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Tuesday night sectional basketball previews
(High School Sports ~ 02/26/19)
Cloverdale looks to extend its four-year boys’ basketball sectional championship string this week, while the other Putnam County teams are looking to end long droughts of more than a decade.
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DePauw University to lay off 56 current employees
(Local News ~ 02/26/19)
Citing a “challenged annual operating budget,” DePauw University officials announced Tuesday the layoff of 41 full-time employees and 15 part-time workers. Additionally, 14 vacant full-time and two part-time positions will not be filled. Faculty members have also been offered a voluntary retirement incentive plan...
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School board accepts Jordan’s resignation
(Local News ~ 02/26/19)
After an extended leave of absence, former PE teacher and track coach Craig Jordan is no longer employed by Greencastle Community Schools. The school board accepted Jordan’s resignation without comment on Monday night, unanimously approving it along with all other recommended personnel items...
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SPORTS BRIEFS (FREE ACCESS): MS bowling signups, North baseball fundraiser
(Community Sports ~ 02/26/19)
Middle school bowling signups Tuesday Middle school bowling signups for any Putnam County students in grades 5-8 will be at 4:30 p.m. Tuesday at 3G Bowl in Greencastle. The first practice will be at 3G Bowl at 4:30 p.m. on Feb. 28. For more information, please contact Lucille Liebert at (765) 719-2091...
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Ames promoted to serve as Putnamville District public information officer
(Local News ~ 02/26/19)
PUTNAMVILLE -- Superintendent Douglas G. Carter has announced the promotion of Master Trooper Matthew Ames to the rank of sergeant. Ames will serve as the Putnamville District public information officer. He was the successful candidate of a promotion process that included a written test, an oral interview and a culmination of seniority, education and overall job performance...
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Campground hosts sought for DNR properties
(Local News ~ 02/26/19)
Several of Indiana’s state parks, state forest and state recreation properties are looking for volunteers to serve as campground hosts in exchange for free camping during their service. Hosts work a minimum of 20 hours per week. The volunteer period length varies at properties based on the number of applicants and on the amount and type of work required...
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Colon Cancer Awareness Day open house at PCH
(Local News ~ 02/26/19)
With more than 100,000 new cases each year and over one million cases total, colon cancer is the fourth most common type of cancer in the United States. But with early detection of this disease, it is estimated that well over half of the deaths that occur annually could be prevented...
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Cover-All
(Local News ~ 02/26/19)
Managing six different cards during a game of cover-all, Donna Kay Dunbar partakes in a game of bingo recently at Mill Pond Health Campus. Taking her recreation seriously, Dunbar comes prepared for bingo day at the Greencastle senior living community.
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Clean recycling more important than ever
(Local News ~ 02/26/19)
Do you ever feel unsure about what you’re putting in your recycling bin, and hope you’re doing the right thing? Of course, we all do that from time to time. Unfortunately good intentions can lead to dirty recycling, West Central Solid Waste District officials note. Clean recycling is essential to ensure high-quality, marketable products that are in demand in today’s recycling industry...
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Court News for February 27, 2019
(Court News ~ 02/26/19)
The following cases were filed in Putnam County courts recently. Criminal Cases Jonathan J. Alexander, 27, Greencastle, Level 6 felony possession of methamphetamine, Class A misdemeanor resisting law enforcement Derrick K. Lenihan, 25, Greencastle, Level 6 felony possession of cocaine...
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Putnam Scanner for February 27, 2019
(Police Logs ~ 02/26/19)
County Jail Four people were booked in the Putnam County Jail recently. Tuesday • At 4:59 a.m. Donald Eugene Smith Jr., 59, Fillmore, was lodged at the jail on a local warrant. • At 4:16 a.m. Brandon Lee Chasteen, 18, Greencastle, was taken into custody for criminal mischief, possession of paraphernalia and probation violation...
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Cub Scout Pack 194 raising funds to re-charter
(Local News ~ 02/26/19)
REELSVILLE — Cub Scout Pack 194 will have a fundraiser at the Reelsville Fire Station Saturday in hopes of re-chartering the pack. The rummage and bake sale will take place from 8 a.m.-4 p.m. at the fire station. Besides money for activities and re-charter fees, a portion of the proceeds will be donated to the Reelsville Fire Department...
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Communiversity returns to Music on the Square
(Local News ~ 02/26/19)
Central Indiana weather got you thinking wistfully of sun-warmed sands somewhere closer to the equator? No passport needed to make your way to Music on the Square at 21 N. Indiana St., for an intimate evening with Germán López, master of the timple, the diminutive five-string instrument intrinsic to the music of the Canary Islands...
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Security, staffing in clerk’s office highlight year’s first Community Conversation
(Local News ~ 02/26/19)
Eschewing the podium and opting to sit with a small audience, Putnam County Clerk Heather Gilbert was relaxed and honest Monday evening as she talked about the demands her courthouse office faces on a regular basis. As the first Community Conversation speaker of 2019, Gilbert was invited to the Putnam County Public Library by the League of Women Voters and the Greater Greencastle Chamber of Commerce to share her perspectives on the organization of elections and the everyday filings that come through the clerk’s office.. ...
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