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Greene, Sullivan counties declare emergencies
(Local News ~ 05/13/02)
Greene and Sullivan counties have been declared flood/excessive rain emergency areas, according to Greene County Emergency Management director Roger Axe. Axe said with the excessive rains causing many county roads and highways to flood, Greene County was given the declaration Friday morning...
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Pats dump Cards
(Local News ~ 05/13/02)
Owen Valley pounded out 13 hits, including six home runs, as the visiting Patriots defeated Bloomfield 16-9 Friday. Jon Veatch hit a home run and Tyler Evans and Dustin Haywood each doubled for Bloomfield, whose game Saturday at Rockville was rained out...
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Miners win SWIAC golf title
(Local News ~ 05/13/02)
Linton-Stockton placed four of five golfers in the Top 10 as the Miner golf team continues to own the South Western Indiana Athletic Conference tournament, which took first place Saturday afternoon at the Phil Harris Golf Course in Linton. The Miners shot a school record 292 to easily win its fourth consecutive SWIAC title...
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WRV splits two
(Local News ~ 05/13/02)
White River Valley stands at 4-11 after splitting two games at the Clay City baseball invitational Saturday. The Wolverines won the opener, defeating the host Eels 7-5. Todd Abu-Seir had a double for the winners. In the championship game, WRV lost to North Central 10-3 as the Thunderbirds touched up Wolverine pitching for 10 hits...
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Miners go 1-2
(Local News ~ 05/13/02)
Linton-Stockton's baseball team won one of three games this weekend and finished second at the Orleans Invitational Saturday. In a makeup game at home Friday afternoon, the Miners concluded play in the South Western Indiana Athletic Conference with a 4-3 record after an 8-1 loss to North Daviess...
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Lois B. Estes
(Local News ~ 05/13/02)
OAKTOWN ---- Lois B. Estes, 77, of Oaktown, passed away at 10:46 p.m. Saturday, May 11, 2002, at her residence. Born Aug. 12, 1924, in Sullivan County, she was the daughter of Homer and Pearl (Wilson) Smith. Survivors include her husband, Everett W. ...
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Dwight W. Robbins
(Local News ~ 05/13/02)
JASONVILLE ---- Dwight W. Robbins, 75, of Jasonville, passed away Sunday, May 12, 2002, at Greene County General Hospital. Born March 25, 1927, in Sullivan County, he was the son of Verner and Doris (Hollingsworth) Robbins. He was a member of the Worthington Garden Club and attended Lyons Community Church...
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Martha L. Tolen
(Local News ~ 05/13/02)
WORTHINGTON ---- Martha L. Tolen, 81, of Worthington, passed away at 5 a.m. Sunday, May 12, 2002, at her residence. Born Feb. 6, 1921, in Greene County, she was the daughter of Thomas and Alice (Barker) Vandeventer. She was a homemaker, and a member of Nine Mile United Methodist Church...
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Jessie M. Irons
(Local News ~ 05/13/02)
DUGGER ---- Jessie M. Irons, 92, of Dugger, passed away at 11:18 a.m. Friday, May 10, 2002, at University Heights Convalescence Center in Greenwood. Born April 12, 1910, in Terre Haute, she was the daughter of Otto and Sylvia (Clark) Mars. She was a retired school teacher, having taught at Pleasantville, Dugger and Linton high schools. ...
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Lakers topple 'Dogs, Cougars
(Local News ~ 05/13/02)
Jesse Yeryar had two hits, including a three-run home run, to pace the Shakamak baseball team to a 13-2 victory over host Union (Dugger) Friday. Thad Vandeventer also had two hits for Shakamak, who won the Tri-River Conference with a 5-0 record. Union dropped to 2-9 with the loss...
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Laxton tosses no-no; Union second at CC
(Local News ~ 05/13/02)
Jenna Laxton tossed a no-hitter to lead Union (Dugger) to a 5-0 victory over visiting White River Valley in a South Western Indiana Athletic Conference softball game Friday. Laxton struck out 12 and did not walk a batter as the Lady Bulldogs improved 4-1 in the SWIAC...
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Bloomfield wins SWIAC tennis title
(Local News ~ 05/13/02)
SWITZ CITY ----Most experts expected Bloomfield senior Laura Kay Watkins to win her third consecutive South Western Indiana Athletic Conference girls tennis singles championship. But very few would have picked the BHS freshman duo of Miranda Helms and Brittany Kuruzovich to bring home the doubles title...
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Flooding hits County Road 200 South hard
(Local News ~ 05/13/02)
Some Greene County residents are wondering whether heavy spring rains or last year's removal of drainage tiles in Beehunter Marsh, southeast of Linton ---- or a combination of both ---- is causing the Old Lyons Road to stay flooded longer than usual...
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Parker's trial date changed to June 4
(Local News ~ 05/13/02)
A Linton teen charged in the death of his father was in Greene Circuit Court on Friday on a hearing to revoke his bond. David L. Parker, Jr., along with his mother, Barbara Parker, were charged Nov. 13, 2001 with involuntary manslaughter in the Nov. 7 death of David L. Parker, Sr. in Linton...
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Sullivan County closes roads; some Greene County roads closed
(Local News ~ 05/13/02)
Rain, rain go away ... There's no escaping the fact we've had a lot of rain and it's causing problems all over the area. The Greene County Highway Department is reporting several roads closed and washed out due to the rain. Sullivan County Emergency Management announced the closing of all the county roads in Sullivan County this morning...
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Local mail carriers do their part to help others
(Local News ~ 05/13/02)
If all you can think about when the subject turns to your mail carrier is how much a stamp costs or your mail is never on time, think again. The National Association of Letter Carriers did their part Saturday to help stamp out hunger in the Linton area...
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Sparks to keep busy during her retirement
(Local News ~ 05/13/02)
Rose Sparks is looking forward to sleeping late in the mornings, helping out more at her church, and spending time with her family. In short, she's looking forward to having time to do exactly what she wants. After 15 years of working in the loan department at Peoples Trust Company in Linton, Sparks officially retired Friday. That afternoon, bank employees, friends and family filled a meeting room at the bank to wish her the best...
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Wet road causes accident
(Local News ~ 05/13/02)
The wet road conditions are being blamed for a one-vehicle accident at 12:51 this morning on State Road 54 near Bloomfield. According to Greene County Sheriff's Deputy Dured L. Townsend's report, Mitzie Lane of Bloomfield, was eastbound on S.R. 54 when she lost control of her vehicle because of the wet road conditions...
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Linton man still in jail
(Local News ~ 05/13/02)
A Linton man is still incarcerated in the Greene County Jail this morning following his arrest Friday by Linton Officer Chad Crynes. The Greene County Community Corrections contacted Crynes, who is the K-9 officer for the Linton Police Department, to assist with a search at Jeffery Scott Bays' residence...
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Linton girls win SWIAC track title
(Local News ~ 05/13/02)
Linton-Stockton's girls, including Breck Robinson, Clay City's boys, and Malea Firestone and Doug Dayhoff of White River Valley were among the standouts at the annual South Western Indiana Athletic Conference track and field championships, which were hosted by Linton-Stockton High School Friday night at Roy Williams Field...
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Billie Bruce Johnson
(Local News ~ 05/13/02)
JASONVILLE ---- Billie Bruce Johnson, 72, of Jasonville, passed away at 7:47 p.m., Sunday, May 12, 2002 at Sullivan County Community Hospital. Born Nov. 15, 1929 in Gilmore, he was the son of William and Lucille (Woods) Johnson. He was owner and operated of the local Gulf Service Station for 11 years, and was retired from Peabody Coal Company and General Electric in Bloomington. ...
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