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$243 MILLION: SAIC lands another big NSWC Crane contract
(Local News ~ 05/23/08)
Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) on Thursday announced it has been awarded a task order by the Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC) Crane, the second big contract in less than a week. Under the task order, SAIC will provide engineering and technical services in support of the Joint Special Missions Focus Area. ...
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BREAKING NEWS: Police looking for two men shot during attempted burglary
(Local News ~ 05/23/08)
Law enforcement officers are looking for two men who fled after they were shot during an attempted burglary around 2:37 a.m. at K & H Auto on State Road 54 near Eastern School. Anyone with any information about this incident is asked to immediately call the Greene County Sheriff's Department at 812-847-4411 or toll-free at 1-800-385-1140...
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Three men in jail for breaking in at Ray's Auto Parts
(Local News ~ 05/23/08)
Three men have been taken into custody in connection with an attempted theft early Friday morning at Ray's Auto Parts in eastern Greene County. The Greene County Sheriff's Department released the names of Ricky Cain of Solsberry, Travis Cain of Williams and Ryan McFarland of Williams -- all three have been incarcerated on preliminary charges of attempted theft...
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Miners lose at North
(High School Sports ~ 05/23/08)
Linton-Stockton High School's boys golf team led throughout a match at Hulman Links Friday against Terre Haute North, but faded at the end and came up on the short end of a 162-169 score. "After six holes, I would say we were ahead by about 14 strokes," said Linton-Stockton coach Bart Beard. "We just threw it away on the last three holes...
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Lakers to host Class A baseball sectional, again
(High School Sports ~ 05/23/08)
Lakers to host Class A baseball sectional, again The Class A Shakamak baseball sectional will get underway on Monday with the host team squaring off against White River Valley. Clay City awaits the winner, while Union (Dugger) and North Central will play in the first semifinal on Thursday. The championship game will be Friday...
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Linton-Stockton to host Class 2A baseball sectional
(High School Sports ~ 05/23/08)
Linton-Stockton to host Class 2A baseball sectional For the first time since 2000, Linton-Stockton's Roy Herndon Field will be the site of this year's Class 2A baseball sectional. On Monday, May 26, North Knox will face Bloomfield at 1 p.m. in the opening game of the tournament, which features a five-team field...
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Miners cruise in season finale
(High School Sports ~ 05/23/08)
MONTGOMERY -- Less than 24 hours after being on the losing end of a 7-1 game at Vincennes Lincoln the Linton-Stockton baseball team decided it was time to wake up the bats at Barr-Reeve. The Miners finished the regular season with a 20-3 thumping of the Vikings, and head into post-season play full steam ahead...
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Community Notes
(Community News ~ 05/23/08)
updated by tim at 9:15 a.m. on Friday. Today is Saturday. Silly Safaris at Bloomfield Library The Bloomfield--Eastern Greene County Public Library will kick off its Summer Reading program with a visit from Silly Safaris with Jungle John. A new show, the "What's Buggin' Ya, Bug Show" will be presented twice May 31. ...
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Community Notes
(Community News ~ 05/23/08)
Silly Safaris at Bloomfield Library The Bloomfield--Eastern Greene County Public Library will kick off its Summer Reading program with a visit from Silly Safaris with Jungle John. A new show, the "What's Buggin' Ya, Bug Show" will be presented twice May 31. ...
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Greene County Court News
(Police Reports ~ 05/23/08)
GREENE CIRCUIT COURT CIVIL CASES Palisades Collection LLC as assignee of Providian Bank v. Sheila Branam, collection LVNV Funding LLC as assignee of First Card v. Judy E. Huchens, collection Karen Leigh Anderson v. Jeremy Scott Anderson, dissolution...
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Linton Police log
(Police Reports ~ 05/23/08)
LINTON POLICE DEPARTMENT ACTIVITY LOG The Linton Police Department's activity log on Thursday included one request for information only, one fire/vehicle, one accident with property damage, six medical/illness, one animal complaints, two suspicious vehicles/persons, three assists to other agencies, one traffic control, one disabled/stranded vehicle, two welfare check/concern, one arrest-wanted on warrant, one domestic dispute, one ordinance violation and 25 traffic stops...
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Greene County Sheriff's log
(Police Reports ~ 05/23/08)
GREENE COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT JAIL LOG...
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Robert R. Thompson
(Obituary ~ 05/23/08)
Robert R. Thompson, 66, of Jupiter, Fla., passed away Thursday, May 22, 2008 at Jupiter Medical Center. Born in Indianapolis, he had been a resident of Jupiter for 19 years. He formerly lived in Greenwood. Prior to retirement, he was an operations manager with Underwood Transfer Company in Indianapolis...
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Joe Ledgerwood
(Obituary ~ 05/23/08)
Joe Ledgerwood, 84, of Floyds Knobs, passed away at 1:20 p.m. on Thursday May 22, 2008 at his residence. Born Dec. 20, 1923 in Bloomington, he was the son of John W. & Sarah Grace (Arnett) Ledgerwood. He worked for Farm Bureau Insurance as a claims supervisor. ...
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Bloomfield student to study in Mexico
(Local News ~ 05/23/08)
The prestigious Indiana University Honors Program in Foreign Language for High School Students has accepted Bloomfield junior Ross Smith into its summer program. Smith, 18, the son of Randy and Teressa Smith of Bloomfield, will travel to San Luis Potos', Mexico, which is located in the Sierra Madre mountain range. He will begin this adventure June 9, spending seven weeks studying in Mexico with a group of 30 other students from all over Indiana...
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Mosquito spraying to start next week in Linton
(Local News ~ 05/23/08)
The city of Linton will begin spraying for mosquitoes next week. City employee Kevin Lehman said spraying will take place on Tuesday and Wednesday of next week. Spraying will not take place next Monday due to the Memorial Day holiday. After next week, spraying will take place on Mondays, Tuesdays and Wednesdays...
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Memorial Day should be on Memorial Day
(Column ~ 05/23/08)
Remember when Memorial Day was on Memorial Day? I heard all the reasons why the powers-that-be made the decisions to change these holidays to being "observed" on Mondays instead of the real day. Despite their good intentions, I liked it better when holidays were observed on the original day...
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Good luck to area high school seniors
(Column ~ 05/23/08)
Congratulations to area seniors who will partake in the upcoming 2008 high school graduations today. High school graduation ends one chapter of your life's book and begins a new one. Whether you go to college, the military or straight to the workforce some of what you learned in high school will assist you and some of it will be left behind...
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Tempers, cell phones, coaches
(Editorial ~ 05/23/08)
This past week brought a lot of discussion on three hot topics around Greene County. We offer our opinion on all three: Tempers flare at commissioners meeting At the meeting of the Greene County commissioners Tuesday morning, commissioners Kathy Crouch and Bill Sipes got into a discussion that escalated into an argument...
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Food drive coordinator says thanks for the support
(Letter to the Editor ~ 05/23/08)
To the Editor: On behalf of the postal employees of the Linton Post Office and the food pantries involved in the National Letter Carriers' Association annual food drive, I would like to thank the people of Linton for the generous outpouring of non-perishable food items. We collected approximately 3,700 pounds of food...
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Griffiths to celebrate 50th anniversary
(Anniversary ~ 05/23/08)
Max Griffith and the former Pat Roudebush of Switz City were married on June 1, 1958 at the Switz City Christian Church by Pastor Lloyd Miller. They have three children, Ramona Phipps of Terre Haute, Steve Griffith of Jasonville, and Brent Griffith of Linton. ...
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Rural Bloomfield man ends up in jail after wreck
(Local News ~ 05/23/08)
A driver, who was trying to turn off of a highway onto a county road but missed it and instead hit some signs and a pole, ended up in jail early Friday on the suspicion that he was driving while intoxicated. Alan L. Turpin, 43, of rural Bloomfield, was driving a 1993 Chevrolet Tahoe on U.S. 231 south of Bloomfield in Taylor Township when he attempted to turn onto County Road 300 South...
- George E. Stuppy (Obituary ~ 05/23/08)
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Teen arrested following break-in at Linton business
(Local News ~ 05/23/08)
A 17-year-old male Linton juvenile was arrested around 3 a.m. on Friday morning after breaking into Lannan's Party Center in Linton. According to a Linton Police Department news release, eyewitnesses spotted three subjects leaving the west side liquor store with items after hearing breaking glass...
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Bloomfield seniors camp out
(Local News ~ 05/23/08)
By DaNae Seymour Bloomfield High School seniors camped out Thursday night into Friday morning in the school parking lot. They then took part in the annual senior breakfast, followed by graduation practice. The seniors will graduate today at 4 p.m. in Glover Gym. ...
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Bloomfield drops season finale
(High School Sports ~ 05/23/08)
Bloomfield was in a giving mood Friday as the Cardinal baseball team was credited with nine errors in a 14-3 loss at Owen Valley Friday. The game was halted after five innings because of the 10-run mercy rule. Owen Valley came up with 10 hits off of BHS pitchers Payton Karl and Travis Bowlen, who each threw two innings. They also yielded six walks. Karl took the loss...
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Two men shot (UPDATED WITH NEW INFORMATION)
(Local News ~ 05/23/08)
Law enforcement officers were searching for two men who fled after both were shot during an attempted burglary early Friday when the Greene County Sheriff's Department was notified that one of the men was in the hospital. Shortly after they located the second one, the search was off and an extensive investigation began...
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I-69 Planning Grant committee meeting set for Tuesday
(Local News ~ 05/23/08)
The behind the scenes planning work for Interstate 69 is moving forward with a variety of meetings scheduled through the end of the current calendar year. The Interstate 69 Steering Committee's initial meeting is scheduled from 6-9 p.m. on Tuesday at the Greene County Cooperative Extension Service's Community Room at the fairgrounds, located one mile east of Switz City...
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