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The Linton-Stockton Chamber of Commerce and guests met for their monthly meeting on Tuesday, Feb. 19 at noon at Monical’s Pizza in Linton. Guest speaker Cynthia Ferguson of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) spoke about the USDA’s Water and Waste Disposal Loan and Grant program and the Community Facilities Direct Loan and Grant program...

The White River Valley Board of School Trustees held their monthly public meeting on Monday, Feb. 18 at WRV High School. Two guests from Apple, K-12 Account Executive Mark Shores and Senior Systems Engineer Eric Wheetley, were introduced by WRV Technology Committee Head Shawn Brown. The two attended in order to give board members a demonstration of one of their products, the sixth-generation iPad, which is expected to be in students’ hands sometime next year...

The Greene County Recorder’s Office can now take card payments in the office or over the phone. The Greene County Commissioners approved Recorder Sarah Bender's request to use PayGOV for card payments during Tuesday’s regular meeting. Bender said, on average, an individual spends between $1 and $25 when they visit the recorder’s office to obtain paperwork like their deed. ...

Saturday, February 23 King’s Daughters Ministry ‘Arise Deborahs Arise’, is holding its 4th Annual Ladies’ Conference on at the 4H Fairgrounds in Bloomfield. The conference will be from 9 a.m. – 3 p.m. and lunch will be provided. The keynote speaker this year will be Whitney Putnam of Imperfectly Brave Ministry. ...

Hamilton Center, Inc. is fostering young minds interested in the mental and behavioral health sciences, with internship opportunities in Greene County. Hamilton Center’s Linton and Bloomfield satellite offices are partnering with the Twin Rivers Career and Technical Education Area (CTE) Health Sciences classroom, located at White River Valley High School (WRV), to provide hands-on experiences. ...

With funding in place from community investors, the Greene County CEO program is seeking to fill its facilitator position. The Creating Entrepreneurial Opportunities (CEO) program will give students hands-on experience with the business world, and the program needs a passionate instructor to lead the way...

Every year, Lyons dentist Dr. Gordon Green and a group of friends head to the sunny Central American nation of Belize. What may sound to others like the vacation of a lifetime is actually a mission of mercy, as Dr. Green and company don’t spend their time in Belize working on their suntans or fishing for trophy marlins, but instead spend nearly every moment helping others, cleaning teeth and providing other dental services to more than 1,200 inmates housed at the notorious Belize Central Prison...

Thursday, February 21 The Gamma Tau chapter of the Tri Kappa sorority will hold a Basket Bingo event at 6:30 p.m. at Knight’s Bingo Hall located at 450 E St. NE in Linton. Doors open at 5:30 p.m. The fundraising event features 20 games for $10 with an additional game for $5 in a smoke-free 18-or-older environment. Food and beverages will be available...

For much of the Linton-Stockton School Corporation staff, Monday’s poverty simulation was eye-opening not only in their roles as educators, but as parents and families. As part of the Empathy and Equity Empowerment Day at Linton-Stockton, teachers and staff took a deep dive into what poverty means for some students who face daily struggles in their lives outside the walls of the school. ...

For the second year, a dedicated group of Jasonville animal lovers, some in costume, will climb a short ladder, hesitate at the top to rethink their life choices and then plunge into a few feet of very cold water, fulfilling the pledge made to donors as they raised funds for the event to benefit CAnine REscue, Inc. (CARE)...

The National Active and Retired Federal Employees (NARFE) Bloomfield Chapter 0847 met Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2019 at the Casa Sevilla Restaurant in Bloomfield with 16 present. President Larry Dent welcomed all followed by the Pledge of Allegiance. Mr. George Butz gave the invocation before lunch was served...

Biggs Group out of Decatur, Ind. announced the construction of eight new homes in Linton that will participate in a lease-purchase program. The property management division of the Biggs Group has been operating in the Greene County community for well over 30 years, offering income-based rentals for residents in Linton, Bloomfield, Switz City and Worthington...

Greene County Health, Inc. (GCH) has officially moved to its new location in the Linton Shopping Center. According to a press release, this location provides GCH more visibility within the community at a convenient location. GCH hopes this move will allow it to better serve the community and provide services to even more patients...

While Linton-Stockton students spent Monday participating in an eLearning Day, the staff that makes the school a success spent the day learning how to better serve them on a personal level. Linton-Stockton teachers, administrators and staff joined together to work through three presentations: Trauma-Informed ACES training; Yes, it’s relevant; and a poverty simulation...

Greene County Soil and Water Conservation District will host its annual meeting on Feb. 26. GCSWCD Director Casey Kinnett said the free event will be hosted at the Greene COunty Community Event Center, with doors opening at 6 p.m. and dinner will begin at 6:30 p.m...

Saturday, February 16 Members of the Lyons First Christian Church invite the community to have lunch between 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. at the church. There is no charge for the meal and anyone can come and eat. The meal is the church’s gift to the people of the area. The church is located at 245 E. Broad Street in Lyons. If you have questions, the telephone number of the church is 812-659-4765. Bring the family...

The members of Linton Tri Kappa’s Gamma Tau chapter are busy making preparations for one of their biggest fundraisers of the year. Held annually, Tri Kappa’s Basket Bingo event helps to raise funds for several causes supported by the group, including a Linton-Stockton leadership and scholastic scholarship for seniors, the Linton Food Pantry and the Carnegie Arts and Heritage Center...

White River Valley students will start their day on Friday with a ‘soft lockdown’ after an alleged threat made over social media. Superintendent Bob Hacker sent out a call to parents Thursday evening, informing them of the decision and increased police presence at the school...

This story is part two of story that appeared on Feb. 13. In part two we include the opinions and statements of Eastern Greene community members, many of whom were frustrated when not allowed to speak at the last board meeting. During the public comment portion of the Feb. ...

Two Greene County students, Jason Koontz and Julie Chen, will compete in the Scripps Regional Spelling Bee at 11 a.m. on Saturday, Feb. 16 at the Monroe County Public Library. Koontz, an Eastern Greene Middle School sixth-grader, and Chen, who is in the fourth grade at Linton-Stockton Elementary, earned their spots in the regional competition by being the best spellers in their respective schools during recent spelling bees...

Matthew Williams, an accomplished Canadian athlete and Special Olympics advocate who happens to be intellectually disabled, gave, in February 2016, the “TED talk heard ‘round the world”, which has been retweeted nine million times to date. Williams visited students at Eastern Greene Middle School on Monday, Feb.11, addressing a group of students he “met” last year after being invited to a FaceTime session with the class of Gina Mitchell, speaking to special-needs kids at Eastern who are also Special Olympians and hanging out with Mitchell’s eighth-grade classes all day.. ...

TERRE HAUTE -- Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology hopes to spark college and high school students into becoming future space explorers and innovators through a fun-filled day of design projects and other activities March 16, from noon to 5 p.m., in the institute’s Sports and Recreation Center...

The Worthington Town Council met in regular session Tuesday evening at Worthington Town Hall. In attendance at the meeting was Rex Knight of the Southern Indiana Development Commission (SIDC). Knight attended in order to present the council with a possible option to eliminate two abandoned buildings in the downtown area using a matching blight clearance grant available through the Office of Community and Rural Affairs (OCRA)...