- UPDATED: Schools on two-hour delay (Local News ~ 01/06/09)
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Linton girls game postponed
(Local News ~ 01/06/09)
The Linton at Eminence girls basketball game scheduled for tonight has been postponed. Eminence didn't go to school today because of the icy conditions. No make-up date has been scheduled.
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Slick roads to blame for two early morning accidents
(Local News ~ 01/06/09)
One man told an officer he was glad the guardrails did their job after his truck bounced off guardrails five or six times at the bridge over White River on State Road 157 east of Worthington. Another man took a rough ride as his truck hit a tree on its way down a steep embankment on State Road 58 near the Crane gate...
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Elizabeth "Jane" Fraser
(Obituary ~ 01/06/09)
Elizabeth "Jane" Fraser, 88, of Bloomington and formerly of Linton, passed away 6:10 a.m. Tuesday, January 6, 2009 at Garden Villa in Bloomington. Born July 16, 1920 in Lyons, she was the daughter of Cyrus E D. and Grace (Autrey) Freguson. She worked for RCA in Bloomington for 19 years prior to retirement...
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Michelle R. Hamilton
(Obituary ~ 01/06/09)
Michelle R. Hamilton, 35, of Linton, passed away Monday, Jan. 5, 2009, at her residence. She was born in Daviess County, on Oct. 15, 1973, to Michael U. and Phyllis J. (Underhill) Hoggatt. On Aug. 1, 1998, she married Brian P. Hamilton. Michelle was a LPN for Select Medical and a mother to her young daughter...
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The Utilities District of Western Indiana REMC (UDWI) Community Fund announced for December
(Local News ~ 01/06/09)
The Utilities District of Western Indiana REMC (UDWI) Community Fund has announced its December round of recipients: Bloomfield Police Department, Eastern Greene Middle School, Four Rivers Resource Services, Greene County Extension Homemaker Association, Linton Music Festival, Linton-Stockton Junior High Leadership Academy, Midwest Friends of Animals, Worthington Playground Fund, Carnegie Heritage & Arts Center of Greene County, Junior Civitan-Linton-Stockton High School, and SPALSH (Students Pushing Academic Learning and Success Higher).. ...
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Area schools receive grant
(Local News ~ 01/06/09)
The Boston Scientific Foundation recently awarded $12,800 to the Greene County Grant and Professional Development Consortium (CAPE) in partnership with Spencer Owen Community Schools, Bloomfield School District, Eastern Greene Schools, MSD Shakamak, Linton-Stockton School Corporations and White River Valley School District...
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Crane Army averts any curtail of hours for employees
(Local News ~ 01/06/09)
Crane Army Ammunition Activity will not have to implement a plan to curtail hours of several employees that was anticipated last month. "Crane Army Ammunition Activity will not be changing the status or reducing the hours of any of its employees. Last month, CAAA notified its Manufacturing and Engineering Directorate Term employees that there may be adjustments made in the work status of some of the employees in January due to a variance in workload. ...
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Corbin elected president of the Eastern Greene School Board
(Local News ~ 01/06/09)
When the Eastern Greene School Board got down to regular business at its meeting Monday evening, they elected board member Lane Corbin to serve as the board's president for the coming year. Corbin served as the board's vice president during 2008. He was nominated by board member Kim Waldridge and the vote was 6-0 with Corbin abstaining...
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County commissioners make annual bid awards
(Local News ~ 01/06/09)
The Greene County Commissioners awarded bids Tuesday morning for fuel, oil products, aggregates, stone, bituminous material as well as culverts and bridges for the 2009 calendar year. The bids were opened at the Dec. 23 meeting and tabled for review...
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Ladson named as newest Jasonville police officer
(Local News ~ 01/06/09)
The City of Jasonville welcomed a new officer to the Jasonville Police Department when Michael "Mike" Ladson was sworn in to service by Mayor Roy L. Terrell on Jan. 2. Ladson is no stranger to Jasonville or the Jasonville police force - he served as a JPD Reserve Officer while he was employed at the Wabash Valley Correctional Facility in Carlisle...
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Video Update: Rural Linton man says ditch work is the answer for his road
(Local News ~ 01/06/09)
Rural Linton resident Paul Anderson says the county has been "throwing away its money" on work that has been done on his road in the last five years because ditch work was never done. Anderson lives on County Road 300N -- just north of County Road 125W in Stockton Township...
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Candidates upset with Eastern School Board decision
(Local News ~ 01/06/09)
Jacqueline Whaley's decision to holdover and remain on the Eastern Greene School Board may have been legal but it didn't seem to sit well with at least two candidates who had run for a seat on the board in the November election. Whaley has been a member of the board for the past four years with her term currently ending. ...
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Recycling Center to help collect food for needy
(Local News ~ 01/06/09)
The Greene County Recycling Center is now a drop-off location for non-perishable and canned food goods that will be distributed to several area food bank facilities. Erek Wilson, who serves as supervisor of the Greene County Solid Waste Management District, presented the plan to his board of directors Tuesday morning...
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Marion Donald "Crickett" Bridges
(Obituary ~ 01/06/09)
Marion Donald "Crickett" Bridges, 83, of Jasonville, passed away at 11:50 a.m. Monday, Jan. 5, 2009 at Sullivan County Community Hospital. He was born Aug. 12, 1925 in Jasonville, to William Bridges and Gladys (Garlit) Bridges. A Navy veteran of World War II, he worked as a chemical operator for Pfizer for 33 1/2 years before retiring in 1982. He attended Friendly Grove Baptist Church...
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Police Logs
(Police Reports ~ 01/06/09)
GREENE COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT JAIL LOG LINTON POLICE DEPARTMENT ACTIVITY LOG The Linton Police Department's activity log for Monday included one fraud, one request for information only, one lifting assistance, one fight, one assist to the utility department after hours, one death investigation, one utility repair, one lost and found, three medical/illness, one alarm, two harassment complaints, two fingerprints for gun permits and two domestic disputes...
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Greene County Court News
(Court News ~ 01/06/09)
GREENE SUPERIOR COURT CRIMINAL CASES State v. Tasheena R. Baker, operating a vehicle while intoxicated in a manner which endangered a person, operating a vehicle while intoxicated, operating a vehicle with an alcohol content equivalent to at least .08 but less than .15 grams of alcohol in blood or breath...
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Lakers top North Central at county tournament
(High School Sports ~ 01/06/09)
SWITZ CITY -- Shakamak took its first step toward defending its Greene County Invitational championship with a 60-55 victory over North Central in the first round of the 39th annual tournament here Tuesday night . Shakamak, who snapped a two-game losing skid to improve to 6-3, went ahead 53-40 with three minutes and 32 seconds remaining after the second of back-to-back scores in the paint by T.J. Hill, who returned to the Laker line-up after missing nine games with a severely sprained ankle...
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It was record-setting night for the Lakers
(High School Sports ~ 01/06/09)
SWITZ CITY -- It was a record-setting night for Shakamak, here Tuesday when the Lakers defeated North Central 60-55 in the opening game of the Greene County Invitational. The win was the 400th in the career of Steve Brett, who is in his first season in charge of SHS. Ironically it was his first game coaching in the GCI...
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Community Notes
(Community News ~ 01/06/09)
SWCD meeting Thursday The Greene Co. Soil and Water Conservation District will conduct its first monthly meeting of 2009 on January 8th at 6:00 a.m. All other meetings in 2009 will be conducted at 6:00 a.m. the first Thursday of the month. Pleasantville Water Board of Directors...
- UPDATED BREAKING NEWS: Roger Doane elected president of the Bloomfield Town Council (Local News ~ 01/06/09)
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Eastern Greene girls fall at North
(High School Sports ~ 01/06/09)
The Eastern Greene girls basketball team could not find its offense as the Lady Thunderbirds lost to host Bloomington North 52-17 Tuesday night. North improved to 8-4 while the Lady T-Birds dropped to 1-12. "Even though the score might not look like it, we played a great defensive game," said Eastern Greene coach Dan Fidago. "But we had 31 turnovers and they were able to capitalize on them...
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WRV tops Union (Dugger)
(High School Sports ~ 01/06/09)
Jacob Birch scored 23 points to lead the host White River Valley Wolverines to a 52-33 victory over Union (Dugger) Tuesday night in the opening round of the 39th annual Greene County Invitational boys basketball tournament at Switz City. This story will be updated...
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Greene County Invitational Pairings
(High School Sports ~ 01/06/09)
39th Annual Greene County Invitational Boys Basketball Tournament Tuesday, Jan. 6, 2009 Game 1 -- Shakamak 60, North Central 55 Game 2 -- White River Valley 52, Union (Dugger) 33 Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2009 Game 3 -- Vincennes Rivet vs Clay City, 6 p.m...
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