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Local officials warn students about dangers of drugs
(Local News ~ 10/24/02)
Linton-Stockton Junior High School students and teachers walked from school to City Hall Wednesday morning as part of Red Ribbon Week, a national event aimed at heightening awareness of the dangers of drug abuse. Students and teachers held other anti-drug and anti-smoking promotions at the school Monday and Tuesday. The school and local leaders are doing their part to steer students away from drugs and tobacco ---- not only during Red Ribbon Week, but all year long...
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More charges stem from stabbing case
(Local News ~ 10/24/02)
A man accused of stabbing a Wal-Mart loss prevention employee appeared in Greene Circuit Court this morning. Brandon Bender, 23, of Terre Haute, is facing charges of theft, battery with a deadly weapon and possession of methamphetamine. Bender was arrested on Monday night after he got into an altercation with the loss prevention employee at the Linton department store...
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Weaver being sought by Linton police
(Local News ~ 10/24/02)
A routine traffic on Tuesday night has Linton police looking for Donald Weaver, Jr., 31, of Linton, today. According to Linton Police Chief Keith McDonald, Weaver was arrested on an outstanding warrant and his car was impounded on Tuesday. Weaver bonded out of jail...
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Earl F. Kinkade
(Local News ~ 10/24/02)
Earl F. Kinkade, 88, of Jasonville formerly of Farmersburg, passed away at 2:25 p.m., Wednesday, Oct. 23, 2002 at Shakamak Good Samaritan Center in Jasonville. Born March 25, 1914, in Illinois, the son of Walter and Pearl (Smith) Kinkade. He worked as a security guard at IBM in Greencastle before retiring in 1970. He was a 32nd Degree Mason and a member of the Scottish Rite and of the Kerman Grotto Shrine both of Terre Haute...
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John J. Gasser
(Local News ~ 10/24/02)
John J. Gasser, 85, of Sandborn, passed away at 5:20 a.m., Tuesday, Oct. 22, 2002 at the Greene County General Hospital in Linton. Born June 13, 1917 in Port Washington, Wis., he was the son of John and Mary (Casar) Gasser. He worked in maintenance at Kiekafer Mercury Marine in Pt. Washington, Wisc. before retiring in 1982. He was a member of the St. Mary Catholic Church in Random Lake, Wisc. and he attended St. Peter Catholic Church in Linton. He was a veteran of U.S. Army WW II 1942-45...
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Robert Franklin Fougerousse
(Local News ~ 10/24/02)
Robert Franklin Fougerousse, 65, of Jasonville, passed away at 12:50 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 23, 2002, at Methodist Hospital in Indianapolis. He was born Feb. 7, 1937, in Jasonville, the son of Dess and Katherine Ellen (McCoy) Fougerousse. He was retired from Crane Army Ammunition Activity in 1992 after over 30 years, where he worked in Ordnance. ...
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Miners, Valley meet again in playoffs
(High School Sports ~ 10/24/02)
Steve Weber's Linton-Stockton Miners enter the sectional with high spirits. "We have had a great week of practice," said Weber, whose Miners will open play in Class A Sectional 40 at 7:30 p.m. Friday night at Roy Williams Field against Springs Valley. "We looked faster tonight (Tuesday) than we have all year...
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Union Bulldogs gearing up for sectionals
(High School Sports ~ 10/24/02)
Tecumseh football coach Tom Osborne might have the hottest team in Class A Sectional 40. The Braves, after starting 0-4, have won 4 of 5 entering Friday's first-round match up against visiting Union (Dugger). The Braves beat Tell City 32-7 last week, rolling up 324 yards of total offense...
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