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Flash flood warning issued
(Local News ~ 05/14/09)
The National Weather Service in Indianapolis has issued a flash flood warning for small streams in northern Greene County, northwestern Monroe County, Clay County, eastern Parke County and Putnam County until 9 a.m. Heavy rainfall of the past 24 hours was up to four inches in the warning area - creating areas of flooding across portions of west central Indiana...
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Ladies Civitan to host Sample Fair
(Local News ~ 05/14/09)
The 30th Annual Linton Ladies Civitan Sample Fair is set to go this Saturday offering something for everyone to enjoy. The event will be in the Greene County Cooperative Extension Service's community room at the fairgrounds from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m...
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McCafferty resigns as chief of W-J Volunteer Fire Department
(Local News ~ 05/14/09)
WORTHINGTON -- The Worthington Town Council accepted an unexpected resignation during their regular monthly meeting this week. Worthington-Jefferson Volunteer Fire Department Chief Michael McCafferty told the board he was resigning his position effective immediately...
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Bloomfield students, community play dodgeball to help burn victims
(Local News ~ 05/14/09)
It was dodgeball madness at the Bloomfield Elementary and Jr./Sr. High schools this past week. A total of $3,300 was raised during two recent dodgeball tournaments, noted Susie Schulte, the BES physical education teacher and event organizer. All proceeds will benefit the two young victims of a fire accident that happened in Scotland on April 18...
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NSWC Crane and Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology forge software program collaboration
(Local News ~ 05/14/09)
CRANE -- A team of Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology (RHIT) presented a state-of-the-art software program developed in collaboration with Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC), Crane Division May 4 that measures various accuracy attributes of small arms impacts on a target...
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Williams' initial hearing date changed
(Local News ~ 05/14/09)
The date of Preston L. Williams' initial hearing in Greene Circuit Court has been rescheduled. Williams was expected to be formally charged during a hearing that was scheduled on Friday at 9:30 a.m. The hearing was taken off the court's docket Thursday and was re-scheduled for next Wednesday at 9:15 a.m...
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Greene County Court News
(Court News ~ 05/14/09)
GREENE CIRCUIT COURT CRIMINAL CASES State v. Bryan M. Cox, operating a vehicle while being an habitual traffic violator CIVIL CASES Taylor, Bean and Whitaker Mortgage Corporation v. Michael E. Hoover and occupants, mortgage foreclosure Capital One Bank (USA) NA v. Michael J. Watson, collection...
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Police Logs
(Police Reports ~ 05/14/09)
GREENE COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT JAIL LOG LINTON POLICE DEPARTMENT ACTIVITY LOG The Linton Police Department's activity log for Wednesday included one title check, one request for information only, one animal cruelty, one accident with property damage, two medical/illness, one animal complaint, one assist to another agency, one message delivery, one fingerprint for a gun permit, one domestic dispute, two ordinance violations and one traffic stop...
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Community Notes
(Community News ~ 05/14/09)
Testimony at Linton First Church of God Matt "Dogg" Dillion will give his life testimony at 6 p.m. Sunday at the Linton First Church of God. He is an ex-biker who lived a violent drug-filled life and is now a born-again Christian. Ken Tucker, singer/guitarist, will provide worship during the event...
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Bloomfield school picks reinsurer; no premium increase next school year
(Local News ~ 05/14/09)
The Bloomfield Board of School Trustees selected Dunn and Associates as their third-party insurance administrator Thursday by a 6-0 vote, a move Superintendent Dan Sichting said will mean no premium increase for the 2009-2010 school year. The Bloomfield Teachers' Association and the school board mutually agreed upon the selection. Previously, the school corporation had employed Indiana State Teachers Association Financial Services as their third party insurer during the 2008-2009 term...
- Raising money for Habitat for Humanity (Local News ~ 05/14/09)
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Shakamak School Board hears year-end reports at monthly meeting
(Local News ~ 05/14/09)
The MSD of Shakamak Board of School Trustees heard reports of the various end-of-school activities and approved recommendations for the 2009-10 school year at the Thursday evening monthly meeting. Upon recommendation of Superintendent CG Epple, the board voted to move Kelli Griffith from high school secretary to the position of elementary secretary and data coordinator and accepted the resignation of Quill and Scroll sponsor, Amanda Estey...
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Aluminum pour to highlight Sculpture Trails event Saturday in eastern Greene
(Local News ~ 05/14/09)
The 7th Annual Sculpture Trails Aluminum Pour is slated for this weekend in rural Solsberry. The unique hands-on event will run from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Sculpture Trails Outdoor Museum. Two and a half miles of walking trails are adorned with 40 large sculptures crafted by artists from around the world...
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Linton annexation plan explained at public hearing
(Local News ~ 05/14/09)
It was a full house for an open meeting on a proposed annexation at Linton City Hall on Thursday night. The city of Linton is moving forward with an annexation plan -- which includes sections 18 and 19 in Grant Township. Linton's Mayor Tom Jones opened the informal meeting up to several questions from concerned citizens...
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Hitchcock named new BHS girls basketball coach
(High School Sports ~ 05/14/09)
BLOOMFIELD -- Bloomfield Junior-Senior High School's new girl's varsity basketball coach Chris Hitchcock brings a dozen years of collegiate coaching experience to the job. Hitchcock, selected Thursday by a 6-0 vote of the Bloomfield School Board, served as the former head women's basketball coach at Division III school Hendrix College in Conway, Ark. from 2004 to 2009, where he was 77-53 overall and 35-37 in the Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference...
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Lady Miners cruise
(High School Sports ~ 05/14/09)
Linton-Stockton made the most of three hits, as they defeated Terre Haute South 6-0 Thursday night in a non-conference high school softball game. With the victory, the Lady Miners improved to 11-5 on the season and have won six straight. Stephanie Fougerousse tossed a two-hitter as she earned her ninth win in 10 decisions. The junior walked two batters and fanned four...
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Pairings set for softball state tournament
(High School Sports ~ 05/14/09)
Pairings for the 25th annual softball state tournament were drawn Thursday morning at the Indiana High School Athletic Association headquarters in Indianapolis. At the Class 2A South Knox Sectional, the opening game will feature Eastern Greene vs. North Knox at 11 a.m. Memorial Day, Monday, May 25...
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Cards top ND
(High School Sports ~ 05/14/09)
Bloomfield Lady Cardinals celebrated senior night with a 5-0 win over visiting North Daviess Thursday in a continuation of a rain suspended match from April 30. Five seniors played their final home match and all came away with straight set victories...
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WRV loses on the road
(High School Sports ~ 05/14/09)
Loogootee scored four runs in their final two at-bats as the host Lady Lions defeated White River Valley 6-3 in a high school softball game Thursday night. "I thought we were pretty competitive," said WRV coach Ruan Fougerousse, whose Lady Wolverines dropped to 2-9. "But we had some throwing errors at times that hurt us. We did not play as well in the field as we did in the Union game...
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Lady Lakers earn 10th win
(High School Sports ~ 05/14/09)
Mikayla Crane pitched a three-hitter and the Lady Laker offense produced nine runs in their final two at bats as Shakamak defeated North Daviess 9-0 in the Southwestern Indiana Athletic Conference softball game Thursday at Elnora. Because of wet grounds, the game was moved from Jasonville, but it was still a home game for the Lady Lakers, who improved to 10-9, 4-2 in the SWIAC...
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Smith sends Lakers home in style
(High School Sports ~ 05/14/09)
BLOOMFIELD -- First career home runs are usually pretty memorable. John Smith's first career home run will have an even more special touch to it, as the junior sent the first pitch of the bottom of the ninth sailing over the center-field fence to give the Shakamak Lakers a 2-1 win over Bloomfield in a Southwestern Indiana Athletic Conference baseball game Thursday evening...
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Clay City tops EGHS
(High School Sports ~ 05/14/09)
Visiting Clay City scored eight runs in their final three at bats as the Eels came away with a 8-3 Southwestern Indiana Athletic Conference win over Eastern Greene in high school baseball action Thursday evening. The Eels pounded out 10 hits in the game and Ryne Hayes used a side-arm delivery to keep the Thunderbirds (4-13, 1-2 SWIAC) bats at bay most of the night according to Eastern Greene head coach Trevor McConnell...
- UPDATED Breaking News: Rural Linton man dies when his moped strikes a semi south of Lyons (Local News ~ 05/14/09)
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