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Kristen Stevens is Fair Queen 2015
(Local News ~ 07/12/15)
Kristen Stevens was the emotional winner of the title Miss Putnam County Fair Queen. Eight Putnam County young women took to the stage in the Putnam County Fairgrounds Community Building Saturday night. Stevens came out on top as the Fair Queen, and she tearfully accepted the crown from her predecessor, 2014 Miss Putnam County Brittany Birt...
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Jeanette V. Elliott
(Obituary ~ 07/12/15)
Jeanette V. Elliott, 91, of Greencastle and formerly of Denver, Colo., passed away on Wednesday, July 8, 2015. She was born on July 15, 1923 in Cleveland, Ohio, to John Kruszynski and Josephine Lopata Kruszynska. Jeanette left Cleveland in 1941, moving to California to work with Western Union and then moved to Saudi Arabia, where she met her husband, Robert N. Elliott...
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Kristopher Lee Chaplin
(Obituary ~ 07/12/15)
Kristopher Lee Chaplin, 46, of Cloverdale, and formerly of Indianapolis and Poland, Ind., passed away unexpectedly Thursday, July 9, 2015. Kris was born Jan. 27, 1969 in Indianapolis, the son of Richard and Tamara (Denny) Chaplin. Kris graduated from Perry Meridian High School with the class of 1986...
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Iva Maxine Brown
(Obituary ~ 07/12/15)
Iva Maxine Brown, 91, passed away at Wellbrooke of Crawfordsville on Friday, July 10, 2015 at 7:32 p.m. She was born on April 8, 1924 to Clarence and Elsie Holloway Barger at Martinsville, Ind. She married Ula Frank Goss on Oct. 19, 1940, and after his passing on May 19, 1965, she married Ogden Omar Brown who passed away on June 4, 2012...
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Roads closed around Crowe's, Oakalla bridges
(Local News ~ 07/12/15)
High water on Big Walnut Creek had a number of roads closed in Putnam County Sunday evening. As of 9 p.m., roads in the area of Crowe's Bridge and Oakalla Covered Bridge were closed. Crowe's Bridge is located on County Road 100 East in northeastern Greencastle Township. Oakalla Bridge is on County Road 375 West in southwestern Madison Township...
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City application seeks grant for fire station upgrade
(Local News ~ 07/12/15)
Consider it the Sweet 16 level of the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) cycle for the City of Greencastle. Following the adoption of Resolution 2015-16 by the Greencastle City Council last week, the city has formally submitted an application for $400,000 in CDBG funds for repairs to the fire station constructed at South Indiana and Poplar streets in 1978-79, putting it among 16 hopefuls for this year's grant funding...
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South Putnam sets registration, school opening information
(Local News ~ 07/12/15)
South Putnam Community Schools will open the 2015-16 school year on Friday, Aug. 7, for students in kindergarten through grade 12. All kindergarten students must be five years old on or before Aug. 1 to be eligible to enroll. Students will be in attendance all day on the Aug. 7 and lunch will be served...
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'Viennese Melting Pot' next up for Summer Music Festival Wednesday
(Local News ~ 07/12/15)
Soprano Barbara Paré and pianist Tony Weinstein will perform "The Viennese Melting Pot," songs by Brahms, Strauss, and Mahler, in this week's Greencastle Summer Music Festival concert Wednesday, July 15 at Gobin Memorial United Methodist Church. No tickets are required for the free 7:30 p.m. show. Concerts are funded through free-will offerings and donations, an endowment at the Putnam County Foundation and support from local businesses, including the Inn at DePauw...
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Annual Cataract Lake area crime watch fish fry Aug. 15
(Local News ~ 07/12/15)
CATARACT -- Cataract Lake area residents are invited to come out and enjoy a meal with friends, neighbors and local police officers at the 4th annual Cataract Lake Area Crime Watch Fish Fry. The fish fry will be held Saturday, Aug. 15 at the Cataract Yacht Club, 11874 State Road 243, Cloverdale. Serving will be from 2-7 p.m...
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