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Hoosiers take Memphis, fall in Atlanta again
(College Sports ~ 07/27/11)
Part three of a four-part series In this the third in a series of stories looking back on the Indiana University Hoosiers' bowl history, we reflect on the 1988 Liberty Bowl against South Carolina and the 1990 Peach Bowl battle with Auburn. Give me the Liberty Bowl and give me victory...
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Big Ten Championship Game tickets go on sale
(College Sports ~ 07/27/11)
Tickets for the inaugural Big Ten Football Championship Game will go on sale to the general public on Saturday, July 30, at 10 a.m. The 2011 Big Ten Football Championship Game will begin at 8:17 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 3, at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis and will be televised by FOX Sports...
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Lyons Raceway Park hosts Fastenal Fast Eight
(Community Sports ~ 07/27/11)
Lyons Raceway Park played host to the Fastenal Fast Eight on Saturday, July 22. Brad York driving an S-10 bested Nick Fair and his '95 Horton in the Fast Eight finals. Other winners during the day of action included Jim Morris (Super Pro), Keith Henderson (Pro), Bill McCarty (Sportsman and Motorcycles) and Nathan Jones (Junior Dragsters)...
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Ralph J. Peltier
(Obituary ~ 07/27/11)
Ralph J. Peltier, 92, of Lyons, passed away at 3:30 a.m. Tuesday, July 26, 2011 at St. Vincent Hospital in Indianapolis. Born May 2, 1919 in Sullivan County, he was the son of Alfonso and Jessie (Mayfield) Peltier. He worked for the Terre Haute Foundry...
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Linton Police Activity Report
(Police Reports ~ 07/27/11)
LINTON POLICE DEPARTMENT ACTIVITY REPORT The Linton Police log for July 26 included: one follow up investigation, one property damage traffic accident, one animal complaint, one theft case, one arrest on a warrant, two battery cases and two traffic stops...
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Stallons earns Rotary's highest award
(Local News ~ 07/27/11)
Noble Stallons is a well known name around Greene County. He continues to make his mark in the community since he moved to the area in 1982 with his wife, Melba, to be a manager at Utilities District of Western Indiana/REMC. Stallons has since retired, and moved on to other important ventures in Greene County, one of which granted him the prestigious Paul Harris Fellow Award from the Bloomfield Rotary Club...
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New business helps area students
(Local News ~ 07/27/11)
A woman new to Greene County has taken entrepreneurship head on, and is using the opportunity to expand area students' knowledge and give them an employment opportunity. Tammy Dawson, originally of Muncie, created a company out of her home in Bloomfield called Dawson's Project Management Services. The company, which was created only eight months ago, is working with several not-for-profit national and international organizations to restructure and develop websites...
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Government leaders, farmers, others to meet
(Local News ~ 07/27/11)
The Greene County Soil and Water Conservation District (SWCD) has announced a meeting for Local Conservation Leaders that will bring forth attention to problem areas around the county. Due to the 2008 Farm Bill, the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) created a State Technical Committee to help with recommendations and implementation of the technical aspects of NRCS programs, according to a letter prepared by SWCD Chairman Steve Crowe...
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Linton native, many partners played key role in WestGate Academy evolution
(Local News ~ 07/27/11)
CRANE -- Linton native Greg Jones, executive director of Southern Indiana Development Commission, played a key role in the establishment of the WestGate at Crane Academy Conference and Training Center. It was Jones who led the way in the preparation of the successful $6.6 million EDA grant that led to Wednesday's groundbreaking of the $8.8 million multi-use complex in the WestGate at Crane Technology Park...
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County Jail Log
(Police Reports ~ 07/27/11)
GREENE COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT JAIL LOG...
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Bloomfield teen dies from injuries sustained in ATV accident
(Local News ~ 07/27/11)
A rural Bloomfield teenager has died from injuries he sustained in a July 14 four-wheeler accident. Jarad Rifner, 17, passed away early Wednesday morning in Indianapolis Memorial Hospital. Funeral arrangements at Jenkins Funeral Home are pending...
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Governor helps break ground for WestGate Academy Conference and Training Center
(Local News ~ 07/27/11)
CRANE -- Gov. Mitch Daniels helped turn the first shovels full of dirt at the groundbreaking ceremony Wednesday morning of the $8.8 million WestGate Academy Conference and Training Center. Daniels lauded the government-private sector partnerships that made the WestGate Academy a reality after years of behind-the-scenes work...
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UPDATED: Miner tennis starts Monday morning
(High School Sports ~ 07/27/11)
Linton-Stockton High School boys tennis practice begins Monday, August 1 at 6:30 p.m. at the tennis courts at Humphreys Park. All participants must have a completed Physical and Athletic consent forms. For questions and information contact Brad McKinney at (812) 699-0158...
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