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Cops vs. Coaches game will help Crime Stoppers
(Local News ~ 03/16/05)
The Linton Police Department will take on the Linton-Stockton High School faculty/coaches in a basketball game at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday at the LSHS gym to raise funds for Greene County Crime Stoppers. Larry Hasler and Don Keller will officiate. Tickets, available at the door, are $3 for adults and $1 for students. LSHS Athletic Director Charlie Karazsia said the game is a lot of fun for a good cause, even though the faculty always wins...
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Charles D. Taylor
(Obituary ~ 03/16/05)
Charles D. Taylor, 70, of Linton, passed away at 12:02 a.m. Tuesday, March 15, 2005 at Greene County General Hospital. Born June 8, 1934 in Linton, he was the son of Wayne and Mable I. (Ebler) Taylor. He worked with Pinkerton Securities Service and was a member of The Way Ministry...
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Fred Mitchell Jr.
(Obituary ~ 03/16/05)
Fred Mitchell Jr., 86, of Bloomfield, passed away at 7 a.m. Monday, March 14, 2005 at his residence. Born Aug. 9, 1918 in Greene County, he was the son of Fred Sr. and Lillian M. (George) Mitchell. He was married to Bertha L. (McElroy) Mitchell. He was a World War II Army veteran and had retired from Crane NWSC as a supervisor of receiving. He was a member of the First Baptist Church in Bloomfield...
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Leonard L. Hackler
(Obituary ~ 03/16/05)
GREENFIELD ---- Leonard L. Hackler, 81, passed away Monday, March 14, 2005, at Hancock Memorial Hospital in Greenfield. Born Nov. 6, 1923 in Linton, he was the son of Edgar and Mary (Wampler) Hackler. He married Margaret (Moss) Hackler on Jan. 30, 1946 in Linton...
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Special events at fairgrounds focus on agricultural
(Local News ~ 03/16/05)
SWITZ CITY ---- The contribution of agriculture to the local economy will be highlighted at the annual Greene County Ag Day meal and celebration Friday. The annual Ag Day meal, featuring grilled beef, pork, poultry and fish products, will be served from 5-8 p.m. at the Greene County Cooperative Extension Service building, located at the fairgrounds...
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Coal City man arrested
(Local News ~ 03/16/05)
Criminal charges have been filed in Greene Circuit Court against a Coal City man for allegedly entering a Worthington residence without permission from the owner. Christopher S. Worland was charged Monday with residential entry ---- a class D felony following an incident that unfolded last Friday morning...
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Area schools participate in Quiz Bowl competition
(Local News ~ 03/16/05)
On Monday, students from Greene and Sullivan Counties gathered at Shakamak High School to test their knowledge in the Greene-Sullivan Quiz Bowl competition. Eastern Greene's team of K.C. Bennett, Josh Caswell, Nate Delong, Jon Marmouze' and Jonathan Childress walked away the winners with a one-point victory over Sullivan in the finals...
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NESC board, teachers reach agreement
(Local News ~ 03/16/05)
Jill R. Wilkes, staff writer The Northeast Sullivan School Board signed a tentative contract with the teachers for the school years 2003-04 and 2004-05 on Tuesday night. The teachers will receive a 1 1/2 percent increase for both contract years, $50 annual increase for the annuity and five more family illness days...
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Linton School Board meets
(Local News ~ 03/16/05)
The Linton-Stockton Board of School Trustees conducted a "1028 Hearing" to inform the public of costs relating to an upcoming construction project. The project, which will re-roof the junior high, purchase new home-side bleachers for the football field and, if money allows, renovate some classrooms in the vocational/agricultural area, will cost $1.9 million...
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Chamber members get information on back pain
(Local News ~ 03/16/05)
Dr. Denver Sasser and Tammy Goodman of Linton Chiropractic spoke to Linton-Stockton Chamber of Commerce members Tuesday at the chamber's noon meeting at the Elks. Sasser said 80 percent of Americans will suffer an episode of back pain. Of those, he said, 50 percent will experience a recurrence. ...
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Quick actions helps avert major fire
(Local News ~ 03/16/05)
Quick work by three area fire departments averted a much bigger blaze early this morning at an Elliston fuel storage facility ---- about two miles west of Bloomfield. About 1:10 a.m. a fire was reported in a storage building at the Wright Oil Company bulk fuel plant, located just off State Road 54...
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By Andrea McCann
(Local News ~ 03/16/05)
Staff Writer The Linton Police Department will take on the Linton-Stockton High School faculty/coaches in a basketball game at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday at the LSHS gym to raise funds for Greene County Crime Stoppers. Larry Hasler and Don Keller will officiate. Tickets, available at the door, are $3 for adults and $1 for students. LSHS Athletic Director Charlie Karazsia said the game is a lot of fun for a good cause, even though the faculty always wins...
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Alexander back in court today
(Local News ~ 03/16/05)
A Linton man whose 60-year murder conviction was overturned by the Indiana Court of Appeals in December was expected back in Greene Circuit Court today. Circuit Judge David Johnson was expected to hear arguments starting at 1 p.m. on a motion asking for a change of venue in the re-trial case of James S. Alexander. The murder case of the 48-year-old Alexander was remanded back to Greene Circuit Court for possible re-trial...
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ATF, LPD search Linton home for firearms, drugs
(Local News ~ 03/16/05)
The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives is in Linton today serving a federal search warrant on the properties of Mark E. Green. The search stems from a February arrest when several types of ammunition were found in Green's vehicle during a traffic stop...
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Pegg takes over as Bloomfield baseball coach
(High School Sports ~ 03/16/05)
BLOOMFIELD ---- There was something about the Bloomfield baseball program that 1996 Bloomfield graduate Jason Pegg was uneasy with. It wasn't something he could just point his finger at so, instead of sitting at home and complain about the issues, Pegg decided to do something about it as he became the new varsity baseball coach for the Cardinals during the off-season...
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