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GREENFIELD REGIONAL: Players confident this regional trip will be different
(High School Sports ~ 03/08/18)
Cloverdale’s players know that defense will decide how much longer their basketball season gets to continue past Saturday. They feel their defense was much improved in the sectional, and plan to continue that strong play as they meet Shenandoah in Saturday’s second semifinal game at the Greenfield-Central Regional...
- GREENFIELD REGIONAL: Jalen Moore by the numbers, game-by-game team results and team information (High School Sports ~ 03/08/18)
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GREENFIELD REGIONAL: Clovers hoping to snap regional losing streak
(High School Sports ~ 03/08/18)
Patrick Rady has taken the Cloverdale Clovers to the Greenfield-Central Regional for the past two years. His dad took them the year before. All three years, the Clovers were done playing in the four-team tourney early enough to be home for dinner. He would much rather have dinner on Saturday at a Greenfield-area restaurant while planning strategy for the championship game...
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GREENFIELD REGIONAL: Veteran Raiders’ coach seeks answer to solving Jalen Moore
(High School Sports ~ 03/08/18)
Shenandoah’s Dave McCollough has won more than 500 games in his distinguished coaching career. While at North Judson in the early 1990s, McCollough coached a sharp-shooting guard named Kirk Manns — who led the state in scoring for two straight years before moving on to have an excellent college career at Michigan State...
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Purdue Club collecting food pantry items during Ag Day
(Local News ~ 03/08/18)
The Purdue Alumni Club of Putnam County will be collecting food at the Putnam County Ag Day, March 10 at the Putnam County Fairgrounds. The club has collected food for the Putnam County Emegency Food Pantry for several years. For anyone who forgets to bring food, a cash donation will also work...
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Randall W. Harmon
(Obituary ~ 03/08/18)
Randall W. Harmon, 58, of Reelsville, went to be with the Lord on Wednesday, March 7, 2018. Born Sept. 26, 1959, he was the son of the late Pleasant Harmon and Betty Baumann. Randall married Dora Spoon on Feb. 1, 1991, and she survives. He is survived by his wife, Dora Harmon; mother Betty Baumann; children Stephen, Jessie, Josh, Shelbie, Micah, Levi, Raelee, Keelee and Kaylynn; and grandchildren Amelia, and Randall...
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Harold 'Curtis' Brewster
(Obituary ~ 03/08/18)
Harold "Curtis" Brewster, 87, of Greencastle, died March 6, 2018 at Asbury Towers, in Greencastle, following a battle with Alzheimer's. Curtis was born on Sept. 11, 1930, in Indianapolis, the son of James and Mina (Tudor) Brewster. He attended Greencastle High School...
- Youth Philanthropy (Local News ~ 03/08/18)
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Putnam Scanner for March 9, 2018
(Police Logs ~ 03/08/18)
County Jail Eleven people were booked in the Putnam County Jail recently. Wednesday • At 4:57 p.m. Randal David Harper, 39, Brooklyn, N.Y., was lodged at the jail for possession of methamphetamine and possession of paraphernalia with a prior conviction...
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BENNETT'S MINUTES: High school basketball imperfect, but leave it alone
(High School Sports ~ 03/08/18)
As Cloverdale prepares to try to end its regional tournament jinx tomorrow at Greenfield-Central, it’s time to take a look at a couple of things that have been gaining steam lately. High school basketball is not perfect, and it never will be. It was a great year for Putnam County, that’s for sure...
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White, Bieghler chosen as academic all-state
(High School Sports ~ 03/08/18)
Seniors Rose White of Greencastle and Miranda Bieghler of South Putnam are among 39 girls’ players chosen as first-team Academic All-State by the Indiana Basketball Coaches Association. White led the Tiger Cubs to the Putnam County championship and runnerup finish in the Western Indiana Conference this season...
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Court News for March 9, 2018
(Court News ~ 03/08/18)
The following cases were filed in Putnam County courts recently. Criminal Cases Billy A. Barnett, 19, Greencastle, Level 5 felony burglary, Class A misdemeanor theft Keegen C. Bingman, 18, Greencastle, Level 5 felony burglary, Class A misdemeanor theft...
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Walmart Associates in Indiana to receive $13.9 million in cash bonuses
(Local News ~ 03/08/18)
More than 890,000 Walmart U.S. associates are receiving a share of more than $560 million in total cash bonuses, the retail giant has announced. Those bonuses include: -- More than $160 million in cash bonuses based on their stores’ Q4 performance, and...
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‘Lights, Camera, Epic’ exhibit on ‘Ben-Hur’ opens at Crawfordsville
(Local News ~ 03/08/18)
CRAWFORDSVILLE -- The exhibit “Lights, Camera, Epic! ‘Ben-Hur’ on Screen and Beyond” opens at 10 a.m. Saturday, March 10 in the Carriage House Interpretive Center at the Gen. Lew Wallace Study and Museum at Crawfordsville. The exhibit discusses the four motion pictures that have interpreted Wallace’s novel as well as other adaptations and merchandising tie-ins...
- The Graduate (Local News ~ 03/08/18)
- Captain Collins (Local News ~ 03/08/18)
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Tiger Cubs take WIC all-sports lead
(High School Sports ~ 03/08/18)
By Joey Bennett Sports Editor Based on a strong winter sports season, Greencastle has assumed first place in the Western Indiana Conference all-sports standings. The Tiger Cubs were second in girls’ basketball and third in girls’ swimming, and placed third in boys’ basketball, second in wrestling and fourth in boys’ swimming to bring their cumulative total to 186 points...
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Despite recent flurries, winter really just a memory now
(Local News ~ 03/08/18)
Sure there’s still a chill in the air, and there may even have been snow on your windshield Thursday morning. And spring doesn’t officially arrive until March 20. Daylight Saving Time hasn’t sprung forward yet, and St. Patrick’s Day is still a week away but meteorological winter is already in the record books for 2017-18, the National Weather Service notes...
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Foundation schedules 2018 Learning Series Workshops
(Local News ~ 03/08/18)
Registration is now open for the 2018 Nonprofit Learning Series Workshops. This year’s series is filled with new speakers brining innovative takes on today’s most pressing nonprofit issues. Geared toward community leaders who staff or volunteer with nonprofit organizations, churches and units of government, and wish to build their knowledge and skills in areas of leadership, finances, marketing and more, the series offers extended networking and peer learning opportunities...
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Rep. Baird honored for his service to the Indiana General Assembly
(Local News ~ 03/08/18)
INDIANAPOLIS -- Members of the House of Representatives at the Statehouse honored retiring State Rep. Jim Baird (R-Greencastle) for his eight years representing House District 44. "Serving in the Indiana General Assembly has been one of my greatest honors," Baird said. "This has been such a wonderful opportunity to make positive changes not only in our community, but also across the great state of Indiana."...
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Davidson talks all things 500 for Rotary club
(Local News ~ 03/08/18)
Having attended more than half of the 101 runnings of the Indianapolis 500 — all but one of them in a professional capacity — Donald Davidson isn’t often stumped by a question about “The Greatest Spectacle in Racing.” But one question asked Wednesday by a curious Greencastle Rotarian was a bit of a thinker for the official historian of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway...
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