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Greencastle Police to re-establish K9 program
(Local News ~ 06/23/23)
Greencastle City Police will revive their K9 program following approval Wednesday by the Board of Public Works and Safety. With the program on hold since Officer Kyle Lee defected to the Putnam County Sheriff’s Department with his dog Cain in April 2019, the Board of Works agreed to Chief Chris Jones’ proposal to reinstitute the K9 effort with Officer Angela Taylor as the handler...
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Bicentennial celebration set Sunday
(Local News ~ 06/23/23)
With 200 years of history of Putnam County and Greencastle to celebrate, the Big Birthday Bash is set for 1-4 p.m. this Sunday at the Putnam County Museum, 1105 N. Jackson St., Greencastle. Festivities will include music, Mahoney’s Coneys, ice cream and cupcakes, blacksmithing, fiddling, spinning, weaving, farm chores, jugglers, old-fashioned kids games and even an appearance from Abe Lincoln...
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Local Volunteers Go ‘All IN’
(Local News ~ 06/23/23)
Painting a maze on the deck of the Greencastle Aquatic Center, Brayden Neureiter is one of several volunteers installing new activities at the Robe-Ann Park facility on Friday as part of the United Way of Central Indiana’s third-annual All IN Day...
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Williams to take part in North-South All-Star Softball Game Saturday
(High School Sports ~ 06/23/23)
After two years of having a baseball player in an all-star game, Putnam County will have a softball player in the same position this weekend. North Putnam’s Emma Williams will be a member of the South team at the Softball Coaches Association of Indiana North-South All-Star Game Saturday, joining a select group of players who will compete in the two-game series at Indiana University’s Andy Mohr Softball Complex...
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Seven Putnam County players to take the field for WVFCA All-Star Game Saturday
(High School Sports ~ 06/23/23)
TERRE HAUTE – Seven Putnam County athletes will get the chance to strap on their shoulder pads, don their helmets and take to the field one more time as high school athletes Saturday evening. The Wabash Valley Football Coaches Association All-Star Game will take place on June 24 at 7 p.m., changing locations this year from Indiana State University to the Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology...
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Improve your brain and body health: The MIND Diet
(Local News ~ 06/23/23)
Have you heard of The MIND diet? This eating pattern is designed to prevent dementia and loss of brain function as you age. “MIND” stands for “Mediterranean-DASH Intervention for Neurodegenerative Delay.” This diet contains foods rich in certain vitamins, carotenoids and flavonoids that are believed to protect the brain by reducing oxidative stress and inflammation...
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Authorities respond to ‘long fall’ at Fern Cliff Nature Preserve
(Local News ~ 06/23/23)
Several local agencies responded to a call for help at Fern Cliff Nature Preserve Friday afternoon to what was reported as a “long fall.” According to information from the police scanner, Putnam County Dispatch received a call of a fall at the Madison Township Nature Preserve shortly before 2 p.m...
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Putnam Scanner for June 23, 2023
(Police Logs ~ 06/23/23)
Twenty-four people were booked in the Putnam County Jail recently. Thursday • At 6:53 a.m. Kallie A. Pruitt, 30, Greencastle, was booked in for possession of methamphetamine. • At 5:28 a.m. John D. Sanders, 41, Danville, was lodged at the jail on a court order...
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James R. Mitchell
(Obituary ~ 06/23/23)
With heavy hearts, the family of James R. Mitchell shares his passing. Better known as Jim, he went home in the most peaceful fashion surrounded by family in his Gulfport, Miss. home. In Jim’s 69 years on this earth, he spent 26 of them protecting and traveling our country, serving in the U.S. Navy. He grew up in the small town of Cloverdale and graduated from CHS in 1971...
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