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Spencer, Knapp, McCollough win North Putnam board seats
(Local News ~ 11/08/22)
Incumbents held off challengers in two races for North Putnam School Board on Tuesday, while one newcomer bested another in a third. In Floyd Township, it was Ron Spencer retaining his seat by a narrow 18 votes, 1,051-1,033 over Kelly Murphy, with Dale Barnes a distant third with 418 votes...
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Republicans now own every county, township seat
(Local News ~ 11/08/22)
Buoyed by 3,827 straight Republican ticket votes, the Putnam County GOP captured every contested race in the 2022 election Tuesday. The closest race was for the Greencastle Township Advisory Board, where Russ Evans -- the lone Democrat incumbent in county or township government -- finished fourth behind three Republican candidates...
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Two businesses damaged as truck crashes into front of Great Clips
(Local News ~ 11/08/22)
No one was injured, but customers perhaps got a closer shave than they bargained for when a pickup truck crashed into the Great Clips hair salon in Greencastle late Tuesday afternoon. Greencastle Police officers received a call of a car into the business at 1752 Indianapolis Road, Suite 1, at 4:27 p.m...
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First half struggles doom Clovers against Eels
(High School Sports ~ 11/08/22)
CLAY CITY — During Jason Sinders’ five-year tenure as Clay City’s girls’ basketball head coach, the month of November has been a bugaboo for the program. Sporting a combined 3-18 record in the penultimate month of the calendar year during Sinders’ reign as the leader of the team, the Lady Eels entered Tuesday night’s home opener against visiting Cloverdale with something to prove...
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Wolves rough up Eagles
(High School Sports ~ 11/08/22)
ROCKVILLE – The South Putnam Eagle girls’ basketball team had started the year 2-0 but travelled to Rockville to play the Parke Heritage Wolves and saw a different type of team and game. The bigger, longer, stronger Wolves pressured and pounded the Eagles into a 56-35 loss at the Rock-a-Dome...
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Tiger Cubs show grit in seeing off Patriots
(High School Sports ~ 11/08/22)
For the second week of the 2022-23 girls’ basketball season, the pace set by Greencastle and Owen Valley Tuesday night was more akin to the second to last week of the season. A bruising first half, one in which neither team gave an inch and the only thing that was tougher was the iron on each end of the floor, gave way to a Tiger Cub squad that got stronger as the night went on, topping the Patriots 56-42...
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Karen Pauline Welty
(Obituary ~ 11/08/22)
Karen Pauline Welty, 82, of Bainbridge, formerly of Coatesville, passed away on Monday, Nov. 7, 2022. Born Jan. 21, 1940, in Greencastle, she was the daughter of Elmer Bruce and Maude Minnie (Ellis) Sims. Karen was a homemaker and farmed with her husband on their family farm. She was a member of Lifespring Church of Bainbridge. Karen loved to play golf, bridge and winter in Florida...
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Jimmie Dale Hargett
(Obituary ~ 11/08/22)
Jimmie D. Hargett, 70, passed peacefully over the River Jordan on Nov. 7, 2022. He was born on Jan. 29, 1952, in Mount Croghan, S.C., to Wade and Peg (Fadie) Hargett. He spent most of his life farming and working in the cotton mills in his home state. He was an avid fisherman, but, above all, he was an artist. Jimmie loved working with his hands, and he applied his skills as a craftsman and jack-of-all-trades into the hobbies of woodworking and painting, where his true talent shined. In his downtime, Jimmie loved playing video games and he spent many evenings sharing that with his sons...
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Putnam County contested race results
(Local News ~ 11/08/22)
With all vote centers reporting, the following are the results in Putnam County elections. Note: Only contested races are shown. No county-wide races were contested by more than one candidate. Those numbers will be posted later. Tom Burnett (Rep) – 323...
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