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Greencastle High School hires Doug Greenlee as athletic director
(Local News ~ 07/05/17)
A Putnam County native is coming home as the new Greencastle High School athletic director, school officials announced Wednesday. Pending school board approval, longtime Kankakee Valley High School teacher, coach and administrator Doug Greenlee will be the new GHS athletic director...
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Correctional officer arrested for conspiracy to traffic at Putnamville
(Local News ~ 07/05/17)
PUTNAMVILLE -- A 21-year-old correctional officer is now behind bars for allegedly attempting to traffic contraband items with an offender at Putnamville Correctional Facility. Rachel Spendal of Clinton was arrested Thursday morning and charged with conspiracy to traffic with an inmate, a Level 5 felony...
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The Fourth Be with You
(Local News ~ 07/05/17)
A flourish of fireworks lights up the Greencastle sky Tuesday night, part of the grand finale of the Celebrate 4 Fourth of July festivities at Robe-Ann Park...
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Lou Ann Fields
(Obituary ~ 07/05/17)
Lou Ann Fields, 77, of Brazil, went to be with the Lord Tuesday, July 4, 2017. She was born Feb. 8, 1940 in Putnam County to the late Kenneth and Merle (Tabor) Sinclair. Lou Ann was a 1958 graduate of Belle Union High School, graduating as class salutatorian...
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U.S. 40 documentary to be shown July 10 at Brazil theater
(Local News ~ 07/05/17)
BRAZIL -- The Clay County Historical Society will host a National Road Movie Night on Monday, July 10, at Walnut Theater in Brazil. The National Road documentary "Movers and Stakers" will be shown at 7 p.m. The event is free and open to the public. "Movers and Stakers" tells 13 stories of historic people and places along the National Road. "Movers "were people who migrated west, while "stakers" developed towns, churches, colleges and industry...
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Eric Ray Jack
(Obituary ~ 07/05/17)
Eric Ray Jack, 45, Brazil, passed away Tuesday, July 4, 2017 at Union Hospital in Terre Haute. He was born in Brazil, Ind., on Feb. 20, 1972 to the late Lolita Jack. Eric enjoyed watching NASCAR, "Sponge Bob" and vintage wrestling. He was preceded in death by his mother, Lolita Jack; grandparents Wayne and Agnes Jack and uncle Billy Jack...
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Greencastle man arrested on drug-related charges after traffic stop
(Local News ~ 07/05/17)
A 27-year-old Greencastle man is facing drug-related charges following his Independence Day arrest by Greencastle City Police officers. At approximately 5:15 p.m. Tuesday, July 4, Officer Kyle Lee conducted a traffic stop along Crown Street in the city's South End on a maroon SUV. Lee was checking the expired plates on the vehicle when it turned into a drug investigation, police reported...
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