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Students at Dugger, Union schools giving back to the community
(Local News ~ 02/19/09)
Students at Dugger Elementary School and Union High School are giving back. Students recently participated in "Hats on Day" and brought in 150 cans of food for the Pleasantville United Methodist Church Food Pantry, explained Dick Goodman, a food pantry organizer...
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WRV student gains national honor for essay honoring vets
(Local News ~ 02/19/09)
The essay of a White River Valley Junior High student has earned high honors in a nationwide competition. Eighth grader Conner Gadberry has received a second place for his view on honoring vets in the Patriot's Pen essay contest -- which is annually sponsored by the Veterans of Foreign Wars and its Ladies Auxiliary...
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Ice and talking on cell phone don't mix in Thursday morning wreck
(Local News ~ 02/19/09)
A 19-year-old driver talking on a cell phone hit a patch of ice and lost control of her vehicle early Thursday on State Road 54 west of County Road 75N. Casey Uebel of Bloomfield was westbound on the highway in a 2007 Ford Explorer when the accident occurred around 8:15 a.m...
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Car slides off roadway and hits tree head-on
(Local News ~ 02/19/09)
Greene County Sheriff's Deputy Terry Wade reported no injuries in an accident involving a vehicle that slid off a slick roadway then struck a tree head-on in eastern Greene County Thursday morning. The accident occurred around 11:05 a.m. on State Road 45 north of County Road 225N in Center Township...
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One injured in head-on crash
(Local News ~ 02/19/09)
One person was injured in a head-on collision early Thursday on a slick county road in eastern Greene County. The person who sustained injuries in the accident around 8:35 a.m. was a passenger in a 2002 Oldsmobile Alero driven by David Crabb, 29, Bloomfield. They were transported to Bloomington Hospital but their name was not released by the Greene County Sheriff's Department...
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Mobile recycling trailer use picking up
(Local News ~ 02/19/09)
Greene County Solid Waste Management District Director Erek Wilson says utilization of its mobile recycling pickup trailer continues to increase throughout the county. The Solid Waste Management District purchased the $12,000 mobile 12-cubic yard recycling trailer late last year and started placing it in a weekly rotation at Linton, Jasonville, Bloomfield, Lyons and two locations in eastern Greene County in December...
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Warrant issued for arrest of Springville man
(Local News ~ 02/19/09)
A warrant was issued Wednesday for the arrest of a 54-year-old Springville man after a charge of sexual battery was filed against him in Greene Circuit Court. Carl R. Slater is accused of inappropriate and unwelcome touching and other sexually-related behaviors involving a woman who was a visitor at the Slater residence at R.R. 1, Springville...
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Mustang lover: Worthington woman gets her '15-minutes of fame' in CNN story
(Local News ~ 02/19/09)
Worthington resident Tracy Dupire admits that she loves to drive her red convertible 2002 Ford Mustang with the top down and the wind briskly blowing through her hair. "This is my third one. I call it my mid-life crisis car because I'm 45 and have always wanted a convertible. When I bought it, I absolutely loved it and have had a hard time letting go of it. I have 166,000 miles on it," she told the Greene County Daily World on Thursday morning...
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Helen Esther Bland
(Obituary ~ 02/19/09)
Helen Esther Bland, 88, of Marshalltown, Iowa, died Thursday, Feb. 19, 2009, at Southridge Nursing and Rehab Center while in the care of her loving family and Iowa River Hospice. She was born on June 13, 1920, in Worthington, the daughter of Roscoe and Ivy Boltz...
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Martha Mary McCulloch
(Obituary ~ 02/19/09)
Martha Mary McCulloch, 92, of Dugger, passed away Thursday Feb. 19, 2009 at Glenburn Home in Linton. Arrangements are pending at Newkirk's Funeral Home in Dugger.
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Police Logs
(Police Reports ~ 02/19/09)
GREENE COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT JAIL LOG LINTON POLICE DEPARTMENT ACTIVITY LOG The Linton Police Department's activity log for Wednesday included one school/foot patrol, one accident with property damage, two medical/illness, one alarm, four animal complaints, one suspicious vehicle/person, one theft-other, one disabled or stranded vehicle, one fingerprint for a gun permit and seven traffic stops...
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Greene County Court News
(Court News ~ 02/19/09)
GREENE CIRCUIT COURT CRIMINAL CASES State v. Carl R. Slater, sexual battery CIVIL CASES Green Tree Servicing LLC v. Juanita M. Trinkle, mortgage foreclosure William O. Stearns v. Brenda Kay Stearns, dissolution GREENE SUPERIOR COURT CRIMINAL CASES State v. Jesse W. Fry, battery...
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Community Notes
(Community News ~ 02/19/09)
Benefit Friday for King family A benefit dinner and auction will be conducted to benefit the Kevin King family Friday at the Greene County 4-H Fairgrounds. Proceeds from the event will go to offset their ongoing medical expenses. Kevin is undergoing treatment from Stage IV cancer. The dinner and silent auction will begin at 5 p.m. with live auction starting at 7 p.m...
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Boys basketball sectional pairings announced
(High School Sports ~ 02/19/09)
Pairings for the 99th annual Indiana High School boys basketball state tournament were announced by the Indiana High School Athletic Association Thursday night in Indianapolis. Locally in Class 2A Eastern Greene Sectional 45, the host Thunderbirds (9-10) will open up against North Knox (6-14) at 7 p.m. Tuesday, March 3 in the new gymnasium at EGHS...
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WRV to meet University at regional, again
(High School Sports ~ 02/19/09)
SWITZ CITY -- The White River Valley girls basketball team will face an all too familiar foe Saturday morning in the first game of the Southwestern (Shelby) Regional -- the University Trailblazers. The two teams met in the regional championship a season ago with the Indy area school prevailing by a 57-38 score...
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