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Breaking news: Police working wreck near State Road 54/445 junction
(Local News ~ 10/12/11)
Police and first responders are working a traffic accident near the junction of State Roads 54 and 445 in eastern Greene County. Terry Jackson, a dispatcher with the Greene County Sheriff's Department, confirms that a medical helicopter has been called to the scene of the 7:38 a.m. wreck...
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Community Notes
(Community News ~ 10/12/11)
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Noble Lantrip
(Obituary ~ 10/12/11)
Noble Lantrip, 95, of Greenfield and formerly of Crane, passed away 9:01 a.m. Tuesday, Oct. 11, 2011 at Sugar Creek Rehabilitation Convalescent Center, Greenfield. Noble was born Aug. 8, 1916 in Dawson Springs, KY to John Sherman and Millie Elizabeth (Rucker) Lantrip...
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Forrest L. Hogue
(Obituary ~ 10/12/11)
Forrest L. Hogue, 89, of Switz City, passed away at 3:45 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 11, 2011 at his residence. Born Aug. 9, 1922 in Switz City, he was the son of Jesse and Faye (Bennett) Hogue. He served his country in World War II with the United States Army. ...
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Larry Lee Howell
(Obituary ~ 10/12/11)
Larry Lee Howell, 62, of Bloomfield, passed away Tuesday Oct. 11, 2011 at his residence. Larry was born Sept. 27, 1949 in Muscatine, Iowa the son of Morris and Velma (Bell) Howell. He was a professional truck driver for Stone Belt Freight Lines. He was a member of the Harvest Community Church and was a Vietnam veteran of the U.S. Marine Corps and the Navy...
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Agency suggests closure of Roosevelt Mission over safety concerns
(Local News ~ 10/12/11)
Fears the Roosevelt Mission in Linton could pose a significant danger of electrical fires or gas explosions has led one Indiana agency to suggest closing the shelter. The Indiana Housing and Community Development Authority (IHDCA) deemed Roosevelt Mission unsafe in late May, urging residents to find emergency housing elsewhere...
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Boy Scouts offering pumpkins for food donations
(Local News ~ 10/12/11)
Lyons Boy Scout Troop 407 will host a fun event in the park, geared towards helping the Lyons Community Food Pantry. The Trunk or Treat food drive will be in the Lyons Park from 6 to 8 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 15, and organizers will be offering a free pumpkin in exchange for non-perishable food items, according to the Boy Scouts Troop Committee Chair Judy Mullis...
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Connie Dix
(Obituary ~ 10/12/11)
Connie Bedwell Dix, 82, passed away Tuesday morning, Oct. 4, 2011 at her home in Dunnellon, Florida. She formerly lived near Shakamak until 1963. She was born Sept. 5, 1929 in Pleasantville, Ind. to Clovis and Mary Bedwell. Connie was married to Edward L. Dix, for 64 years. Edward Dix survives her in Dunnellon, FL...
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Greene County, Crane need I-69
(Column ~ 10/12/11)
Good article on I-69 Nick Schneider. The naysayers need to get on-board with I-69 and become a part of the solution, not part of the problem. They need to become involved with what the interchanges in their area will look like and the businesses that desire to settle around them...
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Rural Linton man faces drug trial in Feb. 2012
(Local News ~ 10/12/11)
A February 2012 jury trial date has been set for a rural Linton man arrested earlier this month on a variety of drug dealing and manufacturing charges. Andrew W. Scott, 23, of Route 3, Linton, was arrested by the Greene County Drug Task Force when members of the task force had gone to an I St. SW residence in Linton to serve a parole violation warrant...
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Bloomfield High School basketball teams' float tops Apple Festival Parade
(Local News ~ 10/12/11)
A float entry by the Bloomfield Junior-Senior High School boys and girls basketball teams captured top honors in the Annual Apple Festival Parade on Sunday. The float that featured players walking behind the decorated pickup shooting hoops into a full-sized basketball goal was a crowd favorite and was voted the "Judge's Choice Award" winner...
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Theft warrant issued after police recover stolen air tools from pawn shops
(Local News ~ 10/12/11)
A warrant has been issued for the arrest of a rural Springville man on theft-related charges. William Dwight Harper is charged in Greene Circuit Court with burglary, a class C felony, and theft, a class D felony. The arrest warrant was issued Wednesday...
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UPDATED BREAKING NEWS: Two injured in early morning mini-bike crash with a car
(Local News ~ 10/12/11)
Two people riding a mini-bike were hospitalized early Wednesday morning after being hit by a passenger car at the intersection of State Road 445 and State Road 54 in eastern Greene County. James Ells, 25, of Boston, Mass., was westbound on State Road 445 and apparently pulled into the path of a 2009 Honda mini-bike, driven by 40-year-old Gary Denny, of Bloomfield, as he was attempting to make a left turn, according to a report filed by Greene County Sheriff's Deputy Lt. Bryan Woodall...
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Miners vying for SW 7 Conference championship
(High School Sports ~ 10/12/11)
The 2011 high school football regular season comes to a close this week and in the case of one area team, there's more than just gaining momentum for next week's sectional openers and for the other two there's plenty at stake as well. Linton-Stockton (8-0, 5-0) at North Central (8-0, 5-0)...
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Jv game Saturday
(High School Sports ~ 10/12/11)
The Linton-Stockton junior varsity football team will play a home game against North Daviess at 9 a.m. on Saturday at Roy Williams Field.
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Sectional game at 8 p.m.
(High School Sports ~ 10/12/11)
The Perry Central at Linton-Stockton High School football sectional game on Friday, Oct. 21 will start at 8 p.m. at Roy Williams Field.
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Harlem Ambassadors canceled
(Community Sports ~ 10/12/11)
The Harlem Ambassadors, a show basketball team, was scheduled to perform Thursday at White River Valley High School. That event has been canceled.
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WRV tennis duo continues tournament play Saturday at BNL
(Community Sports ~ 10/12/11)
Derek Myers and Luke Mowery of White River Valley will continue in the IHSAA Boys Tennis Individual Tournament Saturday at Bedford North Lawrence High School. Myers and Mowery will face the Henryville duo of Landon Guthrie and Devin Richey at 10 a.m. in double competition...
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WRV jv wins again
(High School Sports ~ 10/12/11)
White River Valley's junior varsity volleyball team pushed its record to 18-4 with a 25-23, 25-21 victory at Clay City Tuesday night. Morgan Bredeweg had six kills, five points, two aces and was perfect serving -- 9 of 9. The WRV varsity lost to the Lady Eels 14-25, 18-25, 8-25, slipping to 3-21, 1-7 in the Southwestern Indiana Athletic Conference...
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Eastern Greene takes out Shoals
(High School Sports ~ 10/12/11)
Visiting Shoals proved to be little challenge for Class 2A No. 3 Eastern Greene Wednesday night. The Lady Thunderbirds won for the 28th time in 32 decisions, defeating the Jug Rox 25-13, 25-13, 25-9 in a high school volleyball match. "Our intensity was good. The girls played very well," said EGHS coach Gina Ingram. "Brittany Igel played very well with 10 points, two aces, eight kills, four digs and two block assists...
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Lady Cards win in five
(High School Sports ~ 10/12/11)
Bloomfield and Owen Valley battled for five sets, with the host Lady Cardinals finally winning 25-17, 16-25, 25-20, 22-25, 15-12 in a high school volleyball match at Guy Glover Gymnasium Wednesday night. It was the 10th victory, against 15 losses, for the Lady Cardinals...
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