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Cybersecurity incident knocks out DePauw networks
(Local News ~ 11/02/23)
DePauw University continues to deal with what university officials are calling a “cybersecurity incident” two days after it initially struck on Tuesday. A university statement gave the following summary of the issue: DePauw University was recently made aware of a cybersecurity incident impacting its network environment. We are currently working with a team of forensic experts to restore the system, and a comprehensive investigation is ongoing...
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With list of funding needs, county officials prioritizing annex
(Local News ~ 11/02/23)
The list of needed repairs grows longer. The cost of materials only gets higher. Wages aren’t keeping up with these higher prices. A list of problems that sound too much like family finance in 2023 is actually the scenario facing Putnam County officials as they stare down needed upgrades in the community...
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City, university to host meeting on infrastructure planning grant
(Local News ~ 11/02/23)
The next step in a process that could net the community $25 million takes place on Thursday, Nov. 9. The City of Greencastle and DePauw University are using a $250,000 planning grant awarded from the Lilly Endowment College and Community Collaboration Initiative to develop a plan to address infrastructure needs within the city of Greencastle related to housing, recreation, education and aesthetics...
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A few days remain to cast a ballot in 2023
(Local News ~ 11/02/23)
With the 2023 municipal election just days away on Tuesday, Nov. 7, the time to cast a ballot in dwindling. Voters in Bainbridge, Cloverdale, Fillmore, Greencastle and Roachdale will go to the polls on Tuesday, but there is also still the option to cast an early ballot...
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Warrant issued for California suspect in hefty marijuana case
(Local News ~ 11/02/23)
With his reported fiancée appearing in court Wednesday, a 35-year-old California man failed to show up and is now the subject of an arrest warrant in a 2020 drug case. Nicholas David Rhodes of Stockton, Calif., and Julia Anne Kasprick, 36, Lockeford, Calif., are facing felony charges after a Christmas Eve 2020 traffic stop on Interstate 70 revealed 417 pounds of marijuana and $108,560 in cash in their possession...
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Semi crash closes I-70 for hours
(Local News ~ 11/02/23)
CLOVERDALE — No one was injured but Interstate 70 was closed for several hours Thursday afternoon following a crash involving a pair of tractor-trailors. Cloverdale Township Volunteer Fire Department Chief Kerry Shepherd told the Banner Graphic that a semi had broken down and was sitting on the shoulder when it was struck by another semi...
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DAZE WORK: Absorbing the full Bob Knight experience
(Local News ~ 11/02/23)
Over the years I’ve been asked a number of times if I’ve ever met or interviewed any celebrities. Certainly that is one of the byproducts of this profession. And with about 50 years in this business, I’ve encountered my share. Heck, I’ve bowled with The Mamas and Papas in French Lick (much to my daughters’ enduring delight in being able to retell that story) and with singer Harry Chapin in the old lanes in the basement of the DePauw Union Building...
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Energy Assistance Program begins for season
(Local News ~ 11/02/23)
The Energy Assistance Program through the Western Indiana Community Action Agency began on Nov. 1. This federally-funded program is designed to help low-income families with the high costs of home energy. Income-eligible families are provided a one-time benefit to their heating and electric accounts to offset some of the cost of utility bills and avoid shutoffs during the winter months...
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First Boo Bash at Robe-Ann a success
(Local News ~ 11/02/23)
An estimated 1,000 people attended the first Boo Bash event Saturday in Robe-Ann Park. The event was hosted by Greencastle Parks and Recreation. The weather cooperated as those young and old donned Halloween costumes of all types. Greencastle Parks and Recreation officials would like to thank the sponsors which made the event a success...
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Reelsville VFD chili dinner set Saturday
(Local News ~ 11/02/23)
REELSVILLE — The Reelsville Volunteer Fire Department will host its 45th-annual chili dinner this Saturday, Nov. 4 from 4-8 p.m. The menu will also include vegetable soup, tenderloins, onion rings, french fries, hamburgers, pulled pork, hot dogs, desserts and drinks...
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Cougar radars scrambled as Falcons close out win from the line
(High School Sports ~ 11/02/23)
BAINBRIDGE – The last of the four Putnam County teams to get the 2023-24 girls’ basketball season underway finally hit the floor Thursday night as North Putnam hosted North Vermillion. Trailing most of the game, the Cougars managed to take the lead twice in the final quarter but a woeful shooting night eventually caught up to the hosts as the Falcons scored their last nine points from the free throw line in a 38-34 win...
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PIC OF THE DAY: Window Dressing
(Local News ~ 11/02/23)
Halloween is over and the annual battle over how early is too early to decorate for Christmas is already raging. However, a stroll around downtown Greencastle Thursday morning still revealed plenty of signs of autumn and the spookiest night of the year in the form of entries in the Greencastle Civic League annual Haloween window decorating contest...
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Jack Martin Romer
(Obituary ~ 11/02/23)
Jack Martin Romer was born in Greencastle on Monday, March 27, 2000. He was the only son to his mother and father, Martin and Colleen (Kellie) Romer. He was a 2018 graduate of Greencastle High School and 2022 magna cum laude graduate of Indiana University’s Kelley School of Business...
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Advocating for Hospice and Palliative Care
(Local News ~ 11/02/23)
Mayor Bill Dory signs a proclamation delcaring November as Hospice and Palliative Care Month in Greencastle recently. Joining Dory and holding Vital Medical Information Files from the Putnam County Hospice and Palliative Care Association are (seated, from left) Director Elaine Peck, Community Education Chairman Brand Selvia, (standing, from left) Treasurer Judi Purvis and board members Sue McCune and Alice Greenburg...
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