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Stingrays preparing for summer swim season
(Community Sports ~ 06/18/10)
Kyle Kirschner strolls amongst his charges with a calming grin as he leads them through morning stretching exercises at the A.M. Risher Memorial Pool in Linton. One member of his corps of swimmers raises his legs higher than the rest and Kirschner quietly, almost as if he's sympathetic to the young man's plight, tells him he needs to lower his legs...
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Residents excited about fishing trip to Shakamak
(Local News ~ 06/18/10)
A local retirement center is thinking outside the box when it comes to activities. Candace Templeton, Shakamak Good Samaritan Retirement Community's social services/activities director, shared details about a recent fishing trip that brightened some faces despite the rain...
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Letters to the Editor
(Letter to the Editor ~ 06/18/10)
Thank you highway department To the Editor: Dear Greene County Highway Department: I want to give you a very special thank you for your prompt attention to problems with our road conditions and how you are always there to fix the problem within a day of me calling...
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Two caught shoplifting in Linton
(Local News ~ 06/18/10)
Two recent shoplifting incidents at Walmart in Linton have two females facing possible trouble. Laura Belcher and Ginger Kendall both face preliminary theft and conversion charges stemming from two separate incidents occurring at the store. Theft is a class D felony...
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Bicknell woman faces forgery, theft charges
(Local News ~ 06/18/10)
Shannon L. Ryan, 30, Bicknell, is being held in the Greene County Jail in lieu of $18,000 bond. She has been charged in Greene Circuit Court with one count of class C felony forgery and two counts of class D felony theft in connection with a stolen credit card that was used at the Linton WalMart store and the Murphy USA station...
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Craig taught 31 years at Linton
(Local News ~ 06/18/10)
"All I ever wanted to do was teach school and coach. I didn't ever want to do anything else," said Bob Craig as he sat at his desk grading papers during his last week at Linton-Stockton High School High School before retirement. A veteran teacher, Craig taught 31 of his 33-year career at L-S. ...
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Trio named to Linton Hall of Fame
(Local News ~ 06/18/10)
The Linton Freedom Festival Hall of Fame will have three new names added to its list this year. The Linton-Stockton Chamber of Commerce and the Freedom Festival Taskforce have announced that J. Michael (Mike) Kelley, William (Bill) G. Cravens, and Marsha A. Kelley will all be inducted into the Linton Freedom Festival Hall of Fame...
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Amnesty Week a success: Over 2,000 tires turned in last week
(Local News ~ 06/18/10)
SWITZ CITY -- Local residents took big advantage of a recent fee amnesty week conducted by the Greene County Recycling Center. During the week June 7-12, fees were either reduced or eliminated for most recyclable items. Greene County Solid Waste Management District Supervisor Erek Wilson reports the week's effort was very successful and he has a huge pile of old vehicle tires and rollaway containers of trash to prove it...
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RAAM riders pass through Greene County on transcontinental bike race
(Local News ~ 06/18/10)
The steep, 10,000-foot inclines through Colorado and his native Arizona were far behind him when Jim Harrison stopped for a bottle of water and an apple in Linton early Friday morning. So, too, was most of the 3,000 miles he and the other seven members of his bicycle team have traveled this week, riding their way from Oceanside, Calif., all the way to Annapolis, Md...
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Ralph L. Cox
(Obituary ~ 06/18/10)
Ralph L. Cox, 81, of Sullivan, passed away at 2 a.m. on Thursday, June 17, 2010 at Breckenridge Health and Rehab. He was born in Bucktown on May 31, 1929 the son of Wayne Cox and Faye Roach Cox. Ralph retired from Amax Coal Co. and was a farmer and businessman...
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Clay City man accused of shotgun intimidation
(Local News ~ 06/18/10)
A 63-year-old Clay City man, Robert D. Myers, is scheduled to be arraigned in Greene Circuit Court Monday afternoon on two counts of intimidation, one a class C felony and the other a class A misdemeanor. He is accused of threatening to "blast" another man with a shotgun during an altercation on Wednesday at a residence just south of the Clay and Greene county line in Smith Township...
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Many ISTEP scores increase for area schools
(Local News ~ 06/18/10)
ISTEP test results are in and some local school superintendents shared feedback on their numbers with the Greene County Daily World. --- Linton-Stockton Schools Linton-Stockton Superintendent Nick Karazsia was very pleased with overall scores of both the elementary and junior high school....
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Community Notes
(Community News ~ 06/18/10)
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Greene County Court News
(Court News ~ 06/18/10)
GREENE CIRCUIT COURT CRIMINAL CASES State v. Gary L. Murphy, strangulation State v. Robert D. Myers, two counts of intimidation State v. Aron S. Irish, possession of marijuana, maintaining a common nuisance, possession of paraphernalia GREENE SUPERIOR COURT...
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Police Logs
(Police Reports ~ 06/18/10)
GREENE COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT JAIL LOG No new entries. LINTON POLICE DEPARTMENT ACTIVITY LOG The Linton Police Department's activity log for Thursday included one incident of trespassing, one fraud, one follow-up investigation, one fight, three assists to the utility department after hours, one incident of vandalism, one custody dispute/exchange, one accident with property damage, one funeral escort, two suicides or attempted suicides, one medical/illness, one alarm, two animal complaints, one child abuse, one reckless driver, one lost or stolen license plate, one welfare check/concern, one domestic dispute, one battery and one traffic stop.. ...
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