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Peoples Trust Company to be sold
(Local News ~ 12/17/03)
A locally owned bank will soon become a part of a small regional banking corporation. Peoples Trust Company has signed a definitive agreement with MainSource Financial Group, Inc. of Greensburg, Ind. "We are very excited about the expanded capabilities to serve our customers' needs that will result from our affiliation with MainSource Financial Group. ...
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Momentum goes against Union
(High School Sports ~ 12/17/03)
DUGGER ---- Momentum has a funny way of shifting at the wrong moments. For the Union High School girls' basketball team, it shifted late on Tuesday. The Bulldogs had built momentum through the third quarter and found themselves knotted at 33 with the Cloverdale Clovers Tuesday only to lose the momentum on one play...
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North Daviess toops WC
(High School Sports ~ 12/17/03)
North Daviess limited Washington Catholic to just 11 points over the last three quarters and clobbered the Cardinals 46-22 on Tuesday in the second game of the GPC Holiday Classic at Washington. South Knox defeated Shoals 59-49 in the first game. Washington Catholic led 11-5 after one period, but the Cougars, 4-2 and winners of three straight games, won the second stanza 19-2 to seize control...
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North Daviess boys may be surprise team of SWIAC
(High School Sports ~ 12/17/03)
ELNORA-Brent Dalrymple says his North Daviess Cougars are trying to fly under the radar screen, but if the Cougars keep winning the secret is going to be out. Not much was expected of the Cougars this season, at least not from many outsiders, but North Daviess is 4-2 and fresh off a somewhat historic weekend after wins over North Central and Vincennes Rivet...
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Miners, Lakers split JV games
(High School Sports ~ 12/17/03)
Linton and Shakamak split junior varsity games on Tuesday. Linton's boys defeated Shakamak 39-37, while Shakamak's girls won by one point on a late free throw. Dylan Hardisty scored the game-winning basket for Linton's boys. He led the Miners with 14 points, all in the second half...
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Traveling keg lands in WRV's hands
(High School Sports ~ 12/17/03)
SWITZ CITY-The Greene County Keg, firmly entrenched in Eastern's possession for so long, has taken a westward journey the past few days. Bloomfield took possession last Thursday by beating the Lady T-Birds, but the Lady Cardinals only had it for five days. White River Valley wrestled it from the Cards on Tuesday by coming from 14 points down to defeat the Cards 53-41...
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David B. Hughes
(Obituary ~ 12/17/03)
David B. Hughes, 47, of Bloomington, passed away on Monday, Dec. 15, at 9:45 p.m. at Bloomington Hospital. He was born in Lafayette, the son of Elkin B. and Dors V. Brinson Hughes. He worked for Harley Davidson Motorcycle in Bloomington and was a member of the Bloomington First Christian Church...
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Bays files petition for post conviction relief
(Local News ~ 12/17/03)
A Linton man sentenced to 35 years in prison in Greene Circuit Court in January 2002 for possession of more than three grams of methamphetamine within 1,000 feet of a school has filed a petition for post conviction relief. Jeffrey Scott Bays, 39, serving time at Wabash Valley Correctional Facility in Carlisle for the class A felony, filed the petition by mail with the Greene County Clerk's office on Monday...
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Effort under way for everyone in county to read same book
(Local News ~ 12/17/03)
What if everyone in Greene County read the same book? An effort is under way to organize a unique reading program to accomplish that task. A committee hopes to help Greene County residents have the opportunity to read the same book in the next few months ---- when a title is selected...
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County tax rates in, but not certified yet
(Local News ~ 12/17/03)
"We do have the tax rates now, but they have not been certified," said Carolyn White, Greene County treasurer. The treasurer's office is now charging with the new tax rate. "It is more accurate to pay what the system indicates than what they paid last year," said White...
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Shakamak School Board meets
(Local News ~ 12/17/03)
JASONVILLE ---- The Shakamak School Board voted Tuesday night to begin the non-renewal process for the contract of Roy Robertson. Robertson is currently athletic director and administrative assistant at the junior/senior high school. His contract for the position of administrative assistant ends June 30, 2004...
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Students to do caroling
(Local News ~ 12/17/03)
What gets you in the Christmas spirit? Snow? Nativity scenes? Caroling? Ahh, caroling! It's almost a lost tradition ---- but some Linton kids will be out doing just that tonight and Monday. "(Tonight) we're going to take the little kids and teenagers around town caroling," explained Don Bowden, program aide for the Boys and Girls Club of Greene County...
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Courthouse being prepared for winter
(Local News ~ 12/17/03)
BLOOMFIELD ---- Winterization of the Greene County courthouse is being done, and preparations made to come up with "a fix" for an unstable southside foundation so the stalled renovation/addition project can move forward, according to the new project supervisor...
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Tomich to appear in court
(Local News ~ 12/17/03)
Constance Tomich was expected to be in Greene Circuit Court this afternoon for a scheduled hearing. She was scheduled to ask Greene Circuit Court Judge David Johnson to set a bond in her case. Tomich has been charged with aiding in a murder and conspiracy to commit murder, both of which no bond is set...
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Clay City routs Linton
(High School Sports ~ 12/17/03)
Clay City overwhelmed Linton's freshman boys 49-10 on Monday. Casey Andis led Linton with four points. Seth Baysinger had three points, Geoff Miller two and Aaron Davis one. "We were playing without some of our normal starters, which gave several kids the opportunity to play more than usual," Linton coach Aaron Hall said...
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