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Time changed for Linton football game
(Local News ~ 09/02/08)
Linton's home football game with Oakland City this Friday will start at 7:30 p.m., not 7 p.m. as originally scheduled.
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Tannehill is Linton's new fire chief
(Local News ~ 09/02/08)
There's been a change at the Linton Fire Department. As of Monday, firefighter Gary Tannehill took over as Linton's fire chief, said Linton Mayor Tom Jones. "Gary took over as fire chief Sunday night at midnight. He will be sworn in at the (Linton) City Council meeting Monday (Sept. 8)," Jones said in a brief telephone discussion on the matter...
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Trending contract finally approved by commissioners
(Local News ~ 09/02/08)
The disputed contract to provide property tax trending data to the Greene County Assessor's office was approved Tuesday morning by the Greene County Commissioners. The new contact with Tyler Technologies, Inc. -- totaling $426,200 -- has some minor contract language revisions and its term was reduced from three to two years...
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Wilson named interim head of Solid Waste Management district
(Local News ~ 09/02/08)
The Greene County Solid Waste Management District has an interim supervisor following action Tuesday. The GSWMD board of directors met in a closed-door executive session for more than 90 minutes before emerging and selecting Erik Wilson, of Linton, as the interim district supervisor...
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Over 12,000 attend weekend music festival in Linton
(Local News ~ 09/02/08)
With more than 12,000 people in attendance, the 2008 Linton Music Festival has been deemed a huge success by city officials. Linton Mayor Tom Jones explained, "Aug. 29-31 were great days in Linton. ... Over the entire weekend there were 12,000 to 15,000 people at the park. ... It takes a lot of people to fill up the park. It went well."...
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Local bands enjoy playing with 'big boys'
(Local News ~ 09/02/08)
There's an energy that surrounds a group of musicians right before a concert venue. Area musicians exhibited that very energy and passion for their music prior to the annual Linton Music Festival at Humphreys Park this past weekend. Shockwave band members Bryan Figg, Steve Morin, Jeff Wilson, and Mike Morin shared a few thoughts about the event...
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Music fills the park; 2008 Linton Music Festival 'Exceeded all expectations'
(Local News ~ 09/02/08)
It was a hot turnout for the fourth annual Linton Music Festival. "It exceeded all expectations," explained event organizer Jared Albright. "I'm very happy with the turnout and the quality of music. It seems the crowd was pleased. The bands seemed to be very happy and very appreciative of what we were doing."...
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Lady Cardinals win two
(High School Sports ~ 09/02/08)
The Bloomfield High School volleyball team captured two matches at the North Knox Invitational Saturday. The Lady Cardinals (4-3) defeated Clay City 11-25, 25-14, 16-14 and the host Lady Warriors 25-23, 25-23. "We did not start out well in the first game," said BHS coach Jennifer Heaton. "We just look extremely tired. But the girls started working better together."...
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Fougerousse shoots 56 for WRV
(High School Sports ~ 09/02/08)
The White River Valley girls golf team competed Aug. 28 in a high school match with Owen Valley and host Linton-Stockton. Stephanie Fougerousse paced the Lady Wolverines with a nine-hole total of 56. Erica Lemmons fired a 65, Hannah Pickard and Chelsey Bough each shot 68 and Megan Bredeweg had a 70...
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EGHS girls run 12th
(High School Sports ~ 09/02/08)
The Eastern Greene High School girls cross country team placed 12th out of 18 teams that competed at the Rushville Invitational Saturday. Sophomore Sydney Spice paced the Lady Thunderbirds with a 16th-place finish. Her time was 22 minutes and two seconds...
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Lady Miners place fifth
(High School Sports ~ 09/02/08)
Linton-Stockton's girls cross country team place fifth at the Riverton Parke High School Invitational Saturday. Seeger won with 51 points, North Central had 60, South Vermillion 91, Sullivan 94, Linton-Stockton 101, Riverton Parke 146, Covington 156, Attica 171 and Rockville, Clay City, Fountain Central and North Vermillion all did not have enough runners to compile a team score...
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Linton-Stockton JV wins
(High School Sports ~ 09/02/08)
The Linton-Stockton junior varsity volleyball team defeated Washington Catholic 25-23, 25-17 Aug. 28, winning for the fourth time in five matches. Kenzie Lovelace was 7 of 8 serving with one ace and one dig. Jannae Jackson missed just once in nine attempts on serve, collecting three aces, four kills and three digs...
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Sports Briefs
(Community Sports ~ 09/02/08)
Two of the three local high school football games will begin at different times that previously published. The Wood Memorial at Linton-Stockton game will start at 7:30 p.m. Friday. The North Daviess at Eastern Greene game will begin at 7 p.m. Friday...
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Police Logs
(Police Reports ~ 09/02/08)
GREENE COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT JAIL LOG LINTON POLICE DEPARTMENT ACTIVITY LOG The Linton Police Department's activity log for Friday through Monday included one title check, two follow-up investigations, 11 requests for information only, one bar fight and two other fights, two juveniles/delinquent, four assists to the utility department after hours, two custody disputes/exchanges, one protective order violation, one school/foot patrol, two structure fires, one brush fire, one transport of documentation, one incident of loitering, four missing or runaway juveniles, one complaint of reckless driving, one lost and found, one mental case, four medical/illness, four animal complaints, two prowlers, three suspicious vehicles/persons, one assist to another agency, one burglary, one harassment complaint, one child abuse/neglect, two speeding vehicles, two extra patrols, one animal/debris in roadway, one message delivery, two thefts-other, one lost or stolen license plate, one bicycle theft, four welfare checks/concerns, one arrest-wanted on warrant, five domestic disputes, one domestic dispute-neighbor, one shoplifting, one domestic/neighbor, one abandoned vehicle and four traffic stops.. ...
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Community Notes
(Community News ~ 09/02/08)
Linton Girls Softball The Linton Girls Softball Association will hold its annual meeting at 7 p.m. Thursday. The purpose of the meeting is to elect the board of directors. This is an open meeting with the nominees selected. No nominees will be accepted from attendees...
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Changes may be coming to the Blooomfield Town Park
(Local News ~ 09/02/08)
There may soon be new rules for those who play, gather and hang out at Bloomfield's Town Park. If the town park board has its way, three additions would be made to the current town ordinance pertaining to the park. Linda Pullen, Bloomfield' Park Board president, provided a list of recommended changes for the park during the town council's Tuesday meeting...
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County budget hearings underway; $1,000 raises still in the budget
(Local News ~ 09/02/08)
The Greene County Council began three days of budget hearings on Tuesday morning knowing they needed to cut $1.8 million from the requests made by county departments. Over the course of the hearings, the council will look over the estimated budget for 2009 submitted by each department or agency funded by the county. As each department representative appears before the Council, they make their appeal for funds...
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Catherine J. (Katie) Eaton
(Obituary ~ 09/02/08)
Catherine J. (Katie) Eaton, 79, of Owensburg passed away at 3:05 a.m. Tuesday, Sept. 2, 2008 at Garden Villa in Bedford. Born Dec. 27, 1928 in Wapakoneta, Ohio she was the daughter of Jacob and Mary (Haggard) Lechner. She was a homemaker and a member of the Kentucky Ridge Baptist Church...
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Rilla Ruth Kirkley Kirkham Fesler
(Obituary ~ 09/02/08)
Rilla Ruth Kirkley Kirkham Fesler, 77, Mooresville, passed away Tuesday, Sept. 2, 2008. She was born Nov. 30, 1930, in Linton, Indiana, to the late Robert and Sarah Elizabeth (Trusty) Kirkley. She had worked at RCA in Bloomington and also had managed the Dog & Suds in Beech Grove and the West Newton Market. She was a member of First United Methodist Church in Mooresville and the United Methodist Women...
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Linda Kay Gorby,
(Obituary ~ 09/02/08)
Linda Kay Gorby, 60, of Jasonville, passed away Saturday, Aug. 30, 2008 at her home. Born November 4, 1947 at Springfield Illinois, she was the daughter of Franklin Gorbett and Betty Crowder Gorbett. Survivors include: her husband, Michael Gorby; children, Missy Vandeventer, Sheena Klein, Kelly Woodall; siblings, Brian Gorbett, Eddie Gorbett, Twila Gorbett, Sheri Neff, Waco Wiatt; grandchildren, Steven Gorbett, Justin Gorbett; great-grandchildren, Xavier Gorbett, Amaya Gorbett...
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Dwight J. Huff
(Obituary ~ 09/02/08)
Dwight J. Huff, 88, of Harrison, OH and formerly of Brookston and Worthington, passed away on Sunday August 31, 2008. Survivors includes is wife, Oneita Cade Huff; children, Debra (Breandan) O'Huallachain, Madelyn (Jim) Milner and Donald J Huff; and several grandchildren and great-grandchildren...
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Goldie M. Sims Wathen (Gunion)
(Obituary ~ 09/02/08)
Goldie M. Sims Wathen (Gunion), 96, of New Whiteland, passed away on Monday, Sept. 1, 2008. Born Sept. 17, 1911 in Switz City, she was the daughter of Henry Harrison and Sarah Irene (Johnson) Sims. She was a 1931 graduate of Switz City High School. She was employed by Decatur Central High School as a baker for several years. She previously worked at Indianapolis Power and Light Company in the housekeeping and cafeteria for many years...
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Tressie Vonda Weathers
(Obituary ~ 09/02/08)
Tressie Vonda Weathers, 100, of Washington, passed away Friday, Aug. 29, 2008 at Jasper Memorial Hospital in Jasper. She was born March 21, 1908, in Martin County, the daughter of James Elmer and Essie (Hayes) Fish. She married Albert Raymon Weathers, April 10, 1928, and he preceded her in death Feb. 26, 1986...
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Two women arrested by LPD officers on Monday
(Police Reports ~ 09/02/08)
Two women got rides to the Greene County Jail on Monday evening after numerous warnings from police officers who told them to stop screaming and yelling. Fawn K. Dove, 26, Linton, and Mallory L. Ferree, 21, Sullivan, were both booked into the Greene County Jail after officers from the Linton Police Department were dispatched to a dispute in the area of 146 6th St. S.E. around 9 p.m...
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Bloomington man arrested on Sullivan County warrant
(Police Reports ~ 09/02/08)
A Saturday evening call to the Linton Police Department about a suspicious person in the area of 9th St. N.E. and Musselman Apartments led to the arrest of Caven M. Heacock, 34, of Bloomington. When LPD Cpl. Chad E. Crynes responded to the area around 10:45 p.m., he located a male exiting one of the apartment buildings. The man said he was coming there to see a friend...
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Mabel L. Mather
(Obituary ~ 09/02/08)
Mabel L. Mather, 94, of Bloomington, passed away Friday, Aug. 29, at her residence. Born Jan. 5, 1914, in Malden, Missouri, she was the daughter of George and Ollie (Howell) Simmons. Her early life was spent in Missouri and Tennessee but she lived most of her life in Michigan with some early married years in the Seattle, Washington area. ...
- Lady Thunderbirds fall at home (High School Sports ~ 09/02/08)
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Lady Miners 2-0 in TRC and SWIAC
(High School Sports ~ 09/02/08)
Brittany Rehmel, Megan Barnes and Tricia Emmons combined for 38 kills to help the Linton-Stockton volleyball team defeat host Clay City 21-25, 25-19, 25-10, 23-25, 15-12 in a dual conference match Tuesday night. The victory was the fifth in six contests for the Lady Miners, who are now both 2-0 in the Southwestern Indiana Athletic Conference and Tri-River Conference...
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