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Smith takes over as superintendent at Putnamville Correctional Facility
(Local News ~ 07/31/15)
PUTNAMVILLE -- Veteran Department of Correction administrator Brian Smith recently returned to Putnamville Correctional Facility as superintendent. Smith took over at Putnamville in late May after serving at Plainfield Correctional Facility, where he most recently worked as superintendent...
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County Council changes August meeting time
(Local News ~ 07/31/15)
The Putnam County Council will meet on its regular meeting date in August, but 90 minutes earlier than normal. The Tuesday, Aug. 18 meeting is set to take place at 5 p.m. The council's regular meeting is earlier because it will be meeting earlier in the day for 2015 budget hearings...
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State requests disaster declaration for 53 Indiana counties, including Putnam, due to crop damage caused by flooding
(Local News ~ 07/31/15)
In a letter to U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Thomas Vilsack, Indiana Gov. Mike Pence requested a secretarial disaster declaration for 53 of Indiana's 92 counties -- including Putnam County -- due to crop damage and losses caused by flooding and excessive rain since May 1 of this year...
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At the Putnam County Public Library
(Local News ~ 07/31/15)
At the Library Aug. 2-8, 2015 Monday, Aug. 3 Family Quiet Time in the Imagination Portal, 9 a.m. to noon Looking for a little quiet in the library? These hours are for you. Enjoy the library without monitors, video games or music in the background. Tech Help Desk, 2 p.m. to 4 p.m...
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Lifebuilder Church to host Financial Peace University classes
(Local News ~ 07/31/15)
Lifebuilder Community Church will host Dave Ramsey's Financial Peace University beginning Sunday. Aug. 9. More than 2.5 million families have positively changed their financial future through FPU. The nine-week course provides families and individuals with practical tools to gain control of their finances and set themselves up for long-term financial success...
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Revival planned at Putnamville's Abundant Life Baptist Church
(Local News ~ 07/31/15)
Abundant Life Baptist Church will host a revival on Sunday, Aug. 9 through Wednesday, Aug. 12. The revival will begin at 10 a.m. Sunday with Dr. Bill Saye, a reformed drug dealer. Saye will then speak nightly at 7 p.m. from Monday through Wednesday...
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Annual gospel meeting set at Cloverdale Church of Christ
(Local News ~ 07/31/15)
CLOVERDALE -- The Cloverdale Church of Christ will hold a gospel meeting on Sunday, Aug. 9 through Thursday, Aug. 13 at the church, 155 N. Main St. This year's speaker will be Brother Mark Reynolds of Muncie. He is an elder at the Towne Acres congregation. Reynolds and wife Mindy have three children and have served in Muncie for 15 years...
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Hanna Street Baptist Church revival begins Sunday, Aug. 2
(Local News ~ 07/31/15)
Hanna Street Batist Church will host its summer revival beginning at 10:30 a.m. Sunday, Aug. 2 at the church. The revival continues at 7 p.m. each night Sunday through Wednesday, Aug. 5. Evangelist Richard Reffiett will be preaching with wife Loretta providing special music each night...
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Who's News for Saturday, Aug. 1
(Local News ~ 07/31/15)
SETH BROWN, a 2014 graduate of Greencastle High School and former Tiger Cub wide receiver and pitcher, recently joined the United States Army. After attending Indiana State University for one semester and making the dean's list, Brown decided he would prefer to serve his country...
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Collier - 40th Anniversary
(Anniversary ~ 07/31/15)
A couple whose love story began almost a half century ago recently celebrated a milestone anniversary. Ray and Edythe Collier celebrated their 40th anniversary on Saturday, July 25. Ray is a logger and Edythe serves as his secretary. The two met when Edythe was 10 and Ray was nine. Edythe and her family made it to church a little late and they were praying...
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Planning a fun day at Wrigley Field
(Letter to the Editor ~ 07/31/15)
To the Editor: There is a great opportunity to see a major league baseball game on Saturday, Aug. 8. Almost Home is sponsoring a chartered bus trip to Wrigley Field in Chicago for an afternoon game between the Chicago Cubs and the defending World Series Champion San Francisco Giants...
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Court News for 8-1-15
(Police Logs ~ 07/31/15)
The following cases were filed in Putnam County courts recently. Criminal Cases Mark Anthony Boehm, 38, Fillmore, Level 6 felony domestic battery Anthony Ray Pearson, 46, Greencastle, Level 6 felony driving while intoxicated, Class C misdemeanor driving while intoxicated, Level 6 felony driving with a Schedule I or II substance or its metabolite in the body, Class C misdemeanor driving with a Schedule I or II substance or its metabolite in the body...
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Putnam Scanner for 8-1-15
(Police Logs ~ 07/31/15)
County Jail Three people were taken into the custody of the Putnam County Jail recently. At 2:20 p.m. on Thursday, Geovanni Ortiz, 26, Cloverdale, was booked in on a traffic warrant from White County. At 8:25 p.m. Jacob Elijah Williams, 20, Fillmore, was arrested for probation violation...
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Miss Unstoppable pageant Saturday at DPU
(Local News ~ 07/31/15)
Putnam County Comprehensive Services is hosting the Miss Unstoppable Pageant Saturday at 6 p.m. in the DePauw University's Thompson Hall. Admission is free to the public. The Miss Unstoppable pageant is for individuals with disabilities. Nine female contestants with escorts will walk across the stage to be judged on poise and appearance, talent and answering a question...
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PCPL Time Travelin' Genealogy Guild: The final resting place
(Local News ~ 07/31/15)
The Time Travelin' Genealogy Guild will meet Saturday, Aug. 1 at 10 a.m. and again on Wednesday, Aug. 5 at 5:30 p.m. The final resting place will be the focus of discussion for the month of August in the Local History and Genealogy Department. You are invited to participate in the historic Cyril Johnson Room of the Putnam County Public Library. The host will be Diana Brumfield, the Library's genealogist and registrar of the Washburn Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution...
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Area 30 registration set for Aug. 3
(Local News ~ 07/31/15)
Area 30 Career Center will hold student registration for the 2015-16 school year on Monday, Aug. 3. Registration is schedued for 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. at the Area 30 facility, 1 N. Calbert Way, Suite A, Greencastle.
- Farm Credit Grand Opening (Local News ~ 07/31/15)
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Board takes step to restart CVB
(Local News ~ 07/31/15)
Two months after opting to "hit the pause button" on operations, the Putnam County Convention and Visitor Bureau is taking steps toward restarting. The CVB Board took a tangible step in that direction Tuesday evening in voting to hire Lynne Fuller as a consultant to reorganize the bureau and get the day-to-day operations at the CVB going again...
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Big night for old music with John Wood Combo
(Local News ~ 07/31/15)
Two homegrown musical groups perhaps most synonymous with the local music scene over the past 40 years or more will be taking center stage Friday night at local venues. Not only is the Average House Band returning for its eighth annual reunion show this coming Friday and Saturday, Aug. 7-8 at the Inn at DePauw but The John Wood Combo will getting toes a-tapping Friday night at the Greencastle VFW as well...
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Roachdale, ready to react
(Local News ~ 07/31/15)
ROACHDALE -- The good folk in northeastern Putnam County have decided to take a stand. Recent graffiti, loitering and the presence of suspicious persons led to a Thursday evening discussion at Roachdale's Town Hall, where five concerned citizens began the process of establishing a neighborhood watch program...
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