Eastern Greene snapped a seven-game losing skid defeating conference foe Clay City 43-38 in Southwest Indiana Athletic Conference girls high school basketball at Eastern Greene Thursday night. The Lady Thunderbirds jumped... >>
BLOOMFIELD -- The Bloomfield School District moved closer to expanding their answer to critics of the school system's response to bullying. During Thursday's regular meeting of the school board, Superintendent Dan Sichting... >>
White River Valley defeated host Linton-Stockton 62-17 to win the Southwestern Indiana Athletic Conference girls basketball championship Thursday night. The Lady Wolverines finished 7-0 in league play. WRV forward Allison... >>
Shakamak continued its recent domination of Eminence. The Lady Lakers traveled to Morgan County and came away with a 79-25 victory over the host Lady Eels. Shakamak, who won 78-14 a year ago at Jasonville, have an 8-4 record... >>
Orda Wayne "Sammy" Johnson is finally going to get the recognition that he deserves, posthumously. Johnson, a 1923 Bloomfield High School graduate who competed in the 1924 Olympics at Paris, is going to be one of the... >>
Sullivan County -- A Linton man, Jeffrey S. Griffith, 38, was arrested Thursday afternoon when he was pulled over for speeding in Sullivan County and allegedly had a meth lab in the back seat of his vehicle. At 3:19 p.m.... >>
New candidates who have filed in the last couple of days include: Jerry L. Ellett, Democrat, in the 7th District for Linton City Council; Michael R. McCafferty, Republican, in District 1 for Worthington Town Council; and... >>
INDIANAPOLIS (Jan. 29, 2015) - Paula Hollingsworth of Linton is a true "high-roller" after winning $125,000 from the Hoosier Lottery's High Roller Scratch-off ticket. Hollingsworth purchased her winning ticket at Smokers... >>
Three people accused of what amounts to a brutal beating of two women last Thursday night are currently sitting in the Greene County Jail without bond. They are awaiting court appearances on a long list of serious felony... >>
Griffin has been playing music since 1964 and over the years he has played in a variety of bands. On February 8, at the V.F.W. Post 972 in Terre Haute, Griffin will be inducted into the Wabash Valley Musicians Hall of Fame.... >>
Sunday afternoon's prelude to Super Bowl LXIX is the Indiana Girls Basketball State Tournament Pairings Show. The 40th annual 90-minute event will be televised on Fox Sports Indiana, and live streamed at IHSAATV.org at 4... >>
Jackson Creek MS at BLOOMFIELD 7th Grade Pre-Game 5:40 pm Jackson Creek MS at BLOOMFIELD 8th Grade to follow SWIAC BOYS LINTON at EASTERN GREENE Pre-Game 7:15 pm Girls' SWIAC Varsity only North Daviess at BLOOMFIELD... >>
George Skeel has announced his candidacy for the Linton City Council, Precinct 7. Skeel will be running on the Democratic ticket. Skeel and his wife Julia (Moss) have lived in Linton all of their married life in Precinct 7... >>
SWITZ CITY -- The Greene County Solid Waste Board began the new year by selecting new leadership and getting an update on current facilities. After welcoming new member, Greene County Councilman Roger Weaver, the panel... >>
BLOOMFIELD -- When you walk into the Picnic Basket convenience store in Bloomfield you might not know it, but there's a new man in charge. Sanjay "Sunny" Patel purchased the store and the adjoining Sleepy Hollow Inn from Don... >>
BLOOMFIELD - On Jan. 22 the Bloomfield Elementary School sponsored Family Literacy Night. The event was held to encourage people to be excited to read and learn. There were nearly 150 participants that attended, including... >>
COVINGTON -- Former U.S. Rep. John Myers, who represented western Indiana's 7th District for three decades, has died. Owner Robert Shelby of Shelby Funeral Home in Covington says the 87-year-old Myers died Tuesday morning in... >>
SULLIVAN - Sullivan outscored Linton-Stockton 19-5 in the second quarter to break the game open and the Lady Arrows rode that second-period spurt to a 58-40 win over the Lady Miners in girls high school basketball here... >>
This weekend's area high school basketball schedule will be lighter than last weekend's, with five boys games and three girls games on the card. White River Valley is the only area boys team that will play twice, with the... >>
Nestled among the grand and towering war memorials in downtown Indianapolis hangs a freshly made quilt emblazoned with the mostly black-and-white photos of veterans, some gone and some still with us, including one Greene... >>
The 2014 Business & Service Card Directory will help you find a business in our area. For more information about advertising in the directory, contact Christy Lehman, Tina Snow or Heidi Puckett at 812-847-4487.
Thursday, January 29 The Greene County Tourism Advisory Board invites you to its annual social event to celebrate the progress and success of our ongoing efforts to promote Greene County. The board will also hold their first...
Peggy J. Trump(01/29/15) Peggy J. Trump, age 80, of Linton, passed away on Wednesday, January 28, 2015, at her residence. She was born in Terre Haute on September 6, 1934, the daughter of William D. & Alice Marguerite (Kennett) Klein. Peggy was a 1953 graduate of Linton-Stockton High School, and attended Indiana State University. She was a member of St. Peter Catholic Church in Linton, where she attended elementary school, was a member of St. Anne Altar Society, and played the organ for forty-five years...
Mrs. Nina Lucille Kinney(01/29/15) Mrs. Nina Lucille Kinney, 89 of Oden, IN passed away Thursday morning January 29, 2015 at IU Health Bloomington Hospital. Nina was born on May 8, 1925 in Scottsburg, IN to Faun Baxter Thomas and Harold Ezra Thomas. She was married to Conrad Lowell Kinney in March of 1946...
Minnie Evabelle Ford(01/29/15) Minnie Evabelle Ford, 90, of Sullivan, passed away January 29, 2015. She was born July 1, 1925 in Linton, Ind., to the late George W. and Minnie E. Glass Lawson. Minnie married Earl O. Ford in 1960, and he preceded her in death January 13, 1996. She was a devoted wife, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother who loved crocheting, knitting, oil painting, fishing and gardening. Minnie was a member of the Disabled American Veterans...
John Roscoe Tidd(01/27/15) John Roscoe Tidd, 26, of Hymera, Indiana, passed away at 1:15 a.m., Saturday, January 24, 2015 in Sullivan County, IN. He was born July 8, 1988, in Sullivan, IN, to John Patrick Tidd and Debra K. (Gambill) Smith. Survivors include his wife, Lynnzy whom he married on September 13, 2014; sons, Brantley Tidd, and a soon to be born son; mother and step-father, Debra K. ...
Carolyn Sue Goodman(01/26/15) Carolyn Sue Goodman, 74 of Dugger, IN passed away on Saturday, January 24, 2015 at Terre Haute Regional Hospital. Sue was born on May 31, 1940 in Sullivan County, IN. She was the daughter of Harold "Boot Jack" Reynolds and Ella Marshall Reynolds. Sue was preceded in death by her parents and one brother, Jack Reynolds...
Michael L. Stremming(01/24/15) Michael L. Stremming, 61, of Sandborn, Ind., passed away unexpectedly on Fri., Jan. 23, 2015, at his residence. He was born in Moses Lake, Wash., on May 7, 1953, to Vivan E. and Dorothy (Gentry) Stremming. Michael married Leah R. Phillips on May 1, 1982...
Robert Johnson(01/23/15) Robert Johnson, age 93, of Linton, passed away on Friday, January 23, 2015, at Linton Nursing & Rehab. He was born in Linton on June 29, 1921, the son of Emery Thurston and Emma (Nickerson) Johnson. He was retired from NSWC Crane. He was a member of the Linton First Baptist Church...
Larry Dennis Strange(01/23/15) Mr. Larry Dennis Strange, age 69, of Bloomfield, Indiana and of Burkesville, Kentucky, passed away on Friday, January 23, 2015 at his cabin on Jones Ridge in Cumberland County, Kentucky. He was born in Glasgow, Kentucky on Friday, September 21, 1945, the son of Commodore Alfred "C. A." and Josephine Booher Strange...
Maryann (LeRoy) Pataconi-Rehner(01/23/15) Maryann Pataconi-Rehner (84) of Bloomfield, Indiana died Thursday morning, January 22, 2015 at peace in her home surrounded by her loving family. Born Mary Ann LeRoy in Tulsa, Oklahoma on September 23, 1930 to parents Gustave A. and Alice Frances (Genaux) LeRoy, her parents moved home to White Cloud, Michigan at the height of the Dust Bowl in the 1930s to live out her father's dream to be a farmer. ...
Raymond Howard Reynolds(01/23/15) Raymond Howard Reynolds, 79 of Sullivan, Ind. passed away at 8:30 p.m. on Thursday, January 22, 2015 at Terre Haute Regional Hospital. Raymond was born on August 10, 1935 in Dugger, Ind., the son of Raymond O. Reynolds and Rose Ella Sims Reynolds. He was a member of the Dugger Masonic Lodge #721 and the Linton Sons of American Legion post #22...
William Delano Bledsoe(01/22/15) William Delano Bledsoe, formerly of Greene County, passed away in St. Petersburg, Fla., on January 16, 2015. He was the son of the Squire Orchards owners and he was an HVAC tech. He is survived by his two sisters Donetta and Holly Snook, two Sons, Adam Bledsoe and Randall Bledsoe; Three grandchildren Kayla Bledsoe, Micheal Bledsoe and Destini Ross...
Clayton Maurice Rogers(01/22/15) Clayton Maurice Rogers, 71, of Dugger, Indiana, passed away on Wednesday, January 21, 2015, at Union Hospital in Terre Haute, Indiana. He was born on December 14, 1943, in Belton, Kentucky the son of James E Rogers and Magdalene Whitaker Rogers. He was a member of the Linton Moose lodge No.1434...
Goose Pond: The Story of a Wetland and Its Neighbors
The documentary film "Goose Pond: The Story of a Wetland & Its Neighbors" won a Bronze Telly Award in 2011 in the nature/wildlife program category. The film's executive producer Bill Barnes, a Linton native who now lives in Charlotte, North Carolina, was pleased with the recognition the Telly Award would bring to the area of southwestern Indiana where he grew up. The Telly Awards are the premier awards honoring outstanding local, regional and cable TV commercials and programs, the finest video and film productions, online commercials, video and films.
MIDDLETOWN, Ind. (AP) -- Authorities say a north Henry County man has surrendered 21 horses, a dog and five puppies after the deaths of four horses on his property....
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) -- Elementary and high schools across Indiana would be required to teach ethnic studies classes under a bill approved by a state Senate committee....
WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP, Ind. (AP) -- A Morgan County firefighter has been placed on administrative leave following accusations he stole a welder worth about $1,000 from his department....
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) -- A man charged Thursday with murder and arson in a deadly Indianapolis house explosion was offered $5,000 to burn down the home two weeks before it was leveled by a natural gas blast, court documents allege....
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) -- Indiana Gov. Mike Pence bowed to criticism Thursday, scuttling his plan to develop a state-run news website that had been widely lambasted for its pledge to offer prewritten stories to the media....
UNIONTOWN, Pa. (AP) -- Officials in western Pennsylvania are trying to figure out how a man who's been dead for more than two years wound up being reappointed to a county industrial authority board....
WAILUKU, Hawaii (AP) -- A 20-year-old Maui fisherman is recovering after being bitten by an 8- to 10-foot tiger shark while he was trying to throw it back to sea....
VILNIUS, Lithuania (AP) -- A baby caiman has found a new home at a Lithuanian zoo after its previous owner tried to sell it online, apparently upon realizing that the pet reptile he was raising in his bathroom wasn't a harmless lizard....
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