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Carrington finishes as state runner-up
(High School Sports ~ 02/22/21)
Greencastle senior Brach Carrington finished as runner-up at 195 pounds at the IHSAA Wrestling State finals Saturday night. Carrington (40-1) was defeated 7-2 in the final by Indianapolis Lutheran senior Hayden Filipovich (44-0), who became the first wrestler to win a state title for the Saints...
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Boys' Basketball Sectional Draws Announced
(High School Sports ~ 02/22/21)
The draws for the IHSAA Boys' Basketball State Tournament have been announced with Putnam County teams featuring at Frankfort and Cloverdale starting next week. Greencastle (17-6) will face North Montgomery (2-11) on Wednesday, March 3 in the second game of Class 3A Sectional No. 25 at Frankfort. The Tiger Cubs defeated the Chargers on Feb. 2 74-45; the latter has lost all three meetings against sectional opponents and last played on Feb. 9, having been in quarantine since...
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Greencastle ends regular season with win over Owen Valley
(High School Sports ~ 02/22/21)
The final Western Indiana Conference game for the Greencastle Tiger Cubs was a shootout with the Owen Valley Patriots in McAnally Center on Monday night. The heavy snow that fell last week was melted in the vicinity of the gymnasium as the teams both shot 50 percent or better from the field and combined to hit 29-of-30 from the free throw line on a hot-shooting night for both teams, but the efficient Tiger Cubs came out on top 81-75. ...
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Haywood moves on to regional as South Putnam finishes fourth at sectional
(High School Sports ~ 02/22/21)
AVON – Try as they might Saturday, South Putnam just couldn’t quite get the last little bit of speed needed to send any of its swimmers to the IHSAA Boys’ Swimming and Diving State Finals. The Eagles saw two relay teams finish within a second of Plainfield while Evan Steffy and Grant Cordell grabbed third-place finishes in the 200 IM and 100 breaststroke respectively at the Avon Swimming and Diving Sectional Saturday...
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EMS planning for short-term and long-term ambulance needs
(Local News ~ 02/22/21)
With a meeting to discuss the purchase of a new ambulance just hours away, the Putnam County EMS reserve ambulance seemed to have a message for county decision makers. I give up. On Thursday, EMS Chief Kelly Russ delivered the news to the Putnam County Commissioners that the department’s reserve ambulance had caught fire that morning, shortly after returning to station from a run...
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Proposed changes for Robe-Ann Park unveiled
(Local News ~ 02/22/21)
Getting its first look at proposed changes to Robe-Ann Park recently, the Greencastle Park Board saw improvements that would provide more parking, better traffic flow and create a plaza area between the ballfield and Shelterhouse No. 1 (on the hillside overlooking the bandshell)...
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Downtown parking ordinance revisions halfway to passage
(Local News ~ 02/22/21)
Parking and traffic logically go hand in hand. So rarely does any discussion of parking in downtown Greencastle not include the notion of removing truck traffic and other through traffic off the square somehow. It happened again at the City Council’s recent February meeting...
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Carringtons take the oath to play at Marian
(High School Sports ~ 02/22/21)
The conclusion of a whirlwind 72 hours for the Carrington family came Monday night when Brach and Logan Carrington signed on to continue their football playing days at Marian University. “Our cousin Tyler (Lotz) went there and was a good football player,” Logan Carrington said about the decision. “It seems like it’s an extremely good football program and looks like a place that is going to be fun for us, not just athletically but academically, too.”...
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Bloomfield gives Greencastle the slip in final minutes
(High School Sports ~ 02/22/21)
BLOOMFIELD - After a grueling contest that went into the final seconds of the fourth quarter, the Bloomfield Cardinals were able to squeak by with a four-point win, 56-52, over Greencastle. Though the match was not originally scheduled, basketball fans were in for a treat Friday night as both teams battled well into the fourth quarter, having ties at the half (28-28) and after the third quarter (37-37)...
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Cougars shrug off location change, Warriors late
(High School Sports ~ 02/22/21)
DANVILLE – North Putnam travelled to Danville on Saturday night used solid defense, three-point shooting and an uber-efficient night from Mason Brooks to take down the Class 3A No. 7 Warriors, 69-65. The impressive victory boosted the Cougars to 15-6 on the season and dropped Danville to 14-3...
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Kyle Ray Walker
(Obituary ~ 02/22/21)
Kyle Ray Walker, 60, of Greencastle, passed away on Sunday, Feb. 21, 2021. Arrangements are pending with the Hopkins-Rector Funeral Home, Greencastle.
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Faye Ann Grimes
(Obituary ~ 02/22/21)
Faye Ann Grimes, 60, of Greencastle, passed away on Saturday, Feb. 20, 2021. Born Nov. 9, 1960 in Greencastle, she was the daughter of Harold and Janice (Kridler) Barnett. She was a 1979 graduate of Greencastle High School. Faye was a homemaker and had worked several years at Walmart Distribution and Ascena...
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Hubby Jenkins to perform Wednesday for Virtual Music Festival
(Local News ~ 02/22/21)
Multi-instrumentalist and Grammy nominee Hubby Jenkins, an exponent of old-time American music and African American history, is featured Wednesday, Feb. 24 in the Greencastle Virtual Music Festival’s first live-streamed event, with Jenkins appearing from his home in Brooklyn...
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Shouse - 50th Anniversary
(Anniversary ~ 02/22/21)
On Feb. 13, Mike and Patty Shouse of Reelsville celebrated 50 years of marriage. They were married in the Spencer Baptist Church by Rev. John Honeay. Their daughters, Jennifer (Steve) Gardner and Michelle (Larry) Atkinson, and granddaughter, Courtney (Chris) Jackson, held an open house at the Reelsville Fire House with several family and friends in attendance...
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Exploring 4-H for grade 2 kicks off in March
(Local News ~ 02/22/21)
Eligibility in the regular 4-H program necessitates one must be in grades 3 through 12 as of Jan. 1 of the current year. However, second-graders can get a taste of 4-H by signing up for the Exploring 4-H program. Exploring 4-H is a program for children who are not yet old enough for 4-H. Any boy or girl in the second grade as of Jan. 1 of the current year is eligible...
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Court News for Feb. 23, 2021
(Court News ~ 02/22/21)
The following cases were filed in Putnam County courts recently. Andrew G. Thompson, 23, Indianapolis, Level 6 felony resisting law enforcement using a vehicle Bobby Standifer-Forey, 31, Indianapolis, Level 6 felony battery against a public safety official...
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Safe Haven
(Local News ~ 02/22/21)
Supporting a larger community effort to provide a legal and safe surrender option for parents unable to care for their healty newborns, Tri-County Bank & Trust makes a donation to the Safe Haven Baby Box program at Putnam County EMS...
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After 35 years, Foundation still makes an impact
(Local News ~ 02/22/21)
The concept of time is a funny thing. When you are bored or waiting for it to pass, boy does it seem to slow down to a crawl. But when we think of the highlights of our life, the truly great moments like the birth of a child, a wedding day or laughing with loved ones until you cry, those times seem to pass like lightning...
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Putnam Scanner for Feb. 23, 2021
(Police Logs ~ 02/22/21)
Eight people were booked in the Putnam County Jail recently. Monday • At 2:44 a.m. Jessica M. Faulkner, 32, Brownsburg, was lodged at the jail for theft and on a writ of body attachment. Saturday • At 11:01 p.m. Andrew L. Prouse, 23, Marshall, Ill., was housed at the jail for driving while intoxicated...
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Bang For Your Buck
(Local News ~ 02/22/21)
Described as a state-of-the-art facility and an investment for the Greencastle and DePauw University communities, the new Old National Bank branch near the courthouse square was officially unveiled Monday morning...
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House passes Baird’s legislation to address surprise ambulance service bills
(Local News ~ 02/22/21)
INDIANAPOLIS – The Indiana House of Representatives voted unanimously in support of legislation authored by State Rep. Beau Baird (R-Greencastle) addressing surprise nonemergency ambulance bills. Baird’s bill seeks to solve the issue of surprise billing. Specifically, it establishes a more reasonable reimbursement structure for providers while also collecting cost data to be used in the future to solve the greater surprise billing problem...
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Non-food pantry distribution set for Saturday
(Local News ~ 02/22/21)
The Putnam County Non-Food Pantry will be distributing non-food items from noon until 3 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 27 at St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church, 520 E. Seminary St., Greencastle. This will be a drive-through distribution of products only. Because of safety concerns, only pre-packaged bags will be distributed. Organizers have been unable to purchase some cleaning products because of supply issues...
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Gleaners drive-through set Saturday in Bainbridge
(Local News ~ 02/22/21)
BAINBRIDGE — Gleaners food distribution will again be at the Bainbridge Elementary School on South Washington Street as a drive-through event on Saturday, Feb. 27. The event, which runs from 10-11:30 a.m., is open to all in need. Volunteers are needed by 9 a.m. to help with traffic and preparation...
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