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Lyons fireman hurt while battling blaze
(Local News ~ 02/18/08)
One firefighter suffered a minor injury while working a Saturday afternoon house fire -- which caused major interior damage to a Lyons home. The brick home, owned by Eddie Lambert, is located off State Road 67 a couple of blocks from the Petro Plus, explained Larry Russell, Lyons Volunteer Fire Chief...
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Esta Ellen McDonald
(Obituary ~ 02/18/08)
Esta Ellen (Loveall) McDonald, 94, of Linton, passed away at 7:45 a.m. Sunday, Feb. 17, 2008, at Sullivan County Community Hospital in Sullivan. She was born Feb. 4, 1914, in Monroe City, the daughter of Zachariah and Grace (Helderman) Loveall. She was a homemaker and a member of the First Christian Church in Linton where she was a member of the Primetimers. ...
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Charles Lee "Bud" Orman
(Obituary ~ 02/18/08)
Charles Lee "Bud" Orman, 59, formerly of Jasonville, passed away, Feb. 16, 2008, at his residence in Geneva in Adams County. A U.S. Army veteran, he was an auto mechanic Survivors include: his mother, Dorothy P. Hines of Jasonville; daughters, Shelly Orman of Greencastle...
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Nick Yehl earns Eagle Scout rank
(Local News ~ 02/18/08)
Nick Yehl, of Lyons Boy Scout Troop 401 and member of St. John's Episcopal Church of Washington, earned the rank of Eagle Scout on Nov. 17. To earn Eagle Scout rank, the highest rank in Scouting, a Boy Scout must fulfill requirements in the areas of leadership, service, and outdoor skills. ...
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Twin Rivers to host open house Tuesday
(Local News ~ 02/18/08)
Twin Rivers facilities will be open for viewing between 4:30-6:30 p.m. Tuesday. At this time, instructors and current students will be available to answer questions about the programs and provide tours of the individual sites. Twin Rivers offers hands-on experience in a specific career area to junior and senior students in the Greene County schools of Bloomfield, Linton-Stockton, Shakamak, and White River Valley, and the Sullivan county schools of Union, North Central, and Sullivan...
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Our schools may change
(Column ~ 02/18/08)
Area educators have been watching closely what's happening in the Indiana General Assembly. If Gov. Mitch Daniels has his way, school districts as we currently know them could change forever. Gov. Daniels would like to see rural school districts consolidate central administrative offices, meaning instead of five school districts in Greene County, there would be one...
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Couple forced to find a new place to be married
(Letter to the Editor ~ 02/18/08)
To the Editor: I believe your readers would agree with me when I say that one of the busiest, most important, and possibly the most stressful event of a young couple's life is their wedding. Planning the perfect wedding is every couple's dream! There's the cake, the wedding dress, the tuxes, the invitations, the flowers ... the list can go on for pages. But what is the one thing that all these other things hinge on? But of course, the big, beautiful church!...
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We are at the verge of entering solar cycle 24
(Letter to the Editor ~ 02/18/08)
To the Editor: Worldwide temperatures have fallen significantly during January. According to weather stations and sea surface temperature measurements, January 2008 global temperature was down 1.35 degrees Fahrenheit from the same month in 2007. (NASA GISS)...
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Billy Gene Hill
(Obituary ~ 02/18/08)
Billy Gene Hill, 72, of Worthington, passed away at 11:15 a.m. Monday, Feb. 18, 2008, at his residence. He was born Feb. 1, 1936, in Texas, to Starley and Mamie Mildred (McMahan) Hill. He was an oilfield worker in several states. He was a U. S. Army veteran and a member of the Worthington Apostolic Church...
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Stubborn flu bug hitting the county hard
(Local News ~ 02/18/08)
Local health officials say they have noticed a definite increase in the number of emergency room visits in recent days for people seeking relief from flu-like symptoms. They say it's partly because the flu vaccine doesn't protect against most of the spreading flu bugs...
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Bloomfield man arrested after weekend stabbing incident
(Local News ~ 02/18/08)
A Bloomfield man is in jail and another Bloomfield man was treated and released from the hospital after a stabbing incident last Friday at the Dug Out Bar in Bloomfield. Roosevelt F. Hawthorne, Jr., 36, was booked into Greene County Jail early Saturday on a preliminary charge of battery with a deadly weapon. He is accused of stabbing Leslie Langley with a kitchen steak knife...
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One person transported to hospital after wreck
(Local News ~ 02/18/08)
One person was transported by ambulance to Bloomington Hospital with a facial injury after an accident involving two vehicles in Center Township in eastern Greene County at 4:10 p.m. on Friday. Sixteen-year-old Michelle Knapp of Lawrence Hollow, east of Bloomfield, drove into the path of another vehicle when she was pulling onto State Road 445 from County Road 1150 East in a 1995 Buick Regal...
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A Greene County history lesson: Dr. Combs offers look at early history of area
(Local News ~ 02/18/08)
Seventy-five people crowded into the multi-purpose room at the Linton Public Library on Sunday afternoon to hear Dr. Daniel Combs of Vincennes speak on Greene County's early history. He was invited by the Greene County Historical Society. "I'm not here to get you to buy my book," Combs explained, "and I have never lived in Greene County, but I have heard about its history from my family and am familiar with many families including the Humphreys, Grays, Gaineys, Blands, etc."...
- A brief blizzard! (Local News ~ 02/18/08)
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Eastern Greene makes history, but loses in regional final
(High School Sports ~ 02/18/08)
FERDINAND -- The Eastern Greene High School girls basketball made history here Saturday at the Class 2A Forest Park Regional. In defeating Covenant Christian 49-44 in the opening semifinal, the Lady Thunderbirds won a regional game for the first time in school history...
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Police Logs
(Police Reports ~ 02/18/08)
GREENE COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT JAIL LOG LINTON POLICE DEPARTMENT ACTIVITY LOG The Linton Police Department's activity log for Friday through Sunday included one follow-up investigation, three requests for information only, one assist to the utility department after hours, two incidents of vandalism, one sex offense-other, one school/foot patrol, two transports of documentation, two accidents with property damage, two lost and found, seven medical/illness, one alarm, three animal complaints, three suspicious vehicles/persons, four assists to other agencies, two harassment complaints, four possibly intoxicated drivers, one reckless driver, one extra patrol, one theft-other, one lost or stolen license plate, one 911 prank/false call, one missing person-adult, four assists to the utility department, one fingerprint for a gun permit, one arrest-wanted on warrant, two assists to the fire department, one battery and 10 traffic stops.. ...
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Community Notes
(Community News ~ 02/18/08)
'Chosen' in concert "Chosen" will be in concert Sunday at 6 p.m. at Linton Assembly of God. This award winning gospel group from Vincennes has opened for Ivan Parker, Brian Free, and The Pfeifers! Their awards include first place, Trio of the Year, at the 2000 Indiana Gospel Music Association. ...
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WRV advances to regional final
(High School Sports ~ 02/18/08)
SHELBYVILLE -- This late in the season, many games are decided by the team that takes care of the basketball better, rebounds and shoots free throws well. White River Valley won two of the three keys areas in its first-round game against host Southwestern (Shelby) and won a nail-biting 53-50 victory here Saturday afternoon in the Class A Regional...
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University too much for WRV at regional
(High School Sports ~ 02/18/08)
SHELBYVILLE -- The White River Valley girls basketball team had their hands full in the championship game of the Class A Southwestern (Shelby) Regional here Saturday night. The Lady Wolverines found themselves in a 16-2 hole after the first eight minutes of play and never got on track losing 58-37 against the Trailblazers of University. University? Who?...
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Lyons firefighter injured during Saturday afternoon house blaze
(Local News ~ 02/18/08)
One firefighter suffered a minor injury while working a Saturday afternoon house fire -- which caused major interior damage to a Lyons home. The brick home, owned by Eddie Lambert, is located off State Road 67 a couple of blocks from the Petro Plus, explained Larry Russell, Lyons Volunteer Fire Chief...
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Linton school board accepts resignations, okays contract extensions and makes appointments
(Local News ~ 02/18/08)
Resignations, contract extensions and extra-curricular activities appointments were the business at hand during the Linton-Stockton School Board meeting on Monday. During the meeting, the board unanimously approved the resignation of Junior High Media Specialist Risa Hamm effective Feb. 22...
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Boy remains in 'very critical' condition after train wreck
(Local News ~ 02/18/08)
A 6-year-old boy airlifted to an Indianapolis hospital following a vehicle-train wreck in Greene County on Friday afternoon remains in "very critical" condition, according to an Indiana State Police spokesman. ISP Sgt. Curt Durnil says Christopher Perez, a kindergarten student at Linton-Stockton Elementary School, remains a patient in the intensive care unit of Riley Children's Hospital with severe head trauma...
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Rural Linton man in critical condition following wreck in Gibson County
(Local News ~ 02/18/08)
A rural Linton man is in critical condition in a southern Indiana hospital following a two-vehicle wreck in Owensville early Saturday night. Owensville is in Gibson County. J. Michael "Mike" Kelley, 65, Buck Creek Addition near Linton, is a patient in the intensive care unit at Deaconess Gateway Hospital in Evansville. He is listed in critical condition, but the serious brain injury may not have been sustained in the crash...
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