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Two displaced after Friday house fire
(Local News ~ 02/16/24)
A mother and a daughter are displaced after a Greencastle home suffered a blaze that called out multiple fire crews Friday morning. The Greencastle Fire Department was dispatched at about 5:50 a.m. for a working structure fire at 411 E. Washington St. Though the fire was on the first floor, the mother woke up to smoke on the second floor...
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Greencastle breaks 30-year drought at Owen Valley
(High School Sports ~ 02/16/24)
SPENCER – There are unusual streaks in sports and the Greencastle Tiger Cub boys’ basketball team broke one of those streaks at Owen Valley on Thursday night. The Tiger Cubs had not (unofficially) won a basketball game in the gymnasium at Owen Valley since 1993. Five US presidents and four head basketball coaches at Greencastle had come and gone before Greencastle defeated the Patriots 61-28 in a Western Indiana Conference game...
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South Putnam leads county swimmers at Plainfield Sectional Prelims
(High School Sports ~ 02/16/24)
PLAINFIELD – South Putnam will hold the top seed in the 200 medley relay and a second seed in the 100 breaststroke ahead of Saturday’s IHSAA Boys’ Swimming Plainfield Sectional Final following Thursday’s prelims. The Eagle team of Wyatt Kendall, Brent Cunningham, Jonah Taylor and Keaton Chew beat out Cascade for the top spot in the medley relay in a time of 1:46.15 while Cunningham finished second in the breaststroke in 1:04.18; Chew was fifth in the same event in 1:05.73...
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U.S. 231 closed in northern Putnam County
(Local News ~ 02/16/24)
FINCASTLE — Motorists were urged to seek alternate routes for U.S. 231 between U.S. 36 and State Road 236 on Friday. This is as crews dealt with a downed power line across the road in Fincastle. All lanes were blocked, with both the Putnam County Sheriff's Office and Indiana Department of Transportation warning drivers via social media to avoid the area while they worked the incident and reset the pole...
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Putnam Scanner for Feb. 16, 2024
(Police Logs ~ 02/16/24)
Seven people were booked in the Putnam County Jail recently. Thursday • At 4:54 a.m. Brandon J. Hawkins, 27, Greencastle, was lodged at the jail for domestic battery. Wednesday • At 12:40 a.m. Colby F. Strasburger, 54, Russellville, was housed at the jail on a home detention violation...
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Court News for Feb. 16, 2024
(Court News ~ 02/16/24)
The following cases were filed in Putnam County courts recently. Jacob E. Williams, 28, Greencastle, Level 5 felony failure to register as a sex or violent offender Matthew C. Terry, 20, Fillmore, Level 5 felony possession of methamphetamine, Level 6 felony battery resulting in moderate bodily injury, Level 6 felony strangulation, Class A misdemeanor driving with a suspended license with a prior conviction...
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