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Helicopters respond to two Putnam County incidents
(Local News ~ 08/23/18)
A pair of traumatic injuries left local emergency responders scrambling Thursday evening after 9 p.m. Medical helicopters were called to the area of Old Hickory Golf Course on U.S. 231 North as well as Groveland on U.S. 36 East. According to reports on the police scanner, the incident north of Old Hickory was a farm incident involving a subject trapped underneath a piece of equipment...
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Arizona man has to drop snake before being placed under arrest
(Local News ~ 08/23/18)
CLOVERDALE — After fleeing police Wednesday afternoon, an Arizona man was found to be armed with an unexpected “weapon” when police caught up with him. Confronted by Cloverdale Town Marshal Steve Hibler, 52-year-old Michael Holdridge of Phoenix raise his hands to reveal what Hibler estimated to be a 4-to-5-foot snake wrapped around one of his arms...
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Latest Stuart Fabe novel injects history, mystery into series
(Local News ~ 08/23/18)
History and mystery are at the forefront of the latest creation from local author Stuart Fabe, who has two upcoming appearances in Greencastle scheduled to promote "Evening Code," his fourth novel overall and third in a series of Clay Arnold adventures...
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Ronald Ellis Hansen
(Obituary ~ 08/23/18)
Ronald Ellis Hansen, 84, Greeencastle, died Monday, Aug. 20, 2018. He was born July 4, 1934 in Michigan to Irving and Esther Denman Hansen. Ron is survived by his wife, Jane Hansen; daughters Carolyn Sue Miller (David) and Rhonda Brotherton (Chris); grandchildren Renee Hansen Curtis (Brent), Amanda Morlan Hubbard (Joe), Christopher Hansen, David Clay, Whitney Brotherton and Luke Brotherton. ...
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Speaker who inspires students to be ‘unstoppable’ at CHS Aug. 29-31
(Local News ~ 08/23/18)
CLOVERDALE -- Drugs, suicide, bullying and underachievement are issues motivational speaker Craig Conrad will address with students and the public on three days, Wednesday through Friday, Aug. 29-31 at the Cloverdale High School gymnasium. “Conrad brings tangible ways to look at life as a great opportunity,” noted Kathy Morgan Endeavor’s customer engagement and media relations coordinator...
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Putnam Scanner for August 24,2018
(Local News ~ 08/23/18)
County Jail Ten people were booked in the Putnam County Jail recently. Wednesday • At 11:14 p.m. Kathy Sue Weddle, 41, Fillmore, was lodged at the jail for criminal trespass. • At 5:54 p.m. David Roy Deel, 62, Greencastle, was taken into custody on a local warrant...
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Making a Connection
(Local News ~ 08/23/18)
In People Pathways champion Joy Marley’s tradition of connecting links rather than cutting ribbons, the South Putnam High School cross country teams display a symbolic chain as a sizabel group of community members celebrate the opening of the new link of the Putnam Nature Trail.
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New Owners at NAPA
(Local News ~ 08/23/18)
The new owners of the Greencastle NAPA auto parts store at 105 S. Warren Dr. -- Rod and Terri Canine (front, third and fourth from left) -- join former owner Bill Hamm (second from left) and the local NAPA staff in celebrating their arrival with an open house and grand reopening ceremony recently.
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Kroger to phase out plastic bags at all stores
(Local News ~ 08/23/18)
The nation’s largest grocery chain will be plastic-bag free at all of its nearly 2,800 stores by 2025. Kroger Co., which orders about six billion bags each year, will begin phasing out their use immediately at one of its chains based in Seattle, a city that has been proactive on reducing plastic use...
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Parke County Tox-Away Day set Sept. 15
(Local News ~ 08/23/18)
ROCKVILLE -- The annual Parke County Tox-Away Day is coming on Saturday, Sept. 15, the West Central Solid Waste District has announced. Rain or shine, the event is scheduled from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the 4-H Fairgrounds in Rockville. Putnam County residents are invited to take part in the Rockville event even though the local Tox-Away Day was conducted May 19...
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Hendricks Power’s Operation Round-Up contributes duty coats to Operation Life
(Local News ~ 08/23/18)
On behalf of Hendricks Power Cooperative and its members, a recent $750 donation has been made to Putnam County Operation Life. Operation Life is the sole county-designated agency responsible for providing out-of-hospital care and ambulance transportation to a hospital using Indiana state-licensed advanced life support ambulances...
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SP board approves budget ad, replacement of gym floor
(Local News ~ 08/23/18)
During a special session held Wednesday evening, South Putnam school officials took important steps with regard to the budget, as well as the replacement of the high school gym floor. The school board approved the advertisement of proposed budgets for the 2019 school year, as well as plans for capital projects and bus replacement. In addition, the board cleared the creation of both an operational fund and an educational fund...
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County moves forward with jail HVAC system
(Local News ~ 08/23/18)
Assistant Editor Several months of keeping the Putnam County Jail air-handling system running with no room for error could soon be at an end for jail custodian Tom Gilson. Earlier this week, the Putnam County Commissioners and Putnam County Council approved moving forward with a $104,000 plan to install a new HVAC system in the jail...
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Strike Up the Band
(Local News ~ 08/23/18)
The second of four vertical timber posts is placed Thursday by a crew from Joe Spiker Excavating as the final stages of the bandshell construction project in Greencastle’s Robe-Ann Park move along after a lengthy summer delay.
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