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Jerry Moody
(Obituary ~ 08/19/08)
Jerry Moody, 70, of rural Springville, passed away at 11:55 a.m. Monday, Aug. 18, 2008 at his residence. He was the son of Gerald and Estes Moody. He married the former Edna Dobson on June 14, 1958. He retired from Thomson Consumer Electronics in Bloomington. He attended Sylvania Community Church in Greene County and was a member of the K-Mart Cruisers Club...
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Worthington gearing up for Around-The-Town Yard Sale Day Aug. 30
(Local News ~ 08/19/08)
The Worthington Lions Club is gearing up to host its town's annual "Around-The-Town" yard sale day coming up on Aug. 30 and they're currently preparing a map of all the sale locations. The deadline to have a location included on the map is Thursday...
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Receiving stolen property charge filed in Worthington
(Local News ~ 08/19/08)
A preliminary class D felony charge of receiving stolen property was filed against Jacob R. Kelly this week for allegedly having something in his possession that had been taken during a burglary -- a six-pack of Budweiser beer. The one felony count was filed in Greene Superior Court on Friday and a warrant for his arrest was ordered on Monday...
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Linton-Stockton firms up staff assignments with the start of new school year
(Local News ~ 08/19/08)
Several hires, along with a few resignations, were handled by the Linton-Stockton School Board on Monday night. At the elementary level, the board approved the hiring of Dara Pilant as an elementary special education teacher. Pilant was to fill a temporary position due to the leave of Lori Markle -- a third-grade teacher who was approved for reinstatement during the Monday meeting...
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Warrant issued for Talpas' arrest
(Local News ~ 08/19/08)
A warrant was ordered Monday by Greene Superior Court for the arrest of Jamie Talpas for allegedly stealing money out of a Walmart cash register while she was working at the store. A preliminary charge of class D felony theft was filed against Talpas on Friday following an investigation by Det. Josh Goodman of the Linton Police Department...
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Ellsworth: This is a great country
(Local News ~ 08/19/08)
U.S. Rep. Brad Ellsworth, 8th District, was the guest speaker at the Linton-Stockton Chamber of Commerce meeting Tuesday. Ellsworth opened by noting the willingness of Americans to continue moving forward even in the wake of trouble. "This country is a great country. There's no better place on Earth to live. As many hurdles that we have in the country you don't see a lot of people trying to jump ship. But you do see a lot of people trying to come here," he told the crowd of 75 to 100...
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Greene County Court News
(Court News ~ 08/19/08)
GREENE SUPERIOR COURT CRIMINAL CASES State v. Frank E. Caddell, Jr., public intoxication State v. Tressie P. Palmer, public intoxication SMALL CLAIMS Linton-Stockton School Corporation v. Jean Alsman, account Linton-Stockton School Corporation v. Tina Arnold, account...
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Police Logs
(Police Reports ~ 08/19/08)
GREENE COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT JAIL LOG LINTON POLICE DEPARTMENT ACTIVITY LOG The Linton Police Department's activity log for Monday included one follow-up investigation, two requests for information only, one incident of vandalism, one lost and found, one medical/illness, one animal complaint, one child abuse or neglect, one reckless driver, one extra patrol, one theft-other, one disabled or stranded vehicle, one domestic-neighbor and one recovered vehicle or property...
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Community Notes
(Community News ~ 08/19/08)
Plenty of activities at the Newberry Festival The annual Newberry Festival will be held Friday and Saturday. Karoke is featured starting at 4:30 p.m. Friday in the park. The Newberry United Methodist Church will be selling food both days -- Friday (corn dogs, hot dogs and brownie delights), Saturday (pulled pork sandwiches, baked beans, slaw, pies and ice cream). ...
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Worthington VFW Auxiliary reaches out to help homeless vets
(Local News ~ 08/19/08)
It's estimated that each night in Indiana, there are over 4,000 people who are homeless, and many of those are veterans. They may not be able to solve this disturbing problem but the Ladies' Auxiliary of the Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) Post 7117 in Worthington decided to do what they could to help...
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Crouch's concerns lead to bid being tabled for third time
(Local News ~ 08/19/08)
The Greene County Commissioners tabled for the third straight meeting a proposal presented by Tyler Technology, Inc. to do the county's property tax reassessment and trending for the next three years. The proposed contract has drawn the scrutiny of District 1 Commissioner Kathy Crouch, who says she is disappointed that the county only received a single bid for the project which amounts to $653,600 over three years...
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Second Foote trial underway with Knox County jury
(Local News ~ 08/19/08)
Testimony in the second trial for a Linton man charged in connection with a 2007 incest and child molestation case began Tuesday in Greene Circuit Court. George A. Foote, Jr. is charged with two counts of child molesting, both class A felonies, and two counts of incest, one is a class B felony and the other is a class C felony...
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Miners drop season opener
(High School Sports ~ 08/19/08)
Kyle Cooper and Luke Knight combined for a win at doubles, accounting for the only Linton-Stockton point in a 4-1 season-opening loss to host Barr-Reeve Tuesday. Cooper and Knight defeated Brandon Graber and Jonathon Gingerich 0-6, 7-5, 6-2 at No. 2 doubles...
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Misses serves hurt Lady Bulldogs
(High School Sports ~ 08/19/08)
Clay City took advantage of nine missed serves by Union (Dugger) as the host Lady Eels came away with a 25-20, 25-21, 16-25, 26-24 victory in a dual conference volleyball match. The Lady Bulldogs, who slipped to 1-1, 0-1 in both the Tri-River Conference and Southwestern Indiana Athletic Conference, connected on 80 of 89 attempts from behind the service line...
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Lady Wolverines lose at home
(High School Sports ~ 08/19/08)
SWITZ CITY -- The Kristi Graves era at White River Valley did not get off to the type of start the first year volleyball coach would have liked as her Lady Wolverines squad dropped its opener against the Lady Arrows of Sullivan here Tuesday night, 25-12, 28-26 and 25-16...
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Lady Cards rally to beat Shakamak in five
(High School Sports ~ 08/19/08)
JASONVILLE -- Jennifer Heaton will have something to tell her unborn baby. Twenty-four hours after beginning the season with a loss at Terre Haute South, Heaton and her Bloomfield High School varsity volleyball team rallied to defeat defending Class A sectional championship Shakamak 22-25, 26-28, 25-23, 26-24, 19-17. This was the first victory for the first-time varsity coach...
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