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Two booked into jail over New Year's weekend
(Local News ~ 01/04/11)
Two people booked into the Greene County Jail over the New Year's holiday were being held on suspicion of driving while intoxicated. A third was booked in on preliminary charges of public intoxication but is a suspect in a crash and is under investigation for leaving the scene of an accident...
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Eastern Greene house burglarized
(Local News ~ 01/04/11)
Someone burglarized a house in eastern Greene County and took out the wiring, severely damaging the walls, and the Greene County Sheriff's Department wants to know who. Deputy Terry Wade is investigating the incident which occurred sometime between November and Monday, Jan. 3...
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Deer causes accident on State Road 59
(Local News ~ 01/04/11)
A deer that ran into the path of a vehicle early Tuesday damaged not only the front of the car but the side doors too and the glass was broken out of one of the doors. Aaron Bridge, 20, of Rockville, was southbound on State Road 59 south of County Road 700N, just south of Midland, when the deer entered the roadway from the west side...
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Fowler says she had reasons to make changes in her office
(Local News ~ 01/04/11)
Greene County Clerk Susan Fowler's opening day of her term was anything but routine. She started her first day after terminating four employees in what was termed by some other county officials as possible political patronage. Fowler disagrees and said the firings were justified, but she said she could not elaborate...
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County leaders upset with the way firings were handled
(Local News ~ 01/04/11)
The first-day-on-the job firing of four employees in the Greene County Clerk's office has some county officials upset. New county clerk Susan Fowler, who's term started Monday, acknowledged that she terminated four employees noting that Indiana is an at-will state and employees can be let go for any or no reason...
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Greene County Sheriff's Department Jail Log
(Police Reports ~ 01/04/11)
* Jan. 3 -- Amanda J. Carter, 25, Bloomfield, was arrested on a preliminary charge of public intoxication and was being held in lieu of $500 bond. Greene County Sheriff's Deputy Leon Dunigan was the arresting officer.
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Linton Police Department Activity Log
(Police Reports ~ 01/04/11)
The Linton Police Department's activity log for Monday included one follow-up investigation, one lifting assistance, two assists to the utility department after hours, one report of vandalism, one death investigation, one accident with property damage, two medical/illness, two alarms, one prowler, one assist to another agency, one possibly intoxicated driver, one domestic dispute and five traffic stops...
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Greene County Court News
(Court News ~ 01/04/11)
GREENE CIRCUIT COURT CIVIL CASES Mindy E. Moss v. Nathan A. Moss, dissolution Ralph W. Lifford, Jr., v. Lisa L. Lifford, dissolution Sarah Esther Vandeventer v. Robert Burl Gregg, dissolution PNC Bank NA v. Scott Gabbard, Michelle Gabbard, mortgage foreclosure...
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Community Notes
(Community News ~ 01/04/11)
Thursday, Jan. 6 Friday, Jan. 7 Saturday, Jan. 8 Monday, Jan. 10 Tuesday, Jan. 11 Saturday, Jan. 15 Tuesday, Jan. 18 Ongoing Events...
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Worthington man accused of carrying a loaded gun in a bar on New Year's Eve, without a permit
(Local News ~ 01/04/11)
At least three law enforcement officers from three different departments were at the Worthington VFW shortly before midnight on New Year's Eve, on business. They responded to a report that a man was in the bar area of the club with a handgun, showing it to other patrons and scaring them. The gun was later determined to be loaded...
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UPDATED: Clay City defeats Bulldogs at GCI
(High School Sports ~ 01/04/11)
Clay City jumped ahead 28-12 and held off Union (Dugger) for a 55-46 victory in the opening game of the Greene County Invitational boys basketball tournament here Tuesday night. The Eels avenged a 51-47 loss at Dugger Dec. 4. Ben Denker led the winners with 23 points...
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Fougerousse to take over Linton-Stockton softball program
(High School Sports ~ 01/04/11)
Former White River Valley softball coach Ruan Fougerousse has been named to replace Jill Flater as the head coach of the Linton-Stockton Lady Miners. The announcement came at the Dec. 20 meeting of the Linton-Stockton Board of School Trustees and the 14-year veteran coach is ready to hit the ground running...
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Sports briefs
(Community Sports ~ 01/04/11)
The Linton-Stockton High School junior varsity girls basketball tournament has been moved from Saturday to Saturday, Jan. 29. The Lady Miners will face North Daviess at 10 a.m. in the high school gymnasium while Northeast Dubois will take on South Knox at 10 a.m. in the junior high gym...
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Greene County Invitational updated pairings
(High School Sports ~ 01/04/11)
Greene County Invitational At White River Valley Tuesday Jan. 4 Game 1 -- Clay City 55, Union (Dugger) 46 Game 2 -- Eastern Greene 85, North Central 33 Wednesday Jan. 5 Game 3 -- Vincennes Rivet (5-2) vs. White River Valley (3-4), 6 p.m. Game 4 -- Linton-Stockton (4-5) vs. Shakamak (5-3), 7:30 p.m...
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Four out-of-county suspects accused in wire theft cases
(Local News ~ 01/04/11)
An alert property owner in southern Greene County called 9-1-1 late one evening when he saw a vehicle turn off a highway onto a county road, then turn their headlights off while they were driving, then stop in front of his garage. The owner, Zach Fulk, drove over and confronted three people he said were in the process of loading wire into the bed of a truck...
- Eastern Greene cruises into semifinals of GCI (High School Sports ~ 01/04/11)
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Bloomfield town employees receive 2 percent raise, but not without some discussion
(Local News ~ 01/04/11)
Bloomfield town employees will receive a 2 percent salary hike in the coming year, following action Tuesday night by the town council. However, the move, which gives an across the board raise to members of the police department, street department and the clerk-treasurer, was not unanimously supported by the three-member council...
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Man faces pot charge after 'outing'
(Local News ~ 01/04/11)
One end-of-the-year outing for a Worthington man resulted in his arrest after an officer who stopped to offer assistance was met with a billow of marijuana smoke coming out of a parked vehicle. William M. Dove, Jr., 19, of Worthington, was arrested on Dec. 31 by Jasonville Police Officer Ryan Van Horn and faces preliminary charges of possession of marijuana and reckless possession of paraphernalia -- both of which are class A misdemeanors...
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