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One dead in Van Bibber Lake fire
(Local News ~ 04/20/23)
VAN BIBBER LAKE One is dead in a residential fire that occurred in Van Bibber Lake on Wednesday. The deceased was confirmed as Carol Haney, 71. A box alarm was dropped at about 10:05 a.m. for a structure fire at 1047 Van Bibber Lake Estates. With Chief Mike Poole of the Roachdale Volunteer Fire Department coming behind, the home and adjacent garage were involved as the Greencastle Fire Department arrived...
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Children safe after woman flees from crash Tuesday
(Local News ~ 04/20/23)
Three children were found safe Tuesday evening after the woman with whom they were traveling fled a crash scene in eastern Putnam County. The woman, 27-year-old Deanna L. Ferguson of Terre Haute, was placed in the Putnam County Jail on five different charges, including three counts of Level 6 felony neglect of a dependent...
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Five local teams advance to state in Academic Super Bowl
(Local News ~ 04/20/23)
A pair of local schools are sending a combined five teams to the Indiana Academic Super Bowl State Finals at Purdue University next month. Greencastle High School will try to maintain its state record for overall Academic Super Bowl titles when the English, science, math and interdisciplinary teams all compete. Meanwhile, Cloverdale High School will be sending a representative for the second straight year, with the English team making the cut this year...
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FEATURED SENIOR ATHLETE: Kenzie Epley, Greencastle
(High School Sports ~ 04/20/23)
Kenzie is a senior at Greencastle and participates in one sport, softball. Banner Graphic: How important are sports to you, and what have you learned from them? Kenzie Epley: Sports have been an amazing thing, not just in building my skills but with communicating. I used to really lack communication when I was younger and my social skills were really behind. Softball really became a social thing for me. I got to make a lot of friends, a lot of memories and Ive enjoyed it....
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Knights use big innings to see off Clovers
(High School Sports ~ 04/20/23)
CLOVERDALE The Cloverdale Clovers hosted the Northview Knights in a Western Indiana Conference softball game on Thursday night and a couple of big innings boosted the Knights to a 17-6 victory over the Clovers. The Knights scored in five of the six innings but broke through with two big five-run innings to take the victory and improve 7-4 overall, remaining undefeated at 3-0 in conference play. Cloverdale dropped to 4-6 and 1-4 in the WIC...
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Greencastle notches four home runs in rout of Parke Heritage; Knights win three-way track over Tiger Cubs, Vikings
(High School Sports ~ 04/20/23)
Greencastle brought its big bats out against Parke Heritage Thursday, recording eight extra-base hits, including four home runs, in an 18-2 rout on the softball diamond. Emma Hunter was first to strike, notching a solo home run in the bottom of the first over the left field fence for a 1-0 lead...
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Bowling Green man dies in ORV accident at Poland
(Local News ~ 04/20/23)
POLAND -- Indiana Conservation Officers are investigating a fatal off-road vehicle (ORV) accident that occurred in Clay County. Shortly after 5 p.m. Thursday, officers and emergency personnel responded to the 2700 block of North County Road 875 East in Poland after receiving reports of a serious ORV accident...
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Putnam Scanner for April 21, 2023
(Police Logs ~ 04/20/23)
Twelve people were booked in the Putnam County Jail recently. Wednesday At 8:47 p.m. Richard D. Garske, 60, Cloverdale, was lodged at the jail on a pair of local warrants. At 8:47 p.m. William D. Neighbors, 45, Indianapolis, was taken into custody on a local warrant...
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Janet Darlene Weatherman (Rice)
(Obituary ~ 04/20/23)
Janet Darlene Weatherman (Rice), 64, departed this life and went home to God on Tuesday, April 18, 2023, after a long illness. She was a formidable and spiritual woman who had a passion for learning to improve her situation and provide for her family. After graduating technical school in the 1980s, she would go on to work in the informational technology world, where she excelled and spent the last decade and a half working at IU Health in their IT department...
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Dine with a Doc to feature Kory Kider Sleep Lab
(Local News ~ 04/20/23)
Dine with a Doc is set for 10 a.m.-noon on Monday, April 24 at Putnam County Hospital. The April presentation will be from Kory Kider Sleep Lab. Whether difficulty falling asleep, staying asleep, or remaining awake, the Putnam General Hospital Sleep Center uses state-of-the-art technology and sophisticated diagnostics to identify and treat the underlying issues...
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