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Donald Heaton
(Obituary ~ 01/26/09)
Donald Heaton, 87, of Bloomfield, passed away 1:50 a.m. Monday, January 26, 2009 at Greene County General Hospital. Born June 8, 1921 in Greene County, he was the son of Dexter and Blanche (Bender) Heaton. He was retired as a self-employed farmer. He was a member of Faith Christian Church. He served as an elder for 35 years at Worthington Christian Church. He was a member of the drainage board, the FHA board, and formerly a member of the Lion's Club...
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Cardinals win at Shoals
(High School Sports ~ 01/26/09)
The Bloomfield Cardinals boys basketball team recorded their third straight win, defeating Shoals on the road 54-36 Saturday night in a non-conference contest. Bloomfield is now 9-6 on the season while Shoals fell to 1-10. Rick Tally and Graham Helms paced the Cardinals with 15 and 11 points respectively...
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Sports Briefs
(Community Sports ~ 01/26/09)
On Saturday Jan. 31 the Bloomfield High School Homecoming game against Orleans, the athletic department will be collecting donations for the "Coaches vs Cancer" program. There will be donation cans at each of the doors on the night of the game. Each coach will be wearing tennis shoes to coach in during the game to support this program...
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Meet the Greene County Daily World staff in video
(Local News ~ 01/26/09)
Chris Pruett, General Manager/Editor ...
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Gwen M. Lester
(Obituary ~ 01/26/09)
Gwen May (Duncan) Lester, 59, of Mellott, passed away at 6:35 p.m. on Saturday, Jan. 24, 2009 at the St. Vincent Hospital, Indianapolis. Gwen was born on May 17, 1949 in Linton. She was the daughter of Pansy Duncan and the late Jack Duncan. She grew up in Linton and graduated from Bloomfield High School in 1967...
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Lady Bulldogs stay perfect in TRC
(High School Sports ~ 01/26/09)
MaKaylee Pirtle scored 24 points and Megan Gambill added 18 to lead the Union (Dugger) Lady Bulldogs to a 61-38 victory over visiting Shakamak Monday night in a dual conference girls basketball game. Mikayla Crane paced Shakamak with 10 points. This story will be updated...
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Police Citizen's Academy will offer inside look at LPD
(Local News ~ 01/26/09)
If you've ever wondered what goes on inside your local police department, then wonder no more. The Linton Police Department will soon host its first Citizen's Academy -- which aims to give participants an up-close look at law enforcement training. "It'll bring people into the police department and provide training," explained LPD Chief Troy Jerrell. "We're looking at starting it around Feb. 4."...
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Worthington, Jefferson Township may form fire territory
(Local News ~ 01/26/09)
When Gov. Mitch Daniels was delivering his "State of the State" address earlier this month, touting the benefits of his proposals to streamline county government, another proposal was being delivered during a Worthington Town Council meeting -- to neutralize what the local fire department said could be an undesirable result of his proposals...
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Police Logs
(Police Reports ~ 01/26/09)
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 incident of littering, one medical/extraction, two follow-up investigations, three requests for information only, two lifting assistance, two assists to the utility department after hours, one custody dispute/exchange, one protective order violation, three drug investigations, two school/foot patrols, one incident of intimidation, one structure fire, one accident with property damage, one funeral escort, one suicide or attempted suicide, six medical/illness, one alarm, one prowler, one VIN check, four assists to other agencies, one harassment complaint, one reckless driver, three thefts-other, three welfare checks/concerns, two arrests-wanted on warrant, one shoplifting, one battery, one truancy and two traffic stops.. ...
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Greene County Court News
(Court News ~ 01/26/09)
GREENE CIRCUIT COURTCIVIL CASES Deborah Kay Dougherty v. Michael Jo Dougherty, dissolution Capital One Bank (USA) NA v. Carole A. Harlan, collection GREENE SUPERIOR COURT SMALL CLAIMS David M. Lucas v. Brad Garber, Debbie Garber, claim for possession...
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Community Notes
(Community News ~ 01/26/09)
Bloomfield Chamber The Bloomfield Chamber will meet at noon on Feb. 5 at Pepperoni Grill. Guest speaker will be Frances Creek who will offer the history of the chamber. Bloomfield School Board The Bloomfield School Board will meet in regular session at 7:10 p.m. Thursday in the junior high conference center...
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Linton City Police investigating shoplifting incident
(Local News ~ 01/26/09)
Police have been investigating a shoplifting incident involving a trio of individuals that allegedly walked out of the Dollar General Store in Linton Friday afternoon with make-up items stuffed in their pockets. The three suspects were reported to have entered the store around 4:40 p.m...
- Calling attention to local 'meth' problem (Local News ~ 01/26/09)
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Residents alerted to possible identity scam in newspaper
(Local News ~ 01/26/09)
The Greene County Daily World has been notified about a potential scam artist allegedly calling people who have placed advertisements in the paper in an attempt to get personal financial information. A customer contacted the paper with information about an alleged phone call they received. An unknown woman attempted to get the customer's credit card information to pay for an ad currently running in the paper. When the customer told the woman they had already paid, she allegedly hung up...
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Veteran's Council offering scholarship
(Local News ~ 01/26/09)
The Greene County Veterans' Council is offering high school seniors an opportunity to win a $1,000 scholarship to help fund their college education by winning an essay contest. The theme of this year's Veterans' Memorial Scholarship essay is "My Favorite Veteran."...
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Inauguration was a proud moment
(Column ~ 01/26/09)
The inauguration was a great party, indeed. I watched most of it throughout the day, and as always, was proud to be an American. The pomp and circumstance, flags flipping in the cold wind, the contrast of the blue sky above the white capitol building, introduction of past presidents, and the swearing in of the first biracial president of the United States was an everlasting reminder of democracy...
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Wilkes elected County Council president for 2009
(Local News ~ 01/26/09)
The Greene County Council has a new president for the calendar year 2009. John Wilkes, a Democrat from Linton, was the pick to lead the council in the next year in a unanimous vote at Monday afternoon's regular meeting -- the first of the new year...
- Arson ruled out in Kinnett fire; car dealer open for business (Local News ~ 01/26/09)
- UPDATED WITH VIDEO: WINTRY WEATHER ON THE WAY TO THE AREA (Local News ~ 01/26/09)
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