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Pauline 'Polly' Kelly
(Obituary ~ 01/07/16)
Pauline "Polly" Kelly, 89, of Crawfordsville, passed away Monday, Jan. 4, 2016 at Franciscan St. Elizabeth Health-Crawfordsville. She was born March 24, 1926 in Owen County to Adam L. and Nancy Elizabeth (Routt) Nees. She was a graduate of Cloverdale High School...
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John L. Beasley
(Obituary ~ 01/07/16)
John L. Beasley, 55, of Greencastle, passed away on Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2016. Born Feb. 26, 1960 in Greencastle, he was the son of Charles E. "Gene" and Patricia (Frazier) Beasley. He was a 1978 graduate of Greencastle High School. John had worked at Lonestar Industries for several years...
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Tammy Jo Folck
(Obituary ~ 01/07/16)
Tammy Jo Folck, 55, of Roachdale, passed away at her residence Wednesday evening, Jan. 6, 2016, surrounded by her family. She was born on Sept. 20, 1960 at Bedford to Marion and Norma Wagoner Jewell, who preceded her in death. Tammy was a CNA "certified nursing assistant."...
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UPDATED: Five county candidates file for primary
(Local News ~ 01/07/16)
The 31-day filing period for the 2016 primary opened Wednesday, with five county candidates already submitting their names as of Thursday. With those filings, the Republican Party already has a contested race in the May 3 Primary Election. Voter Registration Clerk Stacia Hathaway reported having distributed a number of candidate packets...
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Cloverdale man back in county to face sex charges
(Local News ~ 01/07/16)
Still serving a sentence with the Department of Correction for sex offenses in a Vigo County case, a Cloverdale man was returned to the Putnam County Jail Wednesday for a Thursday morning hearing in Putnam Circuit Court. Jeremy Scott Doerr, 38, most recently of New Castle Correctional Facility, is charged with Class C felony child molesting in a case involving a then 11-year-old girl...
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Stevens set to compete in State Fair Queen Pageant
(Local News ~ 01/07/16)
INDIANAPOLIS -- On the eve of a three-day competition against dozens of other Indiana county fair queens, Miss Putnam County Fair 2015 admits she is little tense going into the 2016 Indiana State Fair Queen Pageant. Belying her nervousness, though, Kristen Stevens maintains the chipper disposition that served her well in becoming and serving as the fair queen...
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Live hawks, owls, falcons or eagles to visit Greencastle Jan. 16
(Local News ~ 01/07/16)
If you have always wanted a close-up view of a large bird of prey, your opportunity may be at hand. Several live raptors (large birds of prey, including hawks and eagles) will be brought to Greencastle from the Hardy Lake Raptor Center near Scottsburg in southern Indiana on Saturday, Jan. 16 from 2-4 p.m...
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Fatal accident case ends with obstruction plea
(Local News ~ 01/07/16)
SPENCER -- A 40-year-old former Poland man appeared in the Owen Circuit Court Wednesday afternoon, pleading guilty to obstruction of justice in a fatal 2011 hit-and-run case. William Tracy Lucas, 40, now of Connecticut, pled guilty to the Class D felony, pursuant to a plea agreement. He was sentenced to three years in the Department of Correction with two years executed and one year suspended to probation...
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Denison snaps DPU NCAC home streak
(College Sports ~ 01/07/16)
The DePauw University women's basketball team held a three-point lead early in the fourth, but the Tigers connected on just one of its final 15 field goal tries as Denison outscored the hosts, 16-4, the rest of the way to take a 63-54 North Coast Athletic Conference win in Neal Fieldhouse...
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Tiger Sharks swim well Tuesday
(High School Sports ~ 01/07/16)
The Greencastle boys' and girls' swim team used some lifetime bests and breakthrough performances to take the win in the pool Tuesday. The Tiger Sharks had a great night in the pool, sweeping both the boys' and girls' meets against the Mustangs of Edgewood. GHS won all three relays on their way to convincing wins...
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Neese, Coble among top scorers
(High School Sports ~ 01/07/16)
Two of Indiana's top scorers this high school boys' basketball season call Putnam County home. While the two leading scorers, one from Seton Catholic and one from Gary 21st Century, are both scoring 30 points per game, Cloverdale junior Cooper Neese and Greencastle senior Ryan Coble are third and fourth on the list respectively...
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Featured Athlete of the Week: Madisyn Smith, Basketball North Putnam High School
(High School Sports ~ 01/07/16)
Madisyn Smith is a senior basketball player at North Putnam. She was born on May. 7, 1998 to Tina and Craig Smith. Smith enjoys watching "Walking Dead" and "Pretty Little Liars". She likes chinese and Mexican food, her favorite subject in school is Chemistry and her favorite teacher is Annette Maier...
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Cougar wrestlers win 64-12
(High School Sports ~ 01/07/16)
Some hard work since the Putnam County wrestling tournament has yielded positive results for the North Putnam wrestling team against Turkey Run. In the new facility at Roachdale elementary the Cougars won 64-12. "At this point in the season we are really working on making sure our fundamentals are honed in and we are trying to advance our skills and knowledge," NPHS coach Bucky Kramer said. ...
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Putnam Master Gardeners honored for volunteer work
(Local News ~ 01/07/16)
Purdue Master Gardener volunteers contribute to the lives of Indiana residents and local communities, including Putnam County, each year. Last year, the Putnam County Master Gardeners volunteered more than 1,100 hours locally by hosting horticulture-related events, working at the Putnam County Fair and working with local schools to help three high school seniors receive scholarships from the organization...
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December 2015 third warmest on record
(Local News ~ 01/07/16)
Closing the weather book on December and the year 2015, the National Weather Service finds December 2015 was the third warmest in the central Indiana area since weather records began in 1871. For December, 25 days featured above-normal average temperatures, five days had below-normal average temperatures with one day at normal average temperatures...
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Church vandalism suspect ordered back to jail
(Local News ~ 01/07/16)
An 18-year-old Greencastle man, implicated in a series of local church vandalisms last summer, is back in Putnam County Jail after a bond revocation hearing earlier this week. Shea Michael Tahtinen, who turned himself in shortly after the August church incidents, is facing three misdemeanors in connection with the vandalisms and two Level 6 felonies after a subsequent search of his electronic devices turned up alleged child pornography...
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