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Yolanda Goodpaster named GHS principal (4/22/24)In finding their top choice for a new Greencastle High School principal, administrators and school board members did not have to look far. On Monday, Assistant Principal Yolanda Goodpaster was named the new GHS principal, effective July 1, when current Principal Chad Rodgers is set to begin in the same role at West Lafayette High School...
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Pair of murder trials now set for July (4/24/24)Two Putnam County men charged in separate May 2023 murders are set to face jury trials in early July. Accused in the May 14, 2023 slaying of wife Nancy at their Madison Township home, 73-year-old Joseph R. Rosa of Greencastle is set to go before Circuit Court Judge Matt Headley and a jury of his peers at 8:30 a.m. on Tuesday, July 9...
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Construction Chaos (4/19/24)As road construction crews expand the affected area of the U.S. 231 road construction project in Greencastle Friday morning, even more chaos on the streets of the city ensues. While southbound traffic on Jackson has no left turn onto Washington, westbound Washington traffic has no left turn onto South Jackson...
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WGRE remains student-centered operation after 75 years on air (4/25/24)When WGRE went on the air from the DePauw University campus in 1949, it represented a different model in broadcasting. Yes, other universities had earlier claims to having FM stations, such as Syracuse University and Purdue University right here in Indiana...
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Can’t Get There from Here (4/22/24)Having reached the terminus of U.S. 231 where road construction takes over in Greencastle, a tractor-trailer slowly turns right onto Franklin Street from Jackson Street late Monday morning. As of Monday afternoon, there was no southbound U.S. 231 traffic from Jackson and Franklin to Bloomington and East Walnut...
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Gaudecker to guest Wednesday with Festival Choir on ‘Fauré Requiem’ (4/23/24)The Putnam County Festival Choir, co-sponsored by the Greencastle Arts Council and DePauw University School of Music, will present Gabriel Fauré’s famous “Requiem in D Minor” for its spring concert on Wednesday, April 24 at 7:30 p.m. in the Green Center for the Performing Arts’ Kresge Auditorium at 600 S. Locust St. on the DePauw University campus...
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‘He wanted to help people’: Those who knew him at CHS recall fallen Hendricks Deputy Fred Fislar (4/18/24)While a student at Cloverdale High School about a decade ago, Fred Fislar was a three-sport athlete with a mischievous grin and a charisma that drew in others. But there was something more that coaches and friends saw in the young man that those who knew him called Freddy...
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Officials learn from Saturday mass shooter drill at SPHS (4/22/24)At 8:30 a.m. Saturday, the sound of gunshots reverberated down the hallways of South Putnam Middle/High School. Shortly thereafter, calls of “Lockdown, lockdown, lockdown” and “Send EMS,” came over emergency radios. Amid reports of multiple casualties, police converged on the building, including a school resource officer who was already on the scene...
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North Putnam board approves emergency declaration for repairs (4/22/24)ROACHDALE — With major issues concerning the pool and the roof at North Putnam High School, immediate attention was approved as such on Thursday. The North Putnam School Board adopted a resolution at its regular meeting to declare the repairs as emergency spending. Specifically, the pool’s pump has failed, while both the high school’s and the transportation office’s roofs are causing structural damage...
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‘Quality control’ issues linger as GCSC building project nears conclusion (4/25/24)Normally a routine part of the consent agenda during Greencastle School Board meetings, corporation treasurer Kellie Romer’s financial report contained an interesting nugget this month. Reporting on expenditures from the bond issuance from 2021, Romer noted that, to date, $31,715,097.46 has been spent...
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Baird votes to support Israel fight against Iran and Hamas, rejects more funding for Ukraine (4/22/24)7WASHINGTON, D.C. – Fourth District Indiana Congressman Jim Baird (R-Greencastle) has released a statement after voting on four major pieces of legislation during a Saturday session of Congress. Congressman Baird voted in favor of the Israel Security Supplemental Appropriations Act and the 21st Century Peace through Strength Act while voting against the Ukraine Supplemental Appropriations Act and the Indo-Pacific Security Supplemental Appropriations Act...
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Construction Chaos (4/19/24)8As road construction crews expand the affected area of the U.S. 231 road construction project in Greencastle Friday morning, even more chaos on the streets of the city ensues. While southbound traffic on Jackson has no left turn onto Washington, westbound Washington traffic has no left turn onto South Jackson...
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WGRE remains student-centered operation after 75 years on air (4/25/24)6When WGRE went on the air from the DePauw University campus in 1949, it represented a different model in broadcasting. Yes, other universities had earlier claims to having FM stations, such as Syracuse University and Purdue University right here in Indiana...
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Yolanda Goodpaster named GHS principal (4/22/24)3In finding their top choice for a new Greencastle High School principal, administrators and school board members did not have to look far. On Monday, Assistant Principal Yolanda Goodpaster was named the new GHS principal, effective July 1, when current Principal Chad Rodgers is set to begin in the same role at West Lafayette High School...
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Pair of murder trials now set for July (4/24/24)3Two Putnam County men charged in separate May 2023 murders are set to face jury trials in early July. Accused in the May 14, 2023 slaying of wife Nancy at their Madison Township home, 73-year-old Joseph R. Rosa of Greencastle is set to go before Circuit Court Judge Matt Headley and a jury of his peers at 8:30 a.m. on Tuesday, July 9...
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Mendenhall Lecture to address Christian nationalism (4/24/24)3A symposium will highlight the issue of Christian nationalism in public life for this year’s Mendenhall Lecture Series event on Wednesday, May 1. The event is free and open to the public and will take place at 7 p.m. at Gobin Memorial United Methodist Church. A panel will feature Andre Henry, Brian Zahnd, Pamela Cooper-White and Andrew Whitehead. Bringing together insights from a range of specialties and experiences, they will discuss questions about the role of Christian nationalism in political discourse, and also how its appeal and influence can be understood...
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Can’t Get There from Here (4/22/24)2Having reached the terminus of U.S. 231 where road construction takes over in Greencastle, a tractor-trailer slowly turns right onto Franklin Street from Jackson Street late Monday morning. As of Monday afternoon, there was no southbound U.S. 231 traffic from Jackson and Franklin to Bloomington and East Walnut...