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PCF resumes normal operations
(Local News ~ 02/02/16)
PUTNAMVILLE -- With the recent H1N1 flu outbreak settling down at Putnamville Correctional Facility, normal operations resumed on Tuesday, officials announced. Offender visitation was set to resume and offenders are again participating in their job and program assignments...
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Mark Eugene Wilson
(Obituary ~ 02/02/16)
Mark Eugene Wilson, 52, of Greencastle, passed away on Saturday, Jan. 30, 2016. He was born on June 24, 1963 in Beech Grove to Walter E. and Helen M. Fortner Wilson. Mark was a 1981 graduate of Decatur Central High School. He had owned and operated Mark's Marina at Glenn Flint and Van Bibber Lakes for several years...
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Judy May Howard
(Obituary ~ 02/02/16)
Judy May Howard, 62, Roachdale, passed away on Monday, Feb. 1, 2016 at her daughter's home in North Salem. She was born June 22, 1953 in Indianapolis, IN, daughter of the late Jessie and Nica Harris. Judy is survived by her fiancé, Michael Robinson of Roachdale, daughter Shawn (JR) Boller of North Salem, brother Donald Underhill of Greenwood, sister Donna Howe of Indianapolis and grandchildren Joshua (fiancée Jamie Marsh) Hodges, Cody (fiancée Cassie Mitchell) Wright and Amber Boller...
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Staunton homicide victim identified
(Local News ~ 02/02/16)
STAUNTON -- Officials released more information about the death investigation of a female found deceased in a Staunton trailer on Sunday. Pathologist Dr. Roland Khor conducted an preliminary autopsy at Terre Haute Regional Hospital Monday, which indicated foul play was involved and listed the cause of death as homicide...
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Otis H. Patrick
(Obituary ~ 02/02/16)
Otis H. Patrick, D.V.M , 86, of Eminence, passed away Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2016 in Greencastle. He was born June 5, 1929 in Morgan County. He was the son of the late Oscar and Marjorie L. (Coffman) Patrick. He married Pam (Sinclair) Patrick in 1978, and she survives...
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Eugene Earl Butts Sr.
(Obituary ~ 02/02/16)
Eugene Earl Butts Sr., 88, Staunton, passed away on Friday, Jan. 29, 2016. He was born Dec. 22, 1927 in Clay County, the son of John Ray Butt and Goldie Winn Butt. He graduated from Staunton High School and last worked in maintenance at the Clay County Health Center...
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Court News for 2-03-16
(Court News ~ 02/02/16)
The following cases were filed in Putnam County courts recently. Criminal Cases Andrew Douiglas O'Hair, 27, Greencastle, Level 5 felony battery resulting in serious bodily injury with habitual offender enhancement Michael Alan Neiner, 33, Greencastle, Level 6 felony domestic battery...
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Putnam Scanner for 2-03-16
(Police Logs ~ 02/02/16)
County Jail Several people were booked into the Putnam County Jail recently. At 11:20 p.m. on Wednesday, Jan. 27, Keith Lionel Johnson, 35, Indianapolis, was arrested for obstruction of justice. At 8:52 a.m. on Thursday, Christopher Todd Smith, 23, Greencastle, was lodged at the jail on a warrant for criminal mischief and intimidation...
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Director of the Year
(Local News ~ 02/02/16)
Susan Lorimer (right) of Big Bounce Funhouse Rentals, Greencastle, accepts the 2015 Greater Greencastle Chamber of Commerce Director of the Year Award from out-going Chamber President Beth Flint during the Chamber's annual dinner meeting Saturday night at the DePauw University Tennis and Track Center...
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DePauw offers online mental health screening
(Local News ~ 02/02/16)
Putnam County residents are invited to take advantage of free, online mental health screenings, which are being made available in a program that began Monday, Feb. 1. The DePauw University Wellness Center Counseling Services is offering the free screenings as a way to increase awareness of mental health issues (including depression and mood disorders) and to encourage early intervention...
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Community Corrections enacts new program
(Local News ~ 02/02/16)
The fall of 2015 was an interesting time for Putnam County Community Corrections as it introduced a new class to current home detention and probation clients. Moral Reconation Therapy, or MRT for short, is a systematic, cognative-behavorial, 12-step program...
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Cardiac Score and lung cancer screens now more affordable
(Local News ~ 02/02/16)
Effective Feb. 1, the Cardiac Score and Lung Cancer Screen will be available for $39.95 each at Putnam County Hospital. When both screens are purchased, the price is $59.95. Hospital officials said the price reduction in these life-saving screens at Putnam County Hospital is part of the PCH Community Wellness Initiative...
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February observed as 'Heart Smart' month
(Local News ~ 02/02/16)
The American Heart Association reports nearly 801,000 people in the U.S. died from heart disease, stroke and other heart diseases in 2013. That's about one of every three deaths in America. They also report heart disease is the No. 1 cause of death in the world and the leading cause of death in the United States...
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Conserving Soil and Water
(Local News ~ 02/02/16)
Dan Lucas of Lucas Family Farms receives the Conservation Farmer of the Year award during the Soil and Water Conservation District's (SWCD) recent annual meeting with (from left) Lee Fordice and Ken Carrington of the Farm Credit Agency (who sponsored the award), wife Jill Lucas, son's girlfriend Chelsea Grimes, and son Jacob Lucas. "I would like to thank my mentors over the last 20 years," Lucas said, "Barry Fisher, Bill Bollman and Byron Gough."...
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DPU art exhibit opens Thursday at Peeler Center
(Local News ~ 02/02/16)
The annual DePauw University juried student art exhibition opens Thursday, Feb. 4 and continues through Wednesday, March 2. The campus-wide exhibition, which is free and open to all, features drawing, painting, photography, sculpture, ceramic and new media works created by DePauw students...
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Commissioners to repeal county speeding ordinance
(Local News ~ 02/02/16)
A 2012 ordinance passed with an eye toward bringing more money into the county has been rendered obsolete by a recent Indiana Court of Appeals decision. The Putnam County Commissioners passed a speeding ordinance in early 2012 that established county speed limits on a number of county roads. The thinking at the time was that when such limits are established locally, they can be enforced as an ordinance violation rather than as a state traffic infraction...
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Inman pleads guilty to pair of felonies
(Local News ~ 02/02/16)
Accepting a plea agreement that dropped seven of his nine charges -- including one count of attempted murder -- a Bainbridge man was nonetheless handed a 20-year sentence on Monday. Donald L. Inman, 51, agreed to enter guilty pleas to Class B felony attempted aggravated battery and to Class C felony intimidation relating to a series of events that took place on the evening of June 17, 2014...
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