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Linton trash collection moved back because landfill is closed
(Local News ~ 02/02/11)
Trash collection in the city of Linton will be moved back at least one day because the landfill at Center Point is closed due to the winter storm. Street superintendent Tim Turpin says collection will resume when the landfill re-opens. "Our trucks are full and we don't have any place to dump it (the trash)," Turpin told the Greene County Daily World on Wednesday morning...
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Council approved employee salary ordinance
(Local News ~ 02/02/11)
The Greene County Council approved the 2011 County Employee Salary Ordinance by a 7-0 vote Monday. According to the ordinance, the salaries for all classified jobs are established on a 35-hour work week, except for the highway, sheriff, and emergency medical department personnel...
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Outage called worst since Blizzard of 1978
(Local News ~ 02/02/11)
A veteran electric company line supervisor is calling this the worst electrical outage event in the Greene County area since the great Blizzard of 1978. Bob Wilson, line superintendent for Utilities District of Western Indiana REMC, estimated as many as 10,000 customers were without electrical service as of 8:30 a.m. on Wednesday...
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Roads in better shape than expected throughout most of the county
(Local News ~ 02/02/11)
Greene County Highway Superintendent Brent Murray is breathing a sign of relief today. In his view, the area dodged a real weather bullet when temperatures rose Tuesday evening. The icy winter storm was bad, but had the temperature not got above freezing to 37 degrees by mid-evening, the result from a road-clearing standpoint would have been much worse...
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Letter to the Editor
(Letter to the Editor ~ 02/02/11)
Himebrook family says thank you To the Editor: The family of Martha Himebrook wants to thank everyone for all the cards, visits, calls, flowers, and acts of kindness shown to mom during her illness and to the family since her passing. A special thank you to the staff at Glenburn Nursing Home, Bloomington Hospice, Dr. Batterton, Jenkins & Sons Funeral Home, the Rev. Arlen Pope, the Rev. Dave Wilde and the First Christian Church of Bloomfield...
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Two Red Cross shelters opened because of power outages
(Local News ~ 02/02/11)
The Greene County Red Cross is opening two shelter as of noon today (Wednesday) because of the electrical power outage, according to Greene County Emergency Management Agency Director Roger Axe. The shelters are located at the Center Township Fire Department, located on State Road 54E in Little Cincinnati and Taylor Township Fire Department in Scotland...
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Warm temps help Tuesday night; area to be hit by much colder weather
(Local News ~ 02/02/11)
Greene County may have survived Winter Storm 2011, but the winds and the below freezing temperatures are still a huge factor in the current and coming weather. Dave Wire, WTHI TV 10 meteorologist, provided details on the historic storm and what to expect in the days to come...
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Another busy weekend for area basketball teams
(High School Sports ~ 02/02/11)
It will be another busy weekend for area high school basketball teams. The slate features eight games for the boys and four games for the girls. Three teams -- Eastern Greene, White River Valley and Union (Dugger) -- are set to play on consecutive nights. It will be the first time for either the Bulldogs or Thunderbirds have played consecutive games in at least a month, while the Wolverines will be continuing a trend that began three weeks ago...
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Wednesday schedule changes
(High School Sports ~ 02/02/11)
Because of area schools not being in session on Wednesday three girls basketball games were affected. The Washington at Bloomfield game was canceled and will not be recast, while the Linton-Stockton game at home with North Central will now be played as a varsity-only contest starting at 11 a.m. on Saturday...
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County slows down for ice storm
(Local News ~ 02/02/11)
The "Groundhog Day Storm" caused a big slow-down around the county Tuesday afternoon and on through Wednesday as everyone hunkered down for an onslaught of rain, freezing rain, sleet, ice and snow followed by howling winds. Some employers sent workers home early Tuesday and a number of businesses were closed Wednesday...
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Mary Alice Byers
(Obituary ~ 02/02/11)
Mary Alice Byers, 88, of Bloomfield passed away Tuesday, Feb. 1, 2011 at Greene County General Hospital in Linton. Born Sept. 13, 1922 in Greene County, she is the daughter of John and Carrie (Foster) Cooper. Mary was a homemaker, and loved baby sitting, she was a member of the Antioch Christian Church in rural Bloomfield...
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Water won't be turned off in Linton
(Local News ~ 02/02/11)
Linton Utilities won't shut off the city's water today (Wednesday) at 6 p.m. Linton Mayor Tom Jones said a rumor has been circulating that the water would be shut off, but he said it's just a rumor.
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Goose reduction canceled at Shakamak State Park
(Local News ~ 02/02/11)
The goose reduction scheduled for Feb. 5 and 6 at Shakamak State Park has been canceled because of storm damage along park roads and ice on the lakes. Drawn hunters or potential standby hunters interested in the final reduction of the year, to be held Feb. 12 and 13, should call the property at (812) 665-2158 on Feb. 11 to check for potential cancellation of that event...
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Three county warrant service sweep leads to 12 arrests and two meth labs
(Local News ~ 02/02/11)
Two Greene County men were among those arrested when the Indiana State Police Methamphetamine Suppression Section (MSS) and troopers from the Bloomington post, armed with several warrants, executed a sweep through three counties Monday. Joey Edmonson of Jasonville was arrested on a warrant for allegedly purchasing more than nine grams of PSE (pseudoephedrine) in a 30-day period, a class C misdemeanor...
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Evelyn "Ruth" Boling Martindale Horning
(Obituary ~ 02/02/11)
Evelyn "Ruth" Boling Martindale Horning, 91, of Lyons, passed from this life to be with her Lord on Tuesday, Feb. 1, 2011 at Lyons Health & Living Center. Ruth was born in Scotland on Aug. 17, 1919. She was the daughter of Walter J. and Mary Belle (Bough) Boling. Ruth graduated from Scotland High School in 1937...
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