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An event will be held at 6:30 p.m. Monday in Worthington to allow residents to narrow down the field of candidates for the two at-large seats on Worthington’s town council that will be open in November’s General Election. Convention Chairperson Vern Spoor called the Town Convention of the Republican Party with a notice stating the purpose is to select two nominees for the office of Worthington Town Council-at-Large...

Thursday, August 16 The Linton Public Library Board of Trustees will hold a public hearing for the 2019 budget at 5:30 p.m. at the library. The regular monthly meeting will immediately follow. Full Life Development will host a silent auction from 6-8 p.m. ...

For nearly the last four months, Indiana State Police Drug Enforcement Section investigators and the Greene County Drug Task Force have been working tips and other investigative information related to illegal drug activity in the Greene and Sullivan County area...

Representatives with Hamilton Center went before the Greene County Commissioners to answer some questions they had about services. At the July 11 meeting of the Board of Commissioners, President Nathan Abrams asked attorney Marilyn Hartman to ask questions about invoice amounts from the county’s designated mental health facility...

The Seventeenth Annual Open Arms Christian Ministries’ “Fore Kids” Golf Scramble is preparing to tee off on Saturday, Sept. 8 at Stone Crest Golf Community near Bedford. This year’s event has a new location, moving from Country Oaks Golf Course in Montgomery to be more centrally located to Open Arms’ service area. Stone Crest golf course is situated on 540 acres and provides three different and unique nine-hole golf layouts.

The Bloomfield-Eastern Greene County Public Library (BEGCPL) recently applied for and was awarded a $7,015 Library Services and Technology Act Grant. The grant is administered by the Indiana State Library and is funded by a grant from the United States Institute of Museum and Library Services...

An annual free event is in beginning its thirteenth year on Saturday, Aug. 18. Camp Kicking Bear is a free mentoring and outdoor activity program for ages 6-14. The day’s offerings have included an archery clinic with bows and arrows provided, bowfishing, a presentation by the Vigo County Sheriff’s Department, an EMA drone team, Vigo County K9 Search and Rescue, bloodhounds, guest speakers, tomahawks and long-distance shot put...

This Saturday, Aug. 18, the Hi-Lift Jack Company of Bloomfield will host its Eighth Annual Hi-Lift Trail Fest (formerly Trail Day) at Redbird Station, located across from Redbird State Recreation Area (SRA) near Dugger. “Over 600 vehicles and 1,200 people are expected to attend including over 20 different off-road clubs from nine different states,” said Hi-Lift sales manager Jared Albright. ...

Shakamak Superintendent Dan Noel addressed the Jasonville City Council during the council’s regular Aug. 13 meeting, wanting to know if the council would be interested in a joint meeting in the future. “We think there are some things we can do together to help make our school and our community better,” said Noel...

The Linton City Council saw some promising numbers while opening bids for the Stormwater Drainage Project Monday evening during its regular meeting. First Group Engineering went before the council to read the bids from three contractors at Monday’s meeting...

Thursday, August 16 The Linton Public Library Board of Trustees will hold a public hearing for the 2019 budget at 5:30 p.m. at the library. The regular monthly meeting will immediately follow. Full Life Development will host a silent auction from 6-8 p.m. ...

The Worthington Town Council met Tuesday evening and announced work has begun on its storm drain project. Worthington contracting firm Goodman Construction, owned by brothers Dayne and Derrick Goodman, was awarded the bid for the project by the council last month...

The first annual CAnine REscue, Inc. (CARE) CARE-A-THON 5K was well attended by individuals with two legs, as well as four. Now, organizers are well underway in preparations for the second annual CARE-A-THON, with the theme of “Walk with a friend”. Each year, money raised from the event by participants, sponsors and donors goes right back into the rescue, which also handles animal control for the City of Jasonville. ...

The Linton City Council approved a four-way stop at the intersection of 1st and D Streets NE. Mayor John Wilkes requested the change at Monday’s Linton City Council meeting after hearing concerns from residents. “We have a Neighborhood Watch Program and one of the concerns is traffic on that road is fast,” Wilkes explained...

Full Life Development, a Christian-based mission in Thailand, will host a Silent Auction Thursday, Aug. 16 from 6-8 pm at First Presbyterian Church 401 Shyla Ln. in Bloomfield. The public is invited to enjoy cookies and punch while browsing gift baskets, gift certificates, and Thai items on display to be auctioned. Some items were brought back from Thailand by FLD Director, Bethany Scott, who made a recent visit there to work with the mission...

The Indiana Department of Transportation reminds Indiana cities, towns, and counties that the agency is accepting applications for the Local Trax matching grant program through August 31. Local Trax provides at least $125 million in state matching funds for communities interested in pursuing high-priority railroad grade separations, crossing closures, and other safety enhancements at railroad intersections with local roads...

For the last eight years, Sculpture Trails Outdoor Museum in Solsberry has offered its “Sculpture in Public Places” program. The program involves five organizations in Greene County, including Greene County General Hospital, the Bloomfield-Eastern Greene County Public Library, The Owen Valley Winery, French Lick Casino and Eastern Greene Elementary School...

In the first meeting of the Bloomfield Town Council in years which didn’t feature an update on the progress of the pool, the council deliberated on a list of items to approve ahead of the Apple Festival and revisited on a sanitary sewer system improvement project that was presented to the board back in April...

Near the end of July, Rural Opportunity Initiatives, Inc. (ROI) kicked off this year’s STEAM fellowship by taking the 18 educator-fellows to Wonderlab Museum in Bloomington. That experience would be the first involved in a year-long leadership and training program...

The usual update of progress on the Bloomfield Pool was replaced by an update on visitor count and other good news during the regular August meeting of the Bloomfield Town Council. According to Kris Jarman and pool manager Judy Wise, the pool saw 175 visitors on its opening day on Friday, Aug. 3, 170 visitors on Aug. 4, 130 visitors on Aug. 5 and 180 visitors on Aug. 6. ...

The Eastern Greene Board of School Trustees met for their regular monthly meeting Aug. 13. First on the agenda was an update on the progress of the construction project currently underway at Eastern Greene High School given by David Riffel, Clerk of the Works for the Stenftenagel Group...

The City of Jasonville began accepting letters of nomination for the Ed Sheppard Award on Monday, July 9. However, Mayor Roy Terrell, Sr. explained during the Monday, Aug. 13 council meeting that there was a lack of nominations for the award. The council voted to extend the nomination window by another month...

Linton Fire Chief Brad Sparks said the Monday morning fire at a dilapidated house on NW F Street Monday morning is being investigated with the help of the Linton Police Department. “It had help,” Sparks said of the fire, which is believed to started just before 8 a.m. ...

A late-night Sullivan bar altercation possibly led to a motorcyclist being chased down and run off the road early Saturday prior to the chasing driver later wrecking his car at a high rate of speed, with both taken to a Terre Haute hospital. Sullivan County Sheriff Clark Cottom advised that the Indiana State Police was the lead investigative agency in the matter...

“They saved the neighborhood. The fire department did such a great job and I’m so grateful.”