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Sculpture Trails Outdoor Museum in Solsberry, located at 6764 N. Tree Farm Road, is gearing up for their 18th Annual Community Aluminum Pour on Saturday, July 13 from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sculpture Trails artists and interns will pour every hour starting at 10 a.m. and will be on hand to provide guided tours every hour starting at 11 a.m...

The _meric_n Red Cr_ss needs _l_ _d d_n_rs to bring back the missing A’s, B’s and O’s. A few missing letters may not seem like a big deal in a sentence, but for patients who need A, B, O and AB blood types, these missing letters mean life. The Red Cross urges donors of all blood types to give now to help prevent delays in medical care this summer...

Tim Turpen of the City of Linton Street and Sanitation Department offers a reminder to residents there will be no trash pick-up on Thursday, July 4. Thursday’s trash will be collected on Friday, July 5. The City of Linton would like to wish all residents a happy and safe July Fourth holiday...

Every year, the Bloomfield Chamber of Commerce raises funds for the town’s Fourth of July fireworks show. Some of the $8,700 necessary to put on the show comes from donations from area businesses and individual donors and the rest is secured through fundraising...

As part of their annual Independence Day celebration, the Bloomfield Chamber of Commerce will host “Picnic in the Park” July 4 from 6-10 p.m. The evening will feature food vendors, lemon shake-ups, cotton candy and live music from Isiah James and the Long Story Short at 6 p.m. and Little Connie featuring John Danner at 7:30 p.m. with fireworks show to follow. Sound will be provided by Groomer Sound Productions. Bring your own lawn chair and enjoy the evening...

Friday, June 28 The children and teen summer reading program at Bloomfield-Eastern Greene Public Library continues until Aug. 6. Pick up your Reading Log at the library. Read for 15 minutes and mark your page until its full... then claim a prize. Teens will read until they hit a Reading Bingo to claim a prize...

Nine Greene County teens will be competing for the title of princess during this weekend’s Miss Greene County contest. The Miss Greene County Queen and Princess Scholarship Pageant will be Sunday at the Greene County Community Event Center. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. and the contest starts at 7 p.m...

The Presbyterian Women’s Association will be hosting its 42nd annual Tasting Luncheon Friday. The event will be hosted from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the First Presbyterian Church, located at 401 Shyla Lane in Bloomfield. Event coordinator Alicia Holt said the luncheon will feature three sample-sized dishes in four categories in order to raise money for the group’s many philanthropic projects...

The advent of the 2019-20 school year at White River Valley Elementary and White River Valley Middle School will bring an unexpected bonus to students and parents alike. Thanks to the efforts of WRV Food Services Director Renee Wiggington, all WRV elementary and middle school students will receive breakfast and lunch for free...

The Linton-Stockton Chamber of Commerce (LSCC) held their monthly meeting at the Linton Elks Lodge at noon on Tuesday, June 25. The Chamber combined their regular meeting with the recognition of 2019 Linton Freedom Festival Hall of Fame winners Tom and Patti Jones and Parade Grand Marshal Tom McClanahan...

United Way of Monroe County announced it has opened a Relief Fund and is seeking donations to support short and long-term recovery from the recent tornadoes and severe weather for low-and moderate-income individuals and families throughout Greene, Owen and Monroe counties...

A new income tax will be effective in Greene County on Oct. 1. The Greene County Council met in special session Monday and approved the .2 percent Correctional or Rehabilitation Facilities (CRF) Income Tax. The tax will be in effect for 20 years, expiring on Sept. 30, 2039...

Nurses at Greene County General Hospital are being honored with the DAISY Award for extraordinary nursing. The award is part of the DAISY Foundation’s program to recognize the superhuman efforts nurses perform every day. Employees outside of nursing staff are also being honored with the PETAL Award for exceptional service...

The Greene County Council approved a request for funding to hire an architect to design a possible hangar and helicopter pad at Greene County General Hospital. Last month, Greene County Board of Commissioners president Nathan Abrams went before the council to request an additional appropriation from the Cumulative Capital Development (CCD) Fund to start the process of potentially housing an Air Evac hangar, helicopter and staff at the hospital, including a nurse, pilot and mechanic. ...

Linton-Stockton School Corporation Superintendent Dr. Kathy Goad announced the graduation profile competencies during Monday’s school board meeting. In March, school officials hosted a public forum which included a survey for students, staff and members of the community which asked what competencies they believed should be embedded in a student’s kindergarten through senior school years. ...

Jasonville’s Keshia Buskirk started using meth at age 15 and didn’t effectively stop until she was almost 30. But she did stop, and she wants to help others stop, too. “I would quit off and on for a year here and there and I always ended up going back to one form of speed or another,” she said...

The Greene County General Hospital Board of Trustees inducted Jimmy Fuller as a new board member. “Fuller is a former assistant principal of WRV’s Jr/Sr High School,” said GCGH’s Stacy Burris. “As well as a former athletic, transportation and Safe School director and teacher at WRV. Fuller’s educational and leadership experience will benefit GCGH’s mission and goals.”...

During the 114th Linton freedom Festival parade on Thursday, July 4, Greene County General Hospital will provide a place for families with children and nursing moms to beat the heat at the GCGH Foundation building on the parade route at 409 A St NE (across from Wendy’s Restaurant)...

The National Weather Service in Indianapolis has issued a Severe Thunderstorm Warning for Southeastern Sullivan County in southwestern Indiana... Eastern Knox County in southwestern Indiana... Southwestern Clay County in west-central Indiana... Southwestern Owen County in west central Indiana... Martin County in southwestern Indiana... Greene County in southwestern Indiana... Daviess County in southwestern Indiana.....

A $60,000 donation from the Friends of Goose Pond will help secure a display of educational exhibits at the Goose Pond Fish and Wildlife Area in rural Linton. The donation was secured through funds raised with Marsh Madness and the former Sullivan County Chapter of Quail Unlimited...

Linton-Stockton School Corporation will partner with Greene County General Hospital (GCGH) to implement the Telehealth Program next year. GCGH Chief Financial Officer April Settles attended Monday’s school board meeting to answer questions about the grant program that will allow the implementation of the equipment in the elementary school building, as well as a partnership with MyClinics physicians, at no cost to the school...

In August 2018, White River Valley Elementary School unveiled to the public a new and innovative way to keep students healthy and make parents lives a little easier. During that year’s before-school orientation, parents and students were introduced to a new healthcare technology offered by WRV in collaboration with Greene County General Hospital and the Indiana Rural Health Association (IRHA)...

The Worthington Town Council met for their regular monthly meeting at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday, June 11. Council President Tom Franklin, who is also the Fire Territory representative, reported the Fire Territory board had met June 6. Franklin said the members discussed a recent change to the territory’s ISO, or Insurance Service Office rating, a number achieved using a formula which takes several factors into account to determine insurance rates in the area...