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Electrical accident proves fatal to Roachdale man
(Local News ~ 07/21/16)
INDIANAPOLIS -- A Roachdale man succumbed to his injuries Tuesday, four days after making contact with a power line in a Friday, July 14 incident. Robert "Kevin" Parker, 56, died at Eskanazi Hospital in Indianapolis. Parker is the previously unidentified man who was critically injured when the television antenna he was either installing or removing made contact with power lines outside the home at 9 N. Main St., Roachdale...
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Sylvia Ann Harrison-Nolan
(Obituary ~ 07/21/16)
Sylvia Ann Harrison-Nolan, 84, formerly of Greencastle, passed away in Phoenix on June 27, 2016. She was a graduate and former employee of DePauw University. Sylvia is survived by two daughters and their husbands, Jane Ann Harrison-Hilton and Jerome Hilton III of Biloxi, Miss., and Rebecca Harrison-Dull and Dr. ...
- More Saturday winners from Lincoln Park Speedway (Professional Sports ~ 07/21/16)
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Tina Marie Whitaker
(Obituary ~ 07/21/16)
Tina Marie Whitaker, 50, of Roachdale went to heaven on Wednesday, July 20, 2016. She was born on Aug.29, 1965 in Greencastle to James R. and Norma (Miller) Whitaker. She graduated from North Putnam High School in 1983 and received a Degree from Ivy Tech in 1988. She was a 37-year survivor of brain cancer...
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Robert 'Kevin' Parker
(Obituary ~ 07/21/16)
Robert "Kevin" Parker, 56, of Roachdale, passed away on Tuesday, July 19, 2016 at Eskenazi Hospital in Indianapolis. He was born on Aug. 27, 1959 in Greencastle to the late Max and Shirley (Garr) Parker. He married Connie (Long) Parker on Nov. 4, 2005 in Greencastle. She survives...
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Rock-throwing suspect in court on five Putnam County cases
(Local News ~ 07/21/16)
One of two men charged with hurling rocks at unsuspecting motorists traveling along U.S. 231 in southern Putnam County this past spring entered not-guilty pleas Thursday to 10 felony counts. Appearing before Judge Matt Headley in Putnam Circuit Court, Jonathan J. Koeling, 25, of Freedom, was ordered held on $10,000 cash-only bond for his part in a string of rock-throwing incidents that damaged numerous vehicles in Putnam and Owen counties...
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John W. Whicker
(Obituary ~ 07/21/16)
John W. Whicker, 64, of Spencer, passed away Tuesday, July 19, 2016 at his home in Owen County. He was born Nov. 25, 1951 the son of the late Ellis and Zelma (Doll) Whicker. He married Annie Ruth (McCammon) Whicker on Nov. 11, 1981. She preceded him in death Nov. 23, 2014...
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Merle Lee 'Peanut' Foxx
(Obituary ~ 07/21/16)
Merle Lee "Peanut" Foxx, 86, of Greencastle, died Wednesday, July 20, 2016. Services will be conducted at 11 a.m. Tuesday, July 26 at Bittles and Hurt Funeral Home, Greencastle. Visitation will be 4-7 p.m. Monday, July 25 at the funeral home. He will be laid to rest with military honors in Forest Hill Cemetery...
- Organizing Chaos (Local News ~ 07/21/16)
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Information for NPSC enrollment
(Local News ~ 07/21/16)
Offices for North Putnam schools will be open for the 2016-17 school year on Monday, July 25 at 8 a.m. with the first student day set as Aug. 8. Parents may register their children on Thursday, July 28 from noon to 7 p.m. If unable to register on this day, call the child's respective school to make other arrangements...
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Last mural for the year
(Local News ~ 07/21/16)
The Greencastle Civic League painted its last mural for the year on the east side of the Hammer and Co. building on the corner of South Vine and East Walnut Streets. Jeanette and Mark Hammer, under the guidance of lead artist Amy Welch, decided on a mural in the style of traditional barn quilts. "Starlight Barn Quilt," the name of the mural, is nod to the traditions of quilting and agriculture in Putnam County...
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Putnam County Scanner for 7-22-16
(Police Logs ~ 07/21/16)
Seven people were booked in the Putnam County Jail recently. Wednesday At 12:31 a.m., Joseph Wayne McDaniel, 40, Indianapolis, was lodged at the jail on a local warrant. At 3:23 a.m., Robert Joe Hall Jr., 40, Lafayette, was booked into the jail on an outside warrant...
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Betty Lou Burdette Michell
(Obituary ~ 07/21/16)
Betty Lou Burdette Michell, of Roachdale, at age 89 went to be with the Lord, surrounded by her loving family on July 18, 2016, at Gentiva Hospice Center in San Antonio, Texas. She was born on March 2, 1927 in Jamestown, Ind., to Samuel Asbury and Ina Ethel Davis Pratt...
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