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McCollister back in jail
(Local News ~ 03/14/03)
Keith A. McCollister, 39, of Linton, was in Sullivan County Jail this morning facing five counts of attempted child solicitation. In the past several weeks officers from several departments in Sullivan County have been working on cases where girls told them about a man who was approaching them...
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Myrle E. Headley
(Local News ~ 03/14/03)
BEECH GROVE ---- Myrle E. Headley 88, of Beech Grove, passed away Thursday, March 13, 2003. He was a retired machinist of 30 years for the Diamond Chain Company. He was a member of Beech Grove First Baptist Church. Survivors include, step son and wife, Ronald and Ann Noel; brother, Jim Headley; sister, Opal Martindale; three step grandchildren, David Noel, Linda Lynch, and Michelle Deerberg; and four step great grandchildren, Lynsey and Addie Noel and Kaiti and Jacob Deerberg...
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Bloomfield faces Milan in WRV regional
(Local News ~ 03/14/03)
Milan coach Randy Combs is happy about making his third regional appearance in the past five seasons ---- his 16-8 Indians will face Bloomfield (17-8) at noon Saturday in the second game of the Class A White River Valley Regional ---- but wished he knew more about the health of his team...
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Riverton Parke is surprise team of WRV Regional
(Local News ~ 03/14/03)
Riverton Parke coach Charlie Martin knows that few were considering his Panthers as a possible regional participant. "We weren't even on the radar screen," said Martin, whose Panthers (12-12) were 5-10 at one point before winning seven of their last nine games, earning a spot at the Class A White River Valley Regional against No. 7 Southwestern (Shelby) (19-4) in the opening game at 10 a.m. Saturday. "We have had to overcome a lot of adversity...
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Shakamak board talks about student-teacher ratio
(Local News ~ 03/14/03)
JASONVILLE ---- Remediation and student-teacher ratios were discussed at Thursday night's Shakamak School Board meeting. Shakamak Elementary Principal Art Politz brought his concerns before the board about the need for another remediation teacher and extra help in the special education classroom...
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Linton book put on restricted list
(Local News ~ 03/14/03)
A book in the Linton-Stockton Elementary School Library that a Linton couple found objectionable has been placed on the library's restricted list. That means a student must have permission from a parent or guardian to check the book out. Bobbie and Joe Jones of Linton recently voiced objections to school officials to the book, "One Fat Summer" by Robert Lipsyte. ...
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Man claims he was robbed at gunpoint
(Local News ~ 03/14/03)
Linton police are still investigating an armed robbery complaint filed by a Linton man. Roger May, 40, reported Thursday at 6:45 p.m. that on Wednesday at 11:30 p.m. he had been robbed of $500 in the parking lot south of the main branch of Union Planters...
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Bartlett meets with courthouse engineers
(Local News ~ 03/14/03)
Project engineers for the temporarily halted courthouse renovation project met in Bloomfield on Thursday to discuss what is to be done next. Commissioner Warren Bartlett was at the courthouse Thursday to speak with the engineers, and thinks a resolution to the courthouse problems should be reached within two weeks...
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Tomich's lawyer offers some insight
(Local News ~ 03/14/03)
Constance Tomich's attorney, Randall Scott Johns, talked with The Linton Daily Citizen on Thursday about everything from his client's denial of guilt to why she didn't divorce Ronald Tomich. Constance Tomich is charged with aiding in the murder and conspiracy to commit murder in the shooting death of Ronald Tomich of Linton on Valentine's Day...
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Eugene H. Werling
(Local News ~ 03/14/03)
TIFFIN, Ohio ---- Eugene H. Werling, 78, Tiffin, Ohio, passed away Wednesday, March 12, 2003 at his residence. Born Aug. 3, 1924 in Fort Wayne, he was the son of Raymond and Lydia (Schmidt) Werling. He was a retired General Electric Company plant manager with 42 years of service. He served in the U.S. Army during World War II. He was a member of the First Lutheran Church...
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