-owned company is anxious to get started on its Greencastle location...