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Oakalla Bridge closed until repairs can be made
(Local News ~ 10/27/22)
One of Putnam County’s historic covered bridges will be closed until further repairs can be made. Putnam County Engineer Jim Peck initially closed Oakalla Covered Bridge on Thursday afternoon regarding concerns about the bridge’s structural integrity. Later, he revisited the bridge with a structural engineer who agreed that the bridge was unsound...
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Operation Halloween back to keep sex offenders at home
(Local News ~ 10/27/22)
With five years of success under its belt, the Putnam County Adult Probation Department will bring back Operation Halloween for Sunday, Oct. 30 and Monday, Oct. 31. Operation Halloween requires all convicted and registered sex offenders under probationary supervision who have no-contact orders with children to participate in the program...
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Halloween festivities set for Saturday, Monday
(Local News ~ 10/27/22)
Trick-or-treating and other Halloween festivities are set for various locations around the community on Saturday, Oct. 29 and on Halloween, Monday, Oct. 31. • Hanna Street Baptist Church trunk-or-treat, noon-2 p.m. • Greencastle Church of the Nazarene fall festival with free candy, games and family fun, 4-6 p.m...
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Fillmore clerk-treasurer charged with sexual misconduct
(Local News ~ 10/27/22)
FILLMORE — Fillmore Clerk-Treasurer Bill Miles was recently charged with multiple counts of sexual misconduct with a minor in incidents which occurred locally and out-of-state. According to a probable cause affidavit filed by Indiana State Police Det. Ryan Winters, Miles, 72, inappropriately touched and molested a male juvenile victim several times going back to 2021...
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City Board of Works ends lengthy debate, opts for PVC pipe
(Local News ~ 10/27/22)
Reminiscent of the old Miller Lite TV commercial debates -- less filling ... tastes great -- the Greencastle Board of Works ended its lengthy water main debate Wednesday evening. For the past five months, the board has been debating the less corrosive, more longevity factors of ductile iron vs. PVC pipe for the Albin Pond Road water main replacement project...
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FEATURED SENIOR ATHLETE: Levi Hilton, Cloverdale
(High School Sports ~ 10/27/22)
Levi is a senior at Cloverdale and participates in three sports, football, basketball and baseball. ——— Banner Graphic: How important are sports to you, and what have you learned from them? Levi Hilton: “They’re very important for me. They motivate me to do well in everything because I don’t think I’d care as much about a lot of things if it weren’t for sports. ...
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Football Friday: Clovers begin postseason life with trip to No. 1 Indianapolis Lutheran
(High School Sports ~ 10/27/22)
While the rest of the Putnam County teams prepared for the opening round of postseason play, Cloverdale got the chance to practice without the worry of having its season come to an end after the first round of IHSAA Football State Tournament play. That pressure is reserved for this week as the Clovers will make the same trek South Putnam did a week ago to face A No. 1 Indianapolis Lutheran Friday night...
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South Putnam School Board Candidate Bios
(Local News ~ 10/27/22)
This is the second of three sets of biographies on the candidates for school boards in the Nov. 8 election. While the current issue features candidates for South Putnam School Board, the candidates for Cloverdale School Board were featured on Oct. 21, and North Putnam will be featured in an upcoming issue of the Banner Graphic...
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DePauw opens choir season Thursday night
(Local News ~ 10/27/22)
The DePauw University School of Music will open the 2022-23 choir season with the first concert, “Of Places and Creatures.” The concert is scheduled for 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 3 in Kresge Auditorium of the Green Center for Performing Arts. Three different choirs, Chamber Singers, Vox Animae and the Putnam County Festival Choir, will offer ethereal music to help put everyone in the supernatural Halloween spirit...
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Russellville Town Council passes 2023 budget
(Local News ~ 10/27/22)
RUSSELLVILLE — Being the main item of business on its agenda, the Russellville Town Council approved the town’s budget for 2023 Wednesday evening. Because of a delay due to a miscommunication, the council held a special public hearing on the budget on Oct. 12. The hearing was supposed to take place in August...
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Drug Take Back Day set at Community Connect event
(Local News ~ 10/27/22)
The Greencastle Police Department is once again participating in the DEA National Drug Take Back Day event. It will be conducted Saturday, Oct. 29 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. as part of the 2022 Community Connect event at the Putnam County Fairgrounds. Residents of Putnam County who have expired, unused or unwanted medications in their medicine cabinets may bring them to this event...
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Halloween fundraiser at Floyd Township VFD
(Local News ~ 10/27/22)
HERITAGE LAKE — The Floyd Township Volunteer Fire Department will host a Halloween fundraiser this Saturday, Oct. 29 from 4-7:30 p.m. Food items will include hot dogs and chips, along with other treats. A costume contest will also be held. The department is located at the southern end of the lake at 6901 E. CR 380 North...
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Putnam Scanner for Oct. 28, 2022
(Police Logs ~ 10/27/22)
Nine people were booked in the Putnam County Jail recently. Wednesday • At 5:17 p.m. Jimmy M. Munsey, 50, Greencastle, was lodged at the jail on a warrant. • At 6:28 a.m. David L. Messer, 55, Greencastle, was taken into custody on a warrant. • At 12:11 a.m. Michael J. VanVactor, 40, Cloverdale, was housed at the jail for driving while intoxicated...
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