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Indianapolis women arrested in local counterfeit scheme
(Local News ~ 06/16/20)
BAINBRIDGE -- Two Indianapolis women were recently taken into custody in Parke County after being found to have used fake currency in northern Putnam County. Chief Officer Ronnie Campbell of the Bainbridge Police Department was first contacted late last month by the manager of the Bainbridge Casey’s General Store about possible counterfeited money. A local man used a fake $10 bill, but it was determined he had likely received it as change from the Dollar General in Bainbridge...
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LAST-MINUTE MUSINGS: Not kicking and screaming anymore
(Column ~ 06/16/20)
I don’t know that I ever set out to become a journalist, let alone an editor. And yet here I sit, writing my first Banner Graphic column under the byline “Jared Jernagan, Editor.” I guess you could say there’s been a bit of kicking and screaming along the way...
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Hospice volunteers make a difference
(Local News ~ 06/16/20)
The Putnam County Hospice and Palliative Care Association (PCHPCA) seeks to increase the quality of the end-of-life experience for patients, loved ones, caregivers and the health care community in Putnam County. One of the ways the PCHPCA seeks to accomplish this is to promote volunteering for hospice in Putnam County...
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Ruby Coleen Nichols
(Obituary ~ 06/16/20)
Ruby Coleen Nichols, 88, of Longmont, Colo., passed away June 9, 2020. She was born Jan. 30, 1932 in Putnam County to Carl and Gladys (Terry) Phillips. She graduated from Fillmore High School. She married Walter Doyle Nichols on July 21, 1950 in Morocco, Ind...
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Man arrested on DUI, drug charges after stop in construction zone
(Local News ~ 06/16/20)
PUTNAMVILLE — A Greencastle man was arrested on drug and DUI charges Monday night after he was stopped in a construction zone. At approximately 11:30 p.m., Trooper Austin Fowler of the Putnamville Indiana State Police Post stopped a 2018 Subaru for unsafe lane movement and almost striking several construction barriers near the 37-mile marker on Interstate 70...
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U.S. 40 to close just east of Mount Meridian July 6
(Local News ~ 06/16/20)
MOUNT MERIDIAN — The Indiana Department of Transportation announces U.S. 40 will close on or after Monday, July 6 just east of Mt. Meridian to replace a small structure over an unnamed tributary to Little Deer Creek. The closure is expected to last for 31 days, reopening on Saturday, Aug. 8...
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Donald Windham Oechsle
(Obituary ~ 06/16/20)
Donald Windham Oechsle, 102, fell asleep in death on June 11, 2020. He was born on Sept. 15, 1917 to Adolph C. Oechsle and Bertha Ida (Wild) Oechsle, who preceded him in death, along with brother Ralph W. Oechsle and daughter Cherrie Diane. He is survived by his wife Audrey (Freshour) Oechsle; sister Louise Alma (Oechsle) Miller; two daughters, Susan Deneen (Oechsle) Earles and her husband David and Patricia Ann (Oechsle) Taylor and her husband Arlis; four grandchildren, Zane Earles and wife Casey (Lawson), Dana (Earles) Black and husband Harry, Grant Earles and wife Lynsie (Innis) and Garrett Earles; three great-grandchildren, Addison Earles, Hayden Black and Brynley Black; and two nephews, David and Donald Miller...
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Legion to host drive-through Legionburger event Saturday
(Local News ~ 06/16/20)
For all those worried about not getting their annual Legionburger fix because of this summer’s pared-down Putnam County Fair, you’re in luck. American Legion Post 58, located at 1401 Indianapolis Rd. on Greencastle’s East Side, will stage a Legionburger drive-through under its front canopy on Saturday, June 20 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m...
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