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Troopers arrest three locals on meth-related charges
(Local News ~ 07/24/13)
Three Greencastle residents were arrested on methamphetamine-related charges just after noon Wednesday by Indiana State Police troopers from the Putnamville District Meth Suppression Team. The investigation had been ongoing for about the last 30 days, State Police officials said...
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Promoting good health for all ages
(Letter to the Editor ~ 07/24/13)
To The Editor: This letter is in response to the letter written by Mae Littrell and printed in the Banner Graphic on July 17, 2013. She was expressing concern for the need of the elderly in Greencastle and the need for a place to exercise. She also mentioned being turned down at Curves because she could not exercise in street shoes...
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Co-Alliance appreciative of assistance at fire
(Letter to the Editor ~ 07/24/13)
To the Editor: On behalf of the employees of Co-Alliance LLP, we want to thank the responders and all who assisted us following the incident at our Liquid Hub north of our Bainbridge Agronomy facility recently. In particular, we appreciate the prompt, professional assistance we were fortunate to receive from Bainbridge Community Fire Department, Roachdale Fire Department, Russellville Volunteer Fire Department and Clinton Township Fire Department...
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Selective enforcement equals no justice
(Letter to the Editor ~ 07/24/13)
To the Editor: Even if, because there was no witness to the actual altercation, we give the jurors in the George Zimmerman case the benefit of the doubt in rendering their verdict, you'd think our "justice" system could find a way to exact some retribution from Zimmerman...
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Children's Theatre Workshop to hold performance Friday
(Local News ~ 07/24/13)
The Children's Theatre Workshop is now under way. The workshop for children grades 2-5 is being staged this week daily 10-11:30 a.m. with a culminating "work in progress" performance on Friday, July 26 at 7 p.m. in the Hazel Day Longden Theatre. Admission to the performance is free...
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Scanner for July 24
(Police Logs ~ 07/24/13)
County Jail Several people have been booked into the Putnam County Jail recently. At 3:30 p.m. Friday, Arthur Lee Rose, 39, Greencastle, was arrested for arson. At 4:30 a.m. Saturday, Daymian Thomas-Franklin Weist, 18, Bainbridge, was charged with being a minor in consumption of alcohol...
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Greencastle boosters to host Start Back to School Rally
(High School Sports ~ 07/24/13)
The Greencastle Athletic Program and the GHS Athletic Boosters are hosting a Start Back To School Tiger Cubs Rally at 6:30 p.m. on Monday, Aug. 5 in the McAnally Center. This is the first day of organized practice for most fall sports and we want to start the year off with some enthusiasm...
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North Putnam seeks girls for golf team
(High School Sports ~ 07/24/13)
The North Putnam girls' golf team is looking for individuals that would like to participate this fall. Any interested young ladies needs to pick up a physical packet from the athletic office and have it completed prior to the first day of practice on Friday, Aug. 2...
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Pruett takes over leadership of Rust's Indiana properties
(Local News ~ 07/24/13)
Rust Communications co-presidents Jon and Rex Rust, and regional vice president Randy List, have announced a leadership change at their three newspapers in Indiana. Chris Pruett has been named publisher and part owner of the Banner Graphic in Greencastle, The Brazil Times and the Greene County Daily World and The Shopper...
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Greencastle man facing arson charge in Madison Twp. house fire
(Local News ~ 07/24/13)
A Putnam County man, apparently desperate to keep his marriage from going down in flames, reportedly tried to send his residence up in smoke instead. Consequently Arthur Lee Rose, 39, Greencastle, is charged with arson in the July 16 fire at his rental home west of Greencastle in Madison Township...
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Additional arrest made in July 13 handgun incident
(Local News ~ 07/24/13)
More than a week after she was found to be illegally carrying a firearm, one of the defendants in a recent drug bust was arrested again Monday, this time on a warrant for possession of a handgun without a permit. Lindsey Deal, 29, Greencastle, was out on bond from charges of visiting a common nuisance when she was part of a July 13 firearms incident that resulted in the arrest of fellow defendant Brian Steve Doane, 31, Indianapolis...
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'A Song Still Inside' Review
(Entertainment ~ 07/24/13)
Often in movies, we see a family dynamic where the man is the breadwinner and a woman as the dotting stay at home mom who sacrifices everything for her man. Filmmaker Gregory Collins takes that notion of family and career and turns it on its ear in "A Song Still Inside."...
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Career at DePauw helped shape Celtics coach Stevens
(Professional Sports ~ 07/24/13)
Brad Stevens didn't come to DePauw so he could become an NBA coach. "Not even close; never crossed my mind," he told the Banner Graphic on Tuesday. It just kind of worked out that way. Stevens, recently hired as head coach of the Boston Celtics, graduated from DePauw University in 1999, but his life in Greencastle didn't stop then, nor did it begin when he was first recruited by men's basketball coach Bill Fenlon...
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