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UPDATE: Weather forces changes to First Friday plans
(Local News ~ 04/06/18)
UPDATE: Cold temperatures projected for Friday evening have prompted the following changes to April First Friday event sponsored by Aames Title & Closing. There will be no street closures and no outside bands...
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Court News for April 7, 2018
(Court News ~ 04/06/18)
The following cases were filed in Putnam County courts recently. Criminal Cases Leo Deberry, 38, Putnamville Correctional Facility, Level 5 felony trafficking with an inmate Shaun P. Perkins, 38, Greencastle, Level 5 felony driving a motor vehicle after forfeiture of license for life...
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Putnam Scanner for April 7, 2018
(Police Logs ~ 04/06/18)
County Jail Five people were booked in the Putnam County Jail on Thursday. • At 11:45 p.m. Kyle Austin Miller, 32, Greencastle, was booked in for driving with a suspended license with a prior conviction of driving while intoxicated. • At 1:21 p.m. Justin Shawn Walsh, 32, Ladoga, was lodged at the jail on a pair of local warrants...
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Homegrown concert series to feature songwriters Tuesday evening
(Local News ~ 04/06/18)
The Homegrown on WGRE concert series will return on Tuesday, April 10 with a 7 p.m. show at the Inn at DePauw social center. Jeff Kelly, Meghan Cristeen Martin and James Furness will be featured at this month’s show. As always, highlights of the show will be feature in the coming weeks on Homegrown on WGRE, which airs each Thursday at 10 a.m. on 92.3 FM...
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United We Dine set for Tuesday at Almost Home
(Local News ~ 04/06/18)
On Tuesday, April 10, diners at Almost Home restaurant will have the chance to help solve some of the most pressing health, safety and educational issues in Putnam County. The restaurant will be hosting a United We Dine fundraiser from 5-9 p.m., donating a percentage of proceeds to the United Way of Putnam County...
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President McCoy to address D.C. session on international education and global literacy
(Local News ~ 04/06/18)
DePauw University President D. Mark McCoy will participate in a panel discussion on “International Education, Job Skills and Global Literacy” at an event next week in Washington, D.C. The Wednesday, April 11 program at the Capitol Visitor Center is part of the 2018 Worldview Roundtable being presented by NAFSA: Association of International Educators...
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Bridges seeks re-election as recorder
(Local News ~ 04/06/18)
Putnam County Recorder Tracy Bridges has announced her intention to seek re-election to that position, beginnning with the Republican ballot in the May 8 primary election. Bridges brings 16 years of county government experience to the ballot. She has served the community in the assessor and auditor’s offices as well as the Prosecutor’s Office where she spent six years as the director of victims’ assistance. Currently, and for the past three years, she has served as county recorder...
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OL director provides update
(Local News ~ 04/06/18)
Operating at an increased funding level since Jan. 1, Operation Life has increased its staffing level and is off to a busy start to 2018, the organization’s executive director told the Putnam County Commissioners. “The year has been busy,” E.J. Claflin said...
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Cumulative bridge fund restored by commisioners
(Local News ~ 04/06/18)
A move that brought about $800,000 to the Putnam County General Fund was reversed this week. Following a public hearing on the matter during which no one from the public spoke, the Putnam County Commissioners chose unanimously to re-establish the Cumulative Bridge Fund...
- Grand Day at Fillmore (Local News ~ 04/06/18)
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Second Candidate Forum to involve state, U.S. representative hopefuls
(Local News ~ 04/06/18)
The second of two Candidate Forums in advance of the 2018 primary election is scheduled for Tuesday, April 10. The Greencastle League of Women Voters, WGRE radio and the Banner-Graphic are co-sponsoring the 7 p.m. event to be staged at Watson Forum of the Pulliam Center for Contemporary Media, 609 S. Locust St., on the DePauw University campus...
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Clovers defeat Eagles 19-9 in driving snow
(High School Sports ~ 04/06/18)
The Cloverdale Clovers and the South Putnam Eagles faced off in a county rivalry softball game during a “snownado” on Friday night. The Clovers defeated the elements and the Eagles winning the game 19-9 in six innings, scoring 15 runs in the first three innings to improve their record to 1-1...
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