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Stephenson, Pacers oust Knicks, advance to play Heat

By GRANT WIEMAN, Sports Editor

INDIANAPOLIS -- The Pacers had talked all series about making adjustments to gain an advantage with each passing game. The adjustment in Saturday's game 6 win against the Knicks was a radical one: let Lance Stephenson go... >>
None injured in Friday blaze

By JARED JERNAGAN and JOYCE ORLANDO, Banner Graphic writer

A downtown blaze occupied much of Friday morning for Greencastle and other area firefighters. A total of 97 emergency responders from 18 agencies helped fight a fire that damaged approximately half of a city block on... >>
Eyewitnesses tell story of Friday morning's fire

By JARED JERNAGAN, Assistant Editor

The Friday-morning observation of a Greencastle commuter set off a chain of events that may have saved several lives and a city block from complete destruction. Although the fire severely damaged several businesses,... >>
Chestnut is recipient of GGCC's Putnam County Senior Student Athlete of the Year Award.

The Greater Greencastle Chamber of Commerce presented its 2012-13 Putnam County Male Senior Student Athlete of the Year Award on Friday to South Putnam's Ryan Chestnut. The award is presented annually to the high school... >>
Share the Dream contest to feature six local endowments

The Putnam County Community Foundation's annual Share the Dream program is under way. Six endowments have notified the Community Foundation that they intend to compete this year: Greencastle High School Alumni Scholarship,... >>
Evening Fire

By LAUREN BOUCHER, Staff Writer

After an eventful morning, the Greencastle Fire Department was dispatched to a home at 307 Franklin St. shortly after 8:10 p.m. to a report of a mini barn fire. Greencasle Fire Department Chief Bill Newgent said his crews... >>
Five-run third dooms Eagles against Mustangs

Senior JD Briones threw six solid innings and homered against Edgewood on Thursday, but the effort wasn't enough as South Putnam lost 8-5. SPHS (3-18, 2-8) scored two runs in the second to tie the game but a five-run third... >>

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As many as 7 hurt in 3-vehicle crash near Muncie
MUNCIE, Ind. (AP) -- A crash involving three vehicles near Muncie has sent as many as seven people - including five children - to a hospital....
Indiana Supreme Court blocks Lake judge's transfer
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) -- The Indiana Supreme Court has ruled a Lake County judge cannot transfer to a juvenile court because he didn't go through merit selection when he joined the bench....
Quiet tornado season a year after 14 die in Ind.
SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) -- A little more than a year after tornadoes ripped across southern Indiana, killing 14 people and damaging or destroying hundreds of homes and businesses, the state has seen a relatively quiet tornado season....
ISU opens interactive exhibit of the Bayh family
TERRE HAUTE, Ind. (AP) -- A new interactive display that documents the lives and accomplishments of Indiana's politically prominent Bayh family has opened at Indiana State University, the western Indiana school linked to several generations of the clan....
Federal report documents inmate sex abuse in US
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) -- Inmates at jails in Indianapolis, Baltimore, St. Louis and Philadelphia face the nation's highest levels of sexual abuse at the hands of guards, according to a new federal report based on surveys of inmates at U.S. jails and prisons....