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Rural Linton man found dead Friday evening
(Local News ~ 02/17/03)
A rural Linton man was found shot to death in his home Friday evening. The Linton Police Department were called to the White Rose area Friday following a 911 call from a family member at approximately 5 p.m. The victim has been identified as Ronald Tomichi, 51...
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Wanda Marie McCammon
(Local News ~ 02/17/03)
SULLIVAN ---- Wanda Marie McCammon, 80, of Portage and formerly of Sullivan, passed away at 1:15 a.m. Friday, Feb. 14, 2003, at Portage Community Hospital. Born Jan. 26, 1923, in Bicknell, she was the daughter of Hubert and Erma Snow Murphy Ashcraft...
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Abraham Neil Holtsclaw
(Local News ~ 02/17/03)
BLOOMFIELD ---- Abraham Neil Holtsclaw, five months and 20 days old, died at 4:45 a.m. Feb. 16, 2003, at his residence. Born Aug. 26, 2002, he was the son of Jarrod D. And Jessica A. (Yake) Holtsclaw. He attended Tulip Church of God. Survivors include his parents; maternal grandparents, Neil and Susan Yake of Bloomfield; maternal great-grandparents, Joe and Lucille Strange of Bloomfield; maternal great-grandmother, Erma Hensley of Bloomfield; paternal grandparents, Harold and Rita Holtsclaw of Bloomfield; paternal great-grandmother, Mavis Long of Bloomfield; paternal great-grandmother, Pauline Holtsclaw of Bloomfield; an uncle, Justin Yake, and his fianc, Melissa Otman of Fort Wayne, who are also the baby's godparents; aunt and uncle, Cindy and Jason Walton of Bloomfield; and first cousin, Noah Walton of Bloomfield.. ...
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Jerry E. Ladson
(Local News ~ 02/17/03)
Memorial services for Jerry E. Ladson, 64, of Carlisle, will be Tuesday at 3 p.m. at Newkirk Funeral Home in Dugger with Brother Sam Phegley officiating. Friends may call at the funeral home from 2 p.m. until 3 p.m. on Tuesday. Ladson passed away Feb. 6, 2003...
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WRV tops defending champs in semifinals
(Local News ~ 02/17/03)
SWITZ CITY ---- Defensive pressure, rebounding and foul shooting proved to be the difference for White River Valley, who overcame 25 turnovers to oust defending sectional champion North Central 60-50 in a battle Class A Top 10 teams here at the WRV Sectional Friday night...
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Miners come up short against Eastern in semifinals
(Local News ~ 02/17/03)
VINCENNES ---- There's been times over the past two-plus years when Mike Riggleman walked into his team's locker room shaking his head in disappointment. Losing has a tendency to do that to a coach. But after the Lady Miners' 50-38 setback to Eastern in the semifinals of the Class 2A South Knox Sectional on Friday night, Riggleman was proud of his team. The final score may not indicate so, but Linton gave a good Eastern squad everything it wanted before coming up short in the final minutes...
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WRV claims third sectional title in four years
(Local News ~ 02/17/03)
SWITZ CITY ---- White River Valley winning another girls basketball sectional is not a surprising event. With three victories since Tuesday, including a 63-28 drubbing of Bloomfield here Saturday night, the Lady Wolverines celebrated winning its third sectional championship in the past four seasons...
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Eastern loses in final
(Local News ~ 02/17/03)
Evansville Mater Dei jumped out to a 20-6 lead and held off Eastern for a 51-43 victory in the championship game of the Class 2A South Knox girls basketball sectional Saturday night. Missy Glaser (seven) and Katie Roberts (six) combined for 13 points in the first period as Mater Dei went on to defend its sectional title. They also beat the Lady Thunderbirds (16-6) in the championship game a year ago...
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WRV loses another close one
(Local News ~ 02/17/03)
Northview needed two overtimes to hold off visiting White River Valley for a 81-70 victory at Brazil Saturday afternoon. The host Knights used an 17-11 edge in the fourth quarter. WRV guard A.J. Graves hit a 3-pointer which tied the score at 59-all at the end of regulation...
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Class A WRV Sectional All-Sectional team
(Local News ~ 02/17/03)
Holly Halt, White River Valley Amber Williams, White River Valley Malea Firestone, White River Valley Ashley Thombleson, Bloomfield Megan Haag, North Central Brittany Collins, White River Valley
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Union comes up short in semifinals
(Local News ~ 02/17/03)
SWITZ CITY ---- Union (Dugger) went almost 13 minutes with a field goal, putting the Lady Bulldogs into a position of having to play from behind the final three-quarters plus. UHS closed to with in two points in the waning seconds, but came up on the short end of a 35-32 score to Bloomfield in the second semifinal game at the Class A White River Valley Sectional here Friday night...
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WRV plays as a team, wins another sectional title
(Local News ~ 02/17/03)
SWITZ CITY ---- It was as if art was imitating life and White River Valley girls basketball coach Joe Pigg had assumed the role of Hickory Huskers' coach Norman Dale, played by Gene Hackman in the movie Hoosiers. "Let's be real clear about what we are after here. The five players on the floor function as one single unit. Team! Team! Team! No one is more important that the other."...
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Commissioners OK work on courthouse
(Local News ~ 02/17/03)
BLOOMFIELD ---- When the Greene County courthouse foundation shifted slightly last month as recent excavation work was being done near its south wall, and cracks consequently appeared in the inside and outside walls of the building, you could almost hear a collective moan from project engineers, construction crews and the Greene County Commissioners...
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Area digging out from snow, ice storm
(Local News ~ 02/17/03)
Snow is becoming to Greene and Sullivan counties what warts are to faces. Ugly. Greene County has an average of six inches of powdery snow that fell Sunday afternoon and night. In some places, the snow has drifted to a depth of about 12 inches. Beneath the snow is a layer of ice, making driving and even walking hazardous...
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Fundraiser conducted for soldiers
(Local News ~ 02/17/03)
WORTHINGTON ---- Adults chatted, ate, some had a drink, several watched a big-screen TV. The children played with red, white and blue balloons, oblivious to the fact their fathers are far away, serving with the military and facing unknown dangers. But as gray and cold as the weather was outside, the mood at the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 7117 in Worthington was bright. The VFW members, their families, guests and visitors all ---- finally ---- had a chance to do something to help...
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Cameras may have solved Fast Max case
(Local News ~ 02/17/03)
The news was the same day after day. Another person driving-off from Fast Max without paying for gas. Why was that particular gas station being ripped off more than the other gas stations in the city? "The problem was extreme. It was unreal the number of drive-offs," Linton Lt. Det. Troy Jerrell told The Daily Citizen...
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Saudra Dee "Sandy" St. John
(Local News ~ 02/17/03)
BLOOMFIELD ---- Saundra Dee "Sandy" St. John, 63, of Bloomfield, passed away at 10 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 13, 2003, at her residence. Born Nov. 3, 1939, in Bicknell, she was the daughter of Ernest Carl and Isamack Conklen Hudson. She retired as a registered nurse at Gosport Nursing Home. She attended Holy Name Catholic Church...
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