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Laps for Life
(High School Sports ~ 03/17/17)
Having conducted its fourth annual Laps for Life event in January, the Greencastle High School swimming and diving team recently presented a check for $1,265 to Putnam County Relay for Life. Accepting the check from GHS senior Nathan Gobert (right) are (from left) Par Birkemeier, Julie Greene, Pat Hoopengarner and American Cancer Society liaison Melissa Pressler...
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Lattner earns spot on all-district team
(College Sports ~ 03/17/17)
Post-season honors continue to roll in for DePauw senior basketball standout Luke Lattner. On Wednesday, Lattner was named to the National Association of Basketball Coaches 2016-17 All-Great Lakes District second team. Ohio Wesleyan junior guard Nate Axelrod was named a first-team all-district selection, while Denison senior post Jett Speelman was also named to the second team...
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DePauw also keeps all-sports standings lead in NCAC
(College Sports ~ 03/17/17)
DePauw University won one winter sport league title and finished in the top five in four additional sports to maintain its lead in the race for the 2016-17 North Coast Athletic Conference All-Sports Championship. The Tigers won their fifth conference championship in women’s basketball in the last six years after finishing the regular season with a 15-1 record against league foes, while also finishing third overall in both men’s swimming and diving and women’s swimming and diving for the fifth year in a row.. ...
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Tiger Cubs maintain all-sports lead
(High School Sports ~ 03/17/17)
After winning two winter sports championships and finishing second in two others, Greencastle has maintained its lead in the Western Indiana Conference all-sports standings. The Tiger Cubs held a 20-point lead after the fall sports season, and saw their lead drop slightly to 14 points despite placing first place in both boys’ and girls’ swimming and taking runnerup honors in wrestling and girls’ basketball...
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DPU’s Newlon an all-American
(High School Sports ~ 03/17/17)
Senior Angela Newlon collected her third all-America honor in the 500-yard freestyle and her fourth overall after placing sixth this evening at the NCAA Division III Swimming and Diving Championships on Wednesday. Newlon was seventh in the prelims in 4:56.49 and was just .45 seconds away from not earning a spot in the championship final. She came back in the evening finals to post a sixth-place time of 4:55.41...
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Neese to compete in Phoenix
(High School Sports ~ 03/17/17)
After four rounds of voting, the fans came through for Cloverdale senior Cooper Neese, who is the men’s 3-point champion of the American Family Insurance High School Slam Dunk & 3-Point Championships. The 6-3 senior took 58 percent of the vote to breeze to a victory over fellow finalist Josh Kollman of Bothell, Wash...
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Court News for 3-18-2017
(Court News ~ 03/17/17)
The following cases were filed in Putnam County courts recently. Criminal Cases Brian J. Skeen, 47, Terre Haute, Level 5 felony driving after forfeiture of license for life Jamison D. McKnight, 47, Fort Wayne, Level 6 felony driving while intoxicated, Class C misdemeanor driving while intoxicated, Class A misdemeanor driving with a suspended license...
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Putnam Scanner for 3-18-17
(Police Logs ~ 03/17/17)
Sheriff’s Dept. A Greencastle woman was airlifted to an Indianapolis hospital for head injuries following a Tuesday night crash in Clinton Township. Around 9:45 p.m., 21-year-old Mandi Leonard was westbound on County Road 350 North, west of County Road 325 West, about halfway between Brick Chapel and Clinton Falls...
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Warren Township iron bridge closed until further notice
(Local News ~ 03/17/17)
PUTNAMVILLE — The results of a recent bridge inspection has forced the immediate closure of a 127-year-old iron bridge in Warren Township. Bridge 187, located on County Road 25 East, north of U.S. 40, closed Friday. County highway officials announced the bridge will remain closed for repairs until further notice...
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Third Cloverdale Liquors robbery suspect in custody
(Local News ~ 03/17/17)
CLOVERDALE — A third man believed to be involved with the Dec. 7, 2016 robbery of Cloverdale Liquors is in police custody. Johnnie C. Brown, 29, Cloverdale, was booked in the Putnam County Jail at 2:01 p.m. Friday. Charges were filed against Brown and a warrant issued in December for Level 3 felony armed robbery, Level 6 felony theft and Level 3 felony conspiracy to commit armed robbery...
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Heritage Lake man charged with embezzling quarter-million from physician
(Local News ~ 03/17/17)
A 37-year-old Heritage Lake man suspected of embezzling nearly a quarter-million dollars from a Marion County physician was arrested Thursday when FBI agents and Putnam County Sheriff's Department deputies descended upon his Lincoln Hills home. Taken into custody at his residence on Lincoln Hills Drive was Jonathan Matt, president and registered agent of JMJ Preservation Services LLC, which conducts business from a principal office at 7518 E. CR 400 South, Coatesville...
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Former Aramark worker arrested on sexual misconduct charge
(Local News ~ 03/17/17)
PUTNAMVILLE -- A 50-year-old Clay County woman is facing a charge of sexual misconduct at the Putnamville Correctional Facility following her arrest Thursday. Carol Burton of Knightsville was arrested at her residence in Knightsville by Putnamville Correctional Facility (PCF) correctional officers Fernell McDonald and David Wire along with Clay County detectives...
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