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Winter Weather Advisory in effect until 1 p.m. Saturday
(Local News ~ 01/12/17)
All of Putnam County is included in a Winter Weather Advisory for freezing rain issued Thursday afternoon by the National Weather Service in Indianapolis. The advisory has been issued for most of central Indiana beginning 7 p.m. Friday, Jan. 13 until 1 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 14...
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Wilda E. Wray
(Obituary ~ 01/12/17)
Wilda E. Wray, 91, of Greencastle, passed away on Wednesday, Jan 11, 2017. Born Oct. 23, 1925 in Clinton Township of Putnam County, she was the daughter of Earl Everett and Mabel (Martin) Evens. She was a 1943 graduate of Greencastle High School. Wilda retired from Walmart Distribution Center, where she worked part-time in the marking room. She had also worked at the Angwell Curtain Factory and Castle Shade for 25 years...
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Irene Clark
(Obituary ~ 01/12/17)
Irene Clark, 97, of New Castle, formerly of Reelsville, passed away on Thursday, Jan. 12, 2017. Irene was born Aug. 19, 1919 in Martin County, Ky., the daughter of the late John and Mattie Lanham. She married Charles Albert (Bill) Clark in 1936 and began her role as a wife and homemaker in Greencastle and later Reelsville...
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Pledge allegiance to the republic
(Letter to the Editor ~ 01/12/17)
To the Editor: I read Lee Hamilton’s column and he keeps referring us to a representative democracy. When did we change from a republic? I thought when we sent representatives and senators to Congress, they pledged allegiance to uphold our republic...
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DAZE WORK: Left in the dark by the light bulb revolution
(Column ~ 01/12/17)
Nestled into the big, comfy chair in front of the TV the other evening, I was enjoying a bit of a guilty entertainment pleasure -- “The Mystery of Oak Island” -- played out in a perfect low-light setting for the occasion. It was then I realized the three living room lamps that surround me like a Bermuda Triangle of illumination all were dialed down to their lowest three-way bulb setting. I like that ambiance...
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This weekend's basketball previews
(High School Sports ~ 01/12/17)
North Putnam (4-8, 0-4) at Greencastle (1-7, 0-4) Game time: 7:30 p.m. varsity tipoff So far: The Tiger Cubs picked up their first win last Saturday, 84-51 over Rockville. North Putnam also won on Saturday, 57-30 over North Vermillion, to break a three-game losing skid...
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DePauw women get OT win; men see win streak snapped
(High School Sports ~ 01/12/17)
GRANVILLE, Ohio — The 17th-ranked DePauw University Tigers overcame three-point deficits in both the fourth quarter and overtime and outscored Denison, 17-4, in the second overtime for a 63-50 North Coast Athletic Conference win over the Big Red on Wednesday in women’s college basketball action...
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Featured Athlete of the Week: Duke Duff, North Putnam
(High School Sports ~ 01/12/17)
Duke Duff is a senior at North Putnam, and is an old-school three-sport athlete — competing in baseball, basketball and football. Banner Graphic: How important are sports to you? Duke Duff: “Sports are everything to me, and they have been my entire life. With my dad [Jarrod Duff] being a coach, I have always been on the field and in the gym. I would be very bored if sports didn’t exist.”...
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Eagle girls split weeknight games; Clovers win big
(High School Sports ~ 01/12/17)
MECCA — The South Putnam Eagles traveled to Riverton Parke on Tuesday night for a non-conference girls’ high school basketball game against the Class A No. 10-ranked Panthers. After fighting through a delay due to a power outage, the Eagles had the Panthers on the ropes until the fourth quarter — when Riverton Parke outscored the Eagles 23-7 in the quarter for 57-53 victory...
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BENNETT'S MINUTES: New Castle trip memorable for Neese
(High School Sports ~ 01/12/17)
NEW CASTLE — Jerry Neese returned to New Castle Chrysler’s legendary gymnasium on Saturday for the first time in 33 years. The gym, labeled as the “world’s largest high school gymnasium,” has a capacity of 9,325 spectators. Not quite that many seats were necessary on Saturday for a five-game, sparsely-attended “Championship Cup” series matching teams from Indiana against teams from Kentucky...
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Court News for 1-13-2017
(Court News ~ 01/12/17)
The following cases were filed in Putnam County courts recently. Criminal Cases Amy M. Patterson, 32, Greencastle, Class A misdemeanor theft Sondra A. Green, 32, Poland, Class A misdemeanor driving with a suspended license Logan P. White, 19, Brazil, Class B misdemeanor possession of marijuana...
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Putnam Scanner for 1-13-17
(Police Logs ~ 01/12/17)
County Jail Three people were booked in the Putnam County Jail on Wednesday. • At 7:36 p.m. Barbera L. Person, 36, Greencastle, was housed at the jail on a local warrant. • At 11:59 a.m. Charlotte Lynn Ladigo, 41, Lebanon, was taken into custody on a warrant...
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Hartman assisting with utility duties in Roachdale
(Local News ~ 01/12/17)
ROACHDALE -- Mr. Jason Hartman, local historian and former clerk-treasurer of Bainbridge, will be joining forces with the town officials and employees of Roachdale less than one year after choosing not to run for a fourth-consecutive term at his position in the nearby town...
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Lawson: Modernization an ongoing challenge
(Local News ~ 01/12/17)
In her nearly five years in the Indiana Secretary of State’s Office, modernization has been at the forefront of her duties, Connie Lawson told the Kiwanis Club of Greencastle Thursday. The call of duty has ranged from updating servers and operating systems within the office to serving businesses across the state through InBiz, a one-stop source for hundreds of thousands of businesses across the state for registering and managing their companies and ensuring they comply with state laws and regulations.. ...
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Winter Term project goes from remodeling to deconstruction
(Local News ~ 01/12/17)
It’s an hour into DePauw University’s Winter Term, and students are already combing through a condemned house on the outskirts of Greencastle. With the heat turned off, it’s nearly as cold inside as it is in the freezing January air outdoors. Students bundled in winter gear and respirator masks – leaks in the roof fed a bad mold infestation – navigate cramped, dark corners of the house, which looks more like something out of a horror flick than the setting for a college class...
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LAST MINUTE MUSINGS: We always have been, and remain, Hoosiers
(Column ~ 01/12/17)
For most of our 200-year history, at least one thing has united us as natives and residents of Indiana. We are Hoosiers. Not “Indianans.” Not “Indianians.” How is that even a thing, by the way? Why add an unneccessary syllable? What a strange word...
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Area 30 graduates generate $20,000
(Local News ~ 01/12/17)
During Tuesday’s Area 30 Governing Board meeting, Director Lora Busch announced that 92 of 148 graduates (62 percent) have earned a total of $1.6 million for Area 30 by completing state certifications. Monies were also generated by completing national certifications, but the exact amount was not available. A final report is expected by the end of January...
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