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Shawnee Theatre hosting talent contest June 5
(Local News ~ 05/28/10)
Did you know that your musical, dance, or comedy act could land you some cash? The Shawnee Theatre is hosting its second talent competition with the preliminary competition set for June 5. "The competition is intended to be for performance-based abilities such as singing, dancing, acting, comedy," notes a press release on the matter. "Please keep your routine family friendly."...
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Summer food program kicks off Tuesday
(Local News ~ 05/28/10)
The summer food program will again be offered at Humphreys Park beginning June 1. "The summer food service program provides nutritious meals to all children aged 18 and younger," explained Pastor Mike Roth in a previous story on the program. "These meals provide essential nutrients for active, growing kids .To participate in the program kids just need to show up at the site."...
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Minor power outage reported in Linton Friday
(Local News ~ 05/28/10)
A minor power outage in Linton occurred early Friday morning. Nick House, Linton's electric supervisor, explained, "We had a 30 minute outage on the northeast and southeast sides." To fix the problem, a fuse was changed on the 'E' Street substation, he noted. The outage occurred around 4 a.m. Friday...
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Memorial Day weekend services scheduled
(Local News ~ 05/28/10)
With the upcoming Memorial Day holiday, Greene County residents are being asked to remember those who lost their lives while fighting for freedom. Greene County Veterans Officer Norm Sullivan encouraged locals to take part in one or more of the many services being conducted throughout the county this holiday weekend...
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'Old Navy Letters' hot off the press for veteran/author
(Local News ~ 05/28/10)
In this day of computer technology, the art of letter writing may be going to the wayside. There was a time when writing letters was the only way of communicating across long distances. It's nice to hear someone say, "I love you." But to read it in a letter, knowing someone took the time to write it, makes it much more meaningful...
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Police make quick arrest in Newberry theft
(Local News ~ 05/28/10)
Less than a week after the theft of a tow truck and a farm tractor was reported to the Greene County Sheriff's Department, a warrant was issued for the arrest of a suspect. Thomas A. Truelove, 44, Shoals, was picked up on the warrant on Wednesday and booked into the Greene County Jail...
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Melba Ruth Cox Keesey
(Obituary ~ 05/28/10)
Melba Ruth Cox Keesey, 85, of Anderson, passed away May 27, 2010 at St. John's Medical Center after an extended illness. She was born Feb. 19, 1925 in Lyons, the daughter of Orville and Opal (Richardson) McLaughlin. She had lived in Anderson since 1943 and was a homemaker...
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Bloomfield man arrested; suspected of dealing marijuana
(Local News ~ 05/28/10)
A 51-year-old Bloomfield man, Larry J. Westfall, was arrested early Thursday after officers responded to an active alarm at a Bloomfield business. The alarm turned out to be a false alarm, set off inadvertently by a courier dropping off a package. But as several officers were standing outside the business waiting on a keyholder to arrive, another alarm went off in their heads -- because they all noticed the strong odor of burnt marijuana wafting through the air...
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Community Notes
(Community News ~ 05/28/10)
Saturday, May 29 Sunday, May 30 Monday, May 31 Tuesday, June 1 Thursday, June 3 Saturday, June 5 Monday, June 7 Tuesday, June 8 Saturday, June 12 Sunday, June 13 Monday, June 14 Saturday, June 19 Sunday, July 11 Saturday, Aug. 21 Ongoing events...
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Greene County Sheriff's Department Jail Log
(Police Reports ~ 05/28/10)
No new entries.
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Linton Police Department Activity Log
(Police Reports ~ 05/28/10)
The Linton Police Department's activity log for Thursday included one incident of forgery and/or counterfeiting, one fraud, two requests for information, six assists to the utility department after hours, one incident of vandalism, one school/foot patrol, one animal cruelty, one public intoxication, two accidents with property damage, one lost and found, two medical/illness, one complaint of harassment, one possibly intoxicated driver, one bicycle theft and one ordinance violation...
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Greene County Court News
(Court News ~ 05/28/10)
GREENE CIRCUIT COURT CRIMINAL CASES State v. Thomas Truelove, theft State v. Larry J. Westfall, dealing in marijuana, possession of marijuana, possession of paraphernalia CIVIL CASES Capital One Bank v. Shane R. Hutcherson, collection In Re: the name change of Deborah Ann Myers, name change...
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Ogle, Robbins come up short at track regional
(High School Sports ~ 05/28/10)
Eastern Greene's Keith Ogle and White River Valley's Ty Robbins came up short in their bids to advance to next weekend's IHSAA Boys State Track Finals Friday night. The pair was forced to wait until Friday after a thunderstorm forced postponement of the regional meet at Bloomington North High School...
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Lady Miners claim sectional crown
(High School Sports ~ 05/28/10)
VERNE -- It's been said that good things come to those who wait. And for the Class 2A top-ranked Linton-Stockton Lady Miners the wait was a combined 23 hours and 32 minutes. That's how long it took to eventually wrap up the IHSAA Class 2A South Knox Sectional title with a 12-0 win over Bloomfield...
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CR100W near Newberry to close next week for roadwork
(Local News ~ 05/28/10)
NEWBERRY -- The Indiana Department of Transportation (INDOT) is announcing that on or after Thursday, June 3, County Road 100 West in Greene County will close. C.R. 100W will be closed between C.R. 700S and the Greene/Daviess county line. Crews will begin work at approximately 7 a.m. local time and the roadway will remain closed through August 2011. All lanes will be closed with no access to any traffic...
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Bloomfield's summer school gets good news; Two veteran educators retire
(Local News ~ 05/28/10)
There won't be any summertime blues for Bloomfield's summer school program. The school district's driver education program has 46 students, well above the 40 needed to host the program. Fees paid by the students also cover the cost of the program, including insurance, fuel, and hiring teachers, Superintendent Dan Sichting said...
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